Gigabit Ethernet
Uses switched-architecture, not shared => no GbE “hubs”
- Micro-segmentation => 1 host per-switched segment
Uses full-duplex Ethernet => no contention => no CSMA/CD !
Uses multimode and single-mode fiber (though Broadcom recently has developed chips for UTP transmission)
Only support for the 802.3 frame format, preservation of min/max frame sizes
Since ? larger, some minimal flow control is proposed