Table of Contents

SECTION ONE
1 Introduction
2 Media Access Control (MAC) service specification
3 Media Access Control (MAC) frame and packet
   specifications
4 Media Access Control
5 Layer Management
6 Physical Signaling (PLS) service specifications
7 Physical Signaling (PLS) and Attachment Unit
   Interface (AUI) specifications
8 Medium Attachment Unit and baseband medium
   specifications, type 10BASE5
9 Repeater unit for 10 Mb/s baseband networks
10 Medium attachment unit and baseband medium
   specifications, type 10BASE2
11 Broadband medium attachment unit and broadband
   medium specifications, type 10BROAD36
12 Physical signaling, medium attachment, and
   baseband medium specifications, type 1BASE5
13 System considerations for multisegment 10 Mb/s
   baseband networks
14 Twisted-pair medium attachment unit (MAU) and
   baseband medium, type 10BASE-T including type
   10BASE-Te
15 Fiber optic medium and common elements of medium
   attachment units and star, type 10BASE-F
16 Fiber optic passive star and medium attachment
   unit, type 10BASE-FP
17 Fiber optic medium attachment unit, type 10BASE-FB
18 Fiber optic medium attachment unit, type 10BASE-FL
19 Layer Management for 10 Mb/s baseband repeaters
20 Layer Management for 10 Mb/s baseband medium
   attachment units
Annex A (informative) - Bibliography
Annex B (informative) - System guidelines
Annex C (informative) - State diagram, MAC sublayer
Annex D (informative) - Application context, selected
        medium specifications
Annex E (informative) - Receiver wavelength design
        considerations (FOIRL)
Annex F (normative) - Additional attributes required
        for systems
Annex G (normative) - Additional material required
        for conformance testing
Annex H (normative) - GDMO specifications for CSMA/CD
        managed objects
Annex 4A (normative) - Simplified full duplex media
         access control
SECTION TWO
21 Introduction to 100 Mb/s baseband networks, type
   100BASE-T
22 Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) and Media Independent
   Interface (MII)
23 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Physical Medium
   Attachment (PMA) sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 100BASE-T4
24 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) and Physical Medium
   Attachment (PMA) sublayer, type 100BASE-X
25 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and
   baseband medium, type 100BASE-TX
26 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and
   baseband medium, type 100BASE-FX
27 Repeater for 100 Mb/s baseband networks
28 Physical Layer link signaling for Auto-Negotiation
   on twisted pair
29 System considerations for multisegment 100BASE-T
   networks
30 Management
31 MAC Control
32 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Physical Medium
   Attachment (PMA) sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 100BASE-T2
33 Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) Power via Media
   Dependent Interface (MDI)
Annex 22A (informative) - MII output delay, setup, and
          hold time budget
Annex 22B (informative) - MII driver ac characteristics
Annex 22C (informative) - Measurement techniques for
          MII signal timing characteristics
Annex 22D (informative) - Clause22 access to Clause45
          MMD registers
Annex 23A (normative) - 6T codewords
Annex 23B (informative) - Noise budget
Annex 23C (informative) - Use of cabling systems
          with a nominal differential characteristic
          impedance of 120 ohm
Annex 27A (normative) - Repeater delay consistency
          requirements
Annex 28A (normative) - Selector Field definitions
Annex 28B (normative) - IEEE 8023 Selector Base Page
          definition
Annex 28C (normative) - Next Page Message Code field
          definitions
Annex 28D (normative) - Description of extensions to
          Clause28 and associated annexes
Annex 29A (informative) - DTE and repeater delay components
Annex 29B (informative) - Recommended topology documentation
Annex 30A (normative) - GDMO specification for IEEE 8023
          managed object classes
Annex 30B (normative) - GDMO and ASN1 definitions for
          management
Annex 30C (normative) - SNMP MIB definitions for Link
          Aggregation
Annex 31A (normative) - MAC Control opcode assignments
Annex 31D (normative) - MAC Control PFC operation
Annex 32A (informative) - Use of cabling systems with
          nominal differential characteristic impedance
          of 120 ohm or 150 ohm
Annex 33A (informative) - PSE-PD stability
SECTION THREE
34 Introduction to 1000 Mb/s baseband network
35 Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) and Gigabit Media
   Independent Interface (GMII)
36 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) and Physical
   Medium Attachment (PMA) sublayer, type 1000BASE-X
37 Auto-Negotiation function, type 1000BASE-X
38 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and baseband
   medium, type 1000BASE-LX (long wavelength laser) and
   1000BASE-SX (short wavelength laser)
39 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and baseband
   medium, type 1000BASE-CX (short-haul copper)
40 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Physical Medium
