Metallic and fiber optics structured cabling | CCTV Calculator

Structured cabling

Metallic cables

	5	5E	6	6A	7	7A
100Mbps	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)
1Gbps	-	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)
10Gbps	-	-	50m (164ft)	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)	100m (328ft)
40Gbps	-	-	-	-	-	50m (164ft)
100Gbps	-	-	-	-	-	15m (49ft)
Frequency	100MHz	100MHz	250MHz	500MHz	600MHz	1000MHz
Cable	UTP / STP				STP
Connector	RJ45				CG45, TERA

Multimode fibre cables

		OM1	OM2	OM3	OM4
100Mbps	850nm	2 000m (6 562ft)	2 000m (6 562ft)	2 000m (6 562ft)	2 000m (6 562ft)
1Gbps	850nm	275m (902ft)	550m (1 804ft)	550m (1 804ft)	550m (1 804ft)
1Gbps	1 300nm	550m (1 804ft)	550m (1 804ft)	550m (1 804ft)	550m (1 804ft)
10Gbps	850nm	33m (108ft)	82m (269ft)	300m (984ft)	550m (1 804ft)
10Gbps	1 300nm	300m (984ft)	300m (984ft)	300m (984ft)	400m (1 312ft)
40Gbps	850nm	-	-	100m (328ft)	150m (492ft)
100Gbps	850nm	-	-	100m (328ft)	150m (492ft)
OFL	850nm	200MHz.km	500MHz.km	1500MHz.km	3500MHz.km
OFL	1 300nm	500MHz.km	500MHz.km	500MHz.km	500MHz.km
Laser	850nm	-	-	2000MHz.km	4700MHz.km
Core / cladding size		62,5 / 125µm	50 / 125 µm	50 / 125µm	50 / 125µm
Attenuation	850nm	3,5dB/km	3,5dB/km	3,5dB/km	2,5dB/km
Attenuation	1 300nm	1,5dB/km	1,5dB/km	1,5dB/km	0,8dB/km

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