Category 7 cable
CAT7 – Category – 7 , (ISO/IEC 11801:2002 category 7/class F) A cable standard for Ultra Fast Ethernet and other interconnect technologies that can be made to be backwards compatible with traditional CAT5 and CAT6 Ethernet cable. CAT7 features even more stringent specifications for crosstalk and system noise then CAT6, to achieve this shielding has been added for individual wire pairs and the cable as a whole.
The CAT7 cable standard has been created to allow 10 Gigabit Ethernet over 100m of copper cabling. The cable contains four twisted copper wire pairs, just like the earlier standards. CAT7 can be terminated in RJ-45 compatible GG-45 electrical connectors, these incorporate the RJ-45 standard and a new type of connection to enable a smoother migration to the new standard. When combined with GG-45 connectors, CAT7 cable is rated for transmission frequencies of up to 600Mhz.
Also being considered is a non-RJ-45-compatible standard developed by Siemon, which forgoes compatibility in exchange for performance and doubles the transmission frequencies of RJ-45.
- Source: Siemon Cat-7
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