   Attachment (PMA) sublayer and baseband medium, type
   1000BASE-T
41 Repeater for 1000 Mb/s baseband networks
42 System considerations for multisegment 1000 Mb/s networks
43 Content moved to IEEE Std 8021AX-2008
Annex 36A (informative) - Jitter test patterns
Annex 36B (informative) - 8B/10B transmission code running
          disparity calculation examples
Annex 38A (informative) - Fiber launch conditions
Annex 40A (informative) - Additional cabling design
          guidelines
Annex 40B (informative) - Description of cable clamp
Annex 40C (informative) - Add-on interface for
          additional Next Pages
Annex 43A (informative) - Annex 43A is no longer in use
Annex 43B (informative) - Annex 43B is no longer in use
Annex 43C (informative) - Annex 43C is no longer in use
SECTION FOUR
44 Introduction to 10 Gb/s baseband network
45 Management Data Input/Output (MDIO) Interface
46 Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) and 10 Gigabit Media
   Independent Interface (XGMII)
47 XGMII Extender Sublayer (XGXS) and 10 Gigabit
   Attachment Unit Interface (XAUI)
48 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) and Physical Medium
   Attachment (PMA) sublayer, type 10GBASE-X
49 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) for 64B/66B, type
   10GBASE-R
50 WAN Interface Sublayer (WIS), type 10GBASE-W
51 Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) sublayer, type
   Serial
52 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and
   baseband medium, type 10GBASE-S (short wavelength
   serial), 10GBASE-L (long wavelength serial), and
   10GBASE-E (extra long wavelength serial)
53 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and
   baseband medium, type 10GBASE-LX4
54 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and
   baseband medium, type 10GBASE-CX4
55 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Physical Medium
   Attachment (PMA) sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 10GBASE-T
Annex 44A (informative) - Diagram of Data Flow
Annex 45A (informative) - Clause 45 MDIO electrical
          interface
Annex 48A (normative) - Jitter test patterns
Annex 48B (informative) - Jitter test methods
Annex 50A (informative) - Thresholds for Severely
          Errored Second calculations
Annex 55A (normative) - LDPC details
Annex 55B (informative) - Additional cabling design
          guidelines for 10GBASE-T
SECTION FIVE
56 Introduction to Ethernet for subscriber access networks
57 Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
58 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium,
   type 100BASE-LX10 (Long Wavelength) and 100BASE-BX10
   (BiDirectional Long Wavelength)
59 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium,
   type 1000BASE-LX10 (Long Wavelength) and 1000BASE-BX10
   (BiDirectional Long Wavelength)
60 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium,
   type 1000BASE-PX (long wavelength passive optical networks)
61 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Transmission Convergence
   (TC) sublayer, and common specifications, type 10PASS-TS
   and type 2BASE-TL
62 Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) and Physical Medium
   Dependent (PMD), type 10PASS-TS
63 Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) and Physical Medium
   Dependent (PMD), type 2BASE-TL
64 Multipoint MAC Control
65 Extensions of the Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) and Physical
   Coding Sublayer (PCS) / Physical Media Attachment (PMA)
   for 1000BASE-X for multipoint links and forward error
   correction
66 Extensions of the 10 Gb/s Reconciliation Sublayer (RS),
   100BASE-X PHY, and 1000BASE-X PHY for unidirectional
   transport
67 System considerations for Ethernet subscriber access networks
68 Physical medium dependent (PMD) sublayer type 10GBASE-LRM
69 Introduction to Ethernet operation over electrical backplanes
70 Physical Medium Dependent sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 1000BASE-KX
71 Physical Medium Dependent sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 10GBASE-KX4
72 Physical Medium Dependent sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 10GBASE-KR
73 Auto-Negotiation for backplane and copper cable assembly
74 Forward Error Correction (FEC) sublayer for BASE-R PHYs
75 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium
   for passive optical networks, type 10GBASE-PR and
   10/1GBASE-PRX
76 Reconciliation Sublayer, Physical Coding Sublayer, and Physical
   Media Attachment for 10G-EPON
77 Multipoint MAC Control for 10G-EPON
Annex 57A (normative) Requirements for support of Slow Protocols
Annex 57B (normative) Organization specific slow protocol (OSSP)
Annex 58A (informative) Frame-based testing
Annex 61A (informative) EFM Copper examples
Annex 61B (normative) Handshake codepoints for 2BASE-TL and
          10PASS-TS
Annex 62A (normative) PMD profiles for 10PASS-TS
Annex 62B (normative) Performance guidelines for 10PASS-TS
          PMD profiles
Annex 62C (informative) 10PASS-TS Examples
Annex 63A (normative) PMD Profiles for 2BASE-TL
Annex 63B (normative) Performance guidelines for 2BASE-TL
          PMD profiles
Annex 67A (informative) Environmental characteristics for Ethernet
          subscriber access networks
