AS/NZS 3080(Int):2002
Telecommunications installations - Generic cabling for commercial premises
Provides building owners, managers, architects, designers, manufacturers, installers, maintainers and users with requirements to ensure compatibility with equipment and services and to ensure performance of infrastructure to meet present and foreseeable future requirements. This Interim Standard is identical with and has been reproducted from ISO/IEC JTC/1SC25 N 780:2002.
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AS/NZS 3080(Int):2002 TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS-GENERIC CABLING FOR COMMERCIAL PREMISES
PREFACE
CONTENTS
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions, abbreviations and symbols
3.1 Definitions
3.1.1 administration
3.1.2 application
3.1.3 attenuation
3.1.4 balanced cable
3.1.5 building backbone cable
3.1.6 building distributor
3.1.7 building entrance facility
3.1.8 cable
3.1.9 cable element
3.1.10 cable unit
3.1.11 cabling
3.1.12 campus
3.1.13 campus backbone cable
3.1.14 campus distributor
3.1.15 channel
3.1.16 centralised optical fibre cabling
3.1.17 connecting hardware
3.1.18 connection
3.1.19 consolidation point (CP)
3.1.20 cord
3.1.21 coupling attenuation
3.1.22 CP cable
3.1.23 CP link
3.1.24 cross-connect
3.1.25 distributor
3.1.26 equipment cord
3.1.27 equipment room
3.1.28 external network interface
3.1.29 fixed horizontal cable
3.1.30 floor distributor
3.1.31 generic cabling
3.1.32 horizontal cable
3.1.33 hybrid cable
3.1.34 individual work area
3.1.35 insertion loss
3.1.36 insertion loss deviation
3.1.37 interconnect
3.1.38 interface
3.1.39 jumper
3.1.40 keying
3.1.41 link
3.1.42 longitudinal conversion loss
3.1.43 longitudinal conversion transfer loss
3.1.44 multi-user telecommunications outlet assembly:
3.1.45 optical fibre cable (or optical cable)
3.1.46 optical fibre duplex adapter
3.1.47 optical fibre duplex connector
3.1.48 overfilled launch
3.1.49 pair
3.1.50 patch cord
3.1.51 patch panel
3.1.52 permanent link
3.1.53 quad
3.1.54 screened balanced cable
3.1.55 side circuit
3.1.56 small form factor connector
3.1.57 splice
3.1.58 telecommunications
3.1.59 telecommunications room
3.1.60 telecommunications outlet
3.1.61 transverse conversion loss
3.1.62 twisted pair
3.1.63 unscreened balanced cable
3.1.64 work area
3.1.65 work area cord
3.2 Abbreviations
3.3 Symbols
3.3.1 Variables
3.3.2 Indices
4 Conformance
5 Structure of the generic cabling system
5.1 General
5.2 Functional elements
5.3 Cabling subsystems
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Campus backbone cabling subsystem
5.3.3 Building backbone cabling subsystem
5.3.4 Horizontal cabling subsystem
5.3.5 Design objectives
5.4 Interconnection of subsystems
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Centralised cabling architecture
5.5 Accommodation of functional elements
5.6 Interfaces
5.6.1 Equipment interfaces and test interfaces
5.6.2 Channel and permanent link
5.6.3 External network interface
5.7 Dimensioning and configuring
5.7.1 Distributors
5.7.2 Cables
5.7.3 Work area cords and equipment cords
5.7.4 Patch cords and jumpers
5.7.5 Telecommunications outlet (TO)
5.7.6 Consolidation point
5.7.7 Telecommunications rooms and equipment rooms
5.7.8 Building entrance facilities
5.7.9 External services cabling
6 Performance of balanced cabling
6.1 General
6.2 Layout
6.3 Classification of balanced cabling
6.4 Balanced cabling performance
6.4.1 General
6.4.2 Return loss
6.4.3 Insertion loss / attenuation
6.4.4 NEXT
6.4.5 Attenuation to crosstalk ratio (ACR)
6.4.6 ELFEXT
6.4.7 Direct current (d.c.) loop resistance
6.4.8 Direct current (d.c.) resistance unbalance
6.4.9 Current carrying capacity
6.4.10 Operating voltage
6.4.11 Power capacity
6.4.12 Propagation delay
6.4.13 Delay skew
6.4.14 Unbalance attenuation
6.4.15 Coupling attenuation
7 Reference implementations for balanced cabling
7.1 General
7.2 Balanced cabling
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Horizontal cabling
7.2.3 Backbone cabling
8 Performance of optical fibre cabling
8.1 General
8.2 Component choice
8.3 Channel attenuation
8.4 Channel topology
8.5 Propagation delay
9 Cable requirements
9.1 General
9.2 Balanced cables
9.2.1 Basic performance requirements
9.2.2 Additional requirements
9.2.3 Additional performance requirements for flexible cables
9.3 Additional crosstalk considerations for cable sharing in balanced cables
9.3.1 General
9.3.2 Power summation in backbone cables
9.3.3 Hybrid, multi-unit and cables connected to more than one TO
9.4 Optical fibre cables
9.4.1 Optical fibre types
9.4.2 Generic performance requirements
9.4.3 Multimode optical fibre cable
9.4.4 Singlemode optical fibre cables
10 Connecting hardware requirements
10.1 General requirements
10.1.1 Applicability
10.1.2 Location
10.1.3 Design
10.1.4 Operating environment
10.1.5 Mounting
10.1.6 Installation practices
10.1.7 Marking and colour coding
10.2 Connecting hardware for balanced cabling
10.2.1 General requirements
10.2.2 Performance marking
10.2.3 Mechanical characteristics
10.2.4 Electrical characteristics
10.2.5 Telecommunications outlet requirements
10.2.6 Design considerations for installation
10.3 Optical fibre connecting hardware
10.3.1 General requirements
10.3.2 Marking and colour coding
10.3.3 Mechanical and optical characteristics
10.3.4 Telecommunications outlet requirements
10.3.5 Connection schemes for optical fibre cabling
11 Screening practices
11.1 General
11.2 Electromagnetic performance
11.3 Earthing
12 Administration
13 Balanced cords
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Insertion loss.
