Showing posts with label ethernet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ethernet. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Ethernet continues its inexorable growth

Recently, the IEEE announced the formation of a study group to look into how to make 400 Gbps ethernet work.  Good timing on a recent Bell Labs announcement Not only have they demonstrated 400 Gbps transmission, but it was done over a distance of 12,800km!! The article doesn't specifically mention, but strongly implies, that this distance was un-amplified which is simply amazing.

This is being announced as 100Gbps adoption is ramping up, both commercially (CenturyLink and Verizon) and in the research networks (Internet2 & ESnet and OARnet as examples).

Different pluggables for 100G ethernet.