Gigabit Ethernet for Metro Area Networks

Gigabit Ethernet has been deployed in the metro space, providing low cost, easily managed bandwidth for intensive applications like video, storage, and ASPs. 10 Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3a) will make the use of Ethernet in the Metro area even more attractive. IDC projects that GigE revenues in the U.S., marked at $155 million in 2001, will grow at 36.7% per year over the next five years, to $741 million in 2006.

Contents 

     Acknowledgments
     Preface
     Introduction
    Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Ethernet Technology
    Chapter 2: Metro Area Ethernet
    Chapter 3: The Metro GigE Marketplace
    Chapter 5: Competing Technologies
    Chapter 5: Complementary Technologies and Protocols
     Conclusion
     Appendix A
     Glossary
     References
     Index