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Cabling and LAN Standards News & Trends

Cabling and LAN Standards News & Trends. Herb Congdon Director, Systems Marketing. With &. Tony Beam, RCDD Director Fiber Business Unit. Jerry Solomon, RCDD Manager Copper Systems Marketing. Expectations for Today’s Seminar. Recent Developments in Industry Standards Forums TIA TR 42

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Cabling and LAN Standards News & Trends

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  1. Cabling and LAN StandardsNews & Trends Herb Congdon Director, Systems Marketing With & Tony Beam, RCDD Director Fiber Business Unit Jerry Solomon, RCDD Manager Copper Systems Marketing

  2. Expectations for Today’s Seminar • Recent Developments in Industry Standards Forums • TIA TR 42 • IEEE 802.3 • In-progress Standards • Category 6 • 850nm Laser Optimized 50/125 Fiber • New Projects • Data Centers • Standards Revisions

  3. TIA/EIA-568-B • Divided into three sections • B.1 General Requirements (TR 42.1) • B.2 Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling Components (TR 42.7) • B.3 Optical Fiber Cabling Components (TR 42.8) • All sections released

  4. TIA/EIA-568-B.1 General Requirements • Incorporated & Refined 568-A Addenda • A-1, Propagation Delay and Delay Skew Specifications for 100  4-Pair Cable • A-2, Corrections and Additions • A-3, Addendum No. 3 (Bundled Cable) • A-4, Production Modular Cord NEXT Loss Test Method and Requirements for Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cabling • A-5, Transmission Performance Specifications for 4-Pair 100  Category 5e Cabling

  5. TIA/EIA-568-B.1 General Requirements • Incorporated & Refined TSBs • TSB67, Transmission Performance Specifications for Field Testing of Unshielded Twisted-Pair Cabling Systems • TSB72, Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling • TSB75, Additional Horizontal Cabling Practices for Open Offices • TSB95, Additional Transmission Performance Guidelines for 4-Pair 100  Category 5 Cabling • IS-729, Technical Specifications for 100  Screened Twisted-Pair Cabling

  6. TIA/EIA 568-B.1 & Copper Cabling • Work Area Cords from 3 to 5 Meters • Was 3 and 6, Now 5 and 5 • Incorporation of Open Office Cabling (TSB75) • Permanent Link vs. Basic Link • Category 5e Is Now the Minimum Performance for Data Grade Twisted Pair Cable • Category 5 Is Now in Annex D

  7. TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Copper Components • Electrical and Mechanical Performance Requirements for Twisted Pair Cables, Connecting Hardware and Assemblies Now in a Separate Document • Cat 4 Is Gone, Cat 5 Is on Its Way Out, Category 5e Is In • Test Procedures for and Requirements for Cat 5e Patch Cords • Requirements Added for Screened Cable and Connectors

  8. Two grades of cable 200 MHz and 350 MHz Two outlet jack styles 110Connect SL Series Toolless Complete line of patch panels and cable assemblies Independent confirmation of system performance 25-year System Warranty Category 5e Product Update

  9. TIA/EIA 568-B.1 & Fiber Cabling • Connector Recommendations Removed • SC Duplex and BFOC (ST-style) Allowed • Small Form Factor Connectors Allowed Throughout the Network • NOTE: Includes work area • Incorporates Centralized Cabling (TSB-72) • Changes Riser Length to 300m • Changes Campus Backbone to 1700m • 50/125 Added as a Recognized Media • Horizontal, Riser, Campus • Singlemode Remains in Riser and Campus • Note: Not recognized in horizontal

  10. TIA/EIA-568-B.3 Fiber Components • “Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard” • Published in April 2000 • Cables, Connecting Hardware, Patch Cords and Field Test Measurements • Annex A: Connector Performance • Annex B: Bibliography

  11. Fiber Cables • Recognizes 50/125 µm Multimode Fiber • References ICEA-640 and ICEA-596 • Minimum Bend Radius and Maximum Pulling Tensions for Horizontal Cable, Inside Plant Cable, and Outside Plant Optical Fiber Cable

  12. Fiber Selection Roadmap Lower Cost Electronics @ 850 nm

  13. Fiber Connecting Hardware • Defines Performance Requirements for All Connectors, Including Small Form Factor (SFF) Connectors • Shift to Connector Performance Standards • Attenuation and Return Loss Limits • Environmental and Mechanical Testing

  14. Connecting Hardware • Connecting Hardware for Centralized Cabling • Nine Requirements • Connector Attenuation • Unchanged • Connector Return Loss Limits • Additional Consideration for Broadband on SM

  15. SFF Connectors • What is a Small Form Factor (SFF) Connector? • An Optical Fiber Duplex Connector With a Size Approximating That of an 8-position Modular Outlet/connector Typically Used for Terminating 4-pair Copper Cable • What Does 568 B.3 Allow? • Any Connector Which Meets the Following: • Compliance With an Approved FOCIS Document • Performance Requirements of Annex A

  16. Why Small Form Factor? • Technological Advances • Ease of Termination • Standards-Based Performance • Cost Advantages • Less Expensive Than Current Duplex • Density Advantages • Less Expensive Components

