| Category |
Transmission
characteristics |
Description |
|
3 |
Transmission
characteristics are specified up to 16Mhz |
Meets
applicable category 3 and class C requirements
of ISO/IEC 11801 (including amendments A.I &
A.2) , ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A (including addenda
A-1 , A-2 & A-3) and TSB67. Requirements
are specified to an upper frequency limit of
16 MHz. |
| 4 |
Transmission
characteristics are specified up to 20Mhz |
Meets
applicable category 4 requirements of ISO/IEC
11801 (including amendments A.I & A.2) ,
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A (including addenda A-1, A-2
& A-3) and TSB67. Requirements are specified
to an upper frequency limit of 20 MHz. This
classification is a superset of 3 |
| 5 |
Transmission
characteristics are specified up to 100Mhz |
Meets
applicable category 3 and class D requirements
of ISO/IE 11801 (including amendments A.I &
A.2) , ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A (including addenda
A-1, A-2 & A-3) and TSB67. and draft TSB95
Requirements are specified to an upper frequency
limit of 100 MHz. This classification is a superset
of 4 |
| 5e |
Transmission
characteristics
are specified up to 100Mhz |
Performs
to category 5e and class D requirements draft
amendment 3 of ISO/IE 11801 , and draft
addendum 5 to, ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A Requirements
are specified to an upper frequency limit of
100 MHz. This classification is a
superset of 5 |
| 6 |
Transmission
characteristics are specified up to 250Mhz |
Performs
to category 6* and class E requirements under
development by ISO/IE and TIA. Requirements
are expected to be specified to an upper frequency
limit of at least 250 MHz. This classification
is a superset of 5e |
| 7 |
Transmission
characteristics are specified up to 600Mhz |
Performs
to category 7* and class F requirements under
development
by ISO/TEC. Requirements are expected to be
specified to an upper frequency limit of at
least 600 MHz. This classification is an electrical
superset of 6 |
