Engineers at Penn State university are trying to run
100Gbps data rates overCat
7 copper cables. If successful, this would
allow copper cables to handle data rates reserved for fibre-optic
links.
"A rate of 100 Gigabit over 70 metres is definitely possible,
and we are working on extending that to 100 metres, or about 328
feet," said Ali Enteshari, graduate student in electrical
engineering.
The Penn State engineers presented their system to the
IEEE High Speed Study Group last week in Atlanta.
At the start of this year, several local area network equipment
suppliers launched
10G
Ethernet products that furthered the standard in product
categories and could be a sign that more advances are to come from
the local area network industry.