Balanced twisted pair copper cabling enters a new stage

At the plenary meeting of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.3, IEEE approved a new generation of BASE-T interest solicitation request (CFI ).

The next generation of BASE-T will enter the stage of the standard development research team, the future direction of research and development is to balance the twisted pair copper cabling to reach at least 40g or even G Ethernet speed (GbE ), this approval is the first important milestone in the standard development process.

Why is CFI so important? You may have some knowledge about 40/100 GbE. At present, it seems that 40/100 GbE is developing well, except that the 40/100 GbE standard for balanced twisted pair copper is not defined yet. However, twisted pair copper has the largest installation volume in the world, in addition, the maximum speed of the specified Ethernet standard for balanced twisted pair copper cabling is 10 Gb.

CFI approval means that higher-speed Ethernet technology development on twisted pair copper cables can be widely supported in the industry. Why is it now?

According to the observation, the development of 10GBASE-T is growing rapidly, and the market penetration continues to increase. Over the past six years, when 10GBASE-T has gradually become a hot topic, it has only achieved slight development. However, the changes in the current market have given users greater expectations for this technology, I believe it is bound to develop rapidly.

Third-party analyst Seamus provides an overview of 10GBASE-T shipments and expected growth in the "market position. He highlighted several key drivers, including virtualization, cloud computing, and increasing storage access. He also mentioned other factors that will also boost demand for higher bandwidth, for example, the emergence of big data and converged networks may be used more.

An article about the 10GBASE-T technology breakthrough, "the popularization of 10GBASE-T technology is no longer just a discussion on paper." The article lists some industry-leading suppliers that have released many 10GBASE-T network devices, and the shipment volume is also increasing. The development of the 10GBASE-T market will inevitably affect the voter who made the decision to support CFI.

This milestone is also a good news for those who balance twisted pair copper cabling. This milestone will encourage more companies to invest more in research and develop faster and better technology on the medium they have adopted or preferred. In the new generation of BASE-T technology field for more research and investment, optimize the future of product selection, to 10GBASE-T current end users to bring more technical advantages.

In addition to IEEE, standard setting institutions of TIATR42 and ISOWG3 have also begun research in the 40GbE balanced twisted pair copper cable field. All research results and final revision criteria will benefit end users by providing higher performance, faster speed, and better quality solutions with higher value.

Now let us embark on this new journey together.