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.
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.
To help support Ethernet standards-based efforts, the Ethernet Alliance hosts multiple subcommittees that assist with Ethernet standards efforts and member companies' go-to-market stratgies. Examples of efforts Ethernet Alliance subcommittees are helping with include:
- Performing marketing studies
- Supporting new Ethernet technology incubation efforts
- Assessing technology costs
- Developing standards framework
- Studies to drive Ethernet performance further
- And much more . . .
