Title :
Challenges and Solutions for Standards-Based Serial 10 Gb/s Backplane Ethernet
Author_Institution :
LSI Corp., Milpitas
Abstract :
The application of Ethernet as a fabric technology in modular platforms has led to interest in the development of a standard set of physical layer subsystems to support this practice. Recently, the IEEE 802.3ap-2007 standard, commonly referred to as Backplane Ethernet, was approved. This standard defines the electrical performance of the backplane interconnect, transmitters, and receivers required to support data rates up to 10 Gb/s per channel. This paper provides an overview of the key specifications for serial 10 Gb/s Backplane Ethernet and relates the requirements to backplane construction considerations and link performance trade-offs.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; local area networks; network interfaces; system buses; telecommunication standards; IEEE 802.3ap-2007 standard specifications; backplane interconnect; backplane receiver; backplane transmitter; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; physical layer subsystem; serial backplane Ethernet; Backplanes; Blades; Connectors; Crosstalk; Ethernet networks; Fabrics; Insertion loss; Integrated circuit interconnections; Network topology; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 2007. CICC '07. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1623-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1623-3
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.2007.4405699
