Telecommunications Cabling Installation

The Most Comprehensive Overview of Telecom Cabling from BICSI - the Telecom Training & Certification Authority

THE CLEAREST, MOST AUTHORITATIVE TELECOM CABLE INSTALLATION GUIDE EVER!

Thoroughly updated to conform to new ANSI/TIA/EIA standards

Integrating and delivering voice, data and video is big business. With telecom networking and installation expected to grow well beyond the $4.2 billion mark, there now exists an acute need for trained and qualified cable installers.

That’s why industry leaders McGraw-Hill and BICSI have joined forces to deliver the most reliable cable installation training manual available.

Based on BICSI’s proven and internationally respected cabling instruction guide — and updated to conform to the most recent industry standards — this second edition features new information on international standards and codes, Division 17, advanced construction materials, retrofit projects, laying out the telecommunications room, furniture module systems and more.

INSIGHT YOU CAN USE ON THE JOB RIGHT NOW!

Renowned for careful research, precise writing and an easy-to-understand format, BICSI’s Telecommunication Cabling Installation is a hands-on guide and overview of the installation procedures that ensure complex telecom cabling systems work properly and efficiently.

The BICSI manual’s easy-to-use format:

• Presents a standards-based industry orientation
• Breaks each task into bulleted steps
• Provides to-the-point overviews of each task’s place in “the big picture”
• Focuses on pathways, spaces, associated hardware, and structured cabling systems to enable channel/link testing within buildings
• Gives guidelines for installing supporting structures, pulling cable, firestopping, grounding, terminating, splicing, connection, testing, troubleshooting, retrofitting, safety, and transmission
• Covers LANs, twisted pair, fiber, Gigabit Ethernet — every system installers need to know
• Reduces errors with handy checklists
• Is an excellent reference for anyone needing clear cable installation guidelines, parameters, codes, terms, and acronyms
• Has been field-tested by tens of thousands of technicians in 85 countries

CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Industry Orientation
Regulations and Court Rulings in the United States
Structured Cabling Systems (SCS)
Codes, Standards, and Regulations
Codes Affecting Telecommunications
Standards Affecting Telecommunications
Recognized Regulatory and Reference Bodies
Plans and Specifications
Media
Connectorization
Transmission
Copper Cable Media
Optical Fiber Cable Media
Grounding and Bonding
Protection Systems
Telecommunications Grounding Practices
Telecommunications Bonding Practices
System Practices
Equipment Grounding
Telecommunications Circuit Protectors
Protector Technology
Primary Protector Installation Practices
Common Safety Practices
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Hazardous Environments -- Indoor
Electrical Hazards
Hazardous Environments -- Outdoors
Safety Planning
Appendix A: Job-Site Inspection Checklist
Professionalism

CHAPTER 2: PLANNING

Introduction
Putting the Plan to Use
Summary
Appendix A: Designer's Drawings
Appendix B: Materials List
Appendix C: Labor List
Appendix D: Project Time Line
Appendix E: Project Schedule
Appendix F: Site Survey Checklists
Appendix G: Job Change Order
Appendix H: Scope of Work (Example)

CHAPTER 3: INSTALLING SUPPORTING STRUCTURES

Introduction
Support Structures in Telecommunications Spaces
Cable Pathway Support Structures
Installing Cable Support Systems
Installing Grounding Infrastructure

CHAPTER 4: PULLING CABLE

Introduction
Common Project Procedure
Cable Pulling Setup (Horizontal)
Pulling Horizontal Cable in Conduit
Pulling Horizontal Cable in Ceiling Spaces
Pulling Horizontal Cable in Raceways
Pulling Backbone in Vertical Pathway -- From Top Down
Pulling Backbone in Vertical Pathway -- From Bottom Up
Pulling Backbone -- Horizontal
Pulling Optical Fiber Cable

CHAPTER 5: FIRESTOPPING

Introduction
Protection Codes and Ratings
Firestopping Systems
Firestopping Methods
Appendix A: Numbering System
Appendix B: Firestopping Decision Methods
Appendix C: Approved Firestopping Methods

CHAPTER 6: CABLE TERMINATION PRACTICES

Introduction
Pretermination Functions
Copper Insulation Displacement Connection (IDC) Termination
Coaxial Cable Terminations
Fiber Termination

CHAPTER 7: SPLICING

Copper Cable
Optical Fiber Cable
Summary

CHAPTER 8: TESTING CABLE

Testing Cabling
Copper Cabling -- Horizontal Cabling
Backbone Cabling
Coaxial Cabling -- Data
50-Ohm Coaxial Cabling
75-0hm Coaxial Cabling
Optical Fiber Cable
Testing Optical Fiber Cabling -- Light Source and Power Meter
Light Source and Power Meter Testing of Short Length Cable Assemblies
Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
Appendix A: Fiber Performance Calculations Worksheet
Appendix B: Fiber Link Attenuation Record

CHAPTER 9: TROUBLESHOOTING

Introduction
General Reference
Copper Cable
Optical Fiber Cable
Appendix A: Typical OTDR Fault Presentations
CHAPTER 10: RETROFIT INSTALLATIONS
Overview
System Cutover

GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX