Introduction to Cabling Standards

Overview of Cabling Standards (ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B AND ISO/IEC 11801:2002 2ND ED. 2002-09, IEC 61156-5, -6)

Horizontal Cabling System Structure Backbone Cabling System Structure Work Area Open Office Horizontal Distances of Copper Links (Open Office) Horizontal Distances of Optical Fiber Links (Long Work Area Cables)

Telecommunications Room

TR42.1.1 Network Distribution Nodes

Twisted Pair Cabling (Balanced Cabling)

UTP and Screened Telecommunications Outlet/Connector Fully Shielded Telecommunications Outlet/Connector UTP Link Performance Marking and Identification Screened Cabling (F/UTP) Fully Shielded Cabling (S/FTP)

Field Testing

Optical Fiber Cabling

Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling (568-B.1 and ISO/IEC 11801:2002)

Hybrid and Bundled Cables

Production Modular Cord Next Loss Test Method and Requirements For Unshielded Twisted Pair Cabling

Crosstalk Noise

Next Generation Cabling - Category 6/Class E

Next Generation Cabling - Category 7/Class F

ISO/IEC 11801:2002 2ND Edition

Cables, Media and Cabling Definitions and Requirements

Horizontal Twisted-Pair Cable

Twisted-Pair Patch Cords and Cross-Connect Jumpers

Multi-Pair Cable

Modular Wiring Reference

Modular Plug Pair Configurations

Straight Through or Reversed

How to Read a Modular Cord

Common Outlet Configurations

Recommended Cabling Practices

Twisted-Pair Connector Terminations

Application-Specific Pair Assignments for 100 Cabling

Recommended Color-Coding Scheme

Twisted-Pair Cabling Installation Practices

TIA-569-B Definitions and Design Considerations

TIA-569-B

Building and Backbone

Work Area

Telecommunications Room

Equipment Room

Entrance Facility

Miscellaneous Design Considerations

Standards Updates

ISO/IEC 15108 Information Technology — Generic Cabling for Homes

ISO/IEC TR 24704 Information Technology Customer Premises Cabling for Wireless Access Points

IEC 61076-3-104 Detail Specification for 8-way Shielded Free and Fixed Connectors for Data Transmissions with Frequencies up to 600 MHz Minimum

TIA/EIA-862 Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard for Commercial Buildings

IEEE 802.3af Power Over Ethernet

Proposed IEEE 802.3AN 10GBASE-T

ISO/IEC 14165-114: Information Technology — Fibre Channel — Part 114: 100 MB/S Copper Physical Interface (FC-100-DF)

Comparison of '568-B.3 Versus '11801:2002 2ND Edition Fiber Cabling Performance Specifications

Cabling Specifications Cross-Reference Chart