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40-Gbps and 100-Gbps Ethernet coming into focus.

Publication: Test & Measurement World
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Martin Rowe, Senior Technical Editor

Today's 10-Gbps optical and electrical links are running out of steam. To address the problem, engineers are working on IEEE P802.3ba, a standard that will define an architecture for 40-Gbps and 100-Gbps Ethernet (Ref. 1).

Although IEEE P802.3ba is still in the works, engineers around the world are beginning to develop products for the high-speed links, and those products will need testing. While much of the testing for IEEE P802.3ba will leverage 10-Gbps technology, some tests will require new equipment and techniques.

IEEE P802.3ba defines an architecture that can support 40-Gbps and 100-Gbps...

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