13.3 Return loss
13.4 NEXT
Annex A - Balanced permanent link and CP link performance
A.1 General
A.2 Performance
Annex B - Test procedures
B.1 General
B.2 Channel and link performance testing
B.3 Transmission testing of cords for balanced cabling
B.4 Transmission testing of components for cabling
Annex C - Mechanical and environmental performance testing of connecting hardware for balanced cabling
C.1 Introduction
C.2 Test requirements
Annex D - Electromagnetic characteristics
Annex E - Acronyms for balanced cables
Annex F - Supported applications
F.1 Supported applications for balanced cabling
F.2 Supported applications for optical fibre cabling
Annex G - Channel and permanent link models for balanced cabling
G.1 General
G.2 Insertion loss
G.3 NEXT
G.4 ELFEXT
G.5 Return loss
Annex H - Class F channel and permanent link with two connections
Annex I - Changes to balanced cabling requirements from earlier editions of this International Standard
I.1 General
I.2 References
I.3 Structural elements
I.4 Product designation
I.5 Component requirements
I.6 Installed cabling requirements
Bibliographical references
Annex ZA - Additional relevant information for Australia and New Zealand
ZA.1 Communications cabling Standards and regulations
ZA.2 Telecommunications outlets-Naming and Pair Assignments
ZA.3 Segregation of power and telecommunications cables
ZA.4 Referenced documents for Annex ZA
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AS/NZS 3080(Int):2002 TELECOMMUNICATIONS INSTALLATIONS-GENERIC CABLING FOR COMMERCIAL PREMISES
PREFACE
CONTENTS
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions, abbreviations and symbols
3.1 Definitions
3.1.1 administration
3.1.2 application
3.1.3 attenuation
3.1.4 balanced cable
3.1.5 building backbone cable
3.1.6 building distributor
3.1.7 building entrance facility
3.1.8 cable
3.1.9 cable element
3.1.10 cable unit
3.1.11 cabling
3.1.12 campus
3.1.13 campus backbone cable
3.1.14 campus distributor
3.1.15 channel
3.1.16 centralised optical fibre cabling
3.1.17 connecting hardware
3.1.18 connection
3.1.19 consolidation point (CP)
3.1.20 cord
3.1.21 coupling attenuation
3.1.22 CP cable
3.1.23 CP link
3.1.24 cross-connect
3.1.25 distributor
3.1.26 equipment cord
3.1.27 equipment room
3.1.28 external network interface
3.1.29 fixed horizontal cable
3.1.30 floor distributor
3.1.31 generic cabling
3.1.32 horizontal cable
3.1.33 hybrid cable
3.1.34 individual work area
3.1.35 insertion loss
3.1.36 insertion loss deviation
3.1.37 interconnect
3.1.38 interface
3.1.39 jumper
3.1.40 keying
3.1.41 link
3.1.42 longitudinal conversion loss
3.1.43 longitudinal conversion transfer loss
3.1.44 multi-user telecommunications outlet assembly:
3.1.45 optical fibre cable (or optical cable)
3.1.46 optical fibre duplex adapter
3.1.47 optical fibre duplex connector
3.1.48 overfilled launch
3.1.49 pair
3.1.50 patch cord
3.1.51 patch panel
3.1.52 permanent link
3.1.53 quad
3.1.54 screened balanced cable
3.1.55 side circuit
3.1.56 small form factor connector
3.1.57 splice
3.1.58 telecommunications
3.1.59 telecommunications room
3.1.60 telecommunications outlet
3.1.61 transverse conversion loss
3.1.62 twisted pair
3.1.63 unscreened balanced cable
3.1.64 work area
3.1.65 work area cord
3.2 Abbreviations
3.3 Symbols
3.3.1 Variables
3.3.2 Indices
4 Conformance
5 Structure of the generic cabling system
5.1 General
5.2 Functional elements
5.3 Cabling subsystems
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Campus backbone cabling subsystem
5.3.3 Building backbone cabling subsystem
5.3.4 Horizontal cabling subsystem
5.3.5 Design objectives
5.4 Interconnection of subsystems
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Centralised cabling architecture
5.5 Accommodation of functional elements
5.6 Interfaces
5.6.1 Equipment interfaces and test interfaces
5.6.2 Channel and permanent link
5.6.3 External network interface
5.7 Dimensioning and configuring
5.7.1 Distributors
5.7.2 Cables
5.7.3 Work area cords and equipment cords
