<s>
The	O
10	B-Protocol
Gigabit	I-Protocol
Ethernet	I-Protocol
Alliance	I-Protocol
(	O
10GEA	B-Protocol
)	O
was	O
an	O
independent	O
(	O
not	O
directly	O
related	O
to	O
Institute	O
of	O
Electrical	O
and	O
Electronics	O
Engineers	O
(	O
IEEE	O
)	O
,	O
although	O
working	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
it	O
)	O
organization	O
which	O
aimed	O
to	O
further	O
10	O
Gigabit	O
Ethernet	O
development	O
and	O
market	O
acceptance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
February	O
2000	O
by	O
a	O
consortium	O
of	O
companies	O
,	O
the	O
organization	O
provided	O
IEEE	O
with	O
technology	O
demonstrations	O
(	O
including	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
,	O
a	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
2002	O
demonstration	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
200	O
plus	O
kilometres	O
10Gb	O
Ethernet	O
network	O
was	O
deployed	O
,	O
using	O
10GBASE-LR	O
,	O
10GBASE-ER	O
,	O
10GBASE-SR	O
and	O
10GBASE-LW	O
ports	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
presenting	O
communication	O
over	O
the	O
IEEE	O
802.3ae	O
XAUI	B-Protocol
interface	O
)	O
and	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
10GEA	B-Protocol
was	O
founded	O
by	O
3Com	O
,	O
Cisco	O
Systems	O
,	O
Extreme	O
Networks	O
,	O
Intel	O
Corporation	O
,	O
Nortel	O
Networks	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
and	O
World	O
Wide	O
Packets	O
.	O
</s>
