Copper Cabling Performance• Cat5 Installed base performance• Cat5e performance• Cat6 performance• Noise immunity for applications• Alien NEXT and ELFEXT• Extended Frequency PerformanceCat5 Installed Base• Component performance specified for NEXT, Insertion Loss, and Return Loss• Channel performance not field verified, Cabling measurement specifications (TIA TSB-67) came later.• After the fact, Channel Return Loss and ELFEXT were specified in TIA TSB-95. • During this time, connector design was not well understood, so cabling installed performance varied widely.• Even so, many installed channels may meet Cat5e performance requirements (with ahandwave).Cat5 Channel PerformanceNEXT ELFEXT12 NEXT Fwd12-1ELFEXT13 NEXT Fwd13-1ELFEXT0014 NEXT Fwd14-1ELFEXT-10-1023 NEXT Fwd23-2ELFEXT-20-2024 NEXT Fwd 24-2ELFEXT-30-3034 NEXT Fwd34-3ELFEXT-40-4012 NEXT Rev12-2ELFEXT-50-5013 NEXT Rev13-3ELFEXT-60 -6014 NEXT Rev 14-4ELFEXT-70-7023 NEXT Rev 23-3ELFEXT-80-8024 NEXT Rev 24-4ELFEXT-90-90 34-4ELFEXT34 NEXT Rev-100 Cat 5e TIA -100 Cat 5e TIA1 10 100 10001 10 100 1000F, MHzF, MHzReturn Loss Attenuation00RL 1 Fwd-10-10RL 2 FwdATT 1 Fwd-20RL 3 Fwd-20ATT 2 FwdRL 4 Fwd-30ATT 3 Fwd-30RL 1 RevATT 4 Fwd-40RL 2 RevCat 5e TIA-40RL 3 Rev-50RL 4 Rev-50-60 Cat 5e TIA-60-701 10 100 10001 10 100 1000F, MHzF, MHzNEXT, dBRL, dBELFEXT, dBAttn, dBCat5e Channel ...
Component performance specified for NEXT, Insertion Loss, and Return Loss Channel performance not field verified, Cabling measurement specifications (TIA TSB-67) came later. After the fact, Channel Return Loss and ELFEXT were specified in TIA TSB-95. During this time, connector design was not well understood, so cabling installed performance varied widely. Even so, many installed channels may meet Cat5e performance requirements (with a handwave).
Cat5e Channel Performance NEXT ELFEXT 12-1ELFEXT 13-1ELFEXT 0 14-1ELFEXT 12 NEXT Fw d 13 NEXT Fw d -10 23-2ELFEXT 14 NEXT Fw d -20 24-2ELFEXT 23 NEXT Fw d 34-3ELFEXT 24 NEXT Fw d -30 12-2ELFEXT -34 NEXT Fw d 40 13-3ELFEXT 12 NEXT Rev 13 NEXT Rev -50 14-4ELFEXT 14 NEXT Rev -60 23-3ELFEXT 23 NEXT Rev -70 24-4ELFEXT 24 NEXT Rev 34 NEXT Rev -8 34-4ELFEXT Cat 5e TIA -900 Cat 5e TIA 1000 1 0 RL 1 Fwd RL 2 Fwd -10 RL 3 Fwd -20 RL 4 Fwd RL 1 Rev -30 RL 2 Rev -40 RL 3 Rev RL 4 Rev -50 Cat 5e TIA -60 1000 1
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Channel performance for Cat5 and Cat5e was compared to Cat5e limits. Cat5 and 5e limits are only specified to 100 MHz. Limit lines beyond 100 MHz are for information only. Cat6 limits are specified to 250 MHz. Limit lines beyond 250 MHz are for information only. Cat5e and Cat6 Cabling is expected to conform to the specified requirements with some margin. This is commonly verified by field testing.
Cable Bundling and Alien Crosstalk
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Alien Crosstalk in Cat5e and Cat6 installations
Cat 5e Alien PSNEXT cable only spec Hybrid Cables)
35.3-15log(f/100)+3 dB -or-38.3-15log(f/100) dB
Cat 6 Alien PSNEXT cable only spec Hybrid Cables)
41.1-15log(f/100) dB
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Alien Crosstalk in Cat5e and Cat6 installations
Real world installation on existing network
cables tightly bound with velcro straps
Cable of interest at center of bundle Bundle leading into ceiling on cable runway
cable under investigation
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Alien Crosstalk in Cat5e installation
24 Cat 5e cables Bound configuration Permanent links 6.8dB margin to cable spec 7.8dB to link spec 8.4dB margin to channel spec
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Alien Crosstalk in Cat6 installation
24 Cat 6 cables Bound configuration Permanent links 4.1dB margin to cabl spec 4.8dB to link spec 5.5dB margin to channel spec