1 - AS/NZS 3080(Int):2002 TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS-GENERIC CABLING FOR COMMERCIAL PREMISES
4 - PREFACE
5 - CONTENTS
13 - 1 Scope
13 - 2 Normative references
16 - 3 Definitions, abbreviations and symbols
16 - 3.1 Definitions
16 - 3.1.1 administration
16 - 3.1.2 application
16 - 3.1.3 attenuation
16 - 3.1.4 balanced cable
16 - 3.1.5 building backbone cable
16 - 3.1.6 building distributor
16 - 3.1.7 building entrance facility
16 - 3.1.8 cable
16 - 3.1.9 cable element
16 - 3.1.10 cable unit
17 - 3.1.11 cabling
17 - 3.1.12 campus
17 - 3.1.13 campus backbone cable
17 - 3.1.14 campus distributor
17 - 3.1.15 channel
17 - 3.1.16 centralised optical fibre cabling
17 - 3.1.17 connecting hardware
17 - 3.1.18 connection
17 - 3.1.19 consolidation point (CP)
17 - 3.1.20 cord
17 - 3.1.21 coupling attenuation
18 - 3.1.22 CP cable
18 - 3.1.23 CP link
18 - 3.1.24 cross-connect
18 - 3.1.25 distributor
18 - 3.1.26 equipment cord
18 - 3.1.27 equipment room
18 - 3.1.28 external network interface
18 - 3.1.29 fixed horizontal cable
18 - 3.1.30 floor distributor
18 - 3.1.31 generic cabling
18 - 3.1.32 horizontal cable
19 - 3.1.33 hybrid cable
19 - 3.1.34 individual work area
19 - 3.1.35 insertion loss
19 - 3.1.36 insertion loss deviation
19 - 3.1.37 interconnect
19 - 3.1.38 interface
19 - 3.1.39 jumper
19 - 3.1.40 keying
19 - 3.1.41 link
19 - 3.1.42 longitudinal conversion loss
19 - 3.1.43 longitudinal conversion transfer loss
20 - 3.1.44 multi-user telecommunications outlet assembly:
20 - 3.1.45 optical fibre cable (or optical cable)
20 - 3.1.46 optical fibre duplex adapter
20 - 3.1.47 optical fibre duplex connector
20 - 3.1.48 overfilled launch
20 - 3.1.49 pair
20 - 3.1.50 patch cord
20 - 3.1.51 patch panel
20 - 3.1.52 permanent link
20 - 3.1.53 quad
20 - 3.1.54 screened balanced cable
20 - 3.1.55 side circuit
21 - 3.1.56 small form factor connector
21 - 3.1.57 splice
21 - 3.1.58 telecommunications
21 - 3.1.59 telecommunications room
21 - 3.1.60 telecommunications outlet
21 - 3.1.61 transverse conversion loss
21 - 3.1.62 twisted pair
21 - 3.1.63 unscreened balanced cable
21 - 3.1.64 work area
21 - 3.1.65 work area cord
22 - 3.2 Abbreviations
23 - 3.3 Symbols
23 - 3.3.1 Variables
24 - 3.3.2 Indices
25 - 4 Conformance
26 - 5 Structure of the generic cabling system
26 - 5.1 General
26 - 5.2 Functional elements
26 - 5.3 Cabling subsystems
26 - 5.3.1 General
27 - 5.3.2 Campus backbone cabling subsystem
27 - 5.3.3 Building backbone cabling subsystem
27 - 5.3.4 Horizontal cabling subsystem
28 - 5.3.5 Design objectives
28 - 5.4 Interconnection of subsystems
28 - 5.4.1 General
29 - 5.4.2 Centralised cabling architecture
29 - 5.5 Accommodation of functional elements
30 - 5.6 Interfaces
30 - 5.6.1 Equipment interfaces and test interfaces
31 - 5.6.2 Channel and permanent link
31 - 5.6.3 External network interface
31 - 5.7 Dimensioning and configuring
31 - 5.7.1 Distributors
34 - 5.7.2 Cables
34 - 5.7.3 Work area cords and equipment cords
34 - 5.7.4 Patch cords and jumpers
35 - 5.7.5 Telecommunications outlet (TO)
36 - 5.7.6 Consolidation point
36 - 5.7.7 Telecommunications rooms and equipment rooms
36 - 5.7.8 Building entrance facilities
36 - 5.7.9 External services cabling
37 - 6 Performance of balanced cabling
37 - 6.1 General
38 - 6.2 Layout
39 - 6.3 Classification of balanced cabling
39 - 6.4 Balanced cabling performance
39 - 6.4.1 General
39 - 6.4.2 Return loss
40 - 6.4.3 Insertion loss / attenuation
41 - 6.4.4 NEXT
43 - 6.4.5 Attenuation to crosstalk ratio (ACR)
45 - 6.4.6 ELFEXT
46 - 6.4.7 Direct current (d.c.) loop resistance
47 - 6.4.8 Direct current (d.c.) resistance unbalance
47 - 6.4.9 Current carrying capacity
47 - 6.4.10 Operating voltage
47 - 6.4.11 Power capacity
47 - 6.4.12 Propagation delay
48 - 6.4.13 Delay skew
48 - 6.4.14 Unbalance attenuation
49 - 6.4.15 Coupling attenuation
50 - 7 Reference implementations for balanced cabling
50 - 7.1 General
50 - 7.2 Balanced cabling
50 - 7.2.1 General
50 - 7.2.2 Horizontal cabling
53 - 7.2.3 Backbone cabling
54 - 8 Performance of optical fibre cabling
54 - 8.1 General
54 - 8.2 Component choice
55 - 8.3 Channel attenuation
55 - 8.4 Channel topology
56 - 8.5 Propagation delay
57 - 9 Cable requirements
57 - 9.1 General
57 - 9.2 Balanced cables
57 - 9.2.1 Basic performance requirements
57 - 9.2.2 Additional requirements
58 - 9.2.3 Additional performance requirements for flexible cables
59 - 9.3 Additional crosstalk considerations for cable sharing in balanced cables
59 - 9.3.1 General
59 - 9.3.2 Power summation in backbone cables
59 - 9.3.3 Hybrid, multi-unit and cables connected to more than one TO
59 - 9.4 Optical fibre cables
59 - 9.4.1 Optical fibre types
60 - 9.4.2 Generic performance requirements
60 - 9.4.3 Multimode optical fibre cable
61 - 9.4.4 Singlemode optical fibre cables
61 - 10 Connecting hardware requirements
61 - 10.1 General requirements
61 - 10.1.1 Applicability
61 - 10.1.2 Location
62 - 10.1.3 Design
62 - 10.1.4 Operating environment
62 - 10.1.5 Mounting
62 - 10.1.6 Installation practices
62 - 10.1.7 Marking and colour coding
63 - 10.2 Connecting hardware for balanced cabling
63 - 10.2.1 General requirements
63 - 10.2.2 Performance marking
63 - 10.2.3 Mechanical characteristics
65 - 10.2.4 Electrical characteristics
71 - 10.2.5 Telecommunications outlet requirements
72 - 10.2.6 Design considerations for installation
72 - 10.3 Optical fibre connecting hardware
72 - 10.3.1 General requirements
72 - 10.3.2 Marking and colour coding
73 - 10.3.3 Mechanical and optical characteristics
73 - 10.3.4 Telecommunications outlet requirements
73 - 10.3.5 Connection schemes for optical fibre cabling
75 - 11 Screening practices
75 - 11.1 General
75 - 11.2 Electromagnetic performance
76 - 11.3 Earthing
76 - 12 Administration
76 - 13 Balanced cords
76 - 13.1 Introduction
76 - 13.2 Insertion loss.
77 - 13.3 Return loss
77 - 13.4 NEXT
79 - Annex A - Balanced permanent link and CP link performance
79 - A.1 General
79 - A.2 Performance
91 - Annex B - Test procedures
91 - B.1 General
91 - B.2 Channel and link performance testing
92 - B.3 Transmission testing of cords for balanced cabling
92 - B.4 Transmission testing of components for cabling
94 - Annex C - Mechanical and environmental performance testing of connecting hardware for balanced cabling
94 - C.1 Introduction
94 - C.2 Test requirements
99 - Annex D - Electromagnetic characteristics
100 - Annex E - Acronyms for balanced cables
102 - Annex F - Supported applications
102 - F.1 Supported applications for balanced cabling
104 - F.2 Supported applications for optical fibre cabling
108 - Annex G - Channel and permanent link models for balanced cabling
108 - G.1 General
108 - G.2 Insertion loss
110 - G.3 NEXT
114 - G.4 ELFEXT
115 - G.5 Return loss
118 - Annex H - Class F channel and permanent link with two connections
119 - Annex I - Changes to balanced cabling requirements from earlier editions of this International Standard
119 - I.1 General
119 - I.2 References
119 - I.3 Structural elements
119 - I.4 Product designation
119 - I.5 Component requirements
120 - I.6 Installed cabling requirements
125 - Bibliographical references
129 - Annex ZA - Additional relevant information for Australia and New Zealand
129 - ZA.1 Communications cabling Standards and regulations
132 - ZA.2 Telecommunications outlets-Naming and Pair Assignments
133 - ZA.3 Segregation of power and telecommunications cables
133 - ZA.4 Referenced documents for Annex ZA