Which type of network cable is used to connect the components that make up satellite communication systems?

By • Former Associate Site Editor, TechTarget What is coaxial cable? Coaxial cable is a type of copper cable specially built with a metal shield and other components engineered to block signal interference. A coaxial -- or coax -- cable is primarily used by cable TV companies to connect their satellite antenna facilities to customer homes and businesses. Telephone companies also sometimes use coax cable to connect central offices to telephone poles near customers. Some homes and offices use coaxial cable, but Coaxial cable received its name because it includes one physical channel that carries the signal surrounded by another concentric physical channel, both running along the same axis. The innermost channel is typically a copper wire, which is then surrounded by a layer of insulation between it and the outer channel. The outer channel serves as a ground, typically as copper mesh. Another layer of insulation surrounds both the inner and outer channels. Many of these cables or pairs of coaxial tubes can be placed in a single outer sheathing and, with repeaters, can carry information for a great distance. Coaxial cable was invented in 1880 by English engineer and mathematician Oliver Heaviside, who patented the invention and design that same year. AT&T established its first cross-continental coaxial transmission system in 1940. Depending on the carrier technology used and other factors, twisted pair copper wire and How coaxial cables work Coaxial cables have concentric laye...

When 10 Mbps Ethernet was most popular, during the 1980s and early 1990s, networks typically used one of two kinds of coax cable — thinnet (10BASE2 standard) or thicknet (10BASE5). These cables consist of an inner copper wire of varying thickness surrounded by insulation and another shielding. Their stiffness caused network administrators difficulty when installing and maintaining thinnet and thicknet. Two primary types of twisted pair cable industry standards have been defined: unshielded twisted pair (UTP) and shielded twisted pair (STP). Modern Ethernet cables use UTP wiring due to its lower cost, while STP cabling can be found in other types of networks such as Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI). Two primary types of fiber optic cable industry standards are defined—single-mode (100BaseBX standard) and multimode (100BaseSX standard). Long-distance telecommunications networks commonly use single-mode for its relatively higher bandwidth capacity, while local networks typically use multimode due to its lower cost. USB Cables Most Universal Serial Bus (USB) cables connect a computer with a peripheral device (such as a keyboard or mouse) rather than to another computer. However, special network adapters (sometimes called dongles) connect an Ethernet cable to a USB port indirectly. USB cables feature twisted-pair wiring. Serial and Parallel Cables Because many PCs in the 1980s and early 1990s lacked Ethernet capability, and USB had not been developed yet, serial and para...

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