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Ansi Tia-568.1-D-2015
1-D-2015
APPROVED: SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Commercial Building
Telecommunications Infrastructure
Standard
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Table of Contents
FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................................v
1 SCOPE ..................................................................................................................................................1
2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................1
3 DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS, UNITS OF MEASURE ..................................2
3.1 General .......................................................................................................................... 2
3.2 Definitions ...................................................................................................................... 2
3.3 Acronyms and abbreviations ......................................................................................... 7
3.4 Units of measure ........................................................................................................... 8
4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLING SYSTEM STRUCTURE ..........................................................9
5 TOPOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................11
5.1 Balanced twisted-pair cabling ......................................................................................11
5.2 Optical fiber cabling .....................................................................................................11
5.3 Broadband coaxial cabling ...........................................................................................11
5.4 Star topology ................................................................................................................11
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5.4.1 General..................................................................................................................11
5.4.2 Cabling directly between telecommunications rooms/telecommunications enclosures
(tie cabling) .........................................................................................................................13
5.4.3 Centralized optical fiber cabling ............................................................................13
6 ENTRANCE FACILITIES ....................................................................................................................15
6.1 General.........................................................................................................................15
6.2 Design ..........................................................................................................................15
6.2.1 General..................................................................................................................15
6.2.2 Size .......................................................................................................................15
6.3 Functions ......................................................................................................................16
6.3.1 Network demarcation point ...................................................................................16
6.3.2 Electrical protection ...............................................................................................16
6.3.3 Connections to outside plant cabling .....................................................................16
7 EQUIPMENT ROOMS ........................................................................................................................17
7.1 General.........................................................................................................................17
7.2 Design ..........................................................................................................................17
7.2.1 General .................................................................................................................17
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List of Tables
Table 1 – Minimum termination wall length ................................................................................15
Table 2 – Minimum termination floor space ................................................................................16
Table 3 – Telecommunications room size ..................................................................................20
Table 4 – Summary of spaces used to service a multi-tenant building ......................................30
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FOREWORD
(This foreword is not considered part of this Standard)
This Standard was developed by TIA Subcommittee TR-42.1.
Contributing organizations
More than 60 organizations within the telecommunications industry (including manufacturers,
consultants, end users, and other organizations) contributed their expertise to the development
of this Standard.
Documents superseded
This Standard supersedes ANSI/TIA-568-C.1 dated February, 2009, and its addenda.
Annexes
There is one annex to this Standard. Annex A is informative and not considered a part of this
Standard.
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ANSI/TIA-1152, Requirements for Field Test Instruments and Measurements for Bal-
anced Twisted-Pair Cabling
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ANSI/TIA-607 ANSI/TIA-1005
(Bonding and (Industrial)
grounding
[earthing])
ANSI/TIA-758 ANSI/TIA-1179
(Outside plant) (Healthcare)
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ANSI/TIA-862 ANSI/TIA-4966
(Building (Educational)
automation
systems)
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Introduction
This Standard specifies a telecommunications cabling system for commercial buildings that will
support a multi-product, multi-vendor environment. It also provides information that may be used
for the design of telecommunications products for commercial enterprises.
Purpose
The purpose of this Standard is to enable the planning and installation of a structured cabling
system for commercial buildings. Installation of cabling systems during building construction or
renovation is significantly less expensive and less disruptive than after the building is occupied.
This Standard establishes performance and technical criteria for various cabling system configu-
rations for accessing and connecting their respective elements. In order to determine the re-
quirements of a generic cabling system, performance requirements for various telecommunica-
tions services were considered.
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The diversity of services currently available, coupled with the continual addition of new services,
means that there may be cases where limitations to desired performance occur. When applying
specific applications to these cabling systems, the user is cautioned to consult application
standards, regulations, equipment vendors, and system and service suppliers for applicability,
limitations, and ancillary requirements.
