Fully supports application of cat6 Cabling Standards

The cat6 cabling standard should be well understood by cabling personnel and its development is extremely rapid. This article will provide a detailed answer to this standard, I hope you will have a better understanding of the cat6 Cabling Standards.

Development of cat6 Cabling Standards

In June 2002, at a meeting of the American Institute of Communications Industry (TIA) TR-42 Committee, six category Cabling Standards were formally adopted, which will become an appendix to the TIA/EIA-568B standards, it will be officially named ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.2-1-2002. This standard will also be approved by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), with the standard number ISO/IEC 11801: 2002. One of the differences from previous standards is that the vast majority of the two standards are completely consistent, that is, the two standards are becoming more and more consistent.

The new six-category standard has improved the previous draft in two aspects. TIA specifies that the components of the six-category system must be backward compatible (including three-category, five-category, and cat-5e cabling products ), at the same time, the hybrid application requirements must be met. Cat6 Cabling Standards have specific requirements for 100 ohm balanced twisted pair wires, connection hardware, jumpers, channels, and permanent links.

The cat6 cabling standard has been improved in many aspects:

I. The testing frequency of the six types of performance is determined to be 1-250 MHZ.

2. When the cat6 cabling system is at 200 MHZ, the overall attenuation crosstalk ratio (PS-ACR) should have a large margin, which provides 2 times the bandwidth of cat5e. In order to ensure good electromagnetic compatibility of the entire system, this standard also provides suggestions for matching cables and connectors.

3. An important difference between Category 6 and Category 5 is that it improves crosstalk and ripple loss performance. For a new generation of full-duplex high-speed network applications, excellent return loss performance is extremely important.

IV. In the previous cat6 cabling standard tests, there were basic links (TIA), permanent links (ISO) and channel models (TIA/ISO ). The basic link model is removed from the six standards, so that the two standards are consistent with the test model.

5. There is no definition of the current five-level standard in the original standard. The original TSB67 and TSB95 standards are included in appendix D for the test of the original five types of systems, but they are provided for reference only.

6. Six standard test parameter categories are defined.

VII. ISO/IEC-11801: 2002 Class E differs from ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.2-1 standards.

3 dB principle-when the Return Loss is less than 3 dB, the Return Loss value of the Return Loss can be ignored. This principle applies to the TIA and ISO standards.
4 dB principle-when the return loss is less than 4 dB, you can ignore the close-end crosstalk NEXT) value. This principle applies only to revision of the ISO-11801 standard.

Significance of release of cat6 Cabling Standards

The investment in cabling infrastructure will be considered a long-term investment, and cabling facilities should also be considered as an asset. According to International cabling regulations and the advice of the wiring manufacturer, the expected life of a wiring system should be at least 10 years or longer, and many wiring suppliers provide at least 10, 15, or 20 years warranty. Computer and network technologies doubled in 18 months and 24 months respectively, and enterprises put forward higher requirements on network and bandwidth. As the most basic construction of the network or the wiring facility of the network Keel, to ensure the efficient operation of the network and support for the future high-speed network, at least five types of cable systems must be selected, for higher requirements, especially for long-term investment, we recommend that you choose six types of cable systems.

It is very likely that 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-TX technologies will be applied to the desktop during the lifecycle of the cabling system. To support Gigabit Ethernet, the use of six types of cabling systems that support higher bandwidth can greatly reduce investment in network equipment, including network cards and switches.

The cat6 cabling system simplifies high-speed data transmission, allowing you to use cheaper 1000BASE-TX devices. The transmission performance of cat6 Cabling Standards is much higher than that of cat5e, which is suitable for applications with the same transmission rate or higher than 1 Gbps. It opens the door to the development of high-speed applications in the future.

Cat6 cabling standards not only provide a new network application platform, but also greatly improve the service quality from digital voice and video applications to desktops. The introduction of the six standards has greatly promoted the development of the telecom industry.

Support for testing cat6 Cabling Standards by fluke Networks

Fluke network is the largest manufacturer of Cable System field tester. Its DSP-4X00 series tester with various patented testing technologies has been widely used by users. DSP-4X00 series tester uses advanced digital testing technology, its testing bandwidth can reach 350 MHz. It not only supports new cat5e cable standards, but also supports cat6 test standards. DSP-4X00 series tester maintains the advantages of fast testing speed and high accuracy. In addition, its fault diagnosis capability is very unique, and it is also a feature that users really need. The DSP-4X00 Series Digital cable analyzer provides you with a complete set of solutions to test, verify and file your cables and cables. Like other fluke networks's network testers, The DSP-4X00 Series Digital cable analyzer is rugged and can be used in harsh environments where cabling works.

1. Features of DSP-4X00 digital cable Analyzer

◆ More than 5 class and 6 class line test required by the Level 3 accuracy, extends the test capability of the DSP-4X00, and at the same time obtain UL and ETLSEMKO certification.
◆ Use a new ground-breaking permanent link adapter to get more accurate "pass" results that are included in the DSP-4X00.
◆ Six types of channel adapters and one channel/Traffic adapter are provided at random to precisely test the six types of channels.
◆ Automatically diagnoses cable faults and accurately displays fault locations in meters or feet.
◆ The extended 16 MB motherboard integrated memory card can store all day test results.
◆ Can be in compliance with the TIA-606A standard cable ID downloaded to the DSP-4X00 digital cable analyzer, saving time while ensuring data accuracy.
◆ External memory cards and more advanced cable test and management software packages are provided at random. The optical fiber test adapter and cable management software provide more application fields.
◆ Flexible cable standard download. A scalable structure protects users' investment.

Ii. DSP4X00 upgrade

To support the latest standards, Fluke networks released the latest instrument firmware version, DSP-4000 for V3.9, DSP-4100 for V4.9, DSP-4300 for V1.9. Download the latest version of the DSP4X00 series cable analyzer and upgrade your DSP4X00 to meet the requirements for project acceptance according to the latest standards.

Fluke network has been paying attention to the development of six Structured Cabling Standards, and has linked its products and standards, ensure that users are provided with the latest, best, and most open test systems.

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