STRUCTURED CABLING STANDARDS OVERVIEW Đặng Thạch Quân Managing Director Quang Dung Technology Company Why Standards? Standards ensure a safe environment for: customer/user carrier’s personnel carrier’s equipment and; correct inter-working between carrier’s equipment and customer premises equipment interference-free operation for carrier’s equipment Standards - Relevant Institutions EIA: Electronic Industries Alliance Website: www.eia.org TIA: Telecommunications Industry Association Website: www.tiaonline.org ISO: International Organization for Standardization Website: www.iso.ch IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission Website: www.iec.ch ANSI: American National Standards Institute Website: www.ansi.org CENELEC: European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Website: www.cenelec.be Standards - Relevant Institutions UL: Underwriter Laboratories Website: www.ul.com FCC: Federal Communications Commission Website: www.fcc.gov ITU: International Telecommunications Union Website: www.itu.int NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers Association Website: www.nema.org NFPA: National Fire Protection Association Website: www.nfpa.org Standards Framework Industry Recommendations ISO/IEC 11801 & EIA/TIA 568 B: Structured Cabling Design, dimensions, component specification, installation practices, compliance testing, Link Class D, E, Class F parameters EIA/TIA 569A: Design and installation practices of cabling pathways, spaces, support structures, termination, cross connect enclosures and cable entrance facilities EIA/TIA 606: Administration of communications cabling systems includes plant symbols, cable records and component labeling Local Authority Compliance Only licensed cable's install/maintain Cable, cabling products and customer equipments must be either: Labeled with local authority permit number, or Listed in the Certified Components List ( CCL ), or Labeled with the local authority symbol All customer equipment shall exhibit Authority permits Structured Cabling Standards Development history Communications Cabling History & Trends Twist, soldering, wire wrap, insulation displacement Cable quality - Categories to Data communications -point to point, timesharing access, party-line LAN Coaxial cable, twin ax, shielded twisted pair, unshielded twisted pair 10, 100, 1GBps, 10GBps on UTP cables Optic Fiber FDDI Gigabit Ethernet 10 Gigabit Ethernet Requirements of a cabling system Avoidance of different cable types Open, easily expandable structure Pre-wiring for later installation Ease of installation Low space requirement Future-proof cable types Possibility of redundant wiring Meeting standards Support of various protocols 10 Low costs for installation, expansion and maintenance System independent cabling systems Requirements The cabling system must not be tied to the network transmission technology It must be easy to install, system independent and universally usable and it must be future-proof to meet changing network technologies Introducing structured cabling networks with system independent infrastructure: The type of cable and the architecture guarantee use with all currently available foreseeable future services and protocols ANSI/TIA/EIA Standards ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-A (obsolete) ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B Series ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.2 100 Ohm Twisted Pair Cabling Standard ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.3 Optical Fiber Standards ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A: Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces ANSI/TIA/EIA-570-B: Residential Telecommunications Cabling Standard ANSI/TIA/EIA-606A: Administration Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Buildings ANSI/TIA/EIA-607A: Commercial Building Grounding and Bonding Requirements for Telecommunications ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-A (obsolete) TIA/EIA TSB67 TIA/EIA TSB72 TIA/EIA TSB75 ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-1 - Delay & Delay Skew ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-2 - Misc changes ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-3 - Hybrid and Bundled Cables ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-4 - Patch Cords ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-5 - Category 5e TIA/EIA/IS-729 – Technical Specifications for 100 Ohm Screened Twisted-Pair Cabling ANSI/EIA/TIA 568-A Revision TSB: Telecommunications System Bulletin Amendment of EIA/TIA 568A Summary Recognition of 100 Ohm ScTP( FTP) cabling Deletion of 150 ohm STP cabling as recognized cable for new installation Recognition of 50/12 5µm multimode fibre cabling for both horizontal and backbone applications Removal of Category specifications Deletion of Category cabling as recognized cable for new installation A of Category 5E