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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CableEthernet
Types cable 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
Maximum Data Rate
Category Usual Application
& Frequency Tested

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

100 Mbps - 1000 Mbps 100 Mbps TPDDI, 155 Mbps ATM
CAT 5
(4 pair) 100 MHz No longer supported, replaced by 5E

Gigabit Ethernet, better near-end cross talk

CAT 5E 1000 Mbps, 100 MHz
resistance then CAT 5
Super fast broadband applications, Most
CAT 6 250 MHz
popular cabling for new installs

CAT 6E 10 Gbps, 625 MHz Support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GBase-T)

Full motion video. Govt. and mfg.

CAT 7 600 MHz
environments, shielded cable systems.
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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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for Unit 5

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