Santa Cruz researchers have demonstrated a 100 Gbps stream running reverse-multiplexed over 10× 10 Gbps channels from Tampa to Houston. A special packet-multiplexing scheme from UCSC allowed retention of packet ordering, even as flows are multiplexed across channels.
A number of groups were involved:
| Participant | Contribution |
| Finisar | optical transceivers |
| Infinera [PR] | DWDM & project management |
| Internet 2 [alt] | methodology & support |
| Level 3 | transmission paths |
| UCSC | MAC & packet re-sequencing |
Note that this was not a 100 Gbps transmission interface; but consider that local interfaces faster than 10 Gbps (e.g. STM-256 / STS-768 at 40 Gbps) do exist and traffic could conceivably be generated at this rate for transmission over long distance. The LHC leads the way!