recommended at the first telecommunications outlet and a of Cat5E required for the second TO or 50/125µm or 62/125 µm multimode optical cable ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B Series Overview ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.2 100 Ohm Twisted Pair Cabling Standard ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.3 Optical Fiber Standards EIA/TIA 569-A Overview Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces Published in February 1998, encompasses telecommunications considerations both within and between buildings EIA/TIA 569 pays attention to: Pathway separation from electrically -noisy sources Securing practices Minimum bending radii and minimizing hauling tensions Design/installation of closets, enclosures, equipment room and lead-in cable entrance facilities Pathway techniques: catenaries trays Ducting EIA/TIA 569-A - Addendums Addendum Addendum Spaces Addendum Addendum Addendum Addendum and Spaces Addendum Wireways - Surface Raceways - Furniture Pathways and - Access Floors - Poke-Thru Fittings - In Floor Systems -Multi-Tenant Pathways - Cable Trays and EIA/TIA 570 Overview Residential Telecommunications Cabling Standard Standardizes requirements for residential telecommunications cabling, based on the facilities that are necessary for existing and emerging telecommunications services For new construction, additions, and remodeled single and multi-tenant residential buildings Cabling specifications for: voice, video, data, home automation, multimedia, security, audio, HVAC ANSI/EIA/TIA 606 - Overview Administration & Document Standard Provide a uniform administration scheme that is independent of applications, which may change several times throughout the life of a building Establishes guidelines for owners, end users, manufacturers, consultants, contractors, designers, installers, and facilities administrators involved in the administration of the telecommunications infrastructure or related administration system Provides guidance on cable record creation and maintenance Recommends symbols to be used for cable plant drawings Recommends labeling arrangement in: Cable patch ways Cables Terminations, cross connect facilities at closets ANSI/TIA/EIA-607A - Overview Grounding and Bonding Requirements for Telecommunications Enable the planning, design, and installation of telecommunications grounding and bonding systems within a building with or without prior knowledge of the telecommunications systems that will subsequently be installed Provides recommendations for grounding and bonding of customer owned towers and antennas to supports Multi-vendor environment Multi-product environment Various system installation practices EN 51073 CENELEC 35 rue de Stassart, B-1050 Brussels Belgium www.cenelec.org Introduction The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization was set up in 1973 as a nonprofit-making organization under Belgian Law Officially recognized as the European Standards Organization in its field by the European Commission in Directive 83/189/EEC Phases Building Design Phase: EN 50310 - Application of Equipotential Bonding and Earthing in Buildings with Information Technology Equipment Cabling Design Phase: EN 50173 and/or EN 50098-1 or -2 Planning Phase: EN 50174 Part - Specification and Quality Assurance EN 50174 Part - Installation planning and practices inside buildings EN 50174 Part - Installation planning and practices outside buildings EN 50310 - Application of Equipotential Bonding and Earthing in Buildings with Information Technology Equipment Phases Implementation Phase EN 50174 Part - Specification and Quality Assurance EN 50174 Part - Installation planning and practices inside buildings EN 50174 Part - Installation planning and practices outside buildings EN 50310 - Application of Equipotential Bonding and Earthing in Buildings with Information Technology Equipment EN 50346 - Testing of Installed Cabling Operation Phase EN 50174 Part - Specification and Quality Assurance Thank you! Đặng Thạch Quân Managing Director Quang Dung Technology Company ... Telecommunications ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-A (obsolete) TIA/EIA TSB67 TIA/EIA TSB72 TIA/EIA TSB75 ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-1 - Delay & Delay Skew ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-2 - Misc changes ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-3 - Hybrid and Bundled... Cables ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-4 - Patch Cords ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A-5 - Category 5e TIA/EIA/IS-729 – Technical Specifications for 100 Ohm Screened Twisted-Pair Cabling ANSI/EIA/TIA 568-A Revision TSB:... 568-B Series Overview ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.2 100 Ohm Twisted Pair Cabling Standard ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.3 Optical Fiber Standards