Technology Overview

 

Ethernet technology spans from home networks and PCs in the workplace through the Local Area Network (LAN) and into the Wide Area Network (WAN) or carrier network.

Many IEEE subcommittees are in process to help perform marketing studies, assess costs, develop standards framework and help to drive Ethernet performance even further.

Specifically, IEEE 802.3 is a standard specification for Ethernet, a method of physical communication in a local area network (LAN), which is maintained by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In general, 802.3 specifies the physical media and the working characteristics of Ethernet. The original Ethernet supports a data rate of 10 megabits per second (Mbps) and specifies these possible physical media.

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