
Glossary
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SIMATIC NET Twisted-Pair and Fiber-Optic Networks
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Chassis ground
Chassis ground includes all the interconnected inactive parts of equipment that
must not have a hazardous voltage even in the event of a fault.
Collision domain
To ensure that the CSMA/CD protocol functions correctly, the propagation time of
a data packet from one node to another is restricted.
This propagation time results in a specially limited span for the network
depending on the data rate known as the collision domain. In 10 Mbps Ethernet,
this is 4520 m and in Fast Ethernet it is 412 m.
Several collision domains can be connected together using bridges/switches.
CSMA/CD
Carrier Sense Multiple Access / Collision Detection
Ethernet medium access procedure
D.C. loop resistance
Total resistance of the outward and return line of a cable.
Delay equivalent
The delay equivalent describes the signal delay of a network component in the
signal path. The value of the signal delay is specified in meters instead of
seconds.
The value in meters corresponds to the distance that a signal could propagate
within the time if the signal propagated through a cable rather than passing
through the component.
Electromagnetic compatibility
Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) deals with all questions of electrical,
magnetic and electromagnetic emission and immunity and the functional
disturbances in electrical devices resulting from these effects.
FDX
–> Full duplex
Fiber-optic cable (FO)
A fiber-optic cable is a transmission medium in an optical network. Only
multimode glass fiber-optic cables are suitable for connecting optical Industrial
Ethernet components.
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