The 10GX Ultra High Density Patch Panel IRU 48-port is a fully loaded patch panel designed to be used within the Belden IBDN System 10GX. The 10GX Ultra High Density Patch Panel IU 48-port features the revolutionary 10GX Module, specifically designed to meet the difficult challenges of 10 Gb/s transmission.
This Ultra High Densitry patch panel has been specifically designed for very dense environments such as equipment distribution areas (TIA-942 Standard) or Datacenters. When used with the Belden CDT patch cord management solution that requires zero units of rack space (0U), it could quadruple the effective density as compared with traditional 48-port 2U patch panels.
To allow for data-rates of 10 Gb/s, the signal needs to be transmitted at frequencies up to a minimum of 500 MHz, as compared with Category 6 transmissions which run up to 200 MHz. To achieve communication at these high frequencies over UTP copper requires significant changes in the way the channel components are designed.
At these high frequencies, all components of a 10G channel begin to emit electromagnetic fields, which negatively impact the channels that are closest in physical proximity. This interaction between one channel and its neighboring channels is called Alien Near End Cross Talk (ANEXT). Overcoming this is one of the most difficult requirements of Augmented Cat 6 standard.
The second critical challenge to developing 10G patch panels is to control the electrical performance of all the other patch panel/module parameters up to a minimum of 500 MHz.
In order to achieve true 10G performance, Belden CDT Networking has designed the 10GX Ultra High Density Patch Panel IU 48-port incorporating several technological revolutions that have been designed into the 10GX Module.
