DocumentCode
1111552
Title
Aggregation at the physical layer
Author
Frazier, Howard M.
Author_Institution
Broadcom Corp., Irvine
Volume
46
Issue
2
fYear
2008
fDate
6/30/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract
Aggregation at the physical layer (APL) allows a single IEEE 802.3 media access control (MAC) sublayer to treat a collection of underlying physical layer (PHY) devices as a single logical link. APL creates Ethernet links with bandwidths greater than can be achieved with a single physical link. The primary purpose of APL is to support the next generation Ethernet link speeds of 40 and 100 Gb/s.
Keywords
IEEE standards; access protocols; local area networks; APL; Ethernet links; IEEE 802.3; MAC sublayer; aggregation; media access control sublayer; physical layer; Aggregates; Assembly; Bandwidth; Encoding; Ethernet networks; ISO standards; Media Access Protocol; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Physical layer;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0163-6804
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCOM.2008.4476164
Filename
4476164
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