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<strong>Ethernet</strong> 6<br />
• 1999: IEEE802.3ab; Gigabit <strong>Ethernet</strong> over twisted pair<br />
• 1999: IEEE802.3ac; 802.1Q: definition of the Q tag with VLAN and priority information.<br />
• 2003: IEEE802.3af; Power over <strong>Ethernet</strong><br />
• 2006: IEEE802.3an; 10GBase-T<br />
• 2006: IEEE802.3aq; 10GBase-LRM, <strong>Ethernet</strong> over multimode fiber<br />
<strong>Ethernet</strong> is only a specification of layers 1 and 2 in the OSI model. It is not a complete network<br />
pro<strong>to</strong>col but a subnet on which other pro<strong>to</strong>cols such as the TCP/IP suite can work.<br />
The most important functions of ETHERNET are:<br />
• Filling in of the physical layer<br />
– sending and receiving the serial bit streams over the medium.<br />
– detecting collisions.<br />
• Filling in of the data link layer<br />
– MAC sublayer:<br />
∗ access mechanism <strong>to</strong> the network (CSMA/CD).<br />
∗ building of the data frames.<br />
– LLC sublayer:<br />
∗ data reliability.<br />
∗ supply data channels for higher-level applications.<br />
2.2 The physical implementations<br />
The most important implementations over the years are:<br />
• Thick <strong>Ethernet</strong> (10Base5)<br />
• Thick <strong>Ethernet</strong> (10Base2)<br />
• Broadband <strong>Ethernet</strong> (10Broad36)<br />
• <strong>Ethernet</strong> over twisted pair (10Base-T)<br />
• <strong>Ethernet</strong> over Fiber (10Base-F)<br />
• Fast <strong>Ethernet</strong> (100Base-T / 100Base-F)<br />
• Gigabit <strong>Ethernet</strong> (1000Base-T)<br />
• Wireless <strong>Ethernet</strong>