BICSI Cable and Wire

CABLE & WIRE Designing
For Campus Networking

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April 1998
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Prepared By Vern Bouwman RCDD – Retired
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PREFACE

Facilities should support "TIA/EIA Telecommunications Building wiring Standards".
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) was formed in 1988 out of the Electronic Industries Association (EIA). The TIA was accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1992 and is recommended by the National Electric Code (NEC) as an example for good industry practices.

These standards should be adopted to reduce long-term building operation costs while providing an infrastructure that is adaptable to change.
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STANDARDS
Cable and Wire Standards should be set by a committee of Registered Communication Distribution Designers (RCCD). They need meet on a set interval to review proposed Standard Changes.

An RCDD attains this professional standing through the Building Industry Consulting Services International (BICSI) organization by successfully completing the BICSI registration and examination requirements. An RCCD must continue his or her education with at least 45 hours of job related training every 3 years or retake the examination.

Following is a list of Standards and Procedures available to Cable & Wire Designers.

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Published Standards......see full BICSI....LIST

568-A, ANSI/TIA/EIA	Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard (October 1995)
569, ANSI/EIA/TIA	Commercial Building Standards for Telecommunications Pathways and spaces (October 1990).
570, ANSI/EIA/TIA	Residential and Light commercial Telecommunications Wiring Standard (June 1991).
606, ANS/TIA/EIA	The Administrations Standard for the Telecommunications Infrastructure of Commercial Building (February 1993).
607, ANSI/TIA/EIA	Commercial Building Grounding and Bonding Requirements for Telecommunications (August 1994).Technical Systems Bulletins, also available to the Cable & Wire designers, are:
TSB-67, TIA/EIA	Transmission Performance Specifications for Field Testing of Unshielded Twisted Pair Cabling systems – Draft (September 1995).
TSB-72, TIA/EIA	Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling Guidelines – Draft (September 1995)
TSB-75,TIA/EIA	Additional Horizontal Cabling Practices for Open Offices – Draft (June 1996)

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MEDIA

Segments that make up the physical cable and hardware used to transmit Telephone, Data and Video services over.

Media Design is divided into five disciplines:

1. Campus – Inter-building Backbone
2. Building Backbone
3. Horizontal Distribution
4. Distribution to Workstation

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RECORDS and DRAWINGS...................Coding

BCA	Backbone Cable – Large Fiber/Copper telecommunications type cables used to transport electronic circuits between buildings and TC’s.
CP	Communication Pole – A pole providing a path for SW from the ceiling area down to the WS. The pole may also house the IO’s.
ER	Equipment Room – The room where electronic circuits originate or are modified, the room containing equipment racks, trays and wall fields.
FP	Furniture Panel – A panel used to provide partitioning between WS’s. This panel provides a path for SW as well as mounting supports for IO’s.
HC	Horizontal Cable (i.e. Distribution Cable) – Fiber/Copper telecommunications media made up of grouped strands or wire enclosed within a sheath, used to transport electronic circuits from TC’s to the WS.
HP	Horizontal Pathway - A conduit or cable tray(plastic or metal), necessary to support Horizontal Fiber/Copper cables and wire.
IO	Information Outlet – Commonly known as a jack or RJ45, where the base cord of a telephone or computer is plugged into.
LEC	Local Exchange Carrier – Other telecommunications companies that serve Boeing.
MH/HH	Manhole or Handhole – An underground enclosure, interconnected with tunnels or conduit, necessary to house telecommunications cables and/or devices used to support changes in telecommunications cables.
PP	Patch Panel – A frame for mounting circuit connectors
PROT	Protection Hardware – A device used to isolate foreign electrical current.
RD	Record Drawing – As built record that graphically documents and illustrates the installed telecommunications infrastructure in a building or portion thereof.
RK	Rack – A frame for mounting Electronics and PP’s.
SC	Splice Case – Enclosure for splicing BCA.
SW	Station Wire – The wire(UTP/ScTP) or fiber drop used to transmit electronic circuits from the TC to the WS.
TBB	Telecommunications Bonding Backbone - A large bonding conductor extending from the TMGB, out to building TGB’s.
TMGB	Telecommunication Main Grounding Busbar – A large connection base at the building entrance bonded to the Grounding Electrode System on the inbound neutral side of the electrical power system.
TP	Transition Point – A cabinet located close to WS’s, housing termination hardware, providing a break point for home run SW(UTP, ScTP or Fiber) between the TC and the WS. (This unit replaces the widely used "WC" cross connect cabinet).
UC	Underground Conduit – A conduit (plastic or metal), necessary to support Fiber/Copper cables.
UD	Utilidor – An underground tunnel used to support all types of facilities.
WF	Wall Field – A surface used to mount TH.
WS	Work Station – The location each circuit terminates and is utilized by a working employee.

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