Archive for August 28th, 2012

Why is 10GBase-SR difficult to make?

10GBase-SR put great constraints on transceiver designs • 300 meters * 10G = 3,000 MHz*km bandwidth length products (BWLP) of link – 1GE only has a bandwidth length product of ~1,000 MHz*km – OM3 fiber has a BWLP of 2,000 MHz*km, so the BWLP of...

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