The Metropolitan Ethernet Forum (MEF)[1] has been a major focal point in the move towards Ethernet in the MAN scope. Several documents available from the MEF, and information from industry presentations in a number of places provide details of how Ethernet can increase the efficiency of network communications outside a LAN environment.
Delving into this information allows us to see how Ethernet would be deployed in a wider networking scope, and expected benefits.
This is one of a series of articles published at infrastructurecomputing.com looking at the possibilities of Ethernet in Metropolitan Area Networks (MAN).
References:
1. Metropolitan Ethernet Forum