Telecom infrastructure

standards for buildings

Issue December 2013

Building Infrastructure Guideline v.5

Copyright du

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 Content
Introduction 02
Telecommunication spaces 0٦
General specifications 08
Safety and other considerations 09
Temperature and humidity 09
Main telecom room 09
Clustered buildings 10
Mobile Service Room 10
Floor telecom closets 11
Rooftop mobile service room 11
Home consolidation cabinets 11
Office consolidation cabinets 12
Electro-mechanical 12
Mobile service room and rooftop 13
Pathway 14
General specifications 16
Vertical containment 16
Horizontal containment 17
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Cables 18
General specifications 19
Fibre optic cables 19
CAT 6 copper cables 20
A
 dministration and
Labelling scheme 21
Bulk service application 22
Other special requirements 24
Entry ducts 24
Appendices 26
Layout & labellings 28
Tables 69
Location Map 75
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 Introduction
We are pleased to issue the updated
Telecommunications Infrastructure
Standards for Buildings v.5.
The new design guidelines in this
document are based on our prior
experience of offering quality
telecommunications services to our
consumer and enterprise customers
across UAE.
The purpose of this document is to:
• Introduce the new design
guidelines for fibre infrastructure
to enable property developers,
consultants, and contractor
to deliver high-quality, future-
proof telecommunications and
multimedia services to their
tenants.
• Provide a guide for consultants,
contractors, and engineers related
to the ‘No Objection Certificate’
(Building NOC) process that
includes design and construction
drawing review and Structure
Cabling Material data sheets
review, with samples checking and
site inspections required during
implementation.
• Meet the growing demand for
improved communications at work,
at home, in business, and in public
services.
We advise our clients to use qualified
and certified professionals in all
aspects of the application and
implementation of these design
guidelines during building construction
stages.
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Developers are encouraged to engage
with us in the early stages so that any
process and/or design issues may be
resolved.
If property developers or tenants have
special requirements that may not
be covered by these guidelines, it’s
necessary to involve our design teams
at an early stage of development
planning, to enable seamless delivery
of premium telecommunications
services at launch.
We look forward to feedback from
developers as it helps us understand
your issues and incorporate valid
suggestions in future designs.
For more information on obtaining
building NOCs or any design-related
queries, please contact us at any of
the below channels:
• Dubai and Northern Emirates
NOC help desk: +971 4 391 5018
• Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Western regions
NOC help desk: +971 2 234 4401
• General inquiries and technical support:
800-dunoc
• Email: noc.request@du.ae
• Website: www.du.ae
Thank you,
du
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 This document covers the The document is structured to cover
following properties types: all aspects of infrastructure for:

• Single villa and villa complexes • Telecommunication spaces

• Residential towers and groups • Electro-mechanical
of residential towers
• Pathways
• Commercial towers and groups
• Cables and its related accessories
of commercial towers
• Bulk services
• Government buildings
• Duct entry
• Mosque
• Labelling scheme
• Shopping malls
• Groups of shops and retail outlets
• Hospitals, hotels, schools, universities
and other bulk service applications
• Warehouses, sheds, etc.

All telecom spaces, pathways, ducts and cabling system specified in this document are
designed to meet the requirements of du to provide high-quality, future-proof services to
the Customers and should be used for telecommunication services.

The contents of this document are the minimum requirements of du for the new buildings
and subject to revision without notice due to continued progress in methodology, design
and manufacturing and for the purpose of regulatory compliance.

