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Horizontal cabling with Shielded Twisted Pairs (STP)

Shielded twisted pair (STP) cabling is the solution of choice where increased protection against electromagnetic interference from outside (EMI) is required. It is considered as being particularly reliable for high data rate transmissions.

Horizontal cabling with extra protection

Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) copper cabling is are considered as being particularly reliable. It is the standard solution for secure high data rate transmissions in the office world and in the industrial environment. R&M recommends this solution when premium installations are required or when increased protection for data transmission is required due to sensitive applications or significant electromagnetic interference.

Full product range

R&M offers different protection levels, depending on the cable shield design. Aluminum coated PET foils provide a high frequency protection to the twisted pair or to the cable as a whole. Woven braids from tin coated copper wires around the outside of the cable optionally add a low resistance, low frequency protection for the cable. Based on the available budget and application, the ideal cable design / protection level can be chosen from the R&Mfreenet portfolio.
R&Mfreenet connectivity is the optimum platform for all shielded transmission classes and offers reserves for all applications, of both today and tomorrow.
Three different transmission classes are available:
Cat. 5e / Class D*
Cat. 6 / Class E*
Cat. 6A / Class EA*

Important shield termination and grounding

Thanks to its advanced, installation-friendly connection and mature termination technology the R&M RJ45 connectivity can easily terminate cables with all available shielding variants. Generating a reliable, long-lasting end to end shield termination with the required low impedance is a non-trivial task. A good connection between connectivity shield and all shield elements of the cable are important (360° contacts). A cable strain relief, independent from the shield contact to reduce mechanical stress and influence of cable movement to the contact quality, is also often overlooked.
Unfortunately, checking the quality of a shield termination outside a laboratory is very difficult. At the end, trust in the experience of the manufacturer is the only choice to make sure, that the protection of the cabling is maintained over the lifetime of the installation. As a recognized leader in shielded cabling, R&M is the ideal partner for your horizontal shielded twisted pair installation.

Optimum heat dissipation with STP

When using Remote Powering with LAN cabling (Power over Ethernet, PoE), heat dissipation properties of the cable becomes important. In order to reduce the maximum temperature inside a cable bundle in the installation, heat produced by the PoE must be able to dissipate out from the bundle as easily as possible. Shielded cabling will keep the cable bundles cooler, by transporting the heat flow around the cable to the outside. The more metal in the shield construction, the better the heat dissipation. In general, shielded cabling will help to support longer link segments.

Products for Horizontal cabling with Shielded Twisted Pairs (STP)

Integrated DC
Edge DC
DC Interconnect
Building Entrance Facility
Meet Me Room
Operation & Maintenance
Edge Data Center
Digital Building Gen. 1
Digital Building Gen. 2
Digital Building SPE
Central Office
Outside Plant
Customer Premises
Macro Cell Site
Small Cell Site
Central Office
Outside Plant
Customer Premises
Small Cell Site
Central Office
Outside Plant
Customer Premises
Small Cell Site
Patient Room
Treatment Room
Central Office
Outside Plant
Customer Premises
Aerial Solutions
Macro Cell Site
Small Cell Site
Industrial Environment
Industrial Cabling
On Board Cabling
Cabin Cabling
Industry LAN
Outdoor LAN
Multimedia Cabling
Home Distributor
Home Wiring
Server Hall
Data Center Interconnect
Data Center Computing Solutions
Operation & Maintenance
Building Entrance Facility
Meet-Me-Room
Customer Connection
Operation & Maintenance
Colocation
Enterprise
Hyperscale
Telecom/Carriers
Urban Development
Railways
Utilities FTTX
Cable sharing
Horizontal cabling STP
Horizontal cabling UTP
WLAN integration
Backbone cabling
Horizontal FO
Voice & Control Int.
CCTV
Ship Cabling
Healthcare Cabling
Residential Cabling
Office Cabling
Industrial Cabling
Digital Building
Local Area Network
Public Networks
Data Center
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