ITE 221-Morello Chapter 9 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet

In doing the homework, I did some “quick research” when it came to the proposed standards for 40 and 100 Gbps Ethernet.  I found that the latest standard was adopted June 17, 2010 by the IEEE 802.3 working group.  In 2006 the IEEE 802.3 working group formed the Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG) to determine the need for speeds higher than 10 Gigabit Ethernet.  The HSSG determined that high bandwidth content was rapidly outgrowing network capacities. The 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit standard is 802.3ba. The link is to the white papers as listed by brocade.com.  At the end of the white papers, there is mention of what is coming up next; the next generation of 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet.  This standard is to be known as 802.3bg.  The white papers close by saying that no one wants networks to be slower. They want to make 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet more economical and available.  You can view the full white papers at http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/white_papers/40_100_GbE_Are_Here_WP.pdf