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 Telecommunication
spaces

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 General
specifications
A number of telecom rooms will be
required in a building depending on its
characteristics. The following room types
are required and the details of these
rooms shown below:
• Main telecom room
• Mobile service room
• Rooftop mobile service room
• Floor telecom closet
In multi-storey buildings the telecom rooms
should be vertically aligned and linked
by a shared containment system. This
containment system must not reduce the
minimum requested space. All telecom
rooms must be dedicated for the use of
du. The rooms must be easily accessible to
du personnel 24 hours a day and secured
from unauthorised entry.
Telecom rooms must not be in close
proximity to any sources of the following:
• Heat
• Moisture
• Corrosive atmospheric or
environmental conditions
• High voltages
• Radio frequency interference (RFI)
• Electro-magnetic interference (EMI)
The rooms must not be directly beneath
or next to wet areas such as:
• Showers
• Washrooms
• Swimming pools
• Garbage area
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The rooms should be clean and free
from any items not directly related to the
specifications in this document such as:
• Non-du equipment
• Utility pipes
• Sprinkler systems
• Windows
All telecom spaces and pathways must
be pest controlled using best available
practices. It should be noted that rodents
often gnaw cables resulting in damage
and the potential for service disruption.
Hence, special attention should be given to
preventing rodents from entering telecom
spaces and pathways. This could involve
the installation of covers to cable trays;
if this is the case these covers must be
removable to allow for the installation of
additional cables.
The walls, floor and ceiling should be
painted and treated with anti-dust and anti-
static coating to minimise dust and static
electricity. Walls and ceilings shall receive
primer and finish coat of light colour paint.
In order to move equipment into and out
of telecom rooms, all entrances must not
be smaller than 900mm x 2100mm (WxH).
Safety and other Temperature
considerations and humidity
All telecom rooms must comply with All telecom rooms must be maintained
municipality and national authority at 20°C ± 3°C and the relative humidity
standards and regulations, such as at 50% ± 10%. However, floor telecom
those issued by civil defence and utility closets can be maintained within 20°C to
companies. Notwithstanding this, it 30°C temperature range.
is expected that the following will be
provided:
The Main Telecom
Room (MTR)
• A
 ll telecom spaces should be fitted
with smoke detectors connected to
the building management system.
A main telecom room must be provided
• A
 ll telecom spaces should be fitted on the ground floor for all multi-storey
with emergency lighting. buildings. This room will be used for the
• All containment openings to telecom termination of telecom fibre optic cables
spaces must be sealed with a and to house telecom equipment, if
regulation fire retardant material. needed, now or in the future.
Generally, the MTR can be shared by both
• All doors to telecom rooms must
du Fixed and Mobile services. If a mobile
be of solid wood core or steel
service room is required in the building
construction, fire retardant with a
(more than G+10) the first mobile service
minimum rating of 2 hours.
landing room can be shared with the MTR.
• All doors to telecom rooms must be The minimum combined room dimension
outward opening with an automatic should be 4m x 4m x 3m (WxDxH) and
door closer system fitted on the maybe increased depending on the
hinged edge. functions and features of the building.
• All doors to telecom rooms must
be labelled. The room specifications are detailed
• The room must be free from in Appendix_1_Figure 5 to 9. If the
contaminants and pollutants. architectural design limits the room
sharing, then two dedicated rooms with
• A
 ll telecom rooms should have basic
minimum sizes of 3m x 3m x 3m (WXDXH)
firefighting provision of handheld CO2
each must be provided.
cylinder type extinguishers.
The room specifications are detailed in
• If the building developer has any
Table-1, Table-2, and Appendix_1_Figure-1
concerns over safety, especially fire
to 3 and 18.
protection and suppression systems,
this should be raised with du at the Refer to Appendix_1_Figure-14 to 16
NOC stage. for Rack elevation layouts details.
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 The 3m clearance height specified is the
minimum finished clearance after taking
into account allowances for raised floors
(if used), overhead cable trays and any
other obstructions such as lighting fixtures
and beams. In areas where overhead
trays are used, a minimum headroom
access of 300mm is required above the
tray. Depending on the telecom room
usage, a ‘raised floor’ might be required
inside the MTR having active equipment,
particularly commercial or mixed use
buildings. A minimum of 300mm height
above the base floor of the room should
be provided. Tile cutting details are
specified in Appendix_1_Figure-25. In other
cases involving residential buildings, raised
floor is not mandatory, and will be further
advised during the NOC stage.
The floor level of the room must be
constructed at the same level as the
outside access or corridor. If this cannot
be met, then a suitable ramped entry with
an anti-slip surface must be provided. A
threshold step of 100mm must also be
provided inside the room under the raised
floor to prevent any ingress of water from
outside the room.
The door of the main telecom room
must have outward opening with size not
smaller than 900mm x 2100mm (WxH).
The door should be labelled ‘Main Telecom
Room’ “‫الغرفة الرئيسية لالتصاالت‬
All cables in the main telecom room
must be properly routed to the desired
destinations. For this purpose, an
adequately sized cable tray system must
be installed to maintain the connectivity as
described in Appendix_1_Figure-20 to 21.
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Clustered buildings
Group of towers
If a project consists of a cluster of multi-
tenant buildings, then all the requirements
of a single tower still applies. One of the
buildings will be selected as the location
for the main telecom room, which usually
stands in the centre of the cluster or often
times closest to the main telecom duct
entry points. This would require the cluster
of buildings to be linked to the designated
main telecom room via multicore single
mode fibre cables. The details of this
arrangement should be discussed with du
during the NOC stage. Cabling concept
is described in the clustered building
schematic diagram in Appendix_1_
Figure-22.
The Mobile
Service Room
(more than G+10)
As mentioned in the MTR section, du Fixed
and Mobile Services can be combined in
one room. The first mobile service room
can be shared with the MTR to serve the
first 10 floors of the building. If sharing
is not feasible, a dedicated 3m x3m x 3m
(WXDXH) mobile service room can also
be provided. Accordingly, the mobile
service rooms must be provided for every
10 floors thereafter. The locations of the
mobile service rooms must be close to the
floor telecom closet (FTC).
The mobile service rooms must have a
minimum distributed floor load rating of
10 kN/m2. The door dimension must be
900mm x 2100mm (WxH) and opening
outwards.
The doors should be labelled ‘Mobile
Service Room’ ‫غرفة خدمات الهاتف المتحرك‬.
Refer to the Table-2 and Appendix_1_
Figure-10.
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Floor Telecom
Closet (FTC)
A floor telecom closet must be provided
on each floor of all multi-storey buildings.
The floor telecom closet is required to
provide a flexible point for the installation,
pulling and maintenance of telecom cables.
FTC must have a minimum dimension of
2m x 1m x 3m (WXDXH).
The floor telecom closet should be
provided with two outward opening doors
with a minimum total opening of 1500mm
x 2100mm (WxH). The door should be
labelled (Floor Telecom Closet ‫حجرة خدمات‬
‫) االتصاالت الطابقية‬
In the case of a multi-storey villas,
townhouses, G+1 warehouses or small
retail shops, floor distribution boxes will
be required with a minimum size of
300mm x 300mm x 150 mm (WxHxD), as
an alternative to replace FTC.
In high rise buildings which usually
exceed 30 floors, proper planning and
consideration must be given to the FTC
space and dimension, which might be
increased. It is highly advisable to seek du
advice and pay close attention during NOC
stage to understand the concept of high
rise building infrastructure design. Refer to
Table 3 and 4 and Appendix_1_Figure-4
for the complete detailed layouts of FTC.
Rooftop mobile
service room
(up to G+10)
Rooftop mobile service rooms must be
provided on the roof of all multi-tenant
buildings up to G+10 and access must be
provided to the building riser system.
The door dimension must be 900mm x
2100mm (WxH) and opening outwards and
should be labelled ‘Roof Telecom Room’
‫غرفة خدمات الهاتف المتحرك على السطح‬.
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The rooftop mobile room must have a
minimum distributed floor load rating
of 10 kN/m2.
An opening must be provided with a
dimension of 600mm x 400mm (WxH),
500mm below the room ceiling in walls
facing the building’s rooftop area.
Space must be reserved on the rooftop of
the building for the installation of mobile
service antennas. This will vary from
building to building, but will typically be
at the corners of the building or on any
raised structure on the rooftop. The exact
details will be defined during the NOC
stage. Refer to Appendix _1_Figure-10 for
the complete detailed room layouts for
mobile service rooms.
Home consolidation
cabinets
The home consolidation cabinet is a
space to house du’s network termination
equipment. It also serves as the
distribution point for all local wiring. A
consolidation cabinet should be provided
in each home. This should be a telecom
cabinet with the following specifications:
• M
 inimum internal dimensions 600mm
x 600mm x 15٠mm (HxWxD) for 24 or
less CAT6 cables termination per unit
• M
 inimum internal dimensions 600mm
x 600mm x 300mm (HxWxD) for more
than 24 CAT6 cables termination per
unit
• W
 all mount or flushed mount installation
at 1.2m high measured from the
finished floor level up to the edge of
the cabinet.
• F
 itted with RJ45 UTP patch panel and
cable management.
• Fitted with 2-core fibre terminal box.
• 2
 nos. 13A twin sockets fed from the
essential power supply with dedicated
20A circuit breaker.
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 • Adequate ventilation with ambient • Adequate safe working space around • 2
temperature maintained at 20°C – 30°C.
• Adequate safe working space around • N
the location with ambient lighting.
• N
 ot close to sources of water or heat • L
and any electrical distribution or bus number.
bars.
• Labelled with villa or flat number.
A layout of a typical home consolidation
cabinet is provided in Appendix_1_Figure-11
to 13
Office consolidation
cabinets
Commercial predefined offices,
warehouses, sheds, shops.
The office consolidation cabinet is a
space to house du’s network termination
equipment. It also serves as the
distribution point for all the local wiring.
A consolidation cabinet must be provided
in each business area. This should be
a telecom cabinet with the following
minimum specifications:
• M
 inimum internal dimensions 600mm • Sufficient cable entries to accommodate • H
x 600mm x 300mm (HxWxD)
• Wall mount or flushed mount between du Fixed and Mobile services.
installation at 1.2m high measured from
the finished floor level up to the bottom
edge of the cabinet.
• Fitted with RJ45 UTP patch panel and
cable management.
• Fitted with 2-core fibre terminal box.
• Fitted with dual 13A switched socket
power outlet fed from a dedicated
circuit breaker on the domestic supply.
• Sufficient cable entries to accommodate
the incoming fibre optic and UTP cables.
• Located in an accessible area close diagram in Appendix_1_Figure_27
to the entrance; avoiding areas such as • 2
kitchen, laundry room or bedroom.
• Adequate ventilation with ambient in Appendix_1_Figure_27
temperature maintained at 20°C – 30°C.
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the location with ambient lighting.
 ot close to sources of water or heat and
any electrical distribution or bus bars.
 abelled with office/retail/building unit
A layout of a typical office consolidation
cabinet is provided in Appendix_1_
Figure-12 to 13
Commercial shell and core
In case of shell and core development
(open space office floor with no pre-
defined offices), the building’s contractor
should install one indoor wall mount mini
ODF inside the FTC. The size of the mini
ODF will depend on the number of fibre
cores required based on the floor area
served. In addition, free wall space inside
the floor telecom closet must be reserved
for future offices terminations. Refer to
the FTC layout as shown in Appendix_1_
Figure-4
Mini ODF specifications are as follows:
• Lockable side panels.
• Lockable front door.
the incoming fibre optic cables.
• Labelled with floor number.
• Labelled ports.
Electro-Mechanical
Main Telecom Room (MTR)
For commercial and mixed used buildings,
the following requirements need to be
provided:
• S
 MDB inside the room fed from power
supply (with generator backup) for
fixed equipment. Refer to the single line
 x32A TP isolators to be provided in the
Main Telecom Room - Refer to the SLD
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 nos. 13A twin sockets fed from the detector, fire alarm, emergency light
essential power supply with dedicated etc. as per local authority standards.
20A circuit breaker. Any water sprinklers to be avoided.
• AC and DC earth bars connected to the  nos. handheld CO2 cylinder
• 2
dedicated earth pits with resistance less extinguishers to be provided inside
than 1ohm. the room.
• D
 edicated A/C system (ducted split FCU) • Add 1x63A TP isolator fed with
with duty and standby units with proper dedicated feeder from essential power
interlocking, to maintain the room temp. supply (with generator back up) for
at 20+/-3°C. GSM equipment – if MTR is shared
between du fixed and Mobile services.
• H
 eat dissipation can be considered at
300 Watts/sq.mtr.+3kW per rack. • Heat dissipation of 8kW for GSM
equipment- if MTR is shared between
• R
 oom should be provided with
du Fixed and mobile services.
adequate lighting and comply with the
fire and safety requirements like smoke
detector, fire alarm, emergency light etc. Mobile Service
Room and Rooftop
as per local authority standards. Any
water sprinklers to be avoided.
 nos. handheld CO2 cylinder
• 2
Mobile Service Rooms
extinguishers to be provided inside the
room. For all mobile service rooms and rooftop
mobile service room, all requirements
• Add 1x63A TP isolator fed with
mentioned in Passive MTR must be followed
dedicated feeder from essential power
including the 1x63A TP isolator and the
supply (with generator backup) for GSM
heat dissipation requirement. Further advice
equipment – if MTR is shared between
will be given during the NOC stage for the
du Fixed and Mobile services.
rooftop mobile service room design.
 eat dissipation to be Increased by 8kW
for GSM equipment- if MTR is shared Floor Telecom Closet (FTC)
• Adequate lighting and 1x13A twin socket
For residential buildings, the following fed from the normal building supply
requirements need to be provided: with dedicated 20A circuit breaker.
• 2
 nos. 13A twin sockets fed from the • Room should comply with the fire and
essential power supply with dedicated safety requirements like smoke
20A circuit breaker. detector, fire alarm, emergency light
etc. as per local authority standards.
• One earth bar connected to the telecom
Any water sprinklers to be avoided.
earth pit with resistance less than 1ohm.
• 1x handheld CO2 cylinder extinguisher.
• Room must be provided with adequate
lighting. Refer to Appendix_1_Figure-10 for the
complete detailed room layouts.
• Room should be provided with air
conditioning system to maintain the
room temp. at 20+/-3٠C
• Room should comply with the fire and
safety requirements like smoke
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 General
specifications
The following requirements must be
applied to all containment systems:
• The containment system must be
designed so that installed cables do
not exceed the minimum specified
bend radius.
• All metal containment parts must be
free from sharp edges and earth
bonded.
• Telecom riser openings must be sealed
with a suitable fire retardant material.
• Cable trays must be easily accessible
in common areas to facilitate any future
provision of additional cables.
• Any cable trays that are in areas
accessible to the public and less than
4.8m above the floor must be covered.
• Containment systems must not run
through areas exposed to excessive
heat, moisture, corrosive atmospheric
or environmental conditions, high
voltages, radio frequency interference
(RFI) or electro-magnetic interference
(EMI).
• For all containment systems a minimum
separation must be maintained from
sources of electromagnetic interference.
• The building developer may want to
consider redundant containment
systems, particularly in commercial or
prestigious developments. du must be
contacted at the design stage to
discuss any such requirements.
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Vertical
Containment
Multi-storey/multi-tenant buildings
Risers must be provided in multi-storey/
multi-tenant buildings to allow the
installation of telecom cables from the
main telecom room to the floor telecom
closets, mobile service rooms and rooftop
mobile service rooms. Hot-Dip Galvanized
(HDG) slotted steel cable trays must be
provided in the risers to carry the telecom
cables between all the telecom rooms. It
is recommended that the main telecom
room and floor telecom closets should be
designed so that they are vertically aligned
within the building.
Two cable trays, with the following
minimum dimensions are recommended:
• One of 500mm x 100mm (WxH) with
Heavy Duty Return Flange (HDRF) for
fibre optic cables.
• One of 300mm x 50mm (WxH) with
Heavy Duty Return Flange (HDRF) for
GSM cables (covering all floors from
last basement till roof).
If it is not possible to provide all of
the cable trays running vertically then
horizontal trays of the same size should be
provided.
Note: above cable trays requirements to
be finalised during NOC stage.
Within homes
In case of multi-floor apartments/villas, the
UTP cables between the floors must run
through 50mm diameter PVC conduits
via junction/pull boxes located on each
floor. The junction/pull boxes must have a
minimum dimension of 300mm x 300mm
x 150mm (WxHxD). The slab opening
for these conduits must be in a suitable
and accessible location in every floor. It
is recommended that all vertical conduit
runs be aligned to ease the installation of
cables.
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Horizontal
Containment
Multi-storey/multi-tenant buildings
The horizontal containment for routing
cables from the floor telecom closets to
consolidation points on the served floor
can use a number of systems (cable trays,
conduits, etc.). The solution will depend on
the characteristics of the building. Conduits
must only be used when the consolidation
point locations are permanent, the cable
density is low and the flexibility to modify
the routing is not required. Specification
for the size of this containment is given in
Appendix_1_Figure-20 to 21
Note: Intermediate PVC junction/pull boxes
with minimum size of 300mm x 300mm
x 150mm (HxWxD) must be provided on
individual runs that exceed 30m. PVC
junction/pull boxes must also be provided
where an individual conduit run has a
sharp change in direction.
The cable tray minimum dimensions are
described below:
• O
 ne 200mm x 50mm (WxH) cable tray
with Heavy Duty Return Flange (HDRF)
as a main route from floor telecom
closet to main corridors and then
branches to each consolidation cabinet
through cable trays of 50mm x 50mm
(WxH).
Mobile service antennas
Cable trays must be provided to route
mobile service antenna cables from the
floor telecom closets to all common
corridors including all lift lobbies in all
floors including podium and basement.
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One cable tray following minimum
dimensions must be provided:
• 150mm x 50mm (WxH) with Heavy
Duty Return Flange (HDRF)
For office/commercial buildings, the
horizontal containments should be
extended till inside the entrance of each
office units.
Within homes
All UTP cables inside the home must run
through PVC conduit with a minimum
25mm diameter from the home
consolidation point to each dual outlet.
If more than one dual outlet is fed by
a conduit then the size and quantity of
the conduit may need to be increased.
Intermediate PVC junction/pull boxes must
be provided on individual runs that exceed
30m. PVC junction /pull boxes must also
be provided where an individual conduit
run has a sharp change in direction.
Cluster of buildings – groups of towers
Where a building consists of a group of
towers (on a common shared podium) all
of the requirements of a single tower still
apply. In addition, cable trays must be
provided linking the main telecom rooms of
all towers, exact requirement to be finalised
during NOC stage.
One cable tray with the following
dimension must be provided:
• 300 x 100 (WxH) with Heavy Duty
Return Flanged (HDRF)
These trays should be readily accessible
in common areas to facilitate any future
provision of additional cables. However,
if these trays are in an area accessible to
the public and are less than 4.8m above
the floor then the trays should be covered.
For more details, refer to Appendix_1_
Figure-22
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 Cables General
specifications
Specifications of all the cables to be used
must be submitted to du for approval
during the NOC stage. This must also
include test reports showing that the
performance of the cabling system meets
defined requirements. Cable test must be
performed using power metre and OTDR
tests, whichever is applicable. Details for
cable labelling are included in Appendix_2
Fibre Optic Cables
The quantity of fibre optic cables that
must be provided and installed from the
main telecom room to the consolidation
points or FTC depends on the
characteristics of the building.
Drop Fibre Cable
• Indoor rated drop fibre
• Individual pairs (2-core)
• Single mode
• Suitable for LC/APC connectors
• Bend insensitive, ITU-T, G.657A1,
and compliant with G.652D
• Jacket made from halogen free and branches or patching. By default, all the
flame retardant material
• Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH) or
Flame Retardant Polythene Sheath (FRP)
Multicore Fibre Cable
• Indoor rated
• Single mode
• Compliant with ITU-T, G.657A1
and G.652D
• Jacket made from halogen free
and flame retardant material
• Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH)
or Flame Retardant Polythene
Sheath (FRP)
• Fibre optic colouring code shall
be in accordance to EIA/TIA-598
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For fibre cables that need to be installed or
routed outside the building to serve guard
houses or security rooms, or any other
similar facilities, outdoor rated fibre cables
must be used, with the specifications as
mentioned below:
OSP Fibre Cable
• Outdoor rated
• Single mode
• Compliant with ITU-T G.652D
• Loose tube inner construction or
Ribbon type for high density cables
• Fibre optic colouring code shall be in
accordance to EIA/TIA-598
Fibre optic cable requirements –
from main telecom room to
consolidation points (direct fibre)
2 core (individual pair) fibre optic cables
will be required from MTR up to each
apartment, retail shop, and pre-defined
office. It is recommended to apply direct
fibre installation up to G+30 only to
maintain cable management inside the
FTC and MTR.
The fibre cables must be provided
from the main telecom room to each
consolidation point and should be of
continuous lengths free from joints,
fibre cables should pass through the FTC.
The fibre cables should be labelled at
both ends with a unique reference for the
consolidation point served and the room or
area of origin. Labelling details are included
in Appendix_2
All fibre optic cables should be terminated
inside the MTR and inside the unit CP
cabinet. Refer to Appendix_1_figure-19
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 Fibre optic cable requirements –
from MTR to FTC (multicore fibre)
For high rise buildings exceeding G+30, a
FTC must be selected for every 10 floors.
Multicore fibre cable must be installed
in a mini ODF inside the FTC, where the
Fibre optic cables – from MTR to rooftop
mobile service room
12 single mode fibre pair cables must be
provided from the main telecom room to
the rooftop mobile service rooms. 10m of
spare fibre must be left neatly coiled.
•
At the consolidation point the cables
should be terminated on an RJ45 patch Administration and
panel and labelled with the socket and
outlet served. labelling scheme
• In each outlet the cable must be All the infrastructure components described
terminated to maintain the twists in in this document must be clearly and
uniquely labelled. The label information

