Structured Cabling | Cat5e and Cat6 LAN and Network

|| Structured Copper Cabling Systems

Twisted-pair 'balanced' copper cabling (structured cabling), can be either
unshielded (UTP) or shielded (STP). These are the low cost copper cabling media
used as standard for networking a building for all forms of electronic communications
to the desktop (for computer, telephone & fax applications).

Current standards are set by the TIA/EIA/IEEE and ISO, who set performance, physical
and technical parameters. Eg. 'Cat 5e' or 'Class D' (supports applications for
frequencies up to 100MHz).

In today's IT and Telecommunications industry, many organisations require the
integration of voice and data services over a single physical network medium.
To accomplish this, structured cabling (Cat 5e/6) is designed to run both voice and
data services. Voice services are connected via the installation of 'voice tie cables'
between the BT/PBX MDF (Main Distribution Frame) and the structured cabling
patching frame.

|| Why Consider Cat6 Cabling?

Past industry trends and future industry predictions indicate that data rates double
every 18 months. Replacing or upgrading a cabling and network infrastructure
system after installation (walls, ducts, under floors etc) is extremely expensive and
disruptive. A typical structured cabling system must have a planned life span of 10+
years to support 4 to 5 generations of communications equipment.

Applications running at 1 gigabit per second are pushing the limits of Category 5e
cabling infrastructure. Users are demanding more content, collaboration and the
features of new technology. In addition, emerging technologies, such as streaming
media, are becoming more commonplace.

All these factors are driving the requirement for the higher bandwidth offered by
Category 6, Cat6 cabling.

Cat 6 cabling also delivers more than double the bandwidth over Cat 5e. Doubling
the bandwidth is comparable to adding twice the number of lanes on a highway,
relieving congestion and delays. Communications systems running over Cat 6 cabling
have fewer errors versus Cat 5e, resulting in a smaller number of re-transmissions
of lost or corrupted data packets, providing higher reliability.

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			\|\| Structured Copper Cabling Systems Twisted-pair 'balanced' copper cabling (structured cabling), can be either unshielded (UTP) or shielded (STP). These are the low cost copper cabling media used as standard for networking a building for all forms of electronic communications to the desktop (for computer, telephone & fax applications). Current standards are set by the TIA/EIA/IEEE and ISO, who set performance, physical and technical parameters. Eg. 'Cat 5e' or 'Class D' (supports applications for frequencies up to 100MHz). In today's IT and Telecommunications industry, many organisations require the integration of voice and data services over a single physical network medium. To accomplish this, structured cabling (Cat 5e/6) is designed to run both voice and data services. Voice services are connected via the installation of 'voice tie cables' between the BT/PBX MDF (Main Distribution Frame) and the structured cabling patching frame. \|\| Why Consider Cat6 Cabling? Past industry trends and future industry predictions indicate that data rates double every 18 months. Replacing or upgrading a cabling and network infrastructure system after installation (walls, ducts, under floors etc) is extremely expensive and disruptive. A typical structured cabling system must have a planned life span of 10+ years to support 4 to 5 generations of communications equipment. Applications running at 1 gigabit per second are pushing the limits of Category 5e cabling infrastructure. Users are demanding more content, collaboration and the features of new technology. In addition, emerging technologies, such as streaming media, are becoming more commonplace. All these factors are driving the requirement for the higher bandwidth offered by Category 6, Cat6 cabling. Cat 6 cabling also delivers more than double the bandwidth over Cat 5e. Doubling the bandwidth is comparable to adding twice the number of lanes on a highway, relieving congestion and delays. Communications systems running over Cat 6 cabling have fewer errors versus Cat 5e, resulting in a smaller number of re-transmissions of lost or corrupted data packets, providing higher reliability.



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