Friday 27 January - Greg Hankins (Brocade)

 - What's Going on with Ethernet?

In this presentation we'll take a look at what Ethernet developments are taking place in the IEEE, ITU-T, IETF and MEF. We'll start with a quick overview on how the various standards organizations fit together, and then dive deeper into the following new and emerging Ethernet technologies:

• 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit Ethernet
• Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
• Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS)
• Carrier Ethernet
• Operations, Administration, and Management (OAM)
• Data Center Bridging (DCB)
• Shortest Path Forwarding