Evaluation of 10G Ethernet under various environments

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Foroughi, Tabesh
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Master of Computing
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Unitec, Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology
Date
2024
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Kolahi, Samad
Barmada, Bashar
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Masters Thesis
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fast ethernet
ethernet (Local area network system)
gigabit communications
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Foroughi, T. (2024). Evaluation of 10G Ethernet under various environments (Unpublished document submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Computing) Unitec, Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology) https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6542
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In this 120-credit thesis, we present a comprehensive investigation into the performance of 10 Gigabit per second Ethernet technology, using a testbed focusing on the throughput and round-trip time performance parameters. We investigate the behavior of TCP, UDP, IPV4, and IPV6 protocols in 10Gb Ethernet using three distinct copper cables, namely CAT6a, CAT7, and CAT8 shielded cable S/FTP. We also investigate how results for these cables and protocols vary. The maximum throughput results for 10Gb Ethernet are 9.2366 Gbps for UDP with IPv4 and CAT8 crossover copper cable. The minimum throughput is 6.0716 Gbps with TCP with IPv6 and CAT7 cable using a 10G switch. We could not reach the 10 Gbps theoretical limit. IPv4 has higher throughput than IPv6, the throughput is 8.9683 Gbps for IPv4 while it is 6.1583 Gbps for IPv6 using Cat8 cable and for TCP protocol. UDP has higher throughput than TCP, the maximum throughput for TCP is 8.968 Gbps while it is 9.030 for UDP using Cat 8 cable. CAT8 cable performs better than other cables. For packet size 1408 bytes, the maximum throughput for CAT8 and UDP with IPv4 using a switch is 9.030 Gbps; for CAT6a the throughput is 9.020 Gbps, while CAT7 registers 8.951 Gbps. Using a switch lowers the throughput, for CAT8 cable with a packet size of 1408 bytes using UDP and IPv4 protocols, the result was 9.236 Gbps with crossover cable. These findings aid in cable selection, protocol considerations, and system resource management for optimal protocol and media performance in a 10 Gbps Ethernet environment.
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