See also EoF
(Ethernet over Fiber); EoWDM
(Ethernet over WDM)
benefits of, 221??“222
drivers for, 214??“216
economic assessment of, 228??“230
and EPL (Ethernet Private Line)
services, 216??“219
managing Ethernet in, 213??“214
ongoing developments in, 226??“228
versus optical wireless mesh
networks, 237??“238
shortcomings of, 222??“223
fiber-optic Ethernet interfaces,
standardization of, 210
fiber-optic networks. See also EoF
(Ethernet over Fiber); optical
networks
cost and complexity of deployment
of, 137??“138
delivery of Carrier Ethernet
services over, 93??“94, 115
developments in, 197??“198
features of, 197
market penetration of, 140
Fibre Channel, use of, 224
filters, use with DWDM wavelength
channels, 201
Finn, Norman, 375
first-mile access technology,
DOCSIS networks
as, 151
fixed add-drop rings, role
in optical networks,
205??“206
Flush RPR OAM frame type,
explanation of, 346??“347
forward error correction (FEC),
relationship to DOCSIS
physical layer, 152
Forwarding Equivalence Class
(FEC), RFC associated
with, 423
forwarding plane QoS, role in MPLS,
433??“434
Frame Check Sequence (FCS) in
Ethernet frame, bytes and
description of, 7
Frame Relay
bandwidth considerations, 32??“33
comparing to ATM, 124
comparing to ATM, Ethernet, and
TDM, 26
decline of, 120
growth of, 119
Frame-Mapped GFP, relationship to
circuit bonding, 271
framing capability, standardizing for
upper layer protocols, 271
FRTT (fairness round trip time),
computation of, 339
FSO (Free Space Optics) technology.
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