Standards and Protocols: Cabling Installation and Maintenance
Standards and Protocols

Explaining cable standards as well as the specifications governing network transmission protocols, this topic center covers ground ranging from IEEE 802.3 Ethernet specs to the TIA 568 series and other cabling standards from the Telecommunications Industry Association.


The Cabling Blog
Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent

Cable-recycling firm fined after workers suffer lead poisoning

An Edmonton, UK-based firm that recycles cable pleaded guilty to exposing workers to lead and has to pay approximately £75,000 in fines and costs. The government agency Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigated the recycler and described "an abysmal...

Elderly cable thieves shut down 46 oil wells in China

The next time you fill up your vehicle with fuel and are exasperated by the price per gallon, don't blame the big oil companies. Don't blame President Obama's stance on the Keystone Pipeline. Instead, blame two elderly Chinese men.The Shanghai Daily has...

NASA details International Space Station cabling installation

How many times have you heard someone joke that the job of routing and installing cabling is "not rocket science"? Well, recently it was part of rocket science when a NASA commander routed and installed several new cables aboard the International Space...

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CI&M Editorial Guide: Structured Cabling Systems for Healthcare Environments
Cultural, regulatory and technological forces have made healthcare a leading-edge industry with respect to information technology systems.  From HIPPA and electronic ...
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CI&M Editorial Guide: Considerations for Selecting and Using Multimode Fiber
A network manager’s choice to use multimode fiber-optic cable does not end the decision-making process. Next come considerations including cablingsystem architecture, ...
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From the Pages of CI&M Magazine

Solid standard, right tools turn cable IDs into marks of ...
... standards from the TIA will be available for purchase through IHS Global. A section of the website global.ihs.com is specifically dedicated to TIA standards. ...

TIA approves 942-A data center standard - Cabling Installation & ...
... Restructuring standards - Integrate into the TIA-568-C series: ... Move outside plant pathways to TIA-758-B. Harmonize with international standards: ...

Electronic security systems market experiencing worldwide growth ...
... related to digital video evidence and common communication protocols between different ... the security industry has been slow to implement standards; but this ...

Editor's Picks - Cabling Installation & Maintenance
... Vice chair is Alfred Flores of Berk-Tek, a Nexans company; standards chair is Pete Pondillo of Corning; membership chair is Dave Cook of 3M; and co ...

Reducing the cost of extending Power over Ethernet - Cabling ...
... Ethernet standards limit data delivery to 100 meters (m) from the switch (typically located in the communication room) and any device connected to it, such as ...




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