number of fibre core will depend on the
number of units in each served floor. 2
fibre cores per unit should be considered
as the basic foundation of multicore fibre
calculation.
If there are unused fibre cores, these must
be left un-terminated and coiled properly
inside the mini ODF and the MTR ODF.
Refer to Appendix_1_figure-26
Fibre optic cable requirements – be provided. The complete design of
from MTR to FTC (shell and core)
For shell and core office development,
one pair of fibre optic cable per 200sq
m of leasable commercial area should be
provided up to FTC of the same floor.
Depending on the building design and built
up area, multicore fibre cables from 12
cores up to 288 cores may be required to
be installed between the MTR and FTC to
meet the cable quantity requirement.
The fibre cables should be labelled at both
ends with a unique reference for the floor
served and the MTR. Labelling details are
included in Appendix_2
All fibre optic cables should be terminated
inside the MTR and in the FTC mini ODF
cabinet. Refer to the FTC layout as shown
in Appendix_1_Figure-4
CAT6 Copper
Cables
CAT 6 Copper cables – from
consolidation points to tenant outlets
To deliver services from the consolidation
points to the building outlets, unshielded
twisted pair (UTP) copper cables must
this service is the responsibility of the
building developer. However, the following
minimum requirements must be followed
for the efficient and effective provision of
services:
• The cables must conform to a minimum
of CAT 6 specification (Category 6, 100
Ohm, 4 pair 23 AWG as specified in
ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.2 Addendum 1).
• The wiring must be in a‘star’topology
fanning out from the consolidation
point.
• Dual RJ45 outlets with spring load
sliding shutters must be provided
wherever service is required (all outlets
should comply with the performance
specifications as detailed in ANSI/TIA
EIA 568-B.2 Addendum 6).
each pair up to within 5mm of the
termination. must correspond with the description on
the as-built drawings.
• Proper strain relief should be provided
The type of label must be suitable for the
at the terminated ends of the cable.
object being labelled and its environment.
• T
 he components of the CAT 6 system This is particularly important for cables and
must be from the same supplier or at consolidation cabinets where a high quality
least compatible to insure maximum printed self-laminating type must be used.
performance. For detail of the Labelling scheme refer to
• D
 esign should incorporate built-in the Appendix_2
flexibility to meet the growing needs
of the occupants.
• The CAT 6 cabling system must be
tested using an appropriate field test
instrument for compliance with ANSI
TIA/EIA 568-B.2 Category 6 (or
equivalent if a higher specification has
been used)
• Numbering and colouring of the pairs
should be as defined in EIA/TIA 568B,
SO 11801/EN50173 using the T568B
option.

