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Category 6 ANSI/TIA/EIA Performance Limits

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Category 6 Cable Limits in dB per ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.2-1

Frequency
MHz

Insertion
Loss
per 100m

NEXT
pair-to-pair

NEXT
power
sum

ELFEXT
pair-to-pair

ELFEXT
power
sum

ACR
pair-to-pair

ACR
power
sum

Return Loss
Solid

1

2.0

74.3

72.3

67.8

64.8

72.3

70.3

20.0

4

3.8

65.3

63.3

55.8

52.8

61.5

59.5

23.0

8

5.3

60.8

58.8

49.7

46.7

55.5

53.5

24.5

10

6.0

59.3

57.3

47.8

44.8

53.3

51.3

25.0

16

7.6

56.2

54.2

43.7

40.7

48.6

46.6

25.0

20

8.5

54.8

52.8

41.8

38.8

46.3

44.3

25.0

25

9.5

53.3

51.3

39.8

36.8

43.8

41.8

24.3

31.25

10.7

51.9

49.9

37.9

34.9

41.2

39.2

23.6

62.5

15.4

47.4

45.4

31.9

28.9

32.0

30.0

21.5

100

19.8

44.3

42.3

27.8

24.8

24.5

22.5

20.1

200

29.0

39.8

37.8

21.8

18.8

10.8

8.8

18.0

250

32.8

38.3

36.3

19.8

16.8

5.5

3.5

17.3



Category 6 Connecting Hardware Limits in dB per ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.2-1

Frequency
MHz

Insertion
Loss

NEXT
pair-to-pair

FEXT
pair-to-pair

ACR
pair-to-pair

Return Loss

1

0.1

75.0

75.0

74.9

30.0

4

0.1

75.0

71.1

74.9

30.0

8

0.1

75.0

65.0

74.9

30.0

10

0.1

74.0

63.1

73.9

30.0

16

0.1

69.9

59.0

69.8

30.0

20

0.1

68.0

57.1

67.9

30.0

25

0.1

66.0

55.1

65.9

30.0

31.25

0.1

64.1

53.2

64.0

30.0

62.5

0.2

58.1

47.2

57.9

28.1

100

0.2

54.0

43.1

53.8

24.0

200

0.3

48.0

37.1

47.7

18.0

250

0.3

46.0

35.1

45.7

16.0



Category 6 Channel Limits in dB per ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.2-1

Frequency
MHz

Insertion
Loss

NEXT
pair-to-pair

NEXT
power
sum

ELFEXT
pair-to-pair

ELFEXT
power
sum

ACR
pair-to-pair

ACR
power
sum

Return Loss

1

2.1

65.0

62.0

63.3

60.3

62.9

59.9

19.0

4

4.0

63.0

60.5

51.2

48.2

59.0

56.5

19.0

8

5.7

58.2

55.6

45.2

42.2

52.5

49.9

19.0

10

6.3

56.6

54.0

43.3

40.3

50.3

47.7

19.0

16

8.0

53.2

50.6

39.2

36.2

45.2

42.6

18.0

20

9.0

51.6

49.0

37.2

34.2

42.6

40.0

17.5

25

10.1

50.0

47.3

35.3

32.3

39.9

37.2

17.0

31.25

11.4

48.4

45.7

33.4

30.4

37.0

34.3

16.5

62.5

16.5

43.4

40.6

27.3

24.3

26.9

24.1

14.0

100

21.3

39.9

37.1

23.3

20.3

18.6

15.8

12.0

200

31.5

34.8

31.9

17.2

14.2

3.3

0.4

9.0

250

35.9

33.1

30.2

15.3

12.3

-2.8

-5.7

8.0



Category 6 Permanent Link Limits in dB per ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.2-1

Frequency
MHz

Insertion
Loss

NEXT
pair-to-pair

NEXT
power
sum

ELFEXT
pair-to-pair

ELFEXT
power
sum

ACR
pair-to-pair

ACR
power
sum

Return Loss

1

1.9

65.0

62.0

64.2

61.2

63.1

60.1

19.1

4

3.5

64.1

61.8

52.1

49.1

60.6

58.3

21.0

8

5.0

59.4

57.0

46.1

43.1

54.4

52.0

21.0

10

5.5

57.8

55.5

44.2

41.2

52.3

50.0

21.0

16

7.0

54.6

52.2

40.1

37.1

47.6

45.2

20.0

20

7.9

53.1

50.7

38.2

35.2

45.2

42.8

19.5

25

8.9

51.5

49.1

36.2

33.2

42.6

40.2

19.0

31.25

10.0

50.0

47.5

34.3

31.3

40.0

37.5

18.5

62.5

14.4

45.1

42.7

28.3

25.3

30.7

28.3

16.0

100

18.6

41.8

39.3

24.2

21.2

23.2

20.7

14.0

200

27.4

36.9

34.3

18.2

15.2

9.5

6.9

11.0

250

31.1

35.3

32.7

16.2

13.2

4.2

1.6

10.0