IEEE Ratifies 10 Gigabit Ethernet Standard
6/23/2006
Source: PCC Network Solutions
On June 8, 2006, the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) ratified the 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBASE-T) standard, 802.3an. The IEEE 802.3an standard specifies 10 Gigabit per second data transmission over four-pair copper cabling. The distance capability is limited by key performance parameters not characterized in the past, including alien crosstalk (PSANEXT and PSAELFEXT) as well as stable performance of traditional parameters to higher frequencies. This new category of cable known as Augmented Category 6, has already been used by early adopters including universities, colleges and top financial services companies, and is expected to move quickly from early adopters to mass market as it has done in the past when 100 Megabit per second and 1 Gigabit per second standards were ratified.