Fibre optic cables – from MTR to all • E

mobile service rooms
12 single mode fibre pair cables must be
provided from the main telecom room
cascaded to all mobile service rooms
ending at the last mobile service room.
10m of spare fibre must be left neatly
coiled.
 ach socket in the dual RJ45 outlet
must
be wired back to the consolidation point.
• O
 utlets must not be cascaded or looped
& there must be no splitting of cable
pairs.
• T
 he maximum cable length from
consolidation point to outlet must
not exceed 90m.

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 Bulk service The consultant is advised to approach du

Bulk service
prior to the Building NOC submission to be
requirements able to assess and decide if sharing the
space with the client is the best approach

application
This kind of service solution usually applies or a dedicated du room is technically
to buildings that are having their own IT recommended for some reason or another.
network and system operator, such as
If a dedicated room is required by du, the
hotels, hospitals, schools, universities,
room specifications as mentioned in the
banks, airports, warehouses, workshops
telecom spaces section must be followed.
and other similar establishments. Sharing
The final du requirements including space,
the client server or IT room with du can be
containment, cabling and power will be
one solution to deliver the services simply
finalised during the NOC stage.
and quickly which is convenient for both
du and the client. In such cases of room Cable connectivity between du and the
sharing, free space inside the client room client rack or room must conform to the
needs to be provided and reserved for du cabling standard of du, as discussed in the
usage. Free space could be either rack unit cable section of this document. Single
space in an existing client rack or a floor mode fibre, UTP CAT6 and multi pair
space inside the room to accommodate CAT3 copper cables are generally required,
a floor mounted rack dedicated for du. to be supplied, terminated and tested.
Final cabling connectivity design including
A letter from the client should be
cable type and quantity will be advised
submitted during the building NOC stage
during the NOC stage. Refer to the
confirming the bulk service request with
Appendix_1_Figure-17
detailed information on the required
telecom services.

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 Other special
requirements
Public phones, ATM machines and retail
kiosks
Provision needs to be made for the
connection of public phones, ATM
machines and retail kiosks. This must use
the same design as that prescribed for
commercial buildings; 2-core single mode
fibre (individual pair) from the main telecom
room to a business consolidation cabinet
must be installed. The final requirement
will be finalised during the NOC stage. The
business consolidation cabinet must be in
a secured location. It is the responsibility
of the building developer/consultant to
coordinate with du at the NOC stage for
any special or non-standard requirement.
Entry ducts
The building developer must provide lead-
in ducts from the main telecom room to
the plot boundary. The exact connection
points at the plot boundary will depend on
whether the du network already reaches
the plot.
Option 1 – du duct network already exists
• The building developer will be
responsible to connect to the du
ducting system.
• The operator will identify the location
and quantity of their lead-in ducts.
Option 2 – du duct network is still to be
built
• The building developer will be
responsible to extend the lead-in duct
to 1m outside the plot boundary.
• The building developer is responsible
for locating and clearly identifying lead
in ducts.
24
In both cases the building developer will be
responsible for the maintenance and repair
of lead-in ducts. The lead-in ducts systems
in this document are designed to meet du
requirements to serve the development,
building or property and must be used for
telecommunication purposes. The quantity
and size of these ducts for different kind of
developments is detailed in Table-6. Refer
to the Appendix_1_Figure-23 to 24
The lead-in duct specifications are as
follows:
• Made from black uPVC.
• Upmost part of ducts must be buried
to a depth of 600mm below finished
ground level.
• Clearly marked above ground level for
easy location.
• Sloping away from the building.
• Protected by concrete when running
under permanent paved surfaces.
• Sealed at each end to prevent the
ingress of any materials such as water,
sub-soil, gas, and pests.
• An entry/pull box must be installed for
any right-angled or sharp bends in the
lead-in duct route.
• If required at the entry to the main
telecom room, a wide-angle long radius
bend (factory made) may be provided;
alternatively an entry box may also be
provided.
• All ducts must include a draw rope
made of twisted mildew and rot
resistant polypropylene; minimum
outside diameter of 6mm; minimum
tensile strength of 2400lbs/1000kg/
In case of combined plots, two entry
locations are still required for primary and
secondary network connections; this will be
advised by du at the design stage.
// Building Infrastructure Guideline v.5
Lead-In ducts – villa complex Entry boxes must be included wherever
the duct system has right-angles or sharp
In the case of a villa complex, the building
bends or other factors to facilitate cable
developer must connect the lead-in ducts
pulling.
to each villa in the complex. The lead-in
duct size must not be reduced until the The following specifications must be
branching point for an individual villa. followed:
• Constructed with reinforced concrete.
Lead-In ducts – group of buildings
• Fitted with a ductile iron frame and
In cases where the building developer
cover.
wishes to share lead-in ducts between
a group of buildings (not on a common • Minimum load rating 400kN.
shared podium), then the design needs
• Cover to be marked ‘du – Telecom’.
must be discussed with du at the design
stage. • An earth rod must be provided with a
resistance of less than 5 ohms.
Lead-In ducts - building entry
Note: A more detailed set of entry box
Where lead-in ducts cannot be routed specifications and drawings are included
directly into the main telecom room, Hot- in Table-6
Dip Galvanized (HDG) slotted steel cable
Please contact noc.request@du.ae
trays must be provided as an alternative.
for any OSP design queries.
These trays must be easily accessible
in common areas to facilitate any future
provision of additional cables. However, if
these trays are in an area accessible to the
public and are less that 4.8m above the
floor then the trays must be covered.
A cable tray of minimum dimensions
300mm x 100mm (WxH) with Heavy Duty
Return Flange (HDRF) will be required for
each plot entry point.
Lead-In ducts – entry box
Entry boxes are required to install
telecom cables through the lead-in duct.
The type and size of entry/pull boxes
will depend on the characteristics of the
building development. The details for entry
boxes are included in the text below and
summarised in Table-6. The quantity and
location of the entry boxes will depend on
the route from the main telecom room to
the network.
// Building Infrastructure Guideline v.5 25
 Appendices

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 Layouts and labellings
Main Telecommunication Room – Fixed Services Main Telecommunication Room – Fixed Services
Appendix_1_Figure 1 Appendix_1_Figure 2

٣٠٠٠mm.
٣m.
٢ x ٣٢A three phase isolator
AC clean earth bar fed from SMDB-du

AC clean earth bar

du fibre This space is
entry cable ١٣A twin socket fed reserved for
from utility power du – UPS
with dedicated and Batteries
circuit breaker DC clean earth bar
٨٠٠x٨٠٠

٨٠٠x٨٠٠
RACK ٢

Active
du fibre

Rack
mm
٤٠٠٠mm.
mm

Smoke detector entry cable

٣m.

١٣A twin socket fed

connected to BMS from utility power
with dedicated

٨٠٠x٨٠٠
٨٠٠x٨٠٠

RACK ٢
circuit breaker

mm
RACK ١
mm

Raised floor Smoke detector

connected to BMS

٨٠٠x٨٠٠

RACK ١
٢ x handheld

mm

SMDB du
CO٢ cylinder High density Refer to single
extinguishers floor mount line diagram
ODF racks for
building fibres ٢ x handheld
CO٢ cylinder
extinguishers
Building riser

Containment system under the raised floor

Building riser

Containment system under the raised floor

NOTES:
• Building type –Residential
• Number of Units –Up to 300 Units NOTES:
• Building type – Commercial / Mixed Use
• Number of Units – Up to 600 Units

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 Main Telecommunication Room – Fixed Services Floor Telecom Closet
Appendix_1_Figure 3 Appendix_1_Figure 4

٤m. ٢m.
AC clean earth bar Building Riser

Building riser DC clean earth bar

١٣A twin socket

fed from utility
power with dedicated
circuit breaker

١m.
High density Mini - ODF
floor mount
ODF racks for ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ Smoke Detector
٢ x handheld
building fibres mm mm mm mm connected to BMS
CO٢ cylinder
RACK ١ RACK ٢ RACK ١ RACK ٢ extinguishers
٤m.

Passive Active
Component Component
١٣A twin socket fed Racks Racks
from utility power

SMDB du
with dedicated Refer to
Smoke Detector connected to BMS
circuit breaker single line
diagram
This space is
reserved for du
Containment system – UPS and Batteries
under raised floor ٢ x handheld
CO٢ cylinder
١٥٠ mm opening
extinguishers

du fibre entry cable

٢ x ٣٢A three phase isolator fed from SMDB-du

NOTES:
• Building type – Residential / Commercial / Mixed Use
• Number of Units – Up to 1200 Units

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 Main Telecommunication Room - Fixed & Mobile Services Main Telecommunication Room - Fixed & Mobile Services
Appendix_1_Figure 5 Appendix_1_Figure 6

٤m. ٤m.
AC clean earth bar AC clean earth bar
Building riser DC clean earth bar Building riser DC clean earth bar

١٣A twin socket ٦٠٠x٦٠٠ ٦٠٠x٦٠٠ ٦٠٠x٦٠٠ ٦٠٠x٦٠٠

fed from utility mm mm ١٣A twin socket fed mm mm
٣G Rack ٤G Rack ٣G Rack ٤G Rack
power with from utility power
dedicated with dedicated
circuit breaker circuit breaker

Containment system
at high level
Smoke detector

٤m.
connected to BMS
٤m.

