Cable utilizing varying lay length mechanisms to minimize alien crosstalk

A cable system for minimizing alien crosstalk, comprising:

• a first cable and a second cable, the first and second cables each including:
• i) a filler comprising a base portion with radially extending legs, each of said legs having a length generally equal to at least a diameter of a twisted pair selectively positioned adjacent to said filler;
• and
• ii) an extension located adjacent to an end of one of said extending legs, said extension being located radially outward from said one leg a predefined extent, said one leg having a reference point defined as approximately one-half the diameter of said twisted pair;
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• wherein said filler of at least one of said first and second cables is helically twisted such that when said first and second cables are positioned adjacent to one another, then an average distance between the reference points of the first and second cables is at least twice that of said predefined extent;
• and
• wherein when said first and second cables are positioned adjacent to one another with points of contact, said helical twisting of said filler causes an air gap between said first and second cables of at least 0.1 times a diameter of at least one of said cables.

A cable system for minimizing alien crosstalk, comprising:

• a first cable and a second cable, each of the first and second cables including:
• i) a plurality of twisted pairs, each of said twisted pairs having an initial predefined lay length;
• ii) a filler positioned along said twisted pairs, said filler comprising a base portion with radially extending legs, each of said legs having a length generally equal to at least a diameter of one of said twisted pairs selectively positioned adjacent to said filler;
• and
• iii) an extension located adjacent to an end of one of said extending legs, said extension being located radially outward from said one leg a predefined extent, said one leg having a reference point defined as approximately one-half the diameter of said one of said twisted pairs;
• wherein said twisted pairs of each of said first and second cables are helically twisted in one of a continuously increasing twist and a continuously decreasing twist over a predefined length of each of said cables such that when said predefined lengths of said cables are positioned adjacent to one another, then an average distance between the reference points of the cables is at least twice that of said predefined extent, and at any point of adjacency of said cables, the closest twisted pairs between each of said cables have a different lay lengths.