IEEE P802.3by/D3.2, March 2016 (Amendment of IEEE Std 802.3-2015 as amended by IEEE Std 802.3bw-2015 IEEE Standard for Ethernet - Amendment 2: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers, and Management Parameters for 25 Gb/s Operation
IEEE P802.3by/D3.2, March 2016 (Amendment of IEEE Std 802.3-2015 as amended by IEEE Std 802.3bw-2015
Standard No.
IEEE P802.3by/D3.2, March 2016 (Amendment of IEEE Std 802.3-2015 as amended by IEEE Std 802.3bw-2015
Release Date
2016
Published By
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Scope
This amendment to IEEE Std 802.3-2015 adds Physical Layer (PHY) specifications and management parameters for 25 Gb/s operation over twinaxial copper cabling (25GBASE-CR and 25GBASE-CR-S), electrical backplanes (25GBASE-KR and 25GBASE-KR-S), and multimode fiber (25GBASE-SR). This amendment also specifies a 25 Gigabit Attachment Unit Interface (25GAUI) and optional Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE).