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Category 5e ANSI/TIA/EIA Performance Limits

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Category 5e Cable Limits in dB per ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.2

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

65.3

62.3

63.8

60.8

63.3

60.3

2.0

4

4.1

56.3

53.3

51.8

48.8

52.2

49.2

4.1

8

5.8

51.8

48.8

45.7

42.7

46.0

43.0

5.8

10

6.5

50.3

47.3

43.8

40.8

43.8

40.8

6.5

16

8.2

47.2

44.2

39.7

36.7

39.0

36.0

8.2

20

9.3

45.8

42.8

37.8

34.8

36.5

33.5

9.3

25

10.4

44.3

41.3

35.8

32.8

33.9

30.9

10.4

31.25

11.7

42.9

39.9

33.9

30.9

31.2

28.2

11.7

62.5

17.0

38.4

35.4

27.9

24.9

21.4

18.4

17.0

100

22.0

35.3

32.3

23.8

20.8

13.3

10.3

22.0



Category 5e Connecting Hardware Limits in dB per ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.2

Frequency
MHz

Insertion
Loss
per 100m

NEXT
pair-to-pair

FEXT
pair-to-pair

ACR
pair-to-pair

Return Loss

1

0.1

65.0

65.0

64.9

30.0

4

0.1

65.0

63.1

64.9

30.0

8

0.1

64.9

57.0

64.8

30.0

10

0.1

63.0

55.1

62.9

30.0

16

0.2

58.9

51.0

58.7

30.0

20

0.2

57.0

49.1

56.8

30.0

25

0.2

55.0

47.1

54.8

30.0

31.25

0.2

53.1

45.2

52.9

30.0

62.5

0.3

47.1

39.2

46.8

24.1

100

0.4

43.0

35.1

42.6

20.0



Category 5e Channel Limits in dB per ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.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

1

2.2

>60

>57

57.4

54.4

57.8

54.8

17.0

4

4.5

53.5

50.5

45.4

42.4

49.0

46.0

17.0

8

6.3

48.6

45.6

39.3

36.3

42.3

39.3

17.0

10

7.1

47.0

44.0

37.4

34.4

39.9

36.9

17.0

16

9.1

43.6

40.6

33.3

30.3

34.5

31.5

17.0

20

10.2

42.0

39.0

31.4

28.4

31.8

28.8

17.0

25

11.4

40.3

37.3

29.4

26.4

28.9

25.9

16.0

31.25

12.9

38.7

35.7

27.5

24.5

25.8

22.8

15.1

62.5

18.6

33.6

30.6

21.5

18.5

15.0

12.0

12.1

100

24.0

30.1

27.1

17.4

14.4

6.1

3.1

10.0



Category 5e Permanent Link Limits in dB per ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.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

1

2.1

>60

>57

58.6

55.6

57.9

54.9

19.0

4

3.9

54.8

51.8

46.6

43.6

50.9

47.9

19.0

8

5.5

50.0

47.0

40.6

37.5

45.5

41.5

19.0

10

6.2

48.5

45.5

38.6

35.6

42.3

39.3

19.0

16

7.9

45.2

42.2

34.5

31.5

37.3

34.3

19.0

20

8.9

43.7

40.7

32.6

29.6

34.8

31.8

19.0

25

10.0

42.1

39.1

30.7

27.7

32.1

29.1

18.0

31.25

11.2

40.5

37.5

28.7

25.7

29.3

26.3

17.1

62.5

16.2

35.7

32.7

22.7

19.7

19.5

16.5

14.1

100

21.0

32.3

29.3

18.6

15.6

11.3

8.3

12.0