Installation guide

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Planning and Designing an RIO
Cable System
At a Glance
Overview This chapter provides information on planning and designing an RIO cable system.
What's in this
Chapter?
This chapter contains the following topics:
Topic Page
Linear Cable Topologies 20
Hot Standby Cable Topologies 24
Trunk Splitter Use 28
Illegal Coaxial Cable Topologies 31
Using Fiber Optics in an RIO System 34
RIO System Design 40
Choosing Coaxial Cables for an RIO Network 42
Coaxial Cable Characteristics 44
Electrical Characteristics of Coaxial Media Components 45
EMI/RFI Considerations in a Coaxial Cable Routing Plan 47
Tap Connections and Locations 48
Grounding and Surge Suppression 50
Terminating a Coaxial Cable System 51
Designing a Coaxial Cable System to an Attenuation Limit 52
Attenuation Considerations in an Optical Path 56
Maximum Number of Repeaters and Jitter Considerations 58
Planning RIO Drops 61
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