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IEEE 802.3 is a working group and a collection of standards defining the physical layer and data link
layer's media access control (MAC) of wired Ethernet. The standards are produced by the working group
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). This set of standards generally applies to
local area networks (LANs) and has some wide area network (WAN) applications. Physical connections
are made between network nodes and, usually, various network infrastructure devices (hubs, switches,
routers) by various types of copper cables or optical fiber.

802.3 standards support the IEEE 802.1 network architecture.

802.3 also defines a LAN access method using carrier-sense multiple access with collision detection
(CSMA/CD).
Communication standards

IEEE
Ethernet
approval Description
standard
date
Experimental 2.94 Mbit/s (367 kB/s) over a coaxial cable (coax) bus. A single-octet node
Ethernet 1973[a][1] address is unique only to an individual network.

Ethernet I
(DIX v1.0) 1980-09[b] 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.
Ethernet II Six-octet MAC address.
(DIX v2.0) 1982-11[b]

10BASE5 10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) over thick coax. First edition of the IEEE 802.3
standard. Approved by IEEE in 1983, approved by ANSI in 1984, and published
802.3-1985 1983-06 in 1985. 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/CD
media access method.

802.3a 1985-11 10BASE2 10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) over thin coax (a.k.a. thinnet or cheapernet)

802.3b 1985-09 10BROAD36

802.3c 1985-12 10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) repeater specifications

802.3d 1987-12 Fiber-optic inter-repeater link

1BASE5 or StarLAN, first use of (voice-grade) twisted pair cabling, 1 Mbit/s,
802.3e 1987-06
maximum reach of 250 to 500 m

802.3h 1990-09 10 Mbit/s layer management, DTEs

802.3i 1990-09 10BASE-T 10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) over twisted pair

802.3j 1992-09 10BASE-F 10 Mbit/s (1.25 MB/s) over optical fiber

802.3k 1992-09 10 Mbit/s layer management, repeaters

802.3m 1995-09 Maintenance

802.3n 1995-09 Maintenance

802.3q 1993-06 GDMO (ISO/IEC 10165-4) format for Layer Managed Objects

802.3r 1996-07 10BASE5 Medium Attachment Unit PICS

802.3s 1995-09 Maintenance

802.3t 1995-06 120 Ω informative annex for 10BASE-T

100BASE-TX, 100BASE-T4, 100BASE-FX Fast Ethernet at 100 Mbit/s

802.3u 1995-06
(12.5 MB/s) with autonegotiation
802.3v 1995-12 150 Ω informative annex for 10BASE-T

Full duplex and flow control; also incorporates DIX framing, so there's no longer a
802.3x 1997-03
DIX/802.3 split

802.3y 1997-03 100BASE-T2 100 Mbit/s (12.5 MB/s) over voice-grade twisted pair
802.3z 1998-06 1000BASE-X 1 Gbit/s (125 MB/s) Ethernet over optical fiber

(802.3aa) A revision of the base standard incorporating earlier amendments and

802.3-1998 1998-06
errata

802.3ab 1999-06 1000BASE-T 1 Gbit/s (125 MB/s) Ethernet over twisted pair
 Max frame size extended to 1522 bytes (to allow "Q-tag"). The Q-tag includes
802.3ac 1998-09
802.1Q VLAN information and 802.1p priority information.
802.3ad 2000-03 Link aggregation for parallel links, since moved to IEEE 802.1AX

(802.3ag) A revision of the base standard incorporating the three prior

802.3-2002 2002-01
amendments and errata

10 Gigabit Ethernet over fiber: 10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR, 10GBASE-ER,

802.3ae 2002-06
10GBASE-SW, 10GBASE-LW, 10GBASE-EW
802.3af 2003-06 Power over Ethernet (15.4 W)

802.3ah 2004-06 Ethernet in the first mile

802.3ak 2004-02 10GBASE-CX4 10 Gbit/s (1,250 MB/s) Ethernet over twinaxial cables
(802.3am) A revision of the base standard incorporating the four prior
802.3-2005 2005-06
amendments and errata