Stewardship
Telecommunications infrastructure affects raw material consumption. The infrastructure design
and installation methods also influence product life and sustainability of electronic equipment life
cycling. These aspects of telecommunications infrastructure impact our environment. Since
building life cycles are typically planned for decades, technological electronic equipment up-
grades are necessary. The telecommunications infrastructure design and installation process
magnifies the need for sustainable infrastructures with respect to building life, electronic equip-
ment life cycling and considerations of effects on environmental waste. Telecommunications
designers are encouraged to research local building practices for a sustainable environment
and conservation of fossil fuels as part of the design process.
Specification of criteria
Two categories of criteria are specified; mandatory and advisory. The mandatory requirements
are designated by the word "shall;" advisory requirements are designated by the words "should,”
"may," or "desirable," which are used interchangeably in this Standard.
Mandatory criteria generally apply to protection, performance, administration and compatibility;
they specify the minimally-compliant requirements. Advisory or desirable criteria are presented
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when their attainment will enhance the general performance of the cabling system in all its con-
templated applications.
A note in the text, table, or figure is used for emphasis or offering informative suggestions, or
providing additional information.
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1 SCOPE
This Standard specifies requirements for telecommunications cabling within a commercial build-
ing and between commercial buildings in a campus environment. It defines terms, specifies ca-
bling topology, lists cabling requirements, establishes cabling distances, sets telecommunica-
tions outlet/connector configurations and provides additional useful information.
Telecommunications cabling specified by this Standard is intended to support a wide range of
commercial building sites and applications (e.g., voice, data, text, video, and image). Typically,
this range includes sites with a geographical extent from 3000 m2 (approximately 10 000 ft2), up
to 1 000 000 m2 (approximately 10 000 000 ft2) of office space, and with a population of up to
50 000 individual users.
2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute pro-
visions of this Standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All stand-
ards are subject to revision, and parties to agreements based on this Standard are encouraged
to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated be-
low. ANSI and TIA maintain registers of currently valid national standards published by them.
ANSI/TIA-568-C.0 2009, Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises
NOTE – Cabling transmission performance requirements for optical fiber cabling
are currently contained in ANSI/TIA-568-C.0. When ANSI/TIA-568.3-D is pub-
lished these requirements will be specified in that document.
ANSI/TIA-568.0-D 2015, Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises
ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 2009, Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling And Com-
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ponents Standard
ANSI/TIA-568-C.3 2008, Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard
ANSI/TIA-569-D 2015, Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces
ANSI/TIA-606-B 2012, Administration Standard for Telecommunications Infrastructure
ANSI/TIA-607-C 2015, Generic Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding (Earthing)
for Customer Premises
ANSI/TIA-758-B 2012, Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastruc-
ture Standard
TIA TSB-162-A 2013, Telecommunications Cabling Guidelines for Wireless Access
Points
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3.1 General
The generic definitions in this clause have been formulated for use by the entire family of tele-
communications infrastructure standards.
3.2 Definitions
For the purposes of this Standard, the following definitions apply.
access provider: The operator of any facility that is used to convey telecommunications sig-
nals to and from a customer premises.
adapter: A device that enables any or all of the following:
1) different sizes or types of plugs to mate with one another or to fit into a
telecommunications outlet,
2) the rearrangement of leads,
3) large cables with numerous conductors to fan out into smaller groups of
conductors, and
4) interconnection between cables.
administration: The method for labeling, identification, documentation and usage needed for
installation, moves, additions and changes of the telecommunications infrastructure.
array connector: A single ferrule connector that contains multiple optical fibers arranged in a
row or in rows and columns.
backbone: A facility (e.g., pathway, cable or bonding conductor) for Cabling Subsystem 2 and
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Cabling Subsystem 3.
backbone cabling: Cabling Subsystem 2 or Cabling Subsystem 3.
backbone cable: See backbone.
bonding: The joining of metallic parts to form an electrically conductive path.
bonding conductor: A conductor that joins metallic parts to form an electrically conductive
path.
building automation system: Equipment and telecommunications infrastructure that supports
monitoring, control, operation and management of building services.
bundled cable: An assembly of two or more cables continuously bound together to form a sin-
gle unit.
cable: An assembly of one or more insulated conductors or optical fibers, within an enveloping
sheath.
cable run: A length of installed media, which may include other components along its path.
cabling: A combination of all cables, jumpers, cords, and connecting hardware.
