10 Gigabit Ethernet • 10-Gigabit Ethernet • From LAN to WAN to MAN • 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GBE), ratified in June 2002, is a logical extension of previous Ethernet versions. 10-GBE was designed to make the transition from LANs to Wide Area N...
Fibre optic cable construction. • Fibre optic cable construction • Core • This is the physical medium that transports optical data signals from an attached light source to a receiving device. The core is a single continuous strand of glass or ...
Category 7/Class F • Category 7/Class F • Category 7/Class F (ISO/IEC 11801:2002) specifies a frequency range of 1–600 MHz over 100 meters of fully shielded twisted-pair cabling. It encompasses four individually shielded pairs inside an overal...
USB 3.0 • USB 3.0. • The newest USB standard, USB 3.0 or “SuperSpeed USB," provides vast improvements over USB 2.0. USB 3.0 promises speeds up to 5 Gbps, about ten times that of USB 2.0. • USB 3.0 uses a sync-n-go technology that minimizes use...
Unshielded vs. shielded twisted-pair cabling. • Unshielded vs. shielded twisted-pair cabling • In "noisy" environments such as airports and manufacturing facilities, shielded twisted-pair (STP) cable is preferred. These environments contain ra...
Category 6 and 6a • Category 6 and 6a • Category 6 • The next level in the cabling hierarchy is Category 6 (CAT6) (ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1), which was ratified by the TIA/EIA in June 2002. CAT6 provides higher performance than CAT5e and feature...
Power Sum NEXT (PS-NEXT) • Power Sum NEXT (PS-NEXT) • Power Sum NEXT (PS-NEXT) is the sum of the total NEXT power copuled to a wire pair from all other adjacent pairs. NEXT (Near-end crosstalk) is the level of interference that occurs between ...
Category 6 and 6a • Category 6 and 6a Cables • Category 6 • The next level in the cabling hierarchy is Category 6 (CAT6) (ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1), which was ratified by the TIA/EIA in June 2002. CAT6 provides higher performance than CAT5e and ...