CCTV Digital Basics

Unit 5 Network Transmission

Medium

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Objectives

After completing this unit, you will be able to:

Identify the different network transmission options
Describe the characteristics of the different transmission
methods
Identify transmission limits for different medium

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Network cabling terminology

Ethernet
Widely used set of protocols for LAN systems that
allows for a diverse variety of cable types
Ethernet cabling is specified by bandwidth, carrying
distance or specifications, and material type

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cable types
CableEthernet
Types
Transmission
Rate

Carrying Distance

Material Type

10Base2

10 Mbps

670 ft (185 M)

RG58 thin coax BNC

(ThinNet)

10Base5

10 Mbps

1640 ft (500 M)

Thick coax BNC (ThickNet)

10BaseT

10 Mbps

382 ft (100 M)

UTP 4 pair CAT3, RJ45 Jack

10BaseF

10 Mbps

6000 ft (2 KM)

Fiber Optic

10BaseFL

10 Mbps

1640 ft (500 M)

Fiber Optic Link

100BaseT

100 Mbps

328 ft (100 M)

UTP CAT 4,5,6 - 4 pair,

RJ45 jack

100BaseTX

100 Mbps

328 ft (100 M)

UTP/STP, CAT 5 - 2 pairs,

fast Ethernet

100Base FX

100 Mbps

6000 ft (2 KM)

Fiber Optic, 2 strands,

fast Ethernet

1000BaseT

1 Gbps

328 ft (100 M)

UTP, CAT 5 4 pairs

1000BaseLX

1 Gbps

6560 ft (2.1 KM)

Fiber Optic (1300 nm

wavelength

1000BaseSX

1 Gbps

Fiber Optic (850 nm)

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Twisted pair cabling
Category

Maximum Data Rate

& Frequency Tested

Usual Application

CAT 2

4 Mbps

IBM cabling for token ring networks

CAT 3

16 Mbps, 10 MHz

Ethernet 10Base-T voice & data

CAT 4

20 Mbps, 20 MHz

Some 16 Mbps token ring networks

CAT 5

100 Mbps - 1000 Mbps

(4 pair) 100 MHz

100 Mbps TPDDI, 155 Mbps ATM

No longer supported, replaced by 5E

1000 Mbps, 100 MHz

Gigabit Ethernet, better near-end cross talk

resistance then CAT 5

250 MHz

Super fast broadband applications, Most

popular cabling for new installs

10 Gbps, 625 MHz

Support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBase-T)

600 MHz

Full motion video. Govt. and mfg.

environments, shielded cable systems.

CAT 5E
CAT 6
CAT 6E
CAT 7

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Fiber Optic

Benefits:
Small diameter & light weight
Immune to electromagnetic and radio
frequency interference, and power surges
Large bandwidth transmission capabilities
Long distance carrying capabilities
Light is channeled in either single mode or
multimode cabling

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Fiber Optic

Dispersion
Light traveling in a straight line covers less
distance than light traveling in a bouncing path
The time difference multiple light beams reach a
point is called Dispersion
The type of glass and the surrounding cladding
can impact and help control the amount of light
dispersion
Dispersion

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Fiber Optic

Single Mode cable

Thin glass strand (~ 6-10 microns in diameter)
Bandwidth is almost infinite (speed of light)
Preferred application for long distances and high
bandwidth

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Fiber Optic
Multimode cable
Larger diameter glass core (50 80 microns)
Step-index multimode cable has abrupt change between
glass core and surrounding cladding
Bandwidth limits ~ 50 Mbps
Graded-index multimode cable has gradual change
between glass core and surrounding cladding. This allow
the bouncing light to travel faster than the middle light
beam(s), reducing dispersion
Bandwidth limits ~ 1 Gbps

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Repeaters

Allows for longer transmission distances than the

cable limits allow
Receives the digital signal, removes unwanted
noise and regenerates the signal
Digital electrical pulses uses on/off voltages
Digital fiber optic uses amplified light pulses

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Repeaters

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