Ethernet Standard |
Date |
Description |
Experimental Ethernet |
1973[1] |
2.94 Mbit/s (367 kB/s) over coaxial cable (coax) bus |
Ethernet II (DIX v2.0) |
1982 |
10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) over thick coax. Frames have a Type field. This frame format is used on all forms of Ethernet by protocols in the Internet protocol suite. |
IEEE 802.3 standard |
1983 |
10BASE5 10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) over thick coax. Same as Ethernet II (above) except Type field is replaced by Length, and an 802.2 LLC header follows the 802.3 header. Based on the CSMA/CDProcess. |
802.3a |
1985 |
10BASE2 10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) over thin Coax (a.k.a. thinnet or cheapernet) |
802.3b |
1985 |
10BROAD36 |
802.3c |
1985 |
10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) repeater specs |
802.3d |
1987 |
Fiber-optic inter-repeater link |
802.3e |
1987 |
1BASE5 or StarLAN |
802.3i |
1990 |
10BASE-T 10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) over twisted pair |
802.3j |
1993 |
10BASE-F 10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) over Fiber-Optic |
802.3u |
1995 |
100BASE-TX, 100BASE-T4, 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet at 100 Mbit/s (12.5 MB/s) w/autonegotiation |
802.3x |
1997 |
Full Duplex and flow control; also incorporates DIX framing, so there's no longer a DIX/802.3 split |
802.3y |
1998 |
100BASE-T2 100 Mbit/s (12.5 MB/s) over low quality twisted pair |
802.3z |
1998 |
1000BASE-X Gbit/s Ethernet over Fiber-Optic at 1 Gbit/s (125 MB/s) |
802.3-1998 |
1998 |
A revision of base standard incorporating the above amendments and errata |
802.3ab |
1999 |
1000BASE-T Gbit/s Ethernet over twisted pair at 1 Gbit/s (125 MB/s) |
802.3ac |
1998 |
Max frame size extended to 1522 bytes (to allow "Q-tag") The Q-tag includes 802.1Q VLAN information and 802.1p priority information. |
802.3ad |
2000 |
Link aggregation for parallel links, since moved to IEEE 802.1AX |
802.3-2002 |
2002 |
A revision of base standard incorporating the three prior amendments and errata |
802.3ae |
2002 |
10 Gigabit Ethernet over fiber; 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR, 10GBASE-ER, 10GBASE-SW, 10GBASE-LW, 10GBASE-EW |
802.3af |
2003 |
Power over Ethernet (15.4 W) |
802.3ah |
2004 |
Ethernet in the First Mile |
802.3ak |
2004 |
10GBASE-CX4 10 Gbit/s (1,250 MB/s) Ethernet over twinaxial cables |
802.3-2005 |
2005 |
A revision of base standard incorporating the four prior amendments and errata. |
802.3an |
2006 |
10GBASE-T 10 Gbit/s (1,250 MB/s) Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair (UTP) |
802.3ap |
2007 |
Backplane Ethernet (1 and 10 Gbit/s (125 and 1,250 MB/s) over printed circuit boards) |
802.3aq |
2006 |
10GBASE-LRM 10 Gbit/s (1,250 MB/s) Ethernet over multimode fiber |
P802.3ar |
Cancelled |
Congestion management (withdrawn) |
802.3as |
2006 |
Frame expansion |
802.3at |
2009 |
Power over Ethernet enhancements (25.5 W) |
802.3au |
2006 |
Isolation requirements for Power over Ethernet (802.3-2005/Cor 1) |
802.3av |
2009 |
10 Gbit/s EPON |
802.3aw |
2007 |
Fixed an equation in the publication of 10GBASE-T (released as 802.3-2005/Cor 2) |
802.3-2008 |
2008 |
A revision of base standard incorporating the 802.3an/ap/aq/as amendments, two corrigenda and errata. Link aggregation was moved to 802.1AX. |
802.3az |
2010 |
Energy Efficient Ethernet |
802.3ba |
2010 |
40 Gbit/s and 100 Gbit/s Ethernet. 40 Gbit/s over 1m backplane, 10 m Cu cable assembly (4x25 Gbit or 10x10 Gbit lanes) and 100 m of MMF and 100 Gbit/s up to 10 m of Cu cable assembly, 100 m of MMF or 40 km of SMF respectively |
802.3-2008/Cor 1 |
2009 |
Increase Pause Reaction Delay timings which are insufficient for 10 Gbit/s (workgroup name was 802.3bb) |
802.3bc |
2009 |
Move and update Ethernet related TLVs (type, length, values), previously specified in Annex F of IEEE 802.1AB (LLDP) to 802.3. |
802.3bd |
2010 |
Priority-based Flow Control. An amendment by the IEEE 802.1 Data Center Bridging Task Group (802.1Qbb) to develop an amendment to IEEE Std 802.3 to add a MAC Control Frame to support IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow Control. |
802.3.1 |
2011 |
MIB definitions for Ethernet. It consolidates the Ethernet related MIBs present in Annex 30A&B, various IETF RFCs, and 802.1AB annex F into one master document with a machine readable extract. (workgroup name was P802.3be) |
802.3bf |
2011 |
Provide an accurate indication of the transmission and reception initiation times of certain packets as required to support IEEE P802.1AS. |
802.3bg |
2011 |
Provide a 40 Gbit/s PMD which is optically compatible with existing carrier SMF 40 Gbit/s client interfaces (OTU3/STM-256/OC-768/40G POS). |
802.3-2012 |
2012 |
A revision of base standard incorporating the 802.3at/av/az/ba/bc/bd/bf/bg amendments, a corrigenda and errata. |
802.3bj |
June 2014 |
Define a 4-lane 100 Gbit/s backplane PHY for operation over links consistent with copper traces on ¡°improved FR-4¡± (as defined by IEEE P802.3ap or better materials to be defined by the Task Force) with lengths up to at least 1m and a 4-lane 100 Gbit/s PHY for operation over links consistent with copper twinaxial cables with lengths up to at least 5m. |
802.3bk |
2013 |
This amendment to IEEE Std 802.3 defines the physical layer specifications and management parameters for EPON operation on point-to-multipoint passive optical networks supporting extended power budget classes of PX30, PX40, PRX40, and PR40 PMDs. |
802.3bm |
2015 |
100G/40G Ethernet for optical fiber |
802.3bp |
2014 |
1000BASE-T1 - Gigabit Ethernet over a single twisted pair, automotive & industrial environments |
802.3bq |
~Feb 2016 |
40GBASE-T for 4-pair balanced twisted-pair cabling with 2 connectors over 30 m distances |
802.3bs |
~ 2017 |
400 Gbit/s Ethernet over optical fiber using multiple 25G/50G lanes |
802.3bt |
~ 2017 |
Power over Ethernet enhancements up to 100W using all 4-pairs balanced twisted-pair cabling, lower standby power and specific enhancements to support IoT applications (e.g. Lighting, sensors, building automation). |
802.3bw |
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100BASE-T1 – 100 Mbit/s Ethernet over a single twisted pair for automotive applications |
802.3-2015 |
2015 |
802.3bx – a new consolidated revision of the 802.3 standard including amendments 802.2bk/bj/bm |
802.3by |
~Sep 2016 |
25G Ethernet[2] |
802.3bz |
~Aug 2017[3] |
2.5 Gigabit and 5 Gigabit Ethernet over Cat-5/Cat-6 twisted pair – 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T |