This document describes the transmission of IPv4 over Ethernet, as well as IPv6 over Ethernet, in an access network deploying the IEEE 802.16 cellular radio transmission technology. The Ethernet on top of IEEE 802.16 is realized by bridging connections that IEEE 802.16 provides between a base station and its associated subscriber stations. Due to the resource constraints of radio transmission s...

This document defines objects for managing Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) capabilities on Ethernet-like interfaces conformant to the Ethernet OAM functionality defined in the Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) clauses of the Ethernet standards. The Ethernet OAM functionality is complementary to the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) in that it is focused on a small set o...

The work related to GMPLS Ethernet Label Switching (GELS) extended GMPLS RSVP-TE to support the establishment of Ethernet Label Switching Paths (LSPs). IEEE Ethernet Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) specifies an adjunct Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) flow to check connectivity in Ethernet networks. CFM can also be used with Ethernet LSPs for fault detection and triggering ...

Time-triggered (TT) Ethernet is a novel communication system that integrates real-time and non-real-time traffic into a single communication architecture. A TT Ethernet system consists od a set of nodes interconnected by a specific switch called TT Ethernet switch. A node consist of a TT Ethernet communication controller that executes the TT Ethernet protocol and a host computer that executes t...

There is a growing interest of using Ethernet to support time constrained communication raised from process control, factory automation and other real-time applications. This paper first presents a comprehensive analysis of the temporal characteristics of traditional Ethernet and the improvements for them, then summarizes the interesting features offered by a switched Ethernet for supporting ti...

-The real time properties of traditional Ethernet are poor. The end-to-end latency through an Ethernet network based on thin Ethernet (coax 10BASE-2) or hubs (10BASE or 100BASE) depends on the network load. The non deterministic property of the Carrier Sense Multiple Access – Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) scheme has been the main argument against Ethernet as the communication solution for appli...

ABSTRACT The 10Mbps Ethernet network has been widely used for interconnecting computers. Recent advances in computing technology have shown that the 10Mbps Ethernet network cannot support network intensive applications. High-speed networking devices are direct solution to the problem but are costly. Using multiple Ethernet networks to interconnect computers can provide performance improvement f...

This paper provides an overview of three important tools for Ethernet Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM): Link-layer Ethernet OAM, Ethernet-Local Management Interface (E-LMI), and Service Layer Ethernet OAM – commonly referred to as “Connectivity Fault Management”.

Ethernet today is the dominant technology in local area networks. The IEEE 802.3 working group is finalizing an amendment to the Ethernet standard called 802.3ah that will bring Ethernet to the access network. This paper introduces the new features introduced by 802.3ah as well as discusses the potential role of Ethernet in the access network.