Designing a Structured Cabling System to ISO 11801 Second edition: Cross-referenced to European CENE

This book is a practical design manual for structured cabling and explains the terminology and physics behind the relevant standards, what the applicable standards are, how they fit together and where to obtain them.

Designing a structured cabling system to ISO 11801 2nd edition is the first book to give a commentary on the latest design standard for structured cabling: ISO 11801: Information Technology – generic cabling for customer premises, 2nd edition 2002

Anyone using this book will be able to read and understand this new version of the standard and all the other relevant standards and relate their requirements to the manufacturers' data sheets and their, frequently conflicting, claims. It provides clear and effective answers to the problems raised by the need to design, procure, install and text a modern cabling system, using both copper and optical fibre cable technology.

The book not only offers a step-by-step guide through the new standard but also cross references all other relevant International, European and American standards including EN 50174 (Europe) and ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B (USA).

This book is intended as a resource for IT managers, consultants, cable installation engineers and system designers who need to understand the technology of cabling systems and the vast panoply of standards that regulate them.

• A practical design manual for structured cabling using both copper and optical fibre cable technology
•Comprehensive guide to the design recommendations of ISO/IEC 11801: Information Technology – generic cabling for customer premises, 2nd edition 2002
•Essential for IT managers, consultants, cable installation engineers and system designers needing to design, procure, install and test modern cabling systems
•Also covers the other major applicable standards – EN 50173 (Europe) and TIA/EIA 568B (USA)

Preface
List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : First Pick Your Standards
Chapter 3 : Topology or Architecture of Structured Cabling Systems
Chapter 4 : Building Blocks of Structured Cabling Systems
Chapter 5 : Ensuring Enough Bandwidth for Today and Tomorrow
Chapter 6 : The Screened Versus Unscreened Debate
Chapter 7 : Fire Performance of Indoor Cables
Chapter 8 : Pathways and Spaces
Chapter 9 : Earthing, Grounding and Bonding
Chapter 10 : Administration Schemes
Chapter 11 : Testing
Chapter 12 : Step-by-step Guide to Designing A Structured Cabling System
Chapter 13 : Example Specification and Design

Appendices
A : List of Relevant Standards
B : Contact Addresses for Standards Organisations and Other Interested Bodies
Index