Support System
Modern buildings require an effective telecommunications
system to support the transportation of information.
- Standards are not flexible, you
must support your infrastructure. BISCI recommends every 5 feet.
- Create a spine / vertebrae system
that flows from the closet to location.
- Include room for growth.
- The proper installation is
crucial to your network's performance.
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Pathways
The route that the communication cables follow from the
wiring closet to the location requiring service.
- Determine
location of the wiring closet.
- Find the path of
least resistance.
- Determine type of
support system.
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Media
Twisted pair cable is categorized by frequency and rated
through-put. Certain applications have been associated with
these cable types.
- Category 3
Frequency range up to 16Mhz. Transmission rates 10 Mbps.
Voice.
- Category 5e
Frequency range up to 350Mhz. Transmission rates 155
Mbps. Data
- Category 6
Frequency range up to 400Mhz. Transmission rates 1 Gbps. High Capacity Data.
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Hardware
The physical piece of equipment that the media is terminated
on or connected to. This hardware is used to create a
balanced circuit. You have to deploy the proper termination
hardware at the wiring closet and the location. Just like
mathematics or more specifically an algebra expression, what
you do to one side of the equation you must do to the other.
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Grounding
- Protecting
personnel from electrocution.
- Guard against
adverse affects of lightning.
- To reduce risk of
static discharge damaging equipment.
- To provide a path
for discharge typically to earth ground.
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