5.7.4 Patch cords and jumpers
5.7.5 Telecommunications outlet (TO)
5.7.6 Consolidation point
5.7.7 Telecommunications rooms and equipment rooms
5.7.8 Building entrance facilities
5.7.9 External services cabling
6 Performance of balanced cabling
6.1 General
6.2 Layout
6.3 Classification of balanced cabling
6.4 Balanced cabling performance
6.4.1 General
6.4.2 Return loss
6.4.3 Insertion loss / attenuation
6.4.4 NEXT
6.4.5 Attenuation to crosstalk ratio (ACR)
6.4.6 ELFEXT
6.4.7 Direct current (d.c.) loop resistance
6.4.8 Direct current (d.c.) resistance unbalance
6.4.9 Current carrying capacity
6.4.10 Operating voltage
6.4.11 Power capacity
6.4.12 Propagation delay
6.4.13 Delay skew
6.4.14 Unbalance attenuation
6.4.15 Coupling attenuation
7 Reference implementations for balanced cabling
7.1 General
7.2 Balanced cabling
7.2.1 General
7.2.2 Horizontal cabling
7.2.3 Backbone cabling
8 Performance of optical fibre cabling
8.1 General
8.2 Component choice
8.3 Channel attenuation
8.4 Channel topology
8.5 Propagation delay
9 Cable requirements
9.1 General
9.2 Balanced cables
9.2.1 Basic performance requirements
9.2.2 Additional requirements
9.2.3 Additional performance requirements for flexible cables
9.3 Additional crosstalk considerations for cable sharing in balanced cables
9.3.1 General
9.3.2 Power summation in backbone cables
9.3.3 Hybrid, multi-unit and cables connected to more than one TO
9.4 Optical fibre cables
9.4.1 Optical fibre types
9.4.2 Generic performance requirements
9.4.3 Multimode optical fibre cable
9.4.4 Singlemode optical fibre cables
10 Connecting hardware requirements
10.1 General requirements
10.1.1 Applicability
10.1.2 Location
10.1.3 Design
10.1.4 Operating environment
10.1.5 Mounting
10.1.6 Installation practices
10.1.7 Marking and colour coding
10.2 Connecting hardware for balanced cabling
10.2.1 General requirements
10.2.2 Performance marking
10.2.3 Mechanical characteristics
10.2.4 Electrical characteristics
10.2.5 Telecommunications outlet requirements
10.2.6 Design considerations for installation
10.3 Optical fibre connecting hardware
10.3.1 General requirements
10.3.2 Marking and colour coding
10.3.3 Mechanical and optical characteristics
10.3.4 Telecommunications outlet requirements
10.3.5 Connection schemes for optical fibre cabling
11 Screening practices
11.1 General
11.2 Electromagnetic performance
11.3 Earthing
12 Administration
13 Balanced cords
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Insertion loss.
13.3 Return loss
13.4 NEXT
Annex A - Balanced permanent link and CP link performance
A.1 General
A.2 Performance
Annex B - Test procedures
B.1 General
B.2 Channel and link performance testing
B.3 Transmission testing of cords for balanced cabling
B.4 Transmission testing of components for cabling
Annex C - Mechanical and environmental performance testing of connecting hardware for balanced cabling
C.1 Introduction
C.2 Test requirements
Annex D - Electromagnetic characteristics
Annex E - Acronyms for balanced cables
Annex F - Supported applications
F.1 Supported applications for balanced cabling
F.2 Supported applications for optical fibre cabling
Annex G - Channel and permanent link models for balanced cabling
G.1 General
G.2 Insertion loss
G.3 NEXT
G.4 ELFEXT
G.5 Return loss
Annex H - Class F channel and permanent link with two connections
Annex I - Changes to balanced cabling requirements from earlier editions of this International Standard
I.1 General
I.2 References
I.3 Structural elements
I.4 Product designation
I.5 Component requirements
I.6 Installed cabling requirements
Bibliographical references
Annex ZA - Additional relevant information for Australia and New Zealand
ZA.1 Communications cabling Standards and regulations
ZA.2 Telecommunications outlets-Naming and Pair Assignments
ZA.3 Segregation of power and telecommunications cables
ZA.4 Referenced documents for Annex ZA
Previous versions
AS/NZS 3080(Int):2002
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