FOREWORD Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling
Standard
1 INTRODUCTION
   1.1 Purpose
   1.2 Related Standards
   1.3 Specification of Criteria
   1.4 Telecommunications Cabling System Structure
2 SCOPE
   2.1 Normative References
3 DEFINITIONS, ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS
   3.1 Definitions
   3.2 Acronyms and Abbreviations
4 HORIZONTAL CABLING
   4.1 General
   4.2 Topology
   4.3 Horizontal Distances
   4.4 Recognized Cables
   4.5 Choosing Media
   4.6 Cabling Installation Practices
   4.7 Grounding Considerations
5 BACKBONE CABLING
   5.1 General
   5.2 Topology
   5.3 Recognized Cables
   5.4 Choosing Media
   5.5 Backbone Cabling Distances
   5.6 Cabling Installation Practices
   5.7 Grounding Considerations
6 WORK AREA
7 TELECOMMUNICATIONS CLOSETS
   7.1 General
   7.2 Design
   7.3 Functions
   7.4 Cabling Practices
8 EQUIPMENT ROOMS
   8.1 General
   8.2 Design
   8.3 Functions
   8.4 Cabling Practices
9 ENTRANCE FACILITIES
   9.1 General
   9.2 Design
   9.3 Functions
10 100 {ohm} UNSHIELDED TWISTED-PAIR (UTP) CABLING SYSTEMS
   10.1 General
   10.2 Horizontal UTP Cable
   10.3 Backbone UTP Cabling
   10.5 5 UTP Patch Cords and Cross-Connect Jumpers
   10.6 UTP Installation Practices
11 150 {ohm} SHIELDED TWISTED-PAIR CABLING SYSTEMS
   11.1 General
   11.2 Horizontal 150 {ohm} STP-A Cable
   11.3 Backbone STP-A Cable
   11.4 Connecting Hardware for STP-A Cable
   11.5 150 {ohm} STP-A Patch Cable
   11.6 Cabling Practices
12 OPTICAL FIBER CABLING SYSTEMS
   12.1 General
   12.2 Horizontal 62.51125 wm Optical Fiber Cable
   12.3 Backbone Optical Fiber Cable
   12.4 Connecting Hardware for Optical Fiber Cable
   12.5 Optical Fiber Patch Cords
   12.6 Optical Fiber Splices
   12.7 Cabling Practices
13 HYBRID AND UNDERCARPET CABLES
   13.1 Hybrid Cables
   13.2 Undercarpet Cables
Annex A (normative) Reliability Testing of Connecting
        Hardware Used For 100 {ohm} UTP Cabling
      A.1 General
      A.2 Contact Resistance Measurement
      A.3 Insulation Resistance
      A.4 Durability
      A.5 Vibration
      A.6 Stress Relaxation
      A.7 Thermal Shock
      A.8 Humidity/Temperature Cycle
      A.9 Other Testing
Annex B (normative) Transmission Testing of Connecting
        Hardware Used for 100 {ohm} UTP Cabling
      B.1 General
      B.2 Test Set-up and Apparatus
      B.3 Test Method
      B.4 Measurement Precautions
      B.5 Termination Procedure and Set-up Verification
          for Modular Jack and Plug Testing
Annex C (normative) Transmission Testing of Connecting
        Hardware for 150 {ohm} STP-A Cables
      C.1 Test Methods
Annex D (informative) Shared Sheath Guidelines for
        Multipair UTP Cables
      D.1 General
      D.2 Shared Sheath Guidelines
Annex E (informative) Unshielded Twisted-Pair (UTP)
        Channel Performance
      E.1 General
      E.2 Channel
      E.3 Applicability
      E.4 Channel Performance Parameters
Annex F (informative) Migration Paths for Optical Fiber
        Connections
      F.1 General
      F.2 Migration Paths
Annex G (informative) Other Cable Specifications
      G.1 General
      G.2 Horizontal Cabling
      G.3 Backbone Cabling
Annex H (informative) Optical Fiber Link Performance
        Testing
      H.1 General
      H.2 Link Segment
      H.3 Link Segment Performance
Annex J (informative) Bandwidth Considerations
      J.1 General
      J.2 Sinusoidal Signals
      J.3 Digital Signals
      J.4 UTP Channel Performance
Annex K (informative) Bibliography