Structured Cabling

Design Process

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The Design Process

➢ Work Area Requirements

➢ Telecommunications Room Requirements
➢ Horizontal Distribution
➢ Backbone Distribution

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The Work Area Requirements

Equipment and Applications

– Regular PC’s or High Powered CAD Station?
– E-mail?
– Multi-media?
– Video Conferencing?
– Voice Telecommunications Service?
– Building Automation Systems?

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The Work Area Requirements

Type of Network
– 10BASE-T, Token Ring, 100 BASE-T,
1000BASE-T?
– Application bandwidth?
– Future needs?
– Customer defined?

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The Work Area Requirements

Horizontal Media
– Category of unshielded twisted pair?
– Optical fiber?
– Special cables?

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The Work Area Requirements

Outlets and Connectors

– T568A or T568B?
– ST, SC, FDDI or SFF?
– Surface mount or flush mount?

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The Telecommunication Room Requirements

Network Equipment Connecting Hardware

– Type of connection? – Type of Electronics
• Copper or Fiber – Quantity
– Mounting options?
– Mounting Options
• Rack • Rack
• Cabinet • Cabinet
• Wall • Wall

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The Telecommunication Room Requirements

Horizontal Cabling
– 100 Ohm Twisted Pair Cable
– Fiber?
• Multi-Mode
– Quantity?

Backbone Cabling
– 100 Ohm Twisted Pair Cable
– Fiber?
• Single Mode
– Quantity?
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The Telecommunication Room Requirements

Physical Requirements
– Size
– Layout
– Construction

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The Horizontal Distribution Requirements

Environment / Methods
– Cellular Floor?
– Raceway?
– Conduit?
– Floor Boxes?
– Ceiling?
– Fire-Rated Poke-
– Concrete or Block Walls?
through?
– Service Poles?

Pathways
– Distances
– EMI Sources
– Plenum or Non-plenum
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The Backbone Requirements

Topology
– Star
– Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling

Pathways
– Capacity
– Routing
– Distances

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The Design Process

Work Area Requirements

Telecommunications room Requirements

Horizontal Distribution

Backbone Distribution

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A&Q

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