Intel and Level One Corporation have signed a deal to advance the adoption of Gigabit Ethernet technology. The goal of the two companies is to create specifications which allow Gigabit products to be used on category 5 copper wiring.
However, as yet Gigabit Ethernet and its even fatter younger sibling 10 Gigabit Ethernet look weak and unproven when compared to the solid examples set by ATM, SONET/SDH and Frame Relay. The advent of its fatter version is opening up the transfer...
The cost to the carrier of installing a Gigabit Ethernet network is 20 per cent of a Sonet/SDH network, according to Keene. And while over half of all carrier equipment will remain Sonet/SDH based by that stage, it still leaves plenty of room - and...
An MPLS network will run over whichever mix of networking technologies it faces, including Ethernet, ATM and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH). The development of 10 Gigabit Ethernet is more impressive," he said.
An approved final draft of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet standard will mean more choices as vendors develop standard-compliant products. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3 Ethernet Standard group recently approved the...
Until now, metro networking has come at the cost of of a major step change from Ethernet to more expensive, less familiar and less flexible technologies like ATM or Sonet/SDH," said Chen. Of course, there will never be a wholesale change because of...