802.3an 2006-06 10GBASE-T 10 Gbit/s (1,250 MB/s) Ethernet over unshielded twisted pair (UTP)

Backplane Ethernet (1 and 10 Gbit/s (125 and 1,250 MB/s) over printed circuit
802.3ap 2007-03
boards)
802.3aq 2006-09 10GBASE-LRM 10 Gbit/s (1,250 MB/s) Ethernet over multimode fiber

P802.3ar canceled Congestion management (withdrawn)

802.3as 2006-09 Frame expansion

802.3at 2009-09 Power over Ethernet enhancements (25.5 W)

802.3au 2006-06 Isolation requirements for Power over Ethernet (802.3-2005/Cor 1)

802.3av 2009-09 10 Gbit/s EPON

Fixed an equation in the publication of 10GBASE-T (released as 802.3-2005/Cor
802.3aw 2007-06
2)

802.3ax 2008-11 Link aggregation – moved to and approved as 802.1AX

(802.3ay) A revision of the base standard incorporating the 802.3an/ap/aq/as

802.3-2008 2008-12
amendments, two corrigenda and errata
802.3az 2010-09 Energy-Efficient Ethernet

40 Gbit/s and 100 Gbit/s Ethernet. 40 Gbit/s over a 1 m backplane, 10 m Cu

cable assembly (4×25 Gbit/s or 10×10 Gbit/s lanes) and 100 m of multi-mode
802.3ba 2010-06
optical fiber, and 100 Gbit/s over 10 m of Cu cable assembly, 100 m of multi-
mode optical fiber and 40 km of single-mode optical fiber

802.3- (802.3bb) Increase Pause Reaction Delay timings which are insufficient for
2009-12
2008/Cor 1 10 Gbit/s (Working group name was 802.3bb.)
Move and update Ethernet-related TLVs (type, length, values), previously
802.3bc 2009-09
specified in Annex F of IEEE 802.1AB (LLDP) to 802.3

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
802.3bd 2011-06
add a MAC Control Frame to support IEEE 802.1Qbb Priority-based Flow
Control.

(802.3be) 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
802.3.1 2011-05
master document with a machine-readable extract. (Working group name was
P802.3be.)
Provides an accurate indication of the transmission and reception initiation times
802.3bf 2011-05
of certain packets as required to support IEEE P802.1AS
 Provide a 40 Gbit/s PMD which is optically compatible with existing carrier SMF
802.3bg 2011-03
40 Gbit/s client interfaces (OTU3/STM-256/OC-768/40G POS).
(802.3bh) A revision of the base standard incorporating the
802.3-2012 2012-08
802.3at/av/az/ba/bc/bd/bf/bg amendments, corrigenda and errata.

Defines a four-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
802.3bj 2014-06 materials to be defined by the Task Force) with lengths up to at least 1 m and a
four-lane 100 Gbit/s PHY for operation over links consistent with copper twinaxial
cables with lengths up to at least 5 m

This amendment to IEEE Std 802.3 defines the physical-layer specifications and
management parameters for EPON operation on point-to-multipoint passive
802.3bk 2013-08
optical networks supporting extended power budget classes of PX30, PX40,
PRX40, and PR40 PMDs.
802.3bm 2015-02 100G/40G Ethernet for optical fiber

802.3bn 2016-09 10G-EPON and 10GPASS-XR, passive optical networks over coax

1000BASE-T1 – Gigabit Ethernet over a single twisted pair for automotive &
802.3bp 2016-06[2] industrial environments
25GBASE-T/40GBASE-T Ethernet for four-pair balanced–twisted-pair cabling
802.3bq 2016-06[3] with two connectors over 30 m distances

802.3br 2016-06 Specification and Management Parameters for Interspersing Express Traffic

200GbE (200 Gbit/s) over single-mode fiber and 400GbE (400 Gbit/s) over
802.3bs 2017-12
optical physical media
Third generation Power over Ethernet with up to 100 W using four pairs in
balanced–twisted-pair cabling (4PPoE), including 10GBASE-T, lower standby
802.3bt 2018-09
power and specific enhancements to support IoT applications (e.g. lighting,
sensors, building automation).

