Title :
Ethernet´s high-wire act [new IEEE standard]
fDate :
4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The local- and metropolitan-area networking committee of the IEEE 802.1 working group has been tasked to develop a standard that could ensure the high quality of service needed to transmit streaming multimedia over a wide-area Ethernet network that covers an entire city. The new standard hopes to make possible dramatic improvements in services such as Internet-based television. Once the standard is in place, costs are expected to drop for carriers, which can pass those savings on to the users of their high-speed services.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; Internet telephony; local area networks; quality of service; telecommunication standards; Ethernet; IEEE 802.1 working group; IEEE 802.1ah; Web page; Websights; broadband data; data networks; local-area networking; streaming multimedia; voice over IP; wide-area Ethernet network; Cable TV; Circuits; Clouds; Communication cables; Ethernet networks; Internet telephony; Local area networks; Quality of service; Streaming media; Web and internet services;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.2005.1413735