Smoke detector

٦٠٠x٦٠٠
High density floor connected to BMS

٢G Rack

٦٠٠x٦٠٠
mm

Wall Mount ODF

٢G Rack
mm
mount ODF racks
٨٠٠x٨٠٠

RACK ٢
mm

Containment system ٦٣A three phase

System ٦٣A three phase
at high level isolator fed
DC

System
from essential isolator fed

DC
building power from essential
٨٠٠x٨٠٠

(for GSM equipments) building power

RACK ١
mm

(for GSM equipments)

١٣A twin socket

fed from utility ١٣A twin socket
power with fed from utility
dedicated power with dedicated
circuit breaker
du fibre entry cable circuit breaker
١٣A twin socket fed from utility power ١٣A twin socket fed from du fibre
with dedicated circuit breaker utility power with dedicated entry cable
٢ x handheld CO٢ cylinder extinguishers circuit breaker

٢ x handheld
CO٢ cylinder
extinguishers
NOTES:
• Building type – Residential
• Number of Units – Up to 600 Units
NOTES:
• Building type – Residential
• Number of Units – Up to 1200 Units

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 Main Telecommunication Room - Fixed & Mobile Services Main Telecommunication Room - Fixed & Mobile Services
Appendix_1_Figure 7 Appendix_1_Figure 8

٥m. ٤m.
١٣A twin socket
High density floor fed from utility power with Building riser High density floor mount ODF racks
Building riser mount ODF racks dedicated circuit breaker

Containment system ١٣A twin socket

under the raised floor fed from utility
Containment system power with
under the raised floor This Space dedicated
This Space

fed from SMDB – du

٢ x ٣٢A TP isolators
٨٠٠x٨٠٠ ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ is reserved du fibre entry cable ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ circuit breaker
du fibre entry cable mm mm is reserved
mm mm mm for UPS
RACK ١ Active for UPS
RACK ١ RACK ٢ Active and Batteries
RACK and Batteries
Rack AC clean earth bar
AC clean earth bar

٤m.
DC clean earth bar DC clean earth bar

٤m.
٢ x ٣٢A three

٢G Rack
٢G Rack

٦٠٠x٦٠٠
٦٠٠x٦٠٠

phase isolator

mm
mm

fed from

SMDB
SMDB-du
Smoke detector Smoke detector (Fixed Equipment)

SMDB
connected to BMS connected to BMS

extinguishers

٢ x handheld
CO٢ cylinder
٦٠٠x٦٠٠ ٦٠٠x٦٠٠ ٦٠٠x٦٠٠ ٦٠٠x٦٠٠
DC DC
mm mm mm mm
System System
٤G Rack ٣G Rack ٤G Rack ٣G Rack

٦٣A three phase isolator fed

٦٣A three phase isolator fed ٢ x handheld
from essential building power
from essential building power CO٢ cylinder
(for GSM equipments)
(for GSM equipments) extinguishers

NOTES: NOTES:
• Building type – Commercial / Mixed Use • Building type – Commercial / Mixed Use
• Number of Units – Up to 1200 Units • Number of Units – Up to 600 Units

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 Main Telecommunication Room - Fixed & Mobile Services Mobile Service Room
Appendix_1_Figure 9 Appendix_1_Figure 10

٥m. ٣m.
١٣A twin socket fed
from utility power
with dedicated Building riser
DC clean earth bar
circuit breaker

AC clean earth bar

Containment system du fibre
under the raised floor entry cable
٨٠٠x٨٠٠ ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ ٨٠٠x٨٠٠ ٨٠٠x٨٠٠
mm mm mm mm du Fibre
RACK ١ RACK ٢ RACK ١ RACK ٢
High density floor entry cable
mount ODF racks ١٣A twin socket fed from
utility power with dedicated
Passive
Component
Active circuit breaker
Component

This Space is reserved

for UPS and Batteries
Racks Racks

Smoke detector

٣m.
AC clean earth bar
connected to BMS

٥m.
DC clean earth bar Smoke detector
connected to BMS
٦٣A three phase isolator fed
٢G Rack
٦٠٠x٦٠٠

٢ x ٣٢A three phase from essential building power

mm

isolator fed from

SMDB-du
(Fixed Equipment)
٢ x handheld
CO٢ cylinder
SMDB

extinguishers
٢ x handheld
٦٠٠x٦٠٠ ٦٠٠x٦٠٠
DC CO٢ cylinder
mm mm
٤G Rack ٣G Rack System extinguishers

Building riser
٦٣A three phase isolator fed
from essential building power
(for GSM equipments)

NOTES:
• Provide Mobile Service Room for ever 10th floor
NOTES:
• Building type – Residential / Commercial
• Number of Units – Up to 1200 Units

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 Consolidated Cabinet Elevation Consolidated Cabinet Elevation
Appendix_1_Figure 11 Appendix_1_Figure 12

٦٠٠mm ٦٠٠mm

٢٤ Port Cat ٦
٢٤ Port Cat ٦
Patch Panel–١U
۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ۷ ۸ ۹ ۱۰ ۱۱ ۱۲ ۱۳ ۱٤ ۱٥ ۱٦ ۱۷ ۱۸ ۱۹ ۲۰ ۲۱ ۲۲ ۲۳ ۲٤
Patch Panel–١U
Cable Manager –١U
۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ۷ ۸ ۹ ۱۰ ۱۱ ۱۲ ۱۳ ۱٤ ۱٥ ۱٦ ۱۷ ۱۸ ۱۹ ۲۰ ۲۱ ۲۲ ۲۳ ۲٤

Cable Manager –١U

Fibre Terminal Box

ATB with ٢ Core LC/APC Fibre Terminal Box
ATB with ٢ Core LC/APC
١٢ U Adapter
١٢ U Adapter
١٣A twin Socket
١٣A twin Socket

PERFORATED DOOR ٣U – Metallic Support

to hold du CPE PERFORATED DOOR ١U – Metallic Support
to hold du CPE
١٥٠mm
٣٠٠mm

١٢ U consolidation cabinet with ١٥٠ mm depth

١٢ U consolidation cabinet with ٣٠٠ mm depth
12 U Consolidation Cabinet with 150mm depth 12 U Consolidation Cabinet with 300mm depth

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 Mounting Details - Consolidated Cabinet Rack Elevation – Residential Type
Appendix_1_Figure 13 Appendix_1_Figure 14

RACK-1 RACK-2
Mounting option – ١ Cabinet depth = ١٥٠mm / ٣٠٠mm Fibre Patch Panel ٠١ ٠١

(Mounted on the wall) ٠٢ ٠٢

۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ۷ ۸ ۹ ۱۰ ۱۱ ۱۲
iPatch

Space Reserved for du

– Supply and installation by du
Fiber

٠٣
B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A

٠٣
٠٤ ٠٤

١٢ U cabinet
٠٥ ٠٥
٠٦

Wall
٠٦
٠٧ ٠٧
٠٨ ٠٨
٠٩ ٠٩
١٠ ١٠
١١ ١١
١٢ ١٢
Building Fibre ١٣ Building Fibre ١٣
١٤ ١٤
Vertical rings Termination ١٥ Termination ١٥
Area ١٦ Area ١٦
١٧ ١٧
٢٠ U – ٢٤ U ٢٠ U – ٢٤ U
1.2 meter to 1.4 meter from FFL ١٨
١٩
١٨
١٩
٢٠ ٢٠

Finished floor level (FFL)

٢١ ٢١
٢٢ ٢٢
٢٣ ٢٣
٢٤ ٢٤
٢٥ ٢٥
Cabinet depth = ١٥٠mm / ٣٠٠mm ٢٦
٢٧
٢٦
٢٧
٢٨ ٢٨
٢٩ ٢٩

Mounting option – ٢
٣٠ ٣٠
٣١ ٣١
This area is ٣٢ This area is ٣٢

١٢ U cabinet
٣٣ ٣٣

(Partial mounted inside the wall) reserved for the

installation of
٣٤
٣٥
٣٦
reserved for the
installation of
٣٤
٣٥
٣٦
Raised Floor Tiles splitters by du ٣٧ splitters by du ٣٧
٣٨ ٣٨
١٨ U ٣٩
١٨ U ٣٩
٤٠ ٤٠
Wall

٤١ ٤١
٤٢ ٤٢

٣٠٠mm.
1.2 meter to
1.4 meter
Finished floor level (FFL)
from FFL
Finished Floor Level
Mounting option – ٣
(Fully Mounted inside the wall)

١٥٠mm / ٣٠٠mm
١٢ U cabinet NOTES:
• Maximum number of fibre cores to
be terminated per rack are 480 cores
• Building type – Residential
• Number of Units – Up to 300 Units
1.2 meter to
1.4 meter
Wall

Finished floor level (FFL)

from FFL

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 Rack Elevation – Commercial Type Rack Elevation – Residential & Commercial Type
Appendix_1_Figure 15 Appendix_1_Figure 16

RACK-1 RACK-2 RACK-1 RACK-2

٠١ ٠١ ٠١ ٠١
Fibre Patch Panel ۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ۷ ۸ ۹ ۱۰ ۱۱ ۱۲
iPatch

٠٢ ٠٢
Fibre Patch Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
iPatch

٠٢ ٠٢
Space Reserved for du Space Reserved for du
– Supply and installation by du – Supply and installation by du
Fiber Fiber

