Topic: New Ethernet Lingo for Access Networks

 

Layer 2 networks have evolved from basic CSMA/CD where delivering a packet was
a main theme. Qulity of Service (QoS) was not even thought of in the initial
design of Ethernet techniques.

 

Now we are talking about providing Triple Play (Voice, Video and Data) and more
applications on Ethernet. Obviously these are QoS aware applications.

 

How did this transformation occur? What are the enabling techniques made
Ethernet more intelligent? What are the next steps for Ethernet based access
networks?