IEEE Communications Society Santa Clara Valley(SCV) July 13, 2011 Please sign the attendance sheet $5 donation requested for food & drinks

Architectures & Signal Integrity Challenges for 100 Gbps Data Transmission Systems Agenda 6:00 - 6:30pm Networking Session- Enjoy! 6:30 - 6:40pm Chairman's Opening remarks 6:40 - 8pm Lux Joshi's Presentation 8pm - 8:30pm Q and A with audience -->Get your questions ready! 8:35pm Certificate of Appreciation Awarded, Meeting Adjourned

IEEE ComSoc-SCV July Meeting Architectures and Signal Integrity Challenges for 100 Gbps Data Transmission Systems Lux Joshi, Product Specialist, LeCroy Corporation Presentation Highlights Overview of architectures for 100Gbps systems Standards work: IEEE G Ethernet variants as well as OIF CEI-28G specs Channel models and transmit/receive topologies, Jitter measurements and SI validation techniques for 25+Gb lanes will be addressed. Overall System performance will be considered Session Chair: MP Divakar

Architectures & Signal Integrity Challenges for 100 Gbps Data Transmission Systems by Lux Joshi, LeCroy Corp This talk will give an overview of architectures for 100Gbps systems (in both deployed and proposed systems). In addition standards work around these systems will be presented, including IEEE variants as well as OIF CEI-28G standards. Channel models and transmit/receive topologies will be described. Jitter measurement and SI validation techniques for 25+Gb lanes will be addressed. System performance will also be discussed.

ComSoc Coming Attractions July 26 Whizz Systems Tour: Affif Siddique August 10 Social Event (TBD) Sept 14 Telemedicine Panel: Sanjay Kasturia Oct 12 IP-MPLS Net for Cloud Computing Nov 9 Connected Home & HAN update Dec 14 SV Power's Smart Grid Network with Free WiFi (802.11n)

IEEE ComSoc-SCV Chapter Promote all aspects of communications & network technologies- LAN, MAN, WAN Education: seminars, lectures, panel sessions, joint meetings+ tech workshops, member interaction and networking for meeting attendees, soft skills workshops New technologies, research, markets, business opportunities, applications, telecom policy and regulation Goal: Empower our members to improve!

ComSoc-SCV 2011 Officers Chairman: Alan J Weissberger Vice-Chairman: Sanjay Kasturia Chief Marketing Officer: Affif Siddique Secretary: MP Divakar Web Master: Daniel Wong (Singapore) Special Projects: Vincent Ricci Technical Activities: Sameer Herlekar -->Seeking qualified, capable and committed volunteers, especially for Treasurer position!

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ComSoc-SCV Social Networking 1. ComSocSCV Discussion List: available to all IEEE members (not just ComSoc members) -->Subject matter includes meeting previews and discussions + opinions about relevant telecom and networking topics of interest, e.g. mobile data offload -->Sign up instructions at: 2. ComSocSCV Facebook Page (Alan J Weissberger) 3. ComSocSCV LinkedIn Group (Vincent Ricci) 4. Follow us on 4. Global ComSoc Community web site: –Blogs on communications technology/ markets 5. Next Field trip: July 26 Whizz Systems= State of the Art product design & manufacturing facility. Note: March 7 Sprint M2M tour was a huge success! 6. For sponsorship opportunities contact: Affif Siddique

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Is IEEE ComSoc (global) Serving the Needs of its Community? Global: conferences, publications, 2 web sites, webinars, seminars, lists Regional: conferences and meetings ComSocSCV: technical meetings, web site, events with Alliance partners, Sprint M2M tour, socials, FB, LI, Discussion group What areas of improvement would you suggest? Standards? Education? R & D? Strategic Planning? PR/ Market Awareness?

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