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News Release from: Brand-Rex | Subject: 10GPlus
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 April 2006
Cables take shape for 10Gbit/s
reliability
Brand-Rex has unveiled what it claims is the most innovative and capable 10 Gigabit Ethernet cabling solution available in the marketplace today.
Brand-Rex has unveiled what it claims is the most innovative and capable 10 Gigabit Ethernet cabling solution available in the marketplace today The system is also one of the first to be classified as an Augmented Category 6/Class EA product set
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Fully backward compatible with Cat6 (Class E) and Cat5e (Class D) solutions, the new system is also designed to comply with the forthcoming IEC Class EA and TIA 568B.2-10 standards that support the new 10GBase-T Ethernet protocol.
The Brand-Rex solution, 10GPlus, comprises a full range of shielded and unshielded cables, jacks, panel and patch cords, introducing - for the first time ever - a new and unique "reuleaux" shaped UTP cable.
This shape was chosen to minimise the cable's diameter and to fully address the issues of alien crosstalk (AXT) that has been the Achilles heel for many early systems launched into the market, whereby adjacent cables can electrically interfere with each other, impacting performance.
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The higher frequency spectrum over which 10Gbit/s Ethernet operates magnifies the importance of this issue.
Typically, 10GPlus exhibits a channel performance that realises a 3dB of headroom margin against the PSANEXT (power sum alien near end crosstalk) specification, while simultaneously delivering a 5dB headroom margin against the PSAELFEXT specification.
This performance promises to assure the best possible 10GBase-T channel performance.
The 10GPlus family is covered by seven separate patent applications and is the result of more than 4000 man-hours of research and development by Brand-Rex engineers.
"Last year, many of our competitors were eager to be seen as the first to market with 10G UTP solutions and, as a result, their customers are now potentially stuck with systems which cannot meet the current revision of the Augmented Cat6 standard", commented Brand-Rex Business and Marketing Director, Ian Wilkie.
"We always maintained that we would not release a 10G UTP cable until we could be certain of its performance against a more advanced iteration of the relevant 10G standards and we believe our customers will appreciate this integrity and the future-proofing that is now safely available to them", he added.
Adopting the shape of the radius-sided "reuleaux" triangle - Brand-Rex's new reuleaux-shaped 10G UTP cable creates the maximum effective spacing between adjacent cables, while maintaining a small, lightweight and highly flexible construction, enabling maximum performance to be maintained when cables are grouped together in "real life" network installations.
Also launched is a new Class EA shielded cable that is targeted towards markets who prefer a shielded approach and also those who insist on maximum protection against electromagnetic interference that can penetrate the installation environment.
The Brand-Rex 10GPlus range is supported by a new family of connectivity products that also meet the new Class EA requirements.
Compatible with standard 19in racks and cabinets, the new Brand-Rex snap-in-jack panel incorporates features designed to enhance reliability and performance.
These features include optimum jack orientation to improve contact reliability, and a pre-assembled detachable management bar for easy cable management.
The snap-in-jack features a new, patented contact array offering enhanced electrical performance, and a robust, improved universal style IDC punch down design that ensures maximum performance.
The Brand-Rex 10G patch cord features blade style plugs with narrow profile for increased density and maximum space efficiency.
"Class EA provides the next standard platform that will enable the continued growth of high performance business applications", continued Wilkie.
"If corporate IT applications are to be delivered using the new 10GBase-T protocol, they will require phenomenal processing power".
"This significant investment is pointless unless it can be supported by an equally sophisticated cabling system and it is therefore vital that customers are able to trust the claims of any 10 Gigabit Ethernet system".
"The ability to deliver 10Gbit/s Ethernet and demonstrate compliance with the new Class EA standard is a key feature of 10GPlus".
"Businesses should always remember that the choices made today will impact business application performance for years to come", he concluded.
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