Gigabit Ethernet
A good example of this communication system is the Gigabit Ethernet.
It is a high speed form of Ethernet. An Ethernet is a local area network technology which can deliver rates of data transfer of a gigabit per second.
A gigabit Ethernet is a transmission technology which is based on the format of Ethernet frame and protocol is being used in local area networks (LANs). It provides a data rate of 1 billion bits per second (one gigabit) and is being used as a backbone in many network enterprises.
The gigabit Ethernet is transmitted through an optical. Existing Ethernet LANs with 10 and 100 Mbps cards can be fed into a Gigabit Ethernet backbone. On the contrary, the ATM competes with the gigabit Ethernet. Recently, a 10-Gigabit Ethernet which is its newer standard has become available.