Re: 1000BASE-T PCS question (BER goal)
- To: Jaime Kardontchik <kardontchik.jaime@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: 1000BASE-T PCS question (BER goal)
- From: gwinn@xxxxxxxxxx (Joe Gwinn)
- Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:10:46 -0500
- Cc: stds-802-3-hssg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Sender: owner-stds-802-3-hssg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
At 9:11 AM 99/5/27, Jaime Kardontchik wrote:
>Ethernet standards deliver a BER of 10^(-10).
Gigabit Ethernet (802.3z) is designed to deliver a BER of 10^(-12), one
hundred times better, following the lead of Fibre Channel. This GbE
requirement is documented as objective "h" in section 36.1.2 "Objectives"
of 802.3z, and is referenced for fiber-optic links in note "a" of tables
38-4 and 38-8.
One would expect that ten gigabit ethernet (10GbE) would do at least as
well. In fact, one can argue that from a systems standpoint, the BER for
ten gigabit ethernet should be at least ten times better than gigabit
ethernet, making the 10GbE BER goal 10^(-13) or even 10^(-14). Certainly
it cannot be less than 10^(-12).
Joe Gwinn