With 16-Gbps Fibre Channel now in the standardization process, transceiver vendors have already begun work on appropriate modules. But the expected requirements pose numerous challenges.
Irit Gillath, vice president of product line management at Telco Systems, explains how Active Ethernet works and why it makes a worthy alternative to PON for FTTH.
The auction for most of the optical and Ethernet assets of Nortel's Metro Etherent Networks (MEN) division was slated to start right about now (10 AM EST). We'll keep you posted...