Shielded Copper Cabling Resource Centre

Benefits of Shielded Cabling:

Market Drivers

• 10GBASE-T performance headroom ensures solid 10Gb/s application support
• Extended lifecycle means lower total cost of ownership
• Growing market adoption

Simple Installation

• Z-MAX 6A Shielded systems can be terminated faster than competitor systems
• Shielded construction less sensitive to installation practices than UTP
• Fast and simple grounding

Resists Interference

• 100 times less susceptible to interference than UTP
• Superior protection against high frequency environmental noise
• Eliminates alien crosstalk so field testing is never required

Reduce Cabling Channels

• Reduce cabling channels by running multiple applications over single cable and outlet

PoE and PoE Plus

• Overcome performance-robbing heat generated by PoE and PoE Plus

Highest Performing

• Category 7A: Standards accepted, highest performing, most secure

Eliminates alien crosstalk so field testing is never required

Alien crosstalk is defined as: Unwanted signal coupling from one balanced twisted-pair component, channel, or permanent link to another. (I.E: Cable-to-cable interference)

AXT is seen at higher frequencies such as 10GBASE-T and is more problematic in unshielded (UTP) systems. The noise coupling occurs on like pairs (for instance blue-white to blue-white) as they will have roughly the same twist lay. This is not a concern with screened or shielded systems as the shield prevents alien crosstalk from affecting adjacent cables.

STANDARDS GUIDE: Guide to Alien Crosstalk in Network Cabling Systems

Z-MAX 6A Shielded

Z-MAX 6A Shielded Category 6A System »Learn more

Category 7A TERA

Category 7A TERA Structured Network Cabling »Learn more

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