Structured Cabling Standard

An Overview of Cabling Standards   International Organization for Standardization (ISO)’s responsibility is to ensure that all universal standards are endorsed unanimously by all member states. ISO is responsible for the standards ranging from manufacturing and quality controlling procedures to the distribution of electrical and telecommunications cabling system.   ANSI (American National Standards Institute) was founded in America in 1918.This organization is responsible for the harmonization, standardization and adoption of national standards within the United States. ANSI also represents the United States at ISO technical meeting .   Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is an individual organization authorized by ANSI. It is affiliated with the Electronic Industry Association (EIA).TIA's best-known activities are to develop cabling standards for today's structured cabling system design and installation, and support a wide range of applications and meet the future high-speed requirements.   Canadian Electrical Code (Canadian Standards Association: CSA), all domestic electrical and electronic goods must be approved by the CSA. Product complies with this standard if it obtains the approval. CEC is based on the relevant CSA standards. In the TIA / EIA standard release process, the decision that CSA should be involved in structured cabling standards was made for further work to ensure that the unique requirements of Canada must be included in the standard.   CELENEC EN50173-1 2nd Edition (standard for structured cabling systems )   EN 50173 is the principle design standard for structured cabling systems installed within the countries of the European Union.   EN50173 specifies generic cabling for use within commercial premises. It is very similar to IS11801. A 1999 amendment 1 will add permanent link and channel definitions, as well as the new measurement parameters, analogous to IS11801PDAM3.   The 2nd edition of EN50173 is expected to harmonize with IS11801 2nd Edition and will include specifications for Category 6 / Class E and category 7 / Class F cabling and components.   ISO/IEC 11801 2nd Edition(Generic Cabling for Customer Premises)   International standard ISO/IEC 11801 specifies general-purpose telecommunication cabling systems (structured cabling) that are suitable for a wide range of applications (analog and ISDN telephony, various data communication standards, building control systems, factory automation). It covers both balanced copper cabling and optical fibre cabling. The standard was designed for use within commercial premises that may consist of either a single building or of multiple buildings on a campus. The 2nd edition of ISO/IEC 11801 will incorporate specifications for Category 6 / Class E and category 7 / Class F cabling and components.   ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.2 (Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard for category 5e)   ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B is a revision of the ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-A that was published in 1995. This standard focuses on electrical and mechanical performance specifications of balanced twisted-pair cables, patch cords, connecting hardware , as well as the component reliability testing specifications, field testing instrument performance specifications and comparison methods between laboratory and field test instrument and so on.   TIA/EIA 568-B.2-1 (Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard for category 6)   The TIA/EIA 568-B.1 discusses general requirements. It provides information in regards to planning, installing and verifying structured cabling systems in commercial buildings. It also establishes performance parameters for cabling systems such as channels and permanent links. One of the major changes in this document is that it only recognizes Category 5e (or higher category) cabling for the second data outlet.   TIA/EIA 568-B.3   The TIA/EIA 568-B.3 discusses optical fiber cabling components. This standard specifies components and transmission requirements for optical fiber cabling systems. The purpose of this standard is to provide the minimum requirements for telecommunications cabling within a commercial building or campus environment.   ANSI/TIA-568-C   ANSI/TIA-568-C series incorporates material from ANSI/TIA-568-B.1, ANSI/TIA-568-B.2, ANSI/TIA-568-B.3, the 18 addenda to the ANSI/TIA-568-B series, as well as necessary updates and revisions.   The new ANSI/TIA-568-C ('568-C) family of Standards contains the following main documents:   ANSI/TIA-568-C.0, "Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises", published 2009   ANSI/TIA-568-C.1, "Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard", published 2009   ANSI/TIA-568-C.2, "Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunication Cabling and Components Standard", published 2009   ANSI/TIA-568-C.3, "Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard", published 2008, errata issued in October, 2008   ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling and Components Standards   This Standard provides requirements for 100 category 3, category 5e, category 6, and category 6A (augmented category 6) balanced twisted-pair cabling and components and for the field test procedures used to verify the performance of Installed cabling.   TIA/EIA-607 Commercial Building Grounding and Bonding Requirements for Telecommunications   This standard defines grounding and bonding requirements for telecommunications cabling and equipment.