This part of ISO/IEC 11801, which is a Technical Report, covers evaluation and recommendations for achieving extended reach, greater than 30 m, for 25 Gbit/s applications over balanced cabling channels.

This document covers channel reference implementations, based on Category 8.1 and Category 8.2, 2 000 MHz, components.

The channel and component category specifications covered in this document are not intended to be normative.