٠٣ ٠٣
B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A

٠٣ ٠٣
٠٤ ٠٤ ٠٤ ٠٤
٠٥ ٠٥ ٠٥ ٠٥
٠٦ ٠٦ ٠٦ ٠٦
٠٧ ٠٧ ٠٧ ٠٧
٠٨ ٠٨ ٠٨ ٠٨
٠٩ ٠٩ ٠٩ ٠٩
١٠ ١٠ ١٠ ١٠
١١ ١١ ١١ ١١
١٢ ١٢ ١٢ ١٢
Building Fibre ١٣ Building Fibre ١٣ Building Fibre ١٣ Building Fibre ١٣
١٤ ١٤ ١٤ ١٤
Vertical rings Termination ١٥ Termination ١٥ Vertical rings Termination ١٥ Termination ١٥
Area ١٦ Area ١٦ Area ١٦ Area ١٦
١٧ ١٧ ١٧ ١٧
٢٠ U – ٢٤ U ١٨ ٢٠ U – ٢٤ U ١٨ ٢٠ U – ٢٤ U ١٨ ٢٠ U – ٢٤ U ١٨
١٩ ١٩ ١٩ ١٩
٢٠ ٢٠ ٢٠ ٢٠
٢١ ٢١ ٢١ ٢١
٢٢ ٢٢ ٢٢ ٢٢
٢٣ ٢٣ ٢٣ ٢٣
٢٤ ٢٤ ٢٤ ٢٤
٢٥ ٢٥ ٢٥ ٢٥
٢٦ ٢٦ ٢٦ ٢٦
٢٧ ٢٧ ٢٧ ٢٧
٢٨ ٢٨ ٢٨ ٢٨
٢٩ ٢٩ ٢٩ ٢٩
٣٠ ٣٠ ٣٠ ٣٠
Equipment by ٣١ ٣١
٣١ ٣١
du ١٨- U This area is ٣٢ This area is ٣٢ This area is ٣٢ This area is ٣٢
٣٣ ٣٣ ٣٣ ٣٣
reserved for the ٣٤ reserved for the ٣٤ reserved for the ٣٤ reserved for the ٣٤
٣٥ ٣٥ ٣٥ ٣٥
installation of ٣٦
installation of ٣٦
installation of ٣٦
installation of ٣٦
Raised Floor Tiles active equipment ٣٧ active equipment ٣٧ Raised Floor Tiles splitters by du ٣٧ active equipment ٣٧
٣٨ by du ١٨ U ٣٨ ٣٨ by du ١٨ U ٣٨
by du ١٨ U ٣٩ ٣٩ ١٨ U ٣٩ ٣٩
٤٠ ٤٠ ٤٠ ٤٠
٤١ ٤١ ٤١ ٤١
٤٢ ٤٢ ٤٢ ٤٢

٣٠٠mm.

٣٠٠mm.
Finished Floor Level Finished Floor Level

NOTES: NOTES:
• Maximum number of fibre cores to • Maximum number of fibre cores to
be terminated per rack are 480 cores be terminated per rack are 480 cores
• Building type – Commercial • Building type – Mixed use
• Number of Units – Up to 300 Units • Number of Units – Up to 300 Units

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 Bulk Service Setup Wall Mount ODF
Appendix_1_Figure 17 Appendix_1_Figure 18

Cable Tray at High Level For Building Fibre Cables

du MDF room Client server room

Opening for Fibre Cables
from Building Riser
٣٠٠ mm cable tray
at high level

Splicing Tray Splicing Tray

٢٤ Core SM Fibre 01 01
02 02 ١٢ Core SM Fibre Patch Panel
Patch Panel by du
۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ۷ ۸ ۹ ۱۰ ۱۱ ۱۲
i Patch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
i Patch
Fiber Fiber
B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A
B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A

03 03
١٢ Core SM Fibre Patch Panel
04 04 ٢٤ port Cat ٦ Patch Panel
05 05
۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ۷ ۸ ۹ ۱۰ ۱۱ ۱۲ ۱۳ ۱٤ ۱٥ ۱٦ ۱۷ ۱۸ ۱۹ ۲۰ ۲۱ ۲۲ ۲۳ ۲٤

۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ۷ ۸ ۹ ۱۰ ۱۱ ۱۲
i Patch
Fiber

Ring
B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A B A

06 06
07 07
٢٤ port Cat ٦ Patch Panel ٥٠ Pair ١١٠ Block for Cat ٣
Ring
08 08
09 09
Copper Cables
۱ ۲ ۳ ٤ ٥ ٦ ۷ ۸ ۹ ۱۰ ۱۱ ۱۲ ۱۳ ۱٤ ۱٥ ۱٦ ۱۷ ۱۸ ۱۹ ۲۰ ۲۱ ۲۲ ۲۳ ۲٤

10 10
11 11
٥٠ Pair ١١٠ Block 12 12
13 13 ١ U – Cable Manager
for Cat ٣ Copper Cables 14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
Ring
20 20
21 21
22 22
23
24
23
24
Ring
25 25

Client
26 26

Splicing Tray Splicing Tray

27 27

Wall Mount ODF

28 28
This area is ۲۹
30
reserved for the 31
server ۲۹
30

rack
31
installation of 32
33
32
33
active equipment 34 34
35 35
by du ١٨ U 36
37
36
37 Ring
38 38
39 39 Ring
40 40
41 41
42 42

Perforated door
٣٠٠mm.

Finished Floor Level Du Fibre Entry Cables

NOTES: ٢ Core LC/ACP

The bulk service cabling minimum requirements between du Adapters Sub rack for du splitter
rack and client server rack are as below: Finished Floor Level (FFL)
Installed at ١ meter to ١٫٢ meter from FFL

1) 12 core single mode fibre cables

2) 24 number of CAT6 cables
3) 50 Pair of CAT3 cables Wall mount ODF inside MTR/FTC
All cables should be terminated at both sides (inside du rack and
client rack) in 42U cabinets - the distance between the two racks
should be less than 70 meters

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 Fibre Terminal Box Schematic Diagram with Separate MTR
Appendix_1_Figure 19 and Mobile Service Rooms
Appendix_1_Figure 20

Building Type – Residential /Commercial/Mixed Use

12cm (W) Roof Top
Roof Floor GSM room

٢٠٠mm Cable Tray for

2 Core fibre cable
Mobile Service Room at Every ١٠th Floor
Horizontal Distribution
FTC
entry to the fibre ٣٠th Floor ROOM
Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X
terminal box
2 core fibre
Option-1 ٢٠٠mm Cable Tray for Mobile Service Room at Every ١٠th Floor

cable entry to
Horizontal Distribution
FTC
the access Minimum 1 meter ٢٠th Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 ROOM Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

terminal box pigtail inside the FTB

Option-3
Mobile Service Room at Every ١٠th Floor
9cm (H)

FTC
١٠ th Floor ROOM
Terminate the end
Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

of the pigtail-1 to
Core-1 of SM fibre cable FTC
٥th Floor ROOM
Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

Terminate the end

٥٠mm Cable Tray ٥٠٠mm Cable Tray for Building Fibre Cables ٣٠٠mm Cable Tray for GSM Cables
of the pigtail-2 to
1 2 FTC
Core-2 of SM fibre cable
١ st Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 ROOM Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

٣٠٠mm Cable Tray between MTR and Mobile Service Room

)
MTR Room Mobile Service Room
(D

for Fixed Services (GSM)

m

Ground Floor
5c

2 core fibre cable entry to

2.

the access terminal box Ducts for du Ducts for du

Option-2 2 core fibre LC/APC adapter rd
entry Cables entry Cables
٣ Basement Floor
٣٠٠mm Cable Tray between MTR and Entry Ducts

Fibre Terminal Box (FTB) inside 12U cabinet

NOTES:
An Unit would be Apartment, Retail shop, Pre-defined
office, Reception, Security room, BSM Room, Child
Play Area, Restaurant, GYM, Penthouse etc..

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 Schematic Diagram with Combined MTR Schematic diagram – Clusters of Building
and Mobile Service Rooms Appendix_1_Figure 22

Appendix_1_Figure 21

Building Type – Residential/Commercial/Mixed Use Plot Limit Plot Limit

Roof Top
Roof Floor GSM room

٢٠٠mm Cable Tray for

Building Building Building
٢ ٣
Mobile Service Room at Every ١٠th Floor
Horizontal Distribution
FTC ٤
٣٠th Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 ROOM Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X
MTR MTR MTR

Common Podium Level

٢٠٠mm Cable Tray for Mobile Service Room at Every ١٠th Floor
Horizontal Distribution
FTC
٢٠th Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 ROOM Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

Main
Mobile Service Room at Every ١٠th Floor

FTC MTR
th
١٠ Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 ROOM Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

٥th Floor
FTC
ROOM Building
١
Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

٥٠mm Cable Tray ٥٠٠mm Cable Tray for Building Fibre Cables ٣٠٠mm Cable Tray for GSM Cables

FTC
١ st Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit -04 Unit-02 ROOM Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X MTR MTR

Combined MTR and Mobile Service Room

Building Building

Plot Limit
Ground Floor
for Fixed and GSM services ٦ ٥
Ducts for du Ducts for du Plot Limit
entry Cables entry Cables
٣ rd Basement Floor Provide minimum of ٣٠٠ x ١٠٠ mm Cable tray
Ducts for du fibre entry
from Main MTR to MTR of each building
٣٠٠mm Cable Tray between MTR and Entry Ducts cables
Provide high density fibre cables from Main MTR
to MTR of each building in Star Topology

