  High-speed data busses constructed from copper components are both difficult
to model and important to accurately simulate. Using analytic signal theory and
an extension of the skin effect for non-uniform conductivity, experimental data
taken from IEEE 1394-1995 cables and connectors is used to predict the transfer
function of a 4.5 meter cable with two connectors. With these techniques any
length of cable between two connectors can be simulated with high accuracy,
including all the cable and connector losses and the infinitely summed standing
waves that occur between the connectors.
