Standard update 11.9.02

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Structured Cabling
Standard Updates
By Anton Indrawata
Regional Trainer
Structured Cabling
Structured Cabling
Standard Updates
Standard Updates
By Anton
By Anton
Indrawata
Indrawata
Regional Trainer
Regional Trainer
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Standards Framework
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Mandatory
z Local Authority Technical Standards:
z Cable and cabling components (Permit or CCL required)
z Wiring Practices (particularly separations/segregation's)
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Industry Recommendations
z ISO/IEC 11801 & EIA/TIA 568 B : Structured Cabling Design,
dimensions, component specification, installation practices, compliance
testing, Class D or Cat.5E bandwidth up to100MHz, Class E or Cat. 6
bandwidth up to 250 MHz parameters.
z EIA/TIA 569A: Design and installation practices of cabling pathways,
spaces, support structures, termination, cross connect enclosures and
cable entrance facilities.

z EIA/TIA 606: Administration of communications cabling systems includes
plant symbols, cable records and component labeling.
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Cabling Standardisation history
TIA
568
+
TSB
36
+
TSB
40A
=
TIA
568A
+
TSB
67,72,75
+
TIA568A
Add 1-5
=
TIA 568-B
1,2,3
ISO
11801
ISO
11801
Add 1-2
EN

50173
EN
50173
Add 1
Cat3
Cat4
Cat 5
Class D
Cat 5E Cat 6, 7
New Class D
1991 1995 1999 2001
TIA
568B.2-1
TIA/
EIA
ISO
CENELEC
Class E, F
ISO
11801
Ed.2
2002
EN
50173
Ed.2
2000
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ISO/IEC 11801 Standards history
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The first and most important document in this series is ISO/IEC 11801

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ISO/IEC 11801 – 1995: Generic Cabling for Customer Premises
z Defines performance of Category 5 / Class D of Basic and Channel Link
z Superseded by ISO/IEC 11801 2
nd
edition 2002

ISO/IEC 11801 AMENDMENT2- 1999
z Major update to ISO/IEC 11801 – 1995
z Adds requirements for new measurements, defines Permanent Link and
Channel
z Harmonized with EIA/TIA 568B Cat 5E

ISO/IEC 11801 2
nd
edition – 2002
z The 2
nd
edition incorporate specifications for Category 6 / Class E and
Category 7 / Class F cabling components
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CENELEC Standards history

EN 50173 - 1995: Generic Cabling Standard for Customer Premises
z Specifies generic cabling for use within commercial premises
z Very similar to ISO 11801
z Amendment 1999 add permanent link and channel definitions as well as
new measurement parameters

EN 50173 – 2000 2

nd
edition
z To harmonize with ISO 11801 2
nd
edition and include specifications of
Category 6 / Class E and Category 7 / Class F cabling components

EN 50174-1-1999: Administration, documentation, records
z Describes requirements for administration system, documentation of
pathway, spaces, cables, terminations, grounding in accordance with EN
50173
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North American Standards history

EIA/TIA 568A - 1995: Commercial Building Telecommunications Wiring
Standard
z Establishes technical and performance criteria for cabling system
configuration, interfacing and connecting hardware

EIA/TIA 568A-A1 – 1998: Delay & Delay Skew
z Defines and specifies requirement s for propagation delay and delay
skew in cables, components, basic link and channels
z Replaced by EIA/TIA 568B
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TIA 568A-A2 – 1998: Miscellaneous Changes
z Requirement for testing connecting hardware with both common and
differential mode terminations
z Replaced by EIA/TIA 568B
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North American Standards history


