ADC Augmented Category 6 Solutions manual More, Gigabit Threshold Will Fall

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	The Gigabit Threshold Will Fall
	Not long ago, 100 Mbps seemed like enough.
	Then Gigabit seemed like enough. Today, when
	it comes to planning a cabling infrastructure,
	10Gbps has emerged as the next step for satiating
	enterprise network bandwidth requirements.
	There always has been—and always will be—
	a need for more bandwidth. Data-intensive
	applications such as network storage and sharing
	of imaging and engineering documents alone can
	stretch the limits of a cabling system.
Bandwidth Required
10 Gbps
			Telepresence
		Video Conferencing
		Storage WANs
1 Gbps		IP Factory	High Performance
			Computing
	Intelligent Buildings		Video Downloading
		Streaming Video
	RFID	Voice Over IP
100 Mbps	ERP
	CRM
	Integrated Messaging
	Interactive Web
	Static Web Pages
10 Mbps	E-Mail
	Richness of Applications

Yet what promises to incite bandwidth growth on a broader scale is the explosion of IP-based applications: VoIP, WiFi, industrial Ethernet, IPTV, video conferencing, security cameras, HVAC and lighting controls, RFID, access controls, badge readers, and many others on the shelf and in the lab. This cumulative effect of more IP-based applications is propelling more data over the structured cabling system—and demanding more bandwidth to support these applications.

Historically, a LAN cabling system endures multiple replacements of switches, routers, PCs, and other active electronics. On average, the cabling system remains intact through three generations of networking gear. With a life cycle of 15 or more years, the LAN cabling system installed today is expected to support the next networking protocol. This was the case with Category 5e and Category 6. This will be true with 10Gbps cabling systems, too.

With Augmented Category 6 standards to be adopted in 2006, Gigabit is no longer the plan- ning target for building the 15-year structured cabling system.

New emerging

applications will drive networks past 1 gigabit.