Cabling Subsystem 1: Cabling from the equipment outlet to Distributor A, Distributor B, or Dis-
tributor C.
Cabling Subsystem 2: Cabling between Distributor A and either Distributor B or Distributor C
(if Distributor B is not implemented).
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DC
3 3
DB DB
2 2 2
1
DA DA DA
1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
CP CP CP CP CP
EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO EO
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Legend:
DA Distributor A Cabling
1 Subsystem 1
DB Distributor B cable
DC Distributor C Cabling
2 Subsystem 2
EO Equipment outlet cable
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the customer.
data: Electronically encoded information.
demarcation point: A point where the operational control or ownership changes.
distributed antenna system: A network of antenna nodes connected to common source(s)
that provides wireless service.
Distributor A: Optional connection facility in a hierarchical star topology that is cabled between
the equipment outlet and Distributor B or Distributor C.
Distributor B: Optional intermediate connection facility in a hierarchical star topology that is ca-
bled to Distributor C.
Distributor C: Central connection facility in a hierarchical star topology.
distributor enclosure: A case or housing designed to contain Distributor A, Distributor B or
Distributor C.
enclosure, telecommunications: A case or housing that may contain telecommunications
equipment, cable terminations, or horizontal cross-connect cabling.
end user: The owner or user of the premises cabling system.
entrance facility (telecommunications): An entrance to a building for both public and private
network service cables (including wireless) including the entrance point of the building and con-
tinuing to the entrance room or space.
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entrance room or space (telecommunications): A space in which the joining of inter or intra
building telecommunications cabling takes place.
NOTE – An entrance room may also serve as a distributor room.
equipment cord: See cord.
equipment outlet: Outermost connection facility in a hierarchical star topology.
equipment room (telecommunications): An environmentally controlled centralized space for
telecommunications equipment that usually houses Distributor B or Distributor C.
fiber optic: See optical fiber.
fire resistance rating: A classification assigned to a material or assembly of materials when
exposed to fire under specified conditions.
firestopping: The process of installing listed, fire-rated materials into penetrations in fire-rated
barriers to reestablish the fire-resistance rating of the barrier.
furniture cluster: A contiguous group of work areas, typically including space divisions, work
surfaces, storage, and seating.
ground: A conducting connection, whether intentional or accidental, between an electrical cir-
cuit (e.g., telecommunications) or equipment and the earth, or to some conducting body that
serves in place of earth.
horizontal cabling: Cabling Subsystem 1.
horizontal cross-connect: Distributor A.
hybrid cable: An assembly of two or more cables, of the same or different types or categories,
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space (telecommunications): An area used for housing the installation and termination of tel-
ecommunications equipment and cable.
splice: A joining of conductors, meant to be permanent.
splice closure: A device used to protect one or more splices.
star topology: A topology in which telecommunications cables are distributed from a central
point.
telecommunications: The transmission and reception of information by cable, radio, optical or
other electromagnetic systems.
telecommunications enclosure: See enclosure, telecommunications.
telecommunications entrance facility: See entrance facility (telecommunications).
telecommunications entrance room or space: See entrance room or space (telecommu-
nications).
telecommunications equipment room: See equipment room (telecommunications).
telecommunications infrastructure: See infrastructure (telecommunications).
telecommunications outlet: An assembly of components consisting of one or more connect-
ors mounted on a faceplate, housing or supporting bracket.
telecommunications room: An enclosed architectural space designed to contain telecommu-
nications equipment, cable terminations, or cross-connect cabling.
telecommunications space: See space (telecommunications).
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terminal: 1) A point at which information may enter or leave a communications network. 2) The
input-output associated equipment. 3) A device by means of which wires may be connected to
each other.
tie cabling: Cabling between distributors at the same hierarchical level.
topology: The physical or logical arrangement of a telecommunications system.
wire: An individually insulated solid or stranded metallic conductor.
wireless access point: A device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired
telecommunications network.
work area: A building space where the occupants interact with telecommunications terminal
equipment.
work area cord: See cord.
