Re: [WG-BB] Study Report: CATV assignment guidline

[MAEMURA Akinori <maem@maem.org>]

Obata-san,

  I mentioned not bandwidth but number of ports with its spec 
for capacity.

  I think NIC guys can just ask the spec for the device if
they come across unknown one.  Doesn't it make sense?


Akinori


In message <4.3.2-J.20020205220811.04f38238@mail.eaccess.net>
   "Re: [WG-BB] Study Report: CATV assignment guidline"
   "Yoshihiro Obata <obata@eaccess.net>" wrote:

| At 19:24 02/02/04 +0900, Hiroyuki ASHIDA wrote:
| 
| >Bandwidth per a port is fixed on type of modulation. Operators usually
| >have planed our facilities based on bandwidth, capacity and number of
| >terminal cable modems which could managed by a port ( or line card )
| >
| >I think bandwidth is rather reasonable unit than physical chassis(box).
| 
| 
|    Do you mean that NICs are going to trace cable technology so that they 
| always understand the relationship between bandwidth and number of ports? 
| If they are going to set rules based on bandwidth, how can you maintain 
| rules if a new technology comes in which will change the relationship such 
| like 30M with fewer number of ports.  I do not think bandwidth is a valid 
| information to be kept in the long term.
| 
| Yoshi 
| 
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