Enterprise Design Guide - Public - CommScope

Connectivity That Meets And Exceeds
Networking Standards
The most comprehensive and authoritative standard for network performance is the ANSI/
TIA/EIA-568 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard, which dictates
the parameters for network capacity, reliability and compatibility. While some manufacturers
may treat these standards as goals to reach, CommScope defines them as minimums to be
exceeded*. Some examples:
CommScope pioneered the development of innovations like foamed dielectrics and pair
separators that made possible our Isolite ® and Category 6 UTP cables. In 2009, CommScope
released SYSTIMAX ® GigaSPEED ® X10D U/UTP 91 series cables, which exhibit an order of
magnitude improvement in alien crosstalk, enabled via an optimized twist and strand scheme,
dramatically enhancing high-frequency performance using the CommScope Labs Cable Twist
Accuracy Technology. This improved performance produces a cable that is greatly reduced in
diameter from previous 10G capable designs.
For backbone applications, the IEEE 802.3ae standard specifies a 10 gigabit Ethernet
minimum transmission distance of only 82 m (269 feet) using standard OM2 50 μm multimode
fiber for 10GBASE-SX. CommScope’s 50 μm high-bandwidth multimode solutions greatly
exceed the standard by carrying 10 Gb/s signals up to 550 meters (1804 feet). These fibers
also allow a step up to new, even higher data rate applications like 40 and 100 gigabit
Ethernet.
CommScope developed the design of indoor/outdoor fiber optic cables that are tough
enough to withstand exterior heat, cold and dampness, yet can enter a building well past the
15.2 meter (50 feet) limitation for outdoor cable, thus eliminating transition splices and their
associated hardware.
We offer a full range of fiber and copper connectivity choices that provide end-to-end
performance guarantees well above established standards. CommScope network solutions
are designed and engineered to work across your entire network, providing a complete
telecommunications infrastructure from fiber to copper, from outside to inside and from
backbone to desktop. This system of cables, enclosures, panels, connectors and patch cords
allows you to assemble an entire network with verified and warranteed performance, with all of
the components supplied from a single source.
Our efforts extend beyond total solution performance. We are also compliant with the RoHS
(Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive adopted by the European Union in 2006, by
some states in the US and soon by China. The RoHS Directive is aimed at reducing the amount
of certain environmentally hazardous substances in cabling components.
*Standards may be reviewed or purchased at www.tiaonline.org
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