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WA WA
WA WA
WA WA
TE
HC
TR HC WA
HC
TR
AP
MC IC
ES ER ER WA WA
Legend:
AP Access provider Cable legend:
ES Entrance room or space
Campus or inter-building backbone
ER Equipment room
Building backbone
MC Main cross-connect (Distributor C)
Horizontal
IC Intermediate cross-connect (Distributor B)
TR Telecommunications room Access Provider Cabling
TE Telecommunications enclosure
HC Horizontal cross-connect (Distributor A)
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WA Work area
Telecommunications outlet/connector (equipment outlet)
Cross-connect
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5 TOPOLOGY
5.4.1 General
Cabling installed in a star topology shall meet the topology requirements of ANSI/TIA-568.0-D.
There shall be no more than two hierarchical levels of cross-connects in the backbone cabling.
From the horizontal cross-connect (HC), no more than one intermediate cross-connect (IC) shall
be passed through to reach the main cross-connect (MC). Therefore, a connection between any
two HCs shall pass through three or fewer cross-connect facilities.
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NOTE – The star topology as required by this Standard has been selected be-
cause of its acceptance, ease of administration, and flexibility in meeting a varie-
ty of application requirements. The limitation to two levels of cross-connects in
the backbone cabling is imposed to limit signal degradation for passive systems
and to simplify moves, adds, and changes. This limitation may not be suitable for
facilities that have a large number of buildings or those that cover a large geo-
graphical area.
The requirements of this clause shall apply to non-star configurations that are accommodated
by the star topology.
Figure 4 shows an example of a star topology implementation in a commercial building.
Figure 5 shows examples of interconnections and cross-connections for a horizontal cross-
connect. Similar configurations may be present for intermediate cross-connects and main
cross-connects.
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MC
2 2
IC IC
2 2 2
1
HC HC HC
1
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
CP CP CP CP CP
TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO
Legend:
DC Horizontal cross-connect
2 Backbone
TO cable
Telecommunications outlet
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Backbone
cabling
Horizontal
cross-connect
Cross-
connection
Horizontal
Telecommunications room
Interconnection
cross-connect
Cross-
Equipment/splitter Equipment/splitter
connection
Horizontal
Interconnection
cross-connect
Cross-
connection
Horizontal
cross-connect
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Horizontal
cabling
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TE. The maximum allowed distance for centralized optical fiber cabling is dependent upon ap-
plication and upon the specific media chosen (see TIA-568-0.D).
Telecommunications
outlet/connectors
WA
(Splice or
innerconnect)
TE
Telecommunications
outlet/connectors
WA
(Splice or
TR innerconnect)
(Pull-through Telecommunications
cable) outlet/connectors
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WA
TR
Legend:
Equipment ER Equipment room
TR Telecommunications room
TE Telecommunications enclosure
WA Work area
Telecommunications outlet
Backbone cable
Centralized Horizontal cable
Cross-connect ER
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6 ENTRANCE FACILITIES
6.1 General
The entrance facility (EF) consists of the pathway(s), space(s), protection devices, and other
equipment that are used to connect building telecommunications infrastructure to access pro-
vider (AP), inter-building backbone and campus infrastructure (see figure 3). These components
may be used for regulated APs (e.g., local telephone companies), private network customer
premises services, or both.
6.2 Design
6.2.1 General
The entrance room or space shall meet the requirements of ANSI/TIA-569-D with additional re-
quirements as specified in 6.2.
6.2.2 Size
Table 1 and table 2 specify size requirements for terminations in the entrance room or space.
Table 1 is based upon terminations mounted on a 2.5 m (8 ft) high wall. Table 2 is based upon
terminations mounted on free-standing, floor-mounted frames.
Table 1 – Minimum termination wall length
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6.3 Functions
tection needs and policies for their cabling. Electrical protection is governed by applicable elec-
trical codes.