EIA/TIA 568A-A3 – 1998: Bundled and Hybrid Cables
z Defines and specifies requirement for testing of bundled and hybrid
cables
z Replaced by EIA/TIA 568B
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EIA/TIA 568A-A4 – 1999: Patch Cords
z Defines and specifies NEXT and RL for patch cables
z Replaced by EIA/TIA 568B
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EIA/TIA 568A-A5 – 1999: Additional Transmission Performance
Specifications for Enhanced Category 5 Cabling
z Provides performance requirements for Enhanced Category 5
components, cables and links; includes all the measurements in
TSB67 and TSB95, Replaced by EIA/TIA 568B
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North American Standards history
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EIA/TIA 568B.1 – 2000: Commercial Building Telecommunications
Wiring Standard
z This is a major standard release that updates and replaces: TSB67,
TSB72, TSB75, TSB95, TIA 568A and its addendum’s 1,2,3,4,5 and
TIA ScTP.
z Include Category 5E performance levels, 50/125um fiber
z Category 5E becomes the minimum accepted performance level

EIA/TIA 568-B.2: 100 Ohm Twisted Pair Cabling Standard
z Technical content 0n 100 Ohm twisted pair cabling referenced by
TIA 568-B.1


EIA/TIA 568 – B.2-1: Category 6
z This Cat.6 standard has been ratified on June 20,2002, the
most complete document providing Category 6 performance
specifications
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North American Standards history
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EIA/TIA 568-B.3: Optical Fibre Cabling Standard
z Technical content on optical fibre cabling that is referenced by EIA/TIA
568-B.1
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EIA/TIA 568-B.4: Shielded Twisted Pair Cabling Standard
z Technical content on shielded twisted pair cabling that is referenced by
EIA/TIA 568-B.1

EIA/TIA 569A – 1995: Commercial Building Standard for
Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces
z Specifies design and construction of pathways and spaces, installation
practices for telecommunications services within and between
commercial buildings

EIA/TIA 570A – 1998: Residential and Light Commercial
Telecommunications Wiring Standard
z Specifies residential cabling systems, requirements and structure
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North American Standards history

EIA/TIA 606 – 1994: Administration Standard for the
Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Buildings
z Specifies administration of communications wiring and connecting

hardware, building distribution systems, grounding and bonding.
z Standardized labeling and documentation requirements for generic
cabling in commercial buildings

EIA/TIA TSB67 – 1995: Transmission Performance Specifications for
Field Testing of UTP Cabling Systems
z Defines the basic link and channel
z Specifies performance requirements for the basicl link and channel, wire
map, length, attenuation, NEXT.
z Defines field measurement procedures and test instruments
requirements; replaced by EIA/TIA 568B.
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North American Standards history
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EIA/TIA TSB72 – 1995: Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling Guidelines
z Replaced by EIA/TIA 568B

EIA/TIA TSB75 – 1996: Additional Horizontal Cabling Practices for
Open Offices ( Consolidation Points & MUTOA )
z Replaced by EIA/TIA 568B.

EIA/TIA TSB95 – 1999: Additional Transmission Performance
Specification for UTP
z For Gigabit Ethernet: defines minimum test requirements for RL,
ELFEXT, Powersum ELFEXT, propagation delay and delay skew
z Replaced by EIA/TIA 568B
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ANSI EIA/TIA 568-A Revision to 568-B
568-B.1
Main document :

•
Installation
•
Link requirements
•
Testing
568-B.2
100 ohm
UTP/FTP
568-B.3
FIBER
568-B.4
STP-A
Document :
•Cable
•
Connector
•
Link
•
Model
568-A
+
TSB-67
TSB-72
TSB-75
TSB-95
TSB: Telecommunications System Bulletin
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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
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Recognition of 50/12 5µm multimode fibre cabling for both horizontal
and backbone applications
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Removal of Category 4 specifications
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Deletion of Category 5 cabling as recognized cable for new installation

A min. of Category 5E recommended at the first telecommunications
outlet and a min. of Cat5E required for the second TO or 50/125 µm or
62/125 µm multimode optical cable.
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CENELEC Standards history

EN 50173 - 1995: Generic Cabling Standard for Customer Premises
z Specifies generic cabling for use within commercial premises
z Very similar to ISO 11801
z Amendment 1999 add permanent link and channel definitions as well as
new measurement parameters

