IEEE Standards: Cabling Standards: Cabling Installation and Maintenance

IEEE Standards: Cabling Standards: Cabling Installation and Maintenance


IEEE Articles & News 10GBase-T prices continue to drop (Jan 11, 2012) Declining prices mean that on a per-Gbit/sec, per-port basis, 10GBase-T requires less of an investment than 1000Base-T. IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet standard available for free download (Nov 9, 2011) The IEEE Get Program makes specifications downloadable once they have been available as PDFs for six months. UNH-IOL boosts Data Center Bridging (DCB), FCoE testing efforts (Oct 5, 2011) The UNH-IOL announced that it now offers conformance and interoperability testing for all Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards. The lab is also now offering complimentary DCB trial testing for non-member companies. Fibre Channel will dominate FCoE, 10G iSCSI for years, research says (Sep 26, 2011) Report from LightCounting also shines light on 10GBase-T, with some optimistic projections. IEEE furthers EPON standardization for fiber access systems (Sep 9, 2011) IEEE P1904.1 will provide system-level specifications for multi-vendor, "plug-and-play" interoperability in EPON fiber access systems supporting IPTV, VoIP, commercial-grade data services, and cellular backhaul deployments. More Articles & News > IEEE Products Cabling outlet integrates powerline and 200-Mbit/sec data (Jan 29, 2012) The PE Socket from Power Ethernet is based on the HomePlug AV standard for powerline networking. Transition Networks intros 25.5W PoE+ mid-span injector (Jan 10, 2012) Transition's L1000i-at is suitable for both security and enterprise deployments where the cabling infrastructure is used to introduce power to the network. More Products > The Cabling Blog by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent In 'Operation Alloy,' police raid scrapyards looking for copper-cable thieves Police in Stockport, UK, which is near Manchester (map), conducted raids at several scrap-metal yards aiming to catch thieves in the act of cashing in on their crimes. As Bethany English of the Manchester Evening News reports, "Operation Alloy" as it is... 2012 London Olympics: Is DAS calling? (Is anyone calling? Hello?) Jacquelin Magnay, covering the 2012 London Olympics for The Telegraph, recently reported that Mayor Boris Johnson admitted mobile-phone users in the city may be out of luck when the games are going on because of a capacity crunch."Johnson said he had been... Researchers use nanotubes to create copper-cable replacement Researchers from Rice University have published results of their efforts to produce cables made of carbon nanotubes that can conduct electricity. The research's ultimate aim is to develop nanocables that can replace copper cables for conductivity.In a... More Cabling Blog >		Cxtec's Peter Belyea talks about 40G/100G circuits and what they'll mean for the data center.; 100G; 40G; data center; ethernet; Berk-Tek's Carol Everett Oliver discusses the benefits of PoE+ technology.; Berk-Tek; BICSI Winter Conference; PoE Plus; PoE+; Power over Ethernet Plus; OFS's John George discusses products that reduce labor costs in access networks, and shares his company's position on delay skew in 40- and 100-Gig networking.; acces networks; Cabling Installation & Maintenance; delay skew; FTTx; John George; OFS; Todd Duberstein, product manager, discusses some of the latest media-conversion technology for enterprise and industrial environments.; Industrial Networks; Media Converstion; Transition Networks; Fiber Optics LAN Section (FOLS) Chair Rodney Casteel talks about the group's new Affiliate Membership Program.; Cabling Installation & Maintenance; fiber optics; FOLS; Matt Vincent; Rodney Casteel; TR-42.7 Chair Valerie Maguire explains how close the Cat 6A standard is to ratification.; cabling; Information from John Pryma about the TIA-570-B specifications and BICSI's new residential manuals.; cabling; Todd Fries discusses a new addendum to the 606-A labeling standard as well as work on the forthcoming 606-B specifications.; "IEEE 802.3at PoE Plus Operating Efficiency: How to Keep a Hot Application Running Cool" - Part 1 ; BICSI; BICSI Fall Conference; Cabling Installation & Maintenance; IEEE 802.3at; PoE Plus; Power over Ethernet; Siemon; Valerie Maguire; Valerie Rybinski; "IEEE 802.3at PoE Plus Operating Efficiency: How to Keep a Hot Application Running Cool" - Part 2 ; BICSI; BICSI Fall Conference; Cabling Installation & Maintenance; IEEE 802.3at; PoE Plus; Power over Ethernet; Siemon; Valerie Maguire; Valerie Rybinski; "IEEE 802.3at PoE Plus Operating Efficiency: How to Keep a Hot Application Running Cool" - Part 3 ; BICSI; BICSI Fall Conference; Cabling Installation & Maintenance; IEEE 802.3at; PoE Plus; Power over Ethernet; Siemon; Valerie Maguire; Valerie Rybinski; From the seminar, "Future Trends in Energy Efficient Data Center Design," presented by ADC.; ADC; data center; green data center; From the seminar, "Future Trends in Energy Efficient Data Center Design," presented by ADC.; ADC; data center; green data center; From the seminar, "Future Trends in Energy Efficient Data Center Design," presented by ADC.; ADC; data center; green data center; TIA releases 568-C.0, C.1 communications standards; Commscope upgrades Systimax 360 platform; and Anixter's data center seminars hit the silver screen. ; From the Pages of CI&M Magazine Forecasts are cloudy in a good way - Cabling Installation & ... ... Server manufacturers were concerned that if the IEEE adopted 100G without a ‘speed bump’ in between, it may drastically slow its adoption. ... ... Moving toward 40-Gbit/sec twisted-pair cabling - Cabling ... ... Another critical standards organization is the IEEE, with its 802.3 Ethernet Working Group and the High Speed Over Twisted-Pair Interest Group. ... Editor's Picks - Cabling Installation & Maintenance ... Kipp. “The industry is just beginning to adopt 100 Gigabit Ethernet and IEEE is developing lower-cost solutions as we speak. Only ... New PoE technology may speed up IP convergence - Cabling ... Cisco’s Universal Power Over Ethernet technology might not match up to IEEE standards, but early adopters are not shying away.. ... IEC honors Hess, Kolesar for standards work - Cabling Installation ... ... Currently serving as BICSI’s Northeast Region Director, Ensign also is an active member of BICSI, TIA and IEEE 802.3 Technical Committees. ... More From the Pages of CI&M Magazine > Webcasts Upcoming Optical Fiber, Cable and Connectivity We will examine optical infrastructure “from the ground up” – including the optical fiber itself, fiber-optic cable, and connectivity options... (Feb 08, 2012 12:00 PM CST / 6:00 PM GMT) Sponsored By: OFS US Conec Ltd. Total Cable Solutions Available On Demand Non-compliant Cable: Understanding the Risks and Avoiding Liability Sponsored By: Communications Cable and Connectivity Association (CCCA) Crowell & Moring Underwriters Laboratories Resolving the Evolving 10G Interconnect Sponsored By: Omnitron Systems More Webcasts > Related IEEE News & Products Mellanox lowers 10-GbE pricing (Feb 3, 2012) Intel acquires QLogic's Infiniband IP (Feb 3, 2012) Ethernet Alliance to hold end user forum (Feb 1, 2012) Infonetics raises forecast on Carrier Ethernet (Dec 6, 2011) Luxtera, Molex unveil 100-Gbps single chip optical transceivers for data center, HPC (Nov 21, 2011)