User's Manual

Installation Requirements and Safety Precautions
8-2 LGCell 4.0 Installation, Operation, and Reference Manual PN 8100-40
620004-0 Rev. B
8.1 Installation Requirements
8.1.1 Cable and Connector Requirements
The LGCell equipment operates over standard TIA/EIA 568-A specification, Cate-
gory 5 (Cat-5) unshielded twisted pair (UTP) or shielded twisted pair (STP) and stan-
dard 62.5µm/125µm multimode fiber cable (MMF), at a wavelength of
1310 nanometers (nm).
These cables are widely used industry standards for Local Area Networks (LANs).
The regulations and guidelines for LGCell cable installation are identical to those
specified by the TIA/EIA 568-A standard for LANs (see Appendix B).
European standards require that only STP cable be used. Also, to ensure specified
performance, STP cable is required in all multi-system installations that use parallel
Cat-5 cables in common ducting.
LGC Wireless recommends plenum-rated Cat-5 UTP/STP and MMF cable and con-
nectors for conformity to building codes and standards.
8.1.2 Neutral Host System Requirements
As in any LGCell system, a neutral host system requires one pair of MMF strands
between each Main Hub and each Expansion Hub, and one Cat-5 cable between each
Expansion Hub and each RAU. To help achieve the cost savings possible in a neutral
host system, it is advantageous to install additional cables for future growth.
To alleviate the possibility of interference between LGCell systems, STP cable is
required for neutral host systems.