802.3bu 2016-12 Power over Data Lines (PoDL) for single twisted pair Ethernet (100BASE-T1)

802.3bv 2017-02 Gigabit Ethernet over plastic optical fiber (POF)

100BASE-T1 – 100 Mbit/s Ethernet over a single twisted pair for automotive
802.3bw 2015-10[4] applications

802.3bx – A new consolidated revision of the 802.3 standard including

802.3-2015 2015-09
amendments 802.3bk/bj/bm

802.3by 2016-06[5] Optical fiber, twinax and backplane 25 Gigabit Ethernet[6]

2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T – 2.5 Gigabit/s and 5 Gigabit/s Ethernet over Cat-
802.3bz 2016-09[7] 5e/Cat-6 twisted-pair cable
25G-EPON and 50G-EPON – Downstream/Upstream rates of 25/10, 25/25,
802.3ca 2020-06
50/10, 50/25, 50/50 Gbit/s over Ethernet Passive Optical Networks

802.3cb 2018-09 2.5 Gbit/s and 5 Gbit/s Operation over Backplane

802.3cc 2017-12 25 Gbit/s over Single-Mode Fiber

Media Access Control Parameters for 50 Gbit/s and Physical Layers and
802.3cd 2018-12
Management Parameters for 50, 100, and 200 Gbit/s Operation

802.3ce 2017-03 Multilane Timestamping

802.3.2-2019 2019-03 802.3cf, YANG Data Model Definitions

802.3cg 2019-11 10BASE-T1L and 10BASE-T1S – 10 Mbit/s Single–twisted-pair Ethernet

MultiGigBASE-T1 Automotive Ethernet (2.5, 5, 10 Gbit/s) over 15 m with optional

802.3ch 2020-06
PoDL
 802.3cj – 802.3-2015 maintenance, incorporating recent amendments
802.3-2018 2018-08
bn/bp/bq/br/bs/bu/bv/bw/by/bz/cc/ce
100, 200, and 400 Gbit/s Ethernet using 100 Gbit/s lanes, chaired by Beth
802.3ck 2022-09
Kochuparambil[8]

802.3cm 2020-01 400 Gbit/s over multimode fiber (four and eight pairs, 100 m)
50 Gbit/s (40 km), 100 Gbit/s (80 km), 200 Gbit/s (four λ, 40 km), and 400 Gbit/s
802.3cn 2019-11 (eight λ, 40 km and single λ, 80 km over DWDM) over single-mode fiber and
DWDM

10/25/50 Gbit/s single-strand optical access with at least 10/20/40 km reach,

802.3cp 2021-06
chaired by Frank Effenberger[8]
802.3cq 2020-01 Power over Ethernet over two pairs (maintenance)

802.3cr 2021-02 Isolation (maintenance)

"Super-PON" – Increased-reach, 10 Gbit/s optical access with at least 50 km
802.3cs 2022-09 reach and 1:64 split ratio per wavelength pair, 16 wavelength pairs, chaired by
Claudio DeSanti[8]
100 Gbit/s over DWDM systems (80 km reach using coherent modulation),
802.3ct 2021-06
chaired by John D'Ambrosia[8]
802.3cu 2021-02 100 Gbit/s and 400 Gbit/s over SMF using 100 Gbit/s lanes

802.3cv 2021-05 Power over Ethernet maintenance, chaired by Chad Jones[8]

802.3cw canceled 400 Gbit/s over DWDM Systems – chaired by John D'Ambrosia,[8] withdrawn

802.3cx 2023-03 Improved PTP time-stamping accuracy, chaired by Steve Gorshe[8]

MultiGigBASE-T1 25 Gbit/s electrical automotive Ethernet,[9] chaired by Steve

802.3cy 2023-06
Carlson[8]

