Selecting Appropriate Cable Lengths
2-7
* With the exception of the 190 stations, which should be reduced if there are more than
25 stations with lobe lengths approaching 800 meters.
Lobe Cabling
Requirements
The section describes recommended twisted pair lobe cable
requirements for the following cable types:
■
■
UTP/Levels 3, 4, and 5 Lobe Cables
■
120 ohm (Screened Twisted Pair) Lobe Cables
STP Lobe Cables
Use STP cable that meets the requirements defined in
SP-2840:
Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard
(ANSI/TIA/EIA).
To maintain the performance of a robust network design, use wiring
that meets or exceeds the specifications defined in
.
The attenuation listed in
applies to cables at a temperature of
25° Celsius. The use of cables in an environment with temperatures
higher than 25° Celsius may result in decreased distances. Refer to the
Planning and Installation Guide for Customer Premises Cabling to
Support Attachment of ISO 8802-5 Token Ring Stations
for more
details.
Table 2-3
Maximum Lobe Lengths (in Meters)
Ring Speed
STP
UTP Level 5
UTP Level 4
UTP Level 3
Active (A)/
Passive (P)
A
P
A
P
A
P
A
P
4 Mbps
800
*
400
425
200
425
200
250
125
16 Mbps
400
200
225
100
210
100
100
N/A
Table 2-4
STP Network Cable Specifications
Characteristic
4 Mbps
16 Mbps
Impedance
135 to 165 ohm
135 to165 ohm
Attenuation (dB/100 m)
2.2 dB
4.5 dB
Crosstalk (dB maximum)
–58 dB
–40 dB