Nexans announced it has researched the design of and created a model for 10GBASE-T data traffic over 100 meters of Category 6 copper UTP cable.

Created in a joint project with Penn State University, and funded by the International Copper Association (ICA), this system design models the process data transformation into signal transmission on the cable, the effect of the channel on the signal, and the correction and interpretation of the signal as it is returned to data at the receiving end.

The data used in the model is encoded into a 10-level signal, which is transmitted onto the unshielded twisted-pair cable. At the other end of the system, the signal is recovered by turbo equalization, turbo coding, and additional digital signal processing methods. The model includes the evaluation information in signal eye-patterns and Bit Error Rate versus Signal to Noise Ratio.