Talk:100 gigabit Ethernet

Article title
The article is currently titled, "100 Gigabit Ethernet", but i don't see why gigabit is capitalized. It should be "100 gigabit Ethernet". As example, note that 10 gigabit Ethernet is not captialized, because there's no need.

I think this article should be moved as quickly as possible, as it will only get more and more linked to as the 100 gigabit Ethernet standard develops. There's already a request for more links at the top of this page.

As such, i will probably move the article in a few hours. --Fudoreaper 05:52, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Removed tags
I cited two sources and added links to this article from others, so I have removed both the linkless and the unsourced tags.  Ultra-Loser [ T  ] [  C  ]  01:27, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Capital G in 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Please note that it is a computer networking industry standard to capitalize the G in all versions of Gigabit Ethernet (i.e. Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, or 100 Gigabit Ethernet).

References:

IEEE Website on Gigabit Ethernet

Definition of 10 Gigabit Ethernet

TJVCIII 21:16, 6 December 2006 (UTC)TJVCIII

Added Detail & Current Status Information
I added more detail information & added current status information. This is based on the information in the HSSG draft minutes from the Nov meeting as I sited in the included text. It agrees with but IS NOT based on the Goals document recently added to the Nov meeting documents.

I did not add a reference as the references I used are reachable from the current links & will not remain current. If you disagree please add specific HSSG web site references.

I do not like my formatting much. Please feel free to make it better.

Rich Harris 21:50, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

The oblectives list is an exact quoted list from the objectives motions passed at the meeting as stated in the minutes. The order used is my own and is not the order used in the Goals document on the HSSG site.

Rich Harris 21:59, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

IEEE has NOT started 100 gigabit Ethernet standard
It is incorrect to state that 100 gigabit Ethernet is a standard in progress.

The IEEE has not approved a PAR (Project Authorization Request) nor has it created a Task Force therefore it is inaccurate to state that a 100 gigabit Ethernet standard is underway. The current state (12-Feb-2007) is that the Higher Speed Study Group (HSSG) was created in July 2006 as a result of a successful "call for interest" (CFI) to look at a higher speed 802.3 standard. The study group will create the PAR and according to the current schedule the PAR will be submitted in July 2007 and a Task Force created in November 2007, however it is not a guarantee. It is possible the study group could hit delays and miss the current estimated timeline. Real technical work on a standard will not begin until after the Task Force has been created, currently estimated at November 2007. This is per normal IEEE process.

For standards process flow please see pages 12-15 of the most recent HSSG agenda located at http://www.ieee802.org/3/hssg/public/jan07/agenda_01_0107.pdf

More information can be found on the IEEE Higher Speed Study Group web page at http://www.ieee802.org/3/hssg/index.html

MBTurner 10:47, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

10km or 40km on SMF?
The objectives listed lists both. Either the 10km is then redundant or there is some detail missing from one of them. Which is it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.159.230.3 (talk) 09:28, 23 March 2007 (UTC).

RJ-45?
Will you be able to use 100 gigabit Ethernet via RJ-45?

A: RJ-45 is a connector type, and it doesn't specify much about the physical layer medium. 10 gigabit Ethernet is done over fiber optics, but there is a pending standard for doing it over CAT-6a UTP cable. The bandwidth, SNR, and BER requirements for 100 gigabit Ethernet will probably be high enough that it won't be feasible over unshielded electrical cables. There are significant difficulties with doing 40 gigabit SONET over optical fiber, so doing double the bandwidth over non-fiber may be a pipe dream.


 * Alternative answer: Please, read what the article about Cat7 cable has to say about it ("RJ-45"/8P8C compatible connector is doable). 24.81.130.107 (talk) 14:14, 23 April 2008 (UTC)