The client interface for 100Gb/s Ethernet is standardised in IEEE802.3ba as an amendment to the full 802.3 specification. The client interface for Ethernet at 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s is fundamentally different from the earlier 10Gb/s and lower rates. At these lower rates the interface is specified as a serial stream…(Read More)

So what exactly is the difference between the line side and client side of the network?   The client side of the network is where traffic will come on-ramp into the optical backbone. In this case the client side interface will be used to interconnect between the metro networks and the optical backbone. So…(Read More)