ANSI / TIA -568-C - Hubbell Premise Wiring

ANSI/TIA-568-C.2: Balanced Twisted Pair
Cabling Components
This standard specifies electrical performance requirements for installed UTP cable and connecting hardware for each recognized category. Category 6A
with extended frequency and additional parameters (ANEXT) is included. Performance categories, bandwidth, and field test parameters are listed in the
table below.
Table 1: Categories of Transmission Performance and Field Test Parameters
Insertion Wire Delay Return
Category Loss NEXT Length Map Skew ELFEXT Loss PSACR PSELFEXT PSNEXT ANEXT
Cat 3 (16 MHz) 3 3 3 3
Cat 5e (100 MHz) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Cat 6 (250 MHz) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Cat 6A (500 MHz) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
ANSI/TIA-568-C.2: Balanced Twisted Pair Cabling and Components
The tables below incorporate enhanced performance requirements for UTP cables and connecting hardware: Category 3, 5e, 6, and 6A.
Permanent Link Performance
Insertion Loss
Frequency Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 6A
(MHz) (dB) (dB) (dB)
1.0 2.1 1.9 1.9
4.0 3.9 3.5 3.5
8.0 5.5 5.0 5.0
10.0 6.2 5.5 5.5
16.0 7.9 7.0 7.0
20.0 8.9 7.9 7.8
25.0 10.0 8.9 8.8
31.25 11.2 10.0 9.8
62.5 16.2 14.4 14.1
100.0 21.0 18.6 18.0
200.0 - 27.4 26.1
250.0 - 31.1 29.5
300.0 - - 32.7
400.0 - - 38.5
500.0 - - 43.8
Channel Performance
Insertion Loss
Frequency Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 6A
(MHz) (dB) (dB) (dB)
1.0 2.2 2.1 2.3
4.0 4.5 4.0 4.2
8.0 6.3 5.7 5.8
10.0 7.1 6.3 6.5
16.0 9.1 8.0 8.2
20.0 10.2 9.0 9.2
25.0 11.4 10.1 10.2
31.25 12.9 11.4 11.5
62.5 18.6 16.5 16.4
100.0 24.0 21.3 20.9
200.0 - 31.5 30.1
250.0 - 35.9 33.9
300.0 - - 37.4
400.0 - - 43.7
500.0 - - 49.3
Patch Cord Performance
Return Loss
Frequency Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 6A
(MHz) (dB) (dB) (dB)
1.0 25.0 25.0 20.0
4.0 25.0 25.0 23.0
8.0 25.0 25.0 24.5
10.0 25.0 25.0 25.0
16.0 25.0 25.0 25.0
20.0 24.0 25.0 25.0
31.25 23.1 23.1 23.3
62.5 20.1 20.1 20.7
100.0 18.0 18.0 19.0
200.0 - 15.0 16.4
250.0 - 14.0 15.6
300.0 - - 14.9
400.0 - - 13.8
500.0 - - 13.0
Return Loss
Frequency Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 6A
(MHz) (dB) (dB) (dB)
1.0 19.0 19.1 19.1
4.0 19.0 21.0 21.0
8.0 19.0 21.0 21.0
10.0 19.0 21.0 21.0
16.0 19.0 20.0 20.0
20.0 19.0 19.5 19.5
25.0 18.0 19.0 19.0
31.25 17.1 18.5 18.5
62.5 14.1 16.0 16.0
100.0 12.0 14.0 14.0
200.0 - 11.0 11.0
250.0 - 10.0 10.0
300.0 - - 9.2
400.0 - - 8.0
500.0 - - 8.0
Return Loss
Frequency Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 6A
(MHz) (dB) (dB) (dB)
1.0 17.0 19.0 19.0
4.0 17.0 19.0 19.0
8.0 17.0 19.0 19.0
10.0 17.0 19.0 19.0
16.0 17.0 18.0 18.0
20.0 17.0 17.5 17.5
25.0 16.0 17.0 17.0
31.25 15.1 16.5 16.5
62.5 12.1 14.0 14.0
100.0 10.0 12.0 12.0
200.0 - 9.0 9.0
250.0 - 8.0 8.0
300.0 - - 7.2
400.0 - - 6.0
500.0 - - 6.0
NEXT Loss - Category 6
Frequency Cord Limit (dB)
(MHz) 2m 5m 10m
1.0 65.0 65.0 65.0
4.0 65.0 65.0 65.0
8.0 65.0 65.0 64.8
10.0 65.0 64.5 62.9
16.0 62.0 60.5 59.0
20.0 60.1 58.6 57.2
25.0 58.1 56.8 55.4
31.25 56.2 54.9 53.6
62.5 50.4 49.2 48.1
100.0 46.4 45.3 44.4
125 44.5 43.5 42.7
150 43.0 42.1 41.4
175 41.8 40.9 40.2
200 40.6 39.8 39.3
225 39.7 38.9 38.4
250 38.8 38.1 37.6
NEXT Loss
Frequency Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 6A
(MHz) (dB) (dB) (dB)
1.0 60.0 65.0 65.0
4.0 54.8 64.1 64.1
8.0 50.0 59.4 59.4
10.0 48.5 57.8 57.8
16.0 45.2 54.6 54.6
20.0 43.7 53.1 53.1
25.0 42.1 51.5 51.5
31.25 40.5 50.0 50.0
62.5 35.7 45.1 45.1
100.0 32.3 41.8 41.8
200.0 - 36.9 36.9
250.0 - 35.3 35.3
300.0 - - 34.0
400.0 - - 29.9
500.0 - - 26.7
NEXT Loss
Frequency Cat 5e Cat 6 Cat 6A
(MHz) (dB) (dB) (dB)
1.0 60.0 65.0 65.0
4.0 53.5 63.0 63.0
8.0 48.6 58.2 58.2
10.0 47.0 56.6 56.6
16.0 43.6 53.2 53.2
20.0 42.0 51.6 51.6
25.0 40.3 50.0 50.0
31.25 38.7 48.4 48.4
62.5 33.6 43.4 43.4
100.0 30.1 39.9 39.9
200.0 - 34.8 34.8
250.0 - 33.1 33.1
300.0 - - 31.7
400.0 - - 28.7
500.0 - - 26.1
NEXT Loss - Category 6A
Frequency Cord Limit (dB)
(MHz) 1m 2m 5m 10m
1.0 65.0 65.0 65.0 65.0
4.0 65.0 65.0 65.0 65.0
8.0 65.0 65.0 65.0 64.8
10.0 65.0 65.0 64.5 62.9
16.0 62.6 62.0 60.5 59.1
20.0 60.7 60.1 58.6 57.2
25.0 58.8 58.2 56.8 55.4
31.25 56.9 56.3 54.9 53.6
62.5 51.0 50.4 49.2 48.1
100.0 47.0 46.4 45.4 44.5
200 41.1 40.7 39.9 39.3
250 39.3 38.9 38.1 37.7
300 36.4 36.2 35.9 35.8
400 31.8 31.9 32.1 32.5
500 28.2 28.4 29.0 29.8
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