Performance Evaluation of Local Area Networks Protocols
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Since its inception Ethernet has evolved into the most widely deployed data transmission protocol today. It is implemented at the data and link layers. In its early iterations Ethernet was only capable of speeds of 10Mbps. Technological advances combined with demand for higher bandwidth pushed speeds to 100Mbps with the introduction of Fast Ethernet. These early protocols, while still in use have paved the way for faster and more robust ones such as Gigabit Ethernet. Gigabit Ethernet has gone on to become the most widely deployed high performance protocol for backbone and other critical areas where high bandwidth and performance is critical to a company’s success. The initial implementation of Gigabit was on fibre optic cables. A year after its development it was also ratified to be used on copper cabling(Wikipedia, 2011). This was advantageous to companies who did not have adequate funding to upgrade their network infrastructure. They could simply use their existing cabling infrastructure to drastically increase their network performance. Gigabit Ethernet can be deployed on CAT 5e, and CAT 6 UTP cables(Posey, 2005).
Initially Gigabit was used in high performance backbone networks. However new technologies such as high definition content, have led to files with much higher storage requirements. Combined with advancements in storage mechanisms, modern networks now face the challenge of moving massive amounts of data at a very high rate. The trend in networking in terms of performance shows that every protocol will have a successor.10 Gigabit was developed to rectify the bandwidth problem. With 10 Gigabit Ethernet now gaining momentum, Gigabit Ethernet has found a new home on client computers. What was once used exclusively on backbone networks is now being deployed on desktop machines as well as laptops. With the first consumer level computers shipped with Gigabit NIC’s in 2004 it was obvious that Gigabit was soon to be the standard in every desktop computer in...
Initially Gigabit was used in high performance backbone networks. However new technologies such as high definition content, have led to files with much higher storage requirements. Combined with advancements in storage mechanisms, modern networks now face the challenge of moving massive amounts of data at a very high rate. The trend in networking in terms of performance shows that every protocol will have a successor.10 Gigabit was developed to rectify the bandwidth problem. With 10 Gigabit Ethernet now gaining momentum, Gigabit Ethernet has found a new home on client computers. What was once used exclusively on backbone networks is now being deployed on desktop machines as well as laptops. With the first consumer level computers shipped with Gigabit NIC’s in 2004 it was obvious that Gigabit was soon to be the standard in every desktop computer in...