On December 6, 2017, the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group officially approved the new IEEE 802.3bs Ethernet definition standard that includes the media access control parameters required for 200G Ethernet (200GbE) and 400G Ethernet (400GbE), the physical layer , Management participation.
The Ethernet Alliance coalition said today that, Already ready to put the newly approved 200 / 400GbE standard into commercial deployment applications.
The 200 / 400GbE standard covers a wide range of interconnection applications. The ultra-high bandwidth meets the needs of a wide range of bandwidth-intensive applications such as cloud-scale data centers, Internet switching, hosting services, service provider networks and dramatically reduces port costs.
John D'Ambrosia, senior chief engineer at Huawei and chairman of the IEEE P802.3bs task force, said that 802.3bs represents the moment of transition for the next generation of mobile networks, and the arrival of 200 / 400GbE is just in time for the need for reliable and high-speed connectivity in different areas and applications , The real work of testing and verifying multivendor interoperability has begun and the Ethernet Alliance is ready.
In March 2017, the Ethernet Alliance successfully demonstrated 400GbE.
