The 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet Standard

Author

Frazier, Howard

Author_Institution

Cisco Syst. Inc., USA

Volume

12

Issue

3

fYear

1998

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

7

Abstract

Considers standards development in the IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet Task Force, part of the IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD Working Group. IEEE Std 802.3z-1998 was formally approved by the IEEE Standards Board on June 25th, 1998. IEEE Std 802.3z, extends the operating speed of the world´s most popular local area network to 1 billion bits per second (1000 Mb/s) for interconnecting high-performance switches, routers, and servers in the backbone of local area networks. Maintaining backward compatibility with the over-100-million-node installed base of 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s was a key requirement

Keywords

IEEE standards; carrier sense multiple access; local area networks; telecommunication standards; 1000 Mbit/s; Gigabit Ethernet Standard; IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD Working Group; IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet Task Force; IEEE Standards Board; IEEE Std 802.3z-1998; backbone; backward compatibility; high-performance switches; interconnection; local area network; operating speed; routers; servers; standards development; Delay; Ethernet networks; IEEE activities; ISO standards; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Physical layer; Standards Board; Standards development; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.690946

Filename

690946