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Gigabit Ethernet: Hope vs. Hype: Page 3 of 3

Details of the spec need to be hammered out. Forum spokespeople say that a first draft spec is aimed for completion by February, with a final version due out in summer 2002.

The group also has started to define a QOS framework for Ethernet, within a set of predefined Ethernet services.

The Metro Ethernet Forum is one of two groups at the forefront of efforts at making gigabit Ethernet carrier ready. The other group, the Resilient Packet Ring Alliance, has been pursuing its own standard within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE). But industry sources say a range of issues, including higher cost, have brought RPR's goals into controversy, at least temporarily (see RPR: RIP?