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this link. ]
“IEEE announced the ratification of IEEE 802.3ba 40Gb/s
and 100Gb/s Ethernet, a new standard governing 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s
Ethernet operations. An amendment to the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
standard, IEEE 802.3ba, the first standard ever to simultaneously
specify two new Ethernet speeds, paves the way for the next
generation of high-rate server connectivity and core switching.“The IEEE 802.3ba standard, ratified June 17, 2010, addresses
critical challenges facing technology providers today, such as the
growing number of applications with demonstrated bandwidth needs
far exceeding existing Ethernet capabilities, by providing a
larger, more durable bandwidth pipeline. Furthermore, collaboration
between the IEEE P802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s Ethernet Task Force
and the International Telecommunication Union’s Telecommunication
Standardization Sector (ITU-T) Study Group 15 ensures these new
Ethernet rates are transportable over optical transport
networks.”