  17. 568-B.3 Product Update – MT-RJ • Duplex Design: Two Fibers in One Ferrule • Plug & Jack • Field-terminable Jacks • Factory-Terminated Cable Assemblies • Highest Density: Twice SC or ST-Style • Fastest Installation • No Epoxy, No Polish, No Crimp • “Throwaway” Tool • Reterminatable and Tunable • Patch Panels, Faceplates, Active Components • Gigabit Ethernet Compliant

  18. Small Form Factor Connectors • FOCIS-12: MT-RJ • Approved SFF FOCIS Document • Also Approved at Fibre Channel • MT-RJ Meets or Exceeds Annex A Requirements •  AMP MT-RJ is Allowed for TIA-568-B Compliant Networks

  19. Inside Plant Cable • Must meet ICEA 596 • Mechanical • Environmental • 2- and 4-fiber Cables Minimum Bend Radii • (Horizontal & Centralized Cabling) • 25 mm - no tensile load • 50 mm - up to 222 N (50 lbf) of tensile load • Hardware Must Prevent <25mm Bend Radius

  20. Outside Plant Cable • Must meet ICEA 640-2000 • Mechanical • Environmental • Fluid penetration • Compound flow (drip) • Pull strength: 2670 N (600 lbf) • Minimum Bend Radii • 10X Cable OD - No Tensile Load • 20X Cable OD - Up to Rated Tensile Load

  21. Drop Cables • Outside Plant Cables Used to Feed a Small Number of Fibers From a Higher Fiber Count Cable Into a Single Location • Low Fiber Count (Typically 2-4) • Smaller OD • Limited unsupported span distances • Minimum distance not defined • Lower rated tensile strength 1335 N (300 lbf)

  22. Patch Cords • Essentially, No Changes Field Test Measurements • Launch Conditions Specified • Mandrel Wraps Allowed • High Order Mode Losses

  23. Looking Ahead… • New TIA Projects • Category 6 • 850nm Laser Optimized 50/125 • Administration Standard Revision • Data Center Cabling Standard • Pathways & Spaces Revision

  24. 568-B.2 Addendum • Category 6 Addendum • At Draft 8 as of 3/28/01 • Expected Completion Date - ?? • Balance Requirements Still “Under Study” • LCL requirements for connectors have been proposed • Test Plug Qualification Still Evolving

  25. Cable Characterized to 600 MHz Free-end Compensation Port-to-port Consistency on Panels Independently Tested for Cat 6 and Zero Bit Error Rate (BER) Category 6 Product Update

  26. 568-B.3 Addendum • “Additional Transmission Performance Specifications for 50/125µm Optical Fiber Cables” • Balloted as TIA SP-3894-AD1 • To Be Published as TIA 568-B.3-A-1

  27. Addendum to 568-B.3 • Purpose: • Add Specifications for Cabling System to Support 10Gb/s Serial Transmission for 300m Using 850nm VCSELs • Additional Performance Specs: • 2000 MHz·km Laser Bandwidth at 850nm • Measured Using New DMD Test Procedure

  28. New Cable and Patch Cord Parameters

  29. Applications Acceptance • 10G Ethernet - IEEE 802.3ae • 10G Fibre Channel - T11.2 10GFC • Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) -VSR-4 • All Reference 2000 MHz·km 50µm Fiber to Support 850nm Serial Transmission at ~10G Rates

  30. **Fiber Selection Roadmap**

  31. TIA/EIA 606 Revision A • Establishes Classes of Administration: Small, Medium, Large, and Very Large • Accommodates Scalable Infrastructure • Allows Modular Implementation • Specifies Identifiers • Specifies Labeling Formats

  32. TIA/EIA-606-A Product Update • Introducing the AMP NETCONNECT Labeling System • Wizard-based Software for Ease of Use • Pre-configured Templates for AMP NETCONNECT Products • High Quality Card Stock and Self-adhesive Polyester Laser-printable Labels • Freeware Demo Available at http://www.ampnetconnect.com

  33. Data Centers Study Group • Formation Process in TR 42 • Will Likely Become a Subcommittee • “Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure for Network Distribution Nodes” • Emerging Applications Identifying Needs for New Topologies/Cabling Infrastructures That Are Not Currently Covered

  34. Data Centers Study Group • Internet Data Centers • Service Distribution Nodes • Storage Area Networks • Scope: • Develop Cabling Topology, Recognized Media Types, Cabling Requirements, and Requirements for Pathways & Spaces for the Above Application Spaces and Inter/intra-node Connections

  35. Solutions for Data Centers and Storage Area Networks • MPO System • Available in Singlemode and 50µm & 62.5µm Multimode • High Density Connectors (12-fibers Per Connector) • Termination of 12 Fibers As Fast As Plugging in a Connector • Factory Terminated and Tested • MPO Cable Assemblies • Preterminated high fiber count MPO connectors • 12-, 24-, 36-, and 72-fiber cables • Standard and custom lengths • MPO Cassettes • Breakout 12 Fibers Into Standard MT-RJ, SC and ST-style Connectors • 12 and 24 Fiber Cassettes • Fit AMP NETCONNECT Wall and Rack Mount Enclosures

  36. Other TIA TR 42 Projects • Patch Cord Minimum Bend Radius Addendum • TIA/EIA 569 Revision B • Already has 5 addendums with # 6 coming • Building Automation Systems (BAS) Standard (TR 42.1) • Industrial Facility Cabling Standard (TR 42.9)

  37. For More Information Please Contact Us: www.ampnetconnect.com 1-800-553-0938

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