EN 50173 – 2000 2
nd
edition
z To harmonize with ISO 11801 2
nd

edition and include specifications of
Category 6 / Class E and Category 7 / Class F cabling components

EN 50174-1-1999: Administration, documentation, records
z Describes requirements for administration system, documentation of
pathway, spaces, cables, terminations, grounding in accordance with EN
50173
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CENELEC Standards history
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EN 50174-2-2000: Planning and installation practises
z Specifies requirements for planning, specification, quality, assurance
and installation of new balanced copper and optical fibre

EN 50174-3-1999: Installation, Planning and Practises External to
Buildings
z Details requirements and guidance for installation, planning and
practises for balanced copper and optical fibre external to buildings

EN 50346-2000: Procedure for Testing Premise Cabling
z Specifies procedures for testing the transmission performance of
installed cabling inpremises
z To be used for acceptance testing, verification, and trouble shooting of
faults
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CENELEC Standards history

EN 50173 - 1995: Generic Cabling Standard for Customer Premises
z Specifies generic cabling for use within commercial premises
z Very similar to ISO 11801

z Amendment 1999 add permanent link and channel definitions as well as
new measurement parameters

EN 50173 – 2000 2
nd
edition
z To harmonize with ISO 11801 2
nd
edition and include specifications of
Category 6 / Class E and Category 7 / Class F cabling components

EN 50174-1-1999: Administration, documentation, records
z Describes requirements for administration system, documentation of
pathway, spaces, cables, terminations, grounding in accordance with EN
50173
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Comparison between EIA/TIA, ISO & CENELEC
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Comparison between EIA/TIA, ISO & CENELEC
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Comparison between EIA/TIA, ISO & CENELEC
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Comparison between EIA/TIA, ISO & CENELEC
Notes:
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ISO 11801, General Purposes
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Structured Cabling Elements:
z Campus Distributor (CD) - previously campus MDF
z Campus Backbone cabling

z Building Distributor (BD) - previously building MDF
z Building backbone cabling
z Floor Distributor (FD) - previously floor IDC or TC
z Horizontal (floor) cabling
z Transition Point (TP) - optional and should be avoided
z Telecommunications Outlet (TO)
z Consolidation Point (CP)
z MUTO - Multi User Telecommunications Outlet
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Campus Application of
Generic Cabling System
FLOOR DISTRIBUTOR equipped with:
FD
Campus cabling
Incoming services
PSTN, ISDN etc.
Cross connect
Active and Passive components
Optical-electrical converters
LAN Hubs, Bridges, Routers etc.
Building entry facilitiesEquipment room
PABX, Data switch etc.
FD = Floor Distributor
BD = Building Distributor
CD = Campus distributor
TO = Telecom. Outlet (RJ-45)
Fibre-optic or copper cabling
Copper cabling
TO
Backbone cabling

Horizontal cabling
CP
FD
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
FD
TO
TO
FD
BD CD
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Multi Campus Buildings
FD
TO
CP
FD
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO
TO

FD
TO
TO
FD
BD CD
TO
FD
BD/FD
TO
TO
TO
TO
FD
BD
TO
TO
TO
Campus
cabling
PSTN
Building entry facilities
Equipment room
PABX, Data switch etc.
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ISO 11801: Cabling Sub-Systems
Universal Cabling System
Campus cable
Building
Backbone
Cable

Workplace
Cable
Horizontal Cable
Cross connect - Jumper or Patchcord
FDBDCD
TOCP
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ISO 11801 - Maximum Cabling Lengths
Campus
Cable
ABCD
ASE ASE ASE
GF E
C + D ≤ 20 m; F + G ≤ 30 m; A + B + E = 10 m max.
ASE
= Application-specific equipment
2000 m
500 m 90 m
Backbone
Cable
Horizontal
Cable
1,500 m
FDBDCD
TOCP