Designing a Structured Cabling System to ISO

Covering major standards and relevant design issues, this book explains how to specify, install, and test a modern reliable structured cabling system and analyzes the terminology and physics behind the standards. The author empowers the reader with the skills required to read and understand standards and address problems raised by the need to design, procure, install, and test a modern cabling system, using both copper and optical fiber cable technology. He thoroughly discusses the technology and the vast number of standards that accompany it. The material is based on the design recommendations of ISO/IEC 11801. The appendix lists relevant standards and provides contacts for standards organizations.

Barry J. Elliott is Technical Support Manager at Brand-Rex Ltd., Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland

Preface

ix

List of abbreviations

xiii

Introduction

1

(5)

First pick your standards

6

(7)

Standards: what standards?

6

(2)

Who writes the standards?

8

(5)

Topology or architecture of structured cabling systems

13

(13)

Introduction

13

(3)

Standardised structured cabling

16

(10)

Building blocks of structured cabling systems

26

(52)

Introduction

26

(1)

Copper cables

27

(8)

Optical fibre and cables

35

(18)

Connecting hardware

53

(25)

Ensuring enough bandwidth for today and tomorrow

78

(13)

Introduction

78

(1)

Digital communications

78

(4)

Analogue communications

82

(1)

The role of wireless

83

(1)

What Category of copper cable to pick?

83

(2)

Which optical fibre and how many?

85

(6)

Reference

90

(1)

The screened versus unscreened debate

91

(5)

References

95

(1)

Fire performance of indoor cables

96

(5)

Pathways and spaces

101

(28)

Introduction

101

(1)

Definitions

102

(2)

What the standards say about the spaces

104

(1)

Essential design questions for the `spaces'

105

(3)

The pathways

108

(1)

General rules concerning the installation of data cables

108

(5)

Types of pathway -- internal

113

(6)

Types of pathway -- external

119

(8)

Standards and pathways

127

(2)

References

128

(1)

Earthing, grounding and bonding

129

(26)

Introduction

129

(1)

Definitions

130

(1)

The requirements of ISO 11801 2nd edition

131

(2)

Applicable codes and standards

133

(2)

The electrical power distribution system

135

(3)

The equipotential bonding system

138

(3)

Functional earthing and screened cabling

141

(8)

Earthing screened cables

149

(2)

Conclusions

151

(1)

Full list of relevant standards

152

(3)

Administration schemes

155

(14)

Introduction

155

(1)

Definitions (adapted from IEC 14763)

156

(1)

Administration philosophy

156

(2)

Records

158

(3)

Database formats

161

(2)

Colour coding

163

(1)

Intelligent patch panel systems

164

(5)

Testing

169

(38)

Introduction

169

(1)

Testing standards

170

(2)

Copper cable testing

172

(16)

Optical fibre testing

188

(19)

Step-by-step guide to designing a structured cabling system

207

(46)

Design checklist

207

(1)

First pick a standards philosophy

208

(2)

Cable system topology and density

210

(5)

Picking the category of cable and class of optical fibre

215

(10)

Decide upon type of optical connector to be used

225

(4)

Locate and specify the spaces

229

(3)

Determine the nature of the containment system

232

(4)

Determine earthing and bonding requirements

236

(3)

The administration system

239

(5)

Identify the civil engineering/rights of way issues for external cabling

244

(1)

Installation instructions

245

(1)

Testing and project handover regime

246

(4)

Prequalification and bidding

250

(3)

Example specification and design

253

(26)

Introduction

253

(1)

The prime contractor's brief

254

(3)

The client's brief

257

(1)

The contractor's response

258

(6)

The first draft design

264

(6)

The bill of quantity

270

(6)

Other issues

276

(2)

The rest of the site

278

(1)

Appendices

279

(36)

I List of relevant standards

279

(25)

II Contact addresses for Standards Organisations and other interested bodies

304

(11)

Index

315

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