IEEE 802.3AH-2004
Information technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer S

Standard No.

IEEE 802.3AH-2004

Release Date

2004

Published By

IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers@ Inc.

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

IEEE 802.3AH/INT 1-4-2007

Latest

IEEE 802.3AH/INT 1-4-2007

Scope

This amendment to IEEE Std 802.3-2002 as amended by IEEE Std 802.3ae-2002@ IEEE Std 802.3af-2003@ IEEE Std 802.3aj-2003@ and IEEE Std 802.3ak-2004 combines a minimal set of extensions to the IEEE 802.3 Media Access Control (MAC) and MAC Control sublayers with a family of Physical (PHY) Layers. These Physical Layers include optical fiber and voice grade copper cable Physical Medium Dependent sublayers (PMDs) for point-to-point connections in subscriber access networks. This amendment also introduces the concept of Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs)@ in which a point to multi-point (P2MP) network topology is implemented with passive optical splitters@ along with optical fiber PMDs that support this topology. In addition@ a mechanism for network Operations@ Administration and Maintenance (OAM) is included to facilitate network operation and troubleshooting. To support these innovations@ options for unidirectional transmission of frames are provided for 100BASE-X@ 1000BASE-X@ 10GBASE-R@ 10GBASE-W@ and 10GBASE-X.

IEEE 802.3AH-2004 history

• 1970 IEEE 802.3AH/INT 1-4-2007 IEEE Standards Interpretation for IEEE Std 802.3ah ?-2004
• 2004 IEEE 802.3AH-2004 Information technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer S