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  • Volume 27, Issue 8

    • Volume 27, Issue 8

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    Cable

    Selecting the right cabling infrastructure for AV applications

    Sept. 12, 2019
    Follows the A-B-C-D-E’s: application, bandwidth, connectors, distance, EMI.
    Viavi
    Innovation Awards

    Cabling Innovators Spotlight August 2019

    Sept. 12, 2019
    Celebrating honorees of our 2018 Cabling Innovators Awards program
    Left to right are Glenn Sexton, Principal Consultant; Diane Forbes, Chief Operating Officer; and Jeff Cazel, Chief Executive Officer of NIS Consulting. The trio brings a wide breadth of professional experience to NIS's clientele. Sexton and Forbes have dedicated significant time and resources to the TIA's standards-development activities.
    Standards

    Setting the standard, from the meeting room to the classroom to the boardroom

    Sept. 12, 2019
    As industry veteran Glenn Sexton winds down his career, he reflects on the importance of standards—and not only those created by committee consensus.
    Shown here is a simplified two-row, 32-fiber auto-analysis test result. Indicated by the blue arrow, Fiber 5 is a marginal fiber endface. The auto-analysis grid shows a passing assessment of Fiber 5 half the time.
    Testing

    Multifiber optical connector inspection: The auto-analysis repeatability challenge

    Sept. 12, 2019
    Multifiber connector inspection tools have become more capable over time, and will continue to evolve to the benefit of their users.
    Circuitry produced by AEM enables testing of single-pair cabling. The single-pair cabling construction shown under test here is a prototype developed by Panduit.
    Cable

    Standards under development for single-pair cabling and transmission

    Sept. 12, 2019
    The IEEE is establishing new single-pair Ethernet specifications, including a 10-Mbit, 1000-meter spec, while cabling standards developers work on physical-layer infrastructure...

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    Advanced, high-wattage technologies require properly spaced, smaller cable bundles to avoid excessive heat accumulation. Cable managers with a central track system allow cable bundles to be properly spaced and fully supported precisely where needed.
    Data Center

    Preparing for the edge? Your telecom room needs a makeover

    Sept. 12, 2019
    More sophisticated than ever, telecommunications rooms are venturing into new locations and may need a makeover.
    Multitenant data center segments include outside plant cabling (1), a meet-me room (2), the main distribution area (3), and caged areas (4).
    Data Center

    How to cable a multi-tenant data center

    Sept. 12, 2019
    Flexible solutions are essential, as MTDC cabling includes outside plant, a meet-me room, main distribution area and caged area.