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Question to John

John,

I found this on a message board. Do you know of this information, could NV be apart of this, could this tech benefit from NVEI?

Thank you ,
AL


Answer from John

Al,

Since Ethernet is an upper layer protocol, it will benefit from our physical layer transmission method, which is different from DMT.

John


IKANOS COMMUNICATIONS TO DEMONSTRATE 50 MBPS VDSL-DMT AT UPCOMING FS-VDSL COMMITTEE MEETING

Features High-Performance, Standards Compliant Chipsets for Both Central Office and Customer Premise Equipment

FREMONT, Calif., February 26, 2002— Ikanos Communications, developer of Smart Silicon for Profitable Broadband™, today announced that it will demonstrate the first 50 Mbps VDSL-DMT solution at the upcoming FS-VDSL Committee meeting in Broomfield, Colo. Ikanos introduced its high-performance programmable chipsets in October 2001 and is the first silicon company to demonstrate a standards-compliant VDSL-DMT product based on "Plan 998," being promoted by the FS-VDSL Committee. Ikanos' demo, scheduled for March 4 and 5, 2002, will feature 50 Mbps VDSL-DMT running Ethernet traffic over a copper loop.

"Ikanos' demonstration of DMT line-coding is significant in proving both the viability and the availability of VDSL-DMT technology," said Richard Sekar, vice president of marketing of Ikanos. "Ikanos is taking carrier-proven DMT coding technology and applying it to new applications, including VDSL and Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM). By integrating VDSL-DMT into its programmable chipset architecture, Ikanos enables equipment vendors to simplify the design process, while boosting the efficiency of their VDSL platforms to support high-value, high-content applications with minimum overhead."

Why High-Performance DMT?
To date, worldwide carriers have deployed more than 10 million ADSL-DMT lines that deliver 1-6 Mbps broadband over existing copper loops. Vendors are now looking for ways to extend DMT line coding technology to VDSL, to achieve standards-based asymmetric connectivity up to 50 Mbps.

DMT technology is an appealing solution because carriers have already invested significant time and resources integrating DMT technology into their ADSL networks. Equipment vendors that integrate Ikanos technology can now leverage the same resources and processes with VDSL-DMT chipsets and can easily migrate their platforms into a carrier's existing infrastructure. Equipment based on this coding technology can also offer carriers a more attractive package, including products with higher speeds, longer reach, better performance under noisy conditions, and adaptability to emerging applications, such as EFM.

Ikanos' high-performance, standards-compliant VDSL-DMT chipset is the first to support all international VDSL-DMT standards for North America, Europe, and Asia, including ATM and Ethernet protocols, in a single chipset. Equipment vendors can use the Ikanos chipsets to develop end-to-end solutions for the Metro Fiber Extension (MFE), Multi-Tenant/Multi-Dwelling Unit (MxU) and Central Office/Remote Terminal (CO/RT) markets, while slashing time to market and lowering development, manufacturing, and inventory costs. The chipsets are based on a highly integrated architecture that allows Ikanos to offer industry-leading port density and enables the design of smaller, simpler products with lower chip counts.

FS-VDSL Committee Pushing for Standardization
The FS-VDSL Committee was founded to accelerate the commercial deployment of Full-Service Very High Bit Rate DSL technology (FS-VDSL), which enables the delivery of advanced applications including high-speed voice and data services, as well as video on demand over the copper loop. The goal of the group is to reduce the cost and facilitate faster deployment of VDSL services worldwide. The FS-VDSL Committee is made up of more than 70 of the world's largest communication carriers and equipment vendors.

"Since the FS-VDSL Committee's inception in July 2000, we have identified companies that have proven expertise and leadership to participate in the promotion of the committee's objective: completing the International Standards for VDSL and to work out all of the relevant technical specifications needed for an end-to-end solution," said Don Clarke, technical director of the FS-VDSL Committee and Head of VDSL Development at BTexact Technologies. "We welcome Ikanos as one of the first silicon companies to deliver a high-performance standards-compliant VDSL-DMT solution."