Structured Cabling—Category 7A and Category 7A 22AWG: What are the Advantages?
ICT Today — January/February/March 2024 (Vol. 45, No. 1) · p. 16
The ISO/IEC 11801 series are the international standards relevant to structured cabling, and ANSI/TIA 568 series is the North American equivalent, but are there differences? They coordinate together, but Categories 7 and 7A represent a point of disagreement. While they exist in the international documents, they do not exist in the North American equivalent. A thorough history of the categories is necessary to understand the differences and their relevant applications.
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