WG – IEEE 802.3
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Connectivity & Telecom
Expanding Singlemode Fiber Capabilities in Ethernet Applications
The lifecycles of technology innovation and standards refinement are tightly entwined in a space as huge and long-lasting as Ethernet. For example, the new IEEE 802.3cu™, IEEE Draft Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s Operation over Single-Mode Fiber at 100 Gb/s…
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Connectivity & Telecom
New IEEE 802.3™ Standards Provide Platforms for the Next Ethernet Innovations
Pragmatic, market-driven standardization continually expands the low-cost foundation on which Ethernet innovation takes place, across the technology’s sprawling horizon of use cases. Standards development through the IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet Working Group for decades has helped support the creation of more varied and powerful solutions at a better cost structure. Because…
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Networking & Internet
More Users, Faster Access, More Services: The Ongoing Ethernet Bandwidth Explosion
Trends around traffic drivers such as video, 5G, and IEEE 802.11™ ‘Wi-Fi®’ point toward an ongoing bandwidth explosion for Ethernet networks around the world going forward. The publicly available IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment report details undeniable, simultaneous trends toward more users, faster access speeds, more services, more devices coming…
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News & Articles
New IEEE 802.3 Standard Amendments Serve Growing Ethernet Deployments
It goes without saying that Ethernet is easily the world’s most widely used local area networking (LAN) technology. Today, hundreds of millions of Ethernet network interface cards (NICs), repeater ports, and switching hub ports have been deployed, making Ethernet the world’s premier network technology. The utilization of Ethernet will continue…
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Networking & Internet
IEEE 802.3™ – Pushing Ethernet Standards Further and Faster
With the launch of three new study groups, the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group continues to drive the ongoing adoption of Ethernet across a broad range of industries and is helping improve the performance and reliability of the technology for end users through standards development. The study groups represent a…
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Working Groups
IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet Working Group Adds Task Forces and a New Study Group
Ethernet continues on a steady path of growth and advancement, enabling higher speeds and opening the door to new and enhanced applications. The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group has announced the addition of four new Task Forces and the launch of a new study group. These new efforts include: IEEE…
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IoT
Laying the Foundation for the Lossless Data Center
Written by Roger Marks, Chair, IEEE 802 “Network Enhancements for the Next Decade” Industry Connections Activity Modern data centers are tasked with delivering intelligent multi‐media responses to real‐time human interactions. Massive amounts of data are being churned and sifted by highly parallel applications, such as Online Data Intensive Services and…
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Working Groups
P802.3bk™ is pushing the physical limits to provide higher density optical access
Market-driven standard for extended EPON developed under open process is key to helping operators cost-effectively provide higher density optical access, addressing their current and future needs By Marek Hajduczenia, chair of the IEEE P802.3bk Extended EPON Task Force and Network Architect at Bright House Networks The IEEE P802.3bk Extended EPON…
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Working Groups
IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet Working Group Honored by Ethernet Technology Summit
The IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet Working Group has been honored by the Ethernet Technology Summit with its Ethernet Achievement Award, during the Ethernet Technology Summit’s 40th Anniversary Celebration on April 3 in Santa Clara, California, USA. The award recognizes the contributions of the working group in defining and promoting Ethernet technology…