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A survey of Ethernet wired local area networking technology through its evolution. Versions covered include 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, 40 Gbps, 100 Gbps, and 400 Gbps. Also covered are the basic packet format, Manchester encoding, and block codes such as 4B5B, 8B10B, and 64B66B.

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Robertazzi, T.G. (2017). Ethernet. In: Introduction to Computer Networking. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53103-8_2

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