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7 EQUIPMENT ROOMS
7.1 General
Equipment rooms (ERs) are considered to be distinct from telecommunications rooms (TRs)
and telecommunications enclosures (TEs) because of the nature or complexity of the equipment
they contain. An ER may alternatively provide any or all of the functions of a TR or TE (see fig-
ure 3). The main cross-connect (MC; Distributor C) of a commercial building is located in an ER.
Intermediate cross-connects (ICs; Distributor B) and horizontal cross-connects (HCs; Distributor
A) may also be located in an ER.
7.2 Design
7.2.1 General
The equipment room shall house only equipment directly related to the telecommunications sys-
tem and its environmental support systems.
The equipment room shall meet the requirements for a distributor room in ANSI/TIA-569-D with
additional requirements, exceptions and allowances as specified in 7.2.2 through 7.2.5.
7.2.2 Access
In order to limit access to authorized personnel only, the equipment room should not be used as
a passageway to other areas of the facility.
7.2.3 Size
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The equipment room shall be sized to meet the known requirements of specific equipment; this
information can be obtained from the equipment provider(s).
Where a room or space is intended to be used for more than equipment (e.g., equipment and
entrance room), it shall be increased in size accordingly and meet the requirements specified in
6.2.2, 7.2.3, or both.
The practice is to provide 0.07 m2 (0.75 ft2) of equipment room space for every 10 m2 (100 ft2) of
work area space. The equipment room shall be designed to a minimum of 14 m2 (150 ft2).
NOTE – If it is expected that the density of service areas will be higher, or the
number of supported services is higher (e.g. WAP, BAS, DAS), then the size
should be increased accordingly.
7.2.5 Electrical
7.2.5.1 Power
An equipment room shall be equipped with a minimum of two, 20 A, 120 Vac nominal, non-
switched duplex electrical convenience receptacles and two dedicated 20 A, 120 Vac nominal,
non-switched double-duplex receptacles for equipment power. Electric power provisioning for
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the equipment room is not specified herein because it is dependent upon the equipment load
and supporting facilities.
7.3 Functions
An ER houses telecommunications equipment, connecting hardware, splice closures, grounding
and bonding facilities, and appropriate protection apparatus.
From a cabling perspective, an ER may contain either the MC or the IC used in the backbone
cabling hierarchy. The ER provides for the administration and routing of the equipment cords
from the MC or IC to the telecommunications equipment.
An ER may also house equipment terminations and may contain horizontal terminations for a
portion of the building. In many cases, the ER contains AP (e.g., local telephone company) ser-
vice terminations, premises network terminations, and other terminations.
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8.1 General
Telecommunications rooms (TRs) and telecommunications enclosures (TEs) provide a common
access point for backbone and building pathways (see figure 3). TRs and TEs may also contain
cabling used for cross-connections. The horizontal cross-connect (HC; Distributor A) is located
in a TR or TE. The main cross-connect (MC; Distributor C) and intermediate cross-connects (IC;
Distributor B) may also be located in a TR. The TR and any TE should be located on the same
floor as the work areas served.
8.2 Design
8.2.1.1 General
The telecommunications room shall meet the requirements for a distributor room in
ANSI/TIA-569-D with additional requirements, exceptions and allowances as specified in 8.2.1.2
and 8.2.1.3.
Figure 7 shows a typical telecommunications room floor plan.
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8.2.1.2 Size
Based on one work area per 10 m2 (100 ft2), the telecommunications room should be sized per
table 3, which provides minimum acceptable room dimensions based on the area served up to
and not exceeding 1000 m2 (10 000 ft2). If it is expected that the size of work areas will be
smaller than 10 m2 (100 ft2) or if it is expected that the number of outlets per work area will ex-
ceed two, the size should be increased accordingly.
NOTE – If it is expected that the density of service areas will be higher, or the
number of supported services is higher (e.g. WAP, BAS, DAS), then the size
should be increased accordingly.
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8.2.1.3 Quantity
There shall be a minimum of one telecommunications room per floor. Additional rooms (one for
each area up to 1000 m2 (10 000 ft2)) should be provided when:
a) the floor area to be served exceeds 1000 m2 (10 000 ft2); or
b) the horizontal distribution distance to the work area exceeds 90 m (295 ft).
ronments like entrance lobbies, or historic buildings where the construction of a TR is not per-
mitted.