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 Schematic diagram – Single Villa Infrastructure Schematic diagram – Complex of Villas Infrastructure
Appendix_1_Figure 23 Appendix_1_Figure 24

Ducts from du infrastructure

Lead in ducts
PLOT LIMIT PLOT LIMIT
Villa 01 Villa 02 Villa 03 Villa 04 Villa 05 Villa 06 Villa 07 Villa 08 Villa 09 Villa 10 Villa 11 Villa 12
٤W D٥٤
ducts

JRC١٤

Villa 13
JRC12

Villa 14
Ground Level ٢W D٥٦ ducts from each villa Entry box to Manhole- JRC ١٢

Villa 15
JRC١٢
٢W D٥٤ ducts between manholes
٢W D٥٦ ducts from villa Entry Box
entry box to villa cabinet ٦٠x٦٠x٨٠cm ٢W D٥٤ ducts between manholes

Villa 16
PLOT LIMIT
Entry Box

Villa 17
PLOT LIMIT PLOT LIMIT JRC١٢

٢W D٥٦ lead in duct to be extended ١ meter from the plot limit

Villa 29 Villa 28 Villa 27 Villa 26 Villa 25 Villa 24 Villa 22 Villa 23 Villa 21 Villa 20 Villa 19 Villa 18 PLOT LIMIT

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 Tile Cutting Layout Schematic Diagram – High Rise Building
Appendix_1_Figure 25 Appendix_1_Figure 26

٣٠٠mm (W) x ٣٠٠mm (H) Building Type – Residential/Commercial/Mixed Use

Opening for Cables Entry

Roof Top
٧٠th Floor with roof GSM room

٢٠٠mm Cable Tray for

Horizontal Distribution
FTC
ROOM
٦٠th Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit-02 MINI ODF Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

١٥٠mm
٢٠٠mm Cable Tray for
١٥٠mm
Mobile Service Room at Every ١٠th Floor
Horizontal Distribution
FTC
ROOM
٥٠th Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit-02 MINI ODF Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

FTC
٤٠th Floor ROOM
Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit-02
MINI ODF Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X
٦٠٠mm (H)

FTC
ROOM
٣٠th Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit-02 MINI ODF Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

٥٠mm Cable Tray ٥٠٠mm Cable Tray for

Building Fibre Cables
٣٠٠mm Cable Tray for GSM Cables

FTC
٢٠th Floor Unit -X1 Unit -06 Unit-02 ROOM Unit -01 Unit -03 Unit-05 Unit-7 Unit-9 Unit- X

Indoor Multi Core SM Fibre Cables to

Connect from MTR to Mini ODF’s

MTR ROOM
Ground Floor

Ducts for du Ducts for du

rd
entry Cables entry Cables
٣ Basement Floor
٣٠٠mm Cable Tray between MTR and Entry Ducts

٦٠٠mm (W)

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 Power Single line diagram – SMDB JRC 12 Top View
Appendix_1_Figure 27 Appendix_2_Figure 28

٣٢A TP ٣٢A TP 4 way D54 Duct

Isolator Isolator
For building entry (Lead in) /
Road crossing if required only

٤Cx ١٠mm٢ XLPE/

٣ x spares
SWA + ١CX١٠ ECC 5 55 55 5
١ ٢ ٣

٣٢A TP ٣٢A TP ٣٢A TP ٣٢A TP ٣٢A TP spaces

MCCB MCCB MCCB MCCB MCCB

5
55
٦٣A TP Iso.

ESMDB-MTR supplied by building contractor A 5

A

45
5
5

Essential DB

55
5
ATS

Generator Permanent
PLAN
Power Power (Item 3 and surround omitted)

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 JRC 12 Items detail JRC 12 Section A-A
Appendix_2_Figure 29 Appendix_2_Figure 30

Schedule
Item Description Number B
1 Bolts, Foundation, Indented No. 2 4 ١٧٥ ٥٤٥ ١٢٥ ١٢٥ ١٥٠
Landscaping/Tiling

2 Cable bearers wall type No. 3 2

١٥٠

200
min
50/60
١,٢
3 Frame and cover carriageway type No. 2 1

4 Bars @ 180 C/C

Step

1130
745
4 Grating, Sump No. 2A 1
٤

460
٢٥mm cement
5 Irons, Anchor No. 4 2

٢٠٠
rendering with

١٥٠

١٣٠

70
fall to sump

185
6 Step, Manhole No. 1 1

75
٢٧٥
7 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 200 18 Construction joint

٧٥
Water bar
١٨٥ ٢٣٠ ١٣٠ (under water level)
8 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 795 14
Tanking membrane

B
Class (C) concrete blinding

9 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 845 8

10 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 1330 5

11 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 1680 4

Reinforcement details for guidance only.

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 JRC 12 Section B-B JRC 14 Items detail
Appendix_2_Figure 31 Appendix_2_Figure 32

Landscaping/Tiling Schedule
Item Description Number

١٥٠
1 Bolts, Foundation, Indented No. 2 8

200
min
١١

2 Cable bearers wall type No. 3 3

50/60

3 Frame and cover carriageway type No. 2 1

100
5 Bars @ 140 C/C

4 Grating, Sump No. 2A 1

1130
745
٦

5 Irons, Anchor No. 4 2

460

٥ 6 Step, Manhole No. 1 2

50

7 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 200* 22

185 8 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 230* 10

75
٢٧٥

9 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 845* 4

١3٠

Construction joint
10 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 900* 8
٧٥

Water bar
١٨٥ ٢٣٠ ١٣٠ (under water level)
11 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 910* 30

12 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 1045* 12

13 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 2485* 8

14 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 1100* 12

15 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 2485* 12

* For reference only

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 JRC 14 Top View JRC 14 Section A-A
Appendix_2_Figure 33 Appendix_2_Figure 33a

2585 3 Landscaping/Tiling
65656565
175 260 1715 260 175

150
12 No. Bars @ 220 C/C

min.
200 20

٢٠٠
20 200
Varies to suit

90
site conditions

140
50/60
150

225
203 915 915 203 10

380 380
175

1,2

225
١٣٠٠
55

٩١٥
300
A A
٢٥mm cement rendering
300

560
with fall to sump
100
1285

100
635

15 9

200
200
Slope

130
150

70
230

150
١٨٥

275
175

130
Water bar (under water level) Construction joint

75
Tanking membrane
150

205 230 130

Class (C) concrete blinding

PLAN
(Item 3 and surround omitted)

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 JRC 14 Section B-B JRC 4 Top View
Appendix_2_Figure 34 Appendix_2_Figure 35

1245 ١٥٠ 915 ١٥٠

Landscaping/Tiling 4 Bars @ 200 MM

200
150

200
min

190
A A

460
760

170
6 5

1130
745

150
Construction
joint

PLAN
185
For building entry (Lead in)
(Item 3 and surround omitted) 4 way D54 Duct
75
275
١٣٠

Water bar
(under water level)
75

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 JRC 4 Items detail JRC 4 Section C-C
Appendix_2_Figure 36 Appendix_2_Figure 37

Schedule 5 Bars @ 230 MM 150

Item Description Number

1 Bolts, Foundation, Indented No. 2 4

2 Cable bearers wall type No. 2 2

Bars @ 230 MM
3 Frame and cover carriageway type No. 4 1

8
4 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 660 8

7
5 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 845 14

150
6 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 1115 8

7 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 150 16

8 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 710 2

9 Reinforcement bar 10 diameter X 1165 2

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 JRC 4 Section A-A JRC 4 Section B-B
Appendix_2_Figure 38 Appendix_2_Figure 39

9 7
Construct concrete
surround as required.
100mm min. for
B unmade surface

90
C 8 7 3
C
190 535 190

1&2
4 Bars @ 180 MM

4 Bars @ 180 MM
100

830
200
130

100

25mm cement rendering with

fall to one end. Direction to be
determined by site conditions

200
B

120

100
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 Labelling Scheme
Labeling Scheme for 2 core SM fibre cables using ferrule (during cable pulling)
Tables
2 Core SM fibre cables at MTR side
Floor number/name-unit number/name-core number 2 Core SM fibre cables at UNIT side
MTR/FTR number-core number
Example for apartments Example for offices Example for Retail Shops
F02-ACP04-C01
FL02-ACP04-C02
FL03-OCP05-C01
FL03-OCP05-C02
GR-RCP01-C01
GR-RCP01-C02
Example – MTR01 - C1 Example – FTR01 - C1
MTR01 - C2 FTR01 - C2
Main Telecom Room Sizes – Fixed Services
Example for Reception Example for BMS room
Table 1
GR-REP-C01 B1-BMS-C01
GR-REP-C02 B1-BMS-C02

Labeling scheme for 2 core SM fibre cables after terminating inside fibre ODF/patch panel
Floor number/name-unit number/name-ODF core number Example - FL10 - ACP012-ODF 95,96 Example - FL01 - ACP04-ODF 11,12
Number MTR Sizes in Meter MTR Sizes in Meter
of units (L X B X H) (L X B X H)
Labeling Scheme for 2 Core Fibre Terminal Box Labeling Scheme for 2 core adapter inside Fibre Terminal Box
Rack number-ODF number-ODF row/slot number-core numbers Residential Commercial /mixed use
Example – RK2 - ODF1 - R1 - C1,2 Vertical Orientation 12 Horizontal Orientation 1
2
Example – RK2 - ODF1 - S1 - C3,4
Note – Always terminate the end of the pigtail-1 to Core-1 of SM fibre Cable Up to 600 3x3x3 3x4x3

Labeling scheme for cabinets inside apartments/offices/reception/retail shops etc..