Annex 69A (normative) Interference tolerance testing
Annex 69B (informative) Interconnect characteristics
Annex 73A (normative) Next page message code field definitions
Annex 74A (informative) FEC block encoding examples
Annex 75A (informative) Dual-rate receiver implementation
Annex 75B (informative) Illustrative channels and penalties for
          10GBASE-PR and 10/1GBASE-PRX power budget classes
Annex 75C (informative) Jitter at TP1 to TP8 for 10GBASE-PR
          and 10/1GBASE-PRX
Annex 76A (informative) - FEC Encoding example
SECTION SIX
78 Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
79 IEEE 8023 Organizationally Specific Link Layer Discovery
   Protocol (LLDP) type, length, and value (TLV) information
   elements
80 Introduction to 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s networks
81 Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) and Media Independent Interface for
   40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s operation (XLGMII and CGMII)
82 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) for 64B/66B, type 40GBASE-R
   and 100GBASE-R
83 Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) sublayer, type 40GBASE-R
   and 100GBASE-R
84 Physical Medium Dependent sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 40GBASE-KR4
85 Physical Medium Dependent sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 40GBASE-CR4 and 100GBASE-CR10
86 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium, type
   40GBASE-SR4 and 100GBASE-SR10
87 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium, type
   40GBASE-LR4 and 40GBASE-ER4
88 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium, type
   100GBASE-LR4 and 100GBASE-ER4
89 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium, type
   40GBASE-FR
90 Ethernet support for time synchronization protocols
91 Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction (RS-FEC) sublayer
   for 100GBASE-R PHYs
92 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 100GBASE-CR4
93 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and baseband medium,
   type 100GBASE-KR4
94 Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) sublayer, Physical Medium
   Dependent (PMD) sublayer, and baseband medium, type 100GBASE-KP4
95 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium, type
   100GBASE-SR4
96 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS), Physical Medium Attachment
   (PMA) sublayer and baseband medium, type 100BASE-T1
105 Introduction to 25 Gb/s networks
106 Reconciliation Sublayer (RS) and Media Independent Interface
    (25GMII) for 25 Gb/s operation
107 Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) for 64B/66B, type 25GBASE-R
108 Reed-Solomon Forward Error Correction (RS-FEC) sublayer for
    25GBASE-R PHYs
109 Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) sublayer, type 25GBASE-R
110 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and baseband medium,
    type 25GBASE-CR and 25GBASE-CR-S
111 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and baseband medium,
    type 25GBASE-KR and 25GBASE-KR-S
112 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium, type
    25GBASE-SR
Annex 83A (normative) - 40 Gb/s Attachment Unit Interface (XLAUI)
          and 100 Gb/s ten-lane Attachment Unit Interface (CAUI-10)
Annex 83B (normative) - Chip-to-module 40 Gb/s Attachment Unit
          Interface (XLAUI) and 100 Gb/s ten-lane Attachment Unit
          Interface (CAUI-10)
Annex 83C (normative) - PMA sublayer partitioning examples
Annex 83D (normative) - Chip-to-chip 100 Gb/s four-lane Attachment
          Unit Interface (CAUI-4)
Annex 83E (normative) - Chip-to-module 100 Gb/s four-lane Attachment
          Unit Interface (CAUI-4)
Annex 85A (informative) - 40GBASE-CR4 and 100GBASE-CR10 TP0
          and TP5 test point parameters
Annex 86A (normative) - Parallel Physical Interface (nPPI) for
          40GBASE-SR4 and 40GBASE-LR4 (XLPPI) and
          100GBASE-SR10 (CPPI)
Annex 91A (informative) - RS-FEC codeword examples
Annex 92A (informative) - 100GBASE-CR4 TP0 and TP5 test point
          parameters and channel characteristics
Annex 93A (normative) - Specification methods for electrical channels
Annex 93B (informative) - Electrical backplane reference model
Annex 93C (informative) - Receiver interference tolerance
Annex 109A (normative) - Chip-to-chip 25 Gigabit Attachment Unit
           Interface (25GAUI C2C)
Annex 109B (normative) - Chip-to-module 25 Gigabit Attachment Unit
           Interface (25GAUI C2M)
Annex 109C (informative) - 25GBASE-R PMA sublayer partitioning
           examples
Annex 110A (informative) - TP0 and TP5 test point parameters and
           channel characteristics for 25GBASE-CR and 25GBASE-CR-S
Annex 110B (normative) - Test fixtures for 25GBASE-CR, 25GBASE-CR-S,
           and 25GAUI C2M
Annex 110C (informative) - Host and cable assembly form factors
           for 25GBASE-CR and 25GBASE-CR-S PHYs
114 Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer and medium,
    types 25GBASE-LR and 25GBASE-ER

Abstract

Specifies Ethernet local area, access and metropolitan area networks.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
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