As a smooth, seamless upgrade for present 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX Ethernet, gigabit Ethernet (1000BASE-T) is defined as able to provide a data rate of 1 gigabit per second (Gbps).

• 1000BASE-T以太网作为对现有10BASE-T和100BASE-TX以太网的平滑升级，其设计数据传输速度达到1Gbps。