Kray Cabling, Inc.

Archive of Technical Documents
for the Telecommunications Cabling Industry

EIA/TIA STANDARDS

STANDARDS OVERVIEW

A UNIVERSAL WIRING TOPOLOGY

STANDARIZED SYSTEMS

BASIC STANDARDS COMPLIANT TOPOLOGY

LEVELS AND CATEGORIES

THE LEVEL RATING SYSTEM

THE CATEGORY RATING SYSTEM FOR UTP

INTERPRETING COMPLIANCE AND PERFORMANCE TEST DATA

OVERVIEW OF LEVELS:

LEVEL I

LEVEL II

CATEGORY 3

CATEGORY 4

CATEGORY 5

150-OHM STP WIRING SYSTEMS

TP-PMD

100VG-ANYLAN

100BASE-T

ATM

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION