IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Ethernet Amendment 2: Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and Copper Cables

This amendment to IEEE Std 802.3-2012 adds 100 Gb/s Physical Layer (PHY) specifications and management parameters for operation on electrical backplanes and twinaxial copper cables. This amendment also specifies optional Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) for 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s operation over electrical backplanes and copper cables.