8.3 Functions
A TR or TE houses the terminations of horizontal and backbone cables to connecting hardware.
The cross connection of horizontal and backbone cable terminations using jumpers or patch
cords allows flexible connectivity when extending various services to telecommunications out-
let/connectors. Connecting hardware, jumpers, and patch cords used for this purpose are col-
lectively referred to as “horizontal cross-connects.”
TRs house the grounding and bonding facilities and may house protective devices.
TRs may also contain the IC or the MC for different portions of the backbone cabling system.
Sometimes tie cabling between distributors in two TRs or TEs is used to connect these together
in a ring, bus, or tree configuration, as described in 5.4.2.
The TR or TE provides for the administration and routing of the equipment cords from the HC to
the telecommunications equipment. In some cases, the demarcation point and associated pro-
tection apparatus may be located in a TR.
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9.1 General
Backbone cabling is the portion of the commercial building telecommunications cabling system,
excluding equipment cords, that provides interconnections between entrance facilities (EFs),
access provider (AP) spaces, service provider (SP) spaces, common equipment rooms (CERs),
common telecommunications rooms (CTRs), equipment rooms (ERs), telecommunications
rooms (TRs) and telecommunications enclosures (TEs). As such, the backbone cabling shall
meet the requirements of ANSI/TIA-568.0-D Cabling Subsystem 2 and Cabling Subsystem 3.
Backbone cabling consists of the backbone cables, intermediate and main cross connects (ICs
and MCs) (see figure 4), mechanical terminations, and patch cords or jumpers used for back-
bone to backbone cross connection. The pathways and spaces to support backbone cabling
shall be designed and installed in accordance with the requirements of ANSI/TIA-569-D.
The cabling should be planned to accommodate future equipment needs, diverse user applica-
tions, ongoing maintenance, service changes, and relocation.
9.2 Length
To minimize cabling distances, it is often advantageous to locate the MC near the center of the
commercial premises. Cabling installations may be divided into areas, each of which can be
supported by backbone cabling within the scope of this Standard.
Cabling lengths are dependent upon the application and upon the specific media chosen (see
ANSI/TIA-568.0-D and the specific application standard). The backbone length includes the
backbone cable, patch cords and cross-connect jumpers. Applicable balanced twisted-pair de-
rating factors (see ANSI/TIA-568-C.2) for cross-connect jumpers and cords shall be taken into
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account.
The length of the cross-connect jumpers and patch cords in the MC or IC should not exceed
20 m (66 ft).
The length of the cord used to connect telecommunications equipment directly to the MC or IC
should not exceed 30 m (98 ft).
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10.1 General
Horizontal cabling (see figure 8) includes horizontal cable, telecommunications out-
let/connectors in the work area (WA), mechanical terminations and patch cords or jumpers lo-
cated in a telecommunications room (TR) or telecommunications enclosure (TE), and may in-
corporate multi user telecommunications outlet assemblies (MUTOAs) and consolidation points
(CPs). The pathways and spaces to support horizontal cabling shall be designed and installed in
accordance with the requirements of ANSI/TIA-569-D.
Some networks or services require applications-specific electrical components (such as imped-
ance matching devices). These application specific electrical components shall not be installed
as part of the horizontal cabling. When needed, such electrical components shall be placed ex-
ternal to the telecommunications outlet/connector. Keeping application specific components ex-
ternal to the telecommunications outlet/connector will facilitate the use of the horizontal cabling
for varying network and service requirements.