802.3cz 2023-03 Multi-gigabit optical automotive Ethernet, chaired by Bob Grow[8]

10BASE-T1S 10 Mb/s operation over single–balanced-pair multi-drop segments,
802.3da (TBD)
extends length up to 50 m – scheduled for mid 2025, chaired by Chad Jones[8]
100 Gbit/s, 200 Gbit/s, and 400 Gbit/s operation over optical fiber using
802.3db 2022-09
100 Gbit/s signaling, chaired by Robert Lingle[8]
802.3dc – 802.3-2018 maintenance, incorporating recent amendments
802.3-2022 2022-07
bt/ca/cb/cd/cg/ch/cm/cn/cp/cq/cr/ct/cu/cv, chaired by Adam Healey[8]
Power over Data Lines of single-pair Ethernet maintenance, chaired by George
802.3dd 2022-06
Zimmerman[8]
Time synchronization for point-to-point single-pair Ethernet, chaired by George
802.3de 2022-09
Zimmerman

200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s and 800 Gb/s using 100 Gbit/s lanes, chaired by John
802.3df 2024-02
D’Ambrosia

100BASE-T1L (100 Mbps over a single pair with extended length to 500 m) –
802.3dg (TBD)
scheduled for mid 2025, chaired by George Zimmerman
Multi-gigabit-per-second automotive Ethernet over plastic optical fiber, chaired by
802.3dh canceled
Yuji Watanabe

200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s and 1.6 Tbit/s using 200 Gbit/s lanes – scheduled
802.3dj (TBD)
for spring 2026, chaired by John D'Ambrosia. UALink is based on its PHY.

802.3dk (TBD) Greater than 50 Gbit/s bidirectional optical access, chaired by Yuanqiu Luo
802.3dm (TBD) Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet, chaired by Jon Lewis
 802.3-2022/Cor 1 Multi-Gigabit Automotive MDI Return Loss, chaired by Brett
802.3dn 2024-09
McClellan

a. developed at Xerox PARC

b. published by DEC, Intel, Xerox PARC

See also
IEEE 802
IEEE 802.11, a set of wireless networking standards
IEEE 802.16, a set of WiMAX standards
IEEE Standards Association

References
1. "Ethernet Prototype Circuit Board" ([Link]
mah_687626). Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2014-10-31.
2. "IEEE P802.3bp 1000BASE-T1 PHY Task Force" ([Link] 2016-07-
29. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
3. "Approval of IEEE Std 802.3by-2016, IEEE Std 802.3bq-2016, IEEE Std 802.3bp-2016 and
IEEE Std 802.3br-2016" ([Link] IEEE.
2016-06-30..
4. "IEEE P802.3bw 100BASE-T1 Task Force" ([Link] 2015-10-27.
"The work of the IEEE P802.3bw 100BASE-T1 Task Force completed with the approval of
IEEE Std 802.3bw-2015 by the IEEE-SA Standards Board on 27 October 2015."
5. "[STDS-802-3-25G] IEEE Std 802.3by-2016 Standard Approved!" ([Link]
25GSG/email/[Link]). 2016-06-30.
6. P802.3by 25 Gbit/s Ethernet Task Force ([Link] IEEE.
7. "[802.3_NGBASET] FW: Approval of IEEE Std 802.3bz 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T" (htt
p://[Link]/3/NGBASET/email/[Link]). IEEE P802.3bz Task Force.
Retrieved 2016-09-24.
8. "IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Task Force, Study Group, and Ad Hoc Officers" ([Link]
org/3/[Link]#NGBIDI). IEEE. 30 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-26.
9. "Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 25 Gb/s – Electrical
Automotive Ethernet" ([Link]
org/ieee/802.3cy/10280/). IEEE. 2023-08-11. Archived from the original ([Link]
[Link]/ieee/802.3cy/10280/) on 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2023-09-01.

External links
The IEEE 802.3 Working Group ([Link]
Get IEEE 802.3 LAN/MAN CSMA/CD Access Method ([Link]
andards/get-program/page/series?id=68)—Download 802.3 specifications.

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