Labeling scheme for Cat 6 RJ45 Outlets 600 to 1200 4x4x3 4x4x3
Floor number/name – unit number/name Example – F1 - ACP12
Patch Panel Number-Port number
Labeling scheme for Cat 6 cables inside units using ferrule (during cable pulling)
Cable numbers Example – 1,2 Example – 3,4
Example – PP1 - P-1 More than Will be Advised Will be Advised
1200 at NOC Stage at NOC Stage
NOTES:
Labelling scheme for wall mount ODF, Floor mount ODF, Mini ODF,
Indoor multicore fibre cables will be advised at NOC stage

Labelling Scheme for 96 Core ODF

CORE number details
Row 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1 C-1,2 C-3,4 C-5,6 C-7,8 C-9,10 C-11,12 C-13,14 C-15,16 C-17,18 C-19,20 C-21,22 C-23,24
Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no
Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no
2 C-25,26 C-27,28 C-29,30 C-31,32 C-33,34 C-35,36 C-37,38 C-39,40 C-41,42 C-43,44 C-45,46 C-47,48
Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no
Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no
3 C-49,50 C-51,52 C-53,54 C-55,56 C-57,58 C-59,60 C-61,62 C-63,64 C-65,66 C-67,68 C-69,70 C-71,72
Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no
Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no
4 C-73,74 C-75,76 C-77,78 C-79,80 C-81,82 C-83,84 C-85,86 C-87,88 C-89,90 C-91,92 C-93,94 C-95,96
Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no Floor no
Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no Unit no

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 Telecommunication Room Sizes – For Mobile Services Fibre cables termination details inside MTR & FTC
Table 2 for Residential or Commercial Buildings
Table 3

Number of Racks required Wall mount Indoor Fibre patch Racks units
Number Mobile service Mobile service room sizes commercial to terminate ODF multicore panel and required to
of floors room sizes in meter in Meter (L X B X H) or residential building fibre fibre ODF core terminate
(L X B X H) commercial/mixed use units cables inside cables quantity building fibre
residential MTR (angled cables in each
adapter type) 42 u rack
Up to G+10 – 3x3x3 Up to 150 Units One number of Not Required Not 4 number of 20 U to 24 U
(G+15) 42 U 800 X Required 96 core fibre
G+11 to G+100 3 x 3 x 3 every 10 3 x 3 x 3 every 10 floors 800, 19 inch patch panel
floors starting from starting from the lowest free standing required
rack required
the lowest basement basement
150 to 300 Units Two number of Not Required Not 7 number of 20 U to 24 U
(G+16 to 42 U 800 X Required 96 core fibre in each Rack
Shopping malls Will be advised Will be advised
G+30) 800, 19 inch patch panel
and bulk services at NOC stage at NOC stage free standing required
buildings rack required
300 to 600 Units Minimum one Install wall Install and Use high 42 U
Cluster of buildings Will be advised Will be advised (G+31 to number of high mount mini terminate density angled
with each having at NOC stage at NOC stage G+60 Floors) density rack ODF at every indoor adapter fibre
more than G+5 required 10th floor multicore patch panels
floors (Starting fibre cables
from 30th
Floor)
600 to 1200 Minimum two Install wall Install and Use high 2 x 42 U
Units (Towers) number of high mount mini terminate density angled
(G+61 to density rack ODF at every indoor adapter fibre
G+120 Floors) required 10th floor multicore patch panels
(Starting fibre cables
from 30th
Floor)
For above
1200 Units
(For above The requirement will be advised at NOC Stage
G+120)

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 Fibre cables termination details inside MTR and FTC Configuration specification for Wall mount ODF
for Mixed used buildings to hold Sub Racks for Optical Splitters
Table 4 Table 5

Number of Racks required to Wall Indoor Fibre patch Racks units Number Number of Require- Require- Require- Feeder port/ Feeder port/
residential and terminate building mount multicore panel and required to units building fibre ment ment ment cores required cores required
commercial units fibre cables inside ODF fibre cables ODF core terminate (apartments, core spilced of 2:32 of 2:16 of 2:2 to terminate to terminate
MTR (to connect quantity building fibre retails) inside of wall splitter splitter splitter entry cables entry cables
wall mount (angled cables in each mount ODF unit unit unit for 2:32 splitter for 2:16 splitter
ODFs and adapter 42 U Rack ratio scenario ratio scenario
MTR) type)

Up to 150 units One number of Not Not 2 number 20 U to 24 U Up to 150 300 cores 5 10 1 12 cores 24 cores
(considering 42 U 800 x 800mm Required Required of 96 core in each rack Residential
50% units to be required for fibre patch units
residential and residential units panel
Up to 300 600 cores 10 19 1 24 cores 48 cores
50% units to be one number of required in
Residential
commercial) 42 U 800 x 800mm each rack
units
required for
commercial units Up to 600 1200 cores 19 38 1 48 cores 76 cores
Residential
150 to 300 units One number of Not Not 4 number 20 U to 24 U units
(considering 42 U 800 X 800mm Required Required of 96 core in each rack
50% units to be required for fibre patch
residential and residential units one panel Note: Consultants and Contractors are advised to coordinate with du at NOC stage for the exact
50% units to be number of required in splitter ration scenario and for the exact splitter site.
commercial) 42 U 800 X 800mm each rack
required for
commercial units

300 to 600 units Minimum one Install wall Install and Use high 42 U
(considering number of high mount terminate density OSP - Infrastructure detail
50% units to be density rack mini ODF indoor angled Table 6
residential and required with at every multicore adapter fibre
50% units to be proper separation 10th floor fibre cables patch panels
commercial) for residential and (Starting Single Villa Complex of Villa For Multi - tenant Shopping Mall Warehouse Bulk Service
(15 to 100) Buildings and Shed
commercial units from 30th
floor) Ducts 2 x D56 (50 mm) 2 x D56 (50 mm) 2 x D54 (100 mm) 2 x D54 (100 mm) 2 x D56 (50 mm) 2 x D54 (100 mm)
per villa 2 x D54 for primary route for primary route per warehouse for primary route
(100 mm) for and 2 x D54 and 2 x D54 2 x D54 and 2 x D54
600 to 1200 Minimum two Install wall Install and Use high 2 x 42 U plot entry (100 mm) (100 mm) (100 mm) (100 mm)
units number of high mount terminate density for secondary for secondary plot entry for secondary
route route route
(considering density rack mini ODF indoor angled fibre
50% units to be required with at every multicore patch panels
residential and proper separation 10th floor fibre cables Entry 600mm x 600mm 600mm x Not Required Not Required 600mm x Not Required
50% units to be for residential and (Starting Box x800mm 600mm x800mm 600mm x800mm
(L x B x D) (L x B x D) (L x B x D)
commercial) commercial units from 30th
per villa per villa per villa
floor)
Manhole Not Required JRC 12 for every JRC 12 JRC 12 JRC 12 for every JRC 12
For above 12 villas + JRC 12 12 villas + JRC 12
The requirement will be advised at NOC Stage for plot entry for plot entry
1200 Units

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 Responsibility Matrix Location Map
Item Building’s
No.
Item Description
owner
du

1 Lead-in ducts ✔ ✘

2 Manholes outside the building/villa boundaries (including cover) ✘ ✔

3 Pull box inside the building/villa boundaries (including the cover) ✔ ✘

4 OSP fibre optic cables for buildings connections (including supply and termination) ✘ ✔

5 OSP fibre optic cables for villas connections (including supply and termination) ✘ ✔

6 Fibre optic cables supply between du Main Telecom Rooms (cluster of buildings) ✔ ✘

7 Fibre optic cables pulling between du Main Telecom Rooms (cluster of buildings) ✔ ✘

8 Fibre optic cables supply from du Main Telecom Room up to the CP cabinet ✔ ✘

du NOC office – Abu Dhabi,

9 Fibre optic cables pulling from du Main Telecom Room up to the CP cabinet ✔ ✘
Hamdan Street.

Fibre optic cables termination and testing inside MTR, CP and FTC 24°29'14.52"N
10
(if required inside FTC)
✔ ✘ 54°21'33.32"E

11 Horizontal cabling work inside the unit ✔ ✘

Fibre optic termination components such as the floor mount and wall mount high
12 density fibre panel, FDH, optical patch panel, mini ODF, micro ODF, connectors, ✔ ✘
adaptors and racks

13 Fibre optic splitter supply and installation ✘ ✔

14 Patch cords supply ✘ ✔

15 High density fibre rack and 42U rack supply and installation ✔ ✘

16 Wall mount fibre rack supply and installation ✔ ✘

17 CP cabinet supply and installation ✔ ✘

18 CP cabinet accessories including related elements supply and installation ✔ ✘

19 Vertical and horizontal cable trays supply and installation ✔ ✘

Telecom rooms/spaces and related EM, civil and raised floor system
20 ✔ ✘
(if R/F is required)

21 GSM Rooms including MEP requirements inside + GSM containments ✔ ✘

22 GSM cables/antenna/equipment supply and installation ✘ ✔

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 Location Map

du NOC office – Dubai,

Academic City.
25° 7'29.21"N
55°24'34.85"E

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