A minimum of two permanent links shall be provided for each work area. The cabling should be
planned to accommodate future equipment needs, diverse user applications, ongoing mainte-
nance, relocation and service changes. Indeed, horizontal cabling is often less accessible than
backbone cabling and adding or changing horizontal cabling may cause disruption to occupants
and their work once the building walls and ceilings are closed after the initial installation. The
time, effort, and skills required for these subsequent changes are significant and make the
choice and design layout of the horizontal cabling very important to the building occupants and
to the maintenance of the telecommunications infrastructure. Therefore, it is incumbent on the
designer to accommodate user needs and to reduce or eliminate the probability of requiring
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Legend:
TO Telecommunications outlet
WA Work area
TO HC Horizontal cross-connect
CP Consolidation point
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10.2 Length
The horizontal cabling extends from the termination of the media at the HC in the TR or, when
used, the TE to the telecommunications outlet/connector or multi-user telecommunications out-
let assembly in the work area. The maximum horizontal cabling length shall be 90 m (295 ft),
independent of media type. Where a MUTOA is deployed, the maximum horizontal balanced
twisted-pair copper cable length shall be reduced in accordance with ANSI/TIA-568.0-D. See
ANSI/TIA-568.0-D for information on cross-connect jumper and patch cord length.
NOTES:
1. In establishing the maximum distance for each horizontal channel, an allow-
ance was made for 5 m (16 ft) from the telecommunications outlet/connector
to the WA equipment.
2. The horizontal cabling length is limited to 90 m (295 ft) to provide a common
framework for the design of commercial buildings to support application-
independent telecommunications infrastructure
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11 WORK AREA
11.1 General
The work area (WA) components extend from the telecommunications outlet/connector end of
the horizontal cabling system to the WA equipment. The telecommunications outlet/connector
shall meet the requirements of 10.1.
11.3.1 General
Telecommunications outlet spaces shall meet the requirements for equipment outlet spaces in
ANSI/TIA-569-D.
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strain relief, terminations, and anticipated horizontal cable slack storage. The MUTOA shall be
mounted in such a way that it does not obstruct the intended pathway cabling capacity.
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12.1 General
Multi-tenant building spaces include the common equipment room and common telecommunica-
tions room (see figure 9).
12.3.1 General
The common equipment room (CER) shall meet the requirements for a common distributor
room in ANSI/TIA-569-D and the requirements for an equipment room in 8.2 with additional re-
quirements, exceptions and allowances as specified in 12.3.2 through 12.3.5.
12.3.2 Location
Efficiencies can be gained through establishment of space to support functions of access pro-
viders, service providers and CER in one contiguous space. The CER location should be se-
lected so that the room may be expanded. The CER shall be located as close as practicable to
the location where the building pathways rise throughout the building to the common telecom-
munications rooms (CTRs), thereby reducing the length of the associated pathways. The CER
shall be accessible through common-use corridors.
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12.3.3 Pathways
Adequate pathways should be provided between access provider spaces and the CER, and be-
tween service provider spaces and the CER. Adequate pathways should also be provided from
the CER to any CTRs, and from the CER to equipment rooms as appropriate (e.g., where by-
pass is contemplated; see ANSI/TIA-569-D). Common building pathways typically include cable
tray, sleeves and conduit.
12.3.4 Size
Buildings with gross area of 50 000 m2 (500 000 ft2) or less should allocate a minimum of 12 m2
(120 ft2) of floor space for the CER. Buildings with gross area greater than 50 000 m2 (500 000
ft2) should adjust the CER area upward in minimum increments of 1 m2 (10 ft2) for every in-
crease of 10 000 m2 (100 000 ft2) in gross building area. The room width should not be less
than 3 m (10 ft) internal dimension.
12.3.5 Quantity
It may be appropriate to employ more than one CER in a building, as in the case of buildings
that exceed ten floors in height, and in buildings that are served by both wireline and wireless
access providers and service providers.
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Building core
Access
Pro vide r Ser vice Provider Spa ce Common
Spa ce Equipment
Room
Tenant 1
Tenant 2
Tenant 3
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Legend
Telecommunications outlet
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17 TELECOMMUNICATIONS PATHWAYS
Pathways shall meet the requirements of ANSI/TIA-569-D.
18 FIRESTOPPING
Firestopping shall be in accordance with ANSI/TIA-569-D.
19 ADMINISTRATION
Administration shall meet the requirements of ANSI/TIA-606-B.
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