Friday, April 22, 2016

cables

UTP (UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR)

 Unshielded twisted pair, a popular type of cable that consists of two unshielded wires twisted around each other. Due to its low cost, UTP cabling is used extensively for local-area networks (LANs) and telephone connections. UTP cabling does not offer as high bandwidth or as good protection from interference as coaxial or fiber optic cables, but it is less expensive and easier to work with.


STP (SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR)

 STP is similar to UTP but with each pair covered by an additional copper braid jacket or foil wrapping. This shielding helps protect the signals on the cables from external interference.
STP is more expensive than UTP but has the benefit of being able to support higher transmission rates over longer distances.




COAXIAL CABLE

Coaxial cable is a wire with single ended single reference where the central conductor carries the data signals.  It is mostly used in television. 10 Mbps is the maximum speed of coaxial cable.



Fiber optics cable

 Fiber optic cable is one of the costlier cables used in data communication that uses light to carry a data signal through the cable. It is the most fastest cable to carry data. It uses light signals rather than electricity, so it offers high bandwidth and greatest distance of any transmission system.







Radio waves


 The type of unguided media where the signal is carried over by carrier waves is called radio waves.Radio waves are used to wirelessly connect computers. The computers or networks that need to communicate using radio waves should have an antenna.


Terrestrial Microwave 

 It is used for long distance telephone service. It is used by common carriers as well as private networks. It requires unobstructed line of sight between source and receiver. 



 

Satellite Microwave:

It is a microwave rely station in space. It can rely signals over long distance. They are used in cellular phones, satellite networks and wireless LAN.




RJ45

RJ45 is a type of connector commonly used for Ethernet networking. It looks similar to a telephone jack, but is slightly wider.





T-connector

Tee connector is an electrical connector that connects three cables together. It is usually in the shape of a capital T. It is usually used for coaxial cables and the three connector points can be either female or male gender, and could be different or the same standard, such as F type. BNC type.



BNC Connector

BNC connector is a miniature quick connect/disconnect radio frequency connector used for coaxial cable. BNC connectors are used with miniature-to-sub-miniature coaxial cable in radio, television, and other radio-frequency electronic equipment, test instruments, and video signals. 



ST Connector 

(Straight Tip connector) A fiber-optic cable connector that uses a bayonet plug and socket. It was the first standard connector for most commercial wiring. 



 SC connector

(Standard Connector, Subscriber Connector) A fiber-optic cable connector that uses a push-pull latching mechanism similar to common audio and video cables. 







FC Connector

A fiber-optic cable connector that uses a threaded plug and socket is called FC connector.




SMA Connector


SMA (SubMiniature version A) connectors are semi-precision coaxial RF connectors developed in the 1960s as a minimal connector interface for coaxial cable with a screw type coupling mechanism.