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Sierra Hardware Design Corporation


Welcome to Sierra Hardware Design’s blog.  This blog will focus on the following topics:

  • Signal Integrity
  • Physical Layer Protocols (over both Copper and Optical Fiber)
  • Networking Protocols (such as Ethernet, OTN, etc.)

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Focus Topics in this Blog

OTN Related Blog

OTN Related Topics within this Blog

OTN Related Topics within this Blog General Topics Consequent Equations - What are they and How can you use them? ...
Protection-Switching Related Blog

Protection-Switching Related Blog Posts

Protection-Switching Related Blog Posts Basic Protection-Switching Terms Head-End (Source Node) Hold-Off Timer Protection-Group Protection-Transport entity Selector Switch Tail-End (Sink Node) ...