These are the standards that apply to UTP, all catagories. ANSI/TIA-568-C.0, ANSI/TIA-568-C.1, ANSI/TIA-568-C.2,
ANSI/TIA-568-C.3, ANSI/TIA-569-C, ANSI/TIA-606-B, ANSI/TIA-607-B,
ANSI/TIA-862-A, ANSI/TIA-942-A, ANSI/TIA-1005, ANSI/TIA-1179,
ISO/IEC 11801, ISO/IEC 11801 Class EA, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3at,
IEEE 802.3an, IEEE 802.3ba and IEEE 802.11
Or, you can
Click Here or
Here to view the standards applied to either UTP, generally with Anixter's specification sheet or specifically Cat 6 with Leviton's specification sheet.
The IEEE reference to not deforming the wire conductors or changing the geometry of the cable lay-up is basically "use anything available, just do not make it tight." And then, of course, there's another whole set of considerations with POE.
Click Here. POE cables have heat associated with the power being delivered via UTP.
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