Structured Cabling

Structured Cabling

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Over the years voice together with data cabling requirements have merged. In today's times, cabling infrastructures are actually designed to support voice, data and video and furthermore other building communications services which includes video conferencing, cable tv and security applications such as Closed-circuit television.

The more common cabling in the UK is UTP or FTP balanced twisted pair cables.

Comms room to the desk top.

The cabling infrastructure contained within a building is known as Structured Cabling. This system in general comprises of a range of smaller elements often known as subsystems.

They generally comprise of

* Backbone wiring typically connects anywhere between your entrance facilities, equipment rooms and also telecoms rooms.

* Horizontal cabling which in turn connects telecommunications rooms to various outlets on any floor.

* Telecom rooms that contains the backbone and horizontal cabling as well as the active equipment and telephony equipment that allows for data and voice communictions to run over the cabling.

The entire design and installation of structured cabling is actually governed by a set of standards to suit data or voice communications, by means of category 5e or category 6 cable along with telecom outlets. (Cables might also be recognized as Cat5e or Cat6)

These standards define just how to lay the wiring in a "star formation". This requires that all the outlets are terminated into the central patch panel (normally 19 inch rack-mounted within the communications cabinet in the telecom room - also often called a server room).

From this patch panel it will be decided in what way these connections will be used.

Any single outlet has the capability to be 'patched' to a data switch, or simply in to a 'telecoms panel' which usually forms a bridge into a private branch exchange (PBX) telephone system - this makes this connection a voice port and not a data port.

Present-day data cabling standards specify that all eight connectors in Cat5, Cat5e and Cat6 cable are connected, this approach means that you are not able to 'double-up' or use a single cable for either voice and data.
Structured cabling schemes are able to provide connections from individual points across a building to a central patching location inside a communications cabinet.

Voice switch, LAN switch and telecoms services are usually presented at the actual patch panel and peripherals can be cross-connected so that you can supply the necessary service just where they're required around the building.

Structured Cabling can now support data, voice, video, CCTV, TV distribution and seems to be supporting more and more devices as the years go by. It is essential to get this right as the cabling could be in your building for many years.

Your actual cabling infrastructure can easily be configured and adapted to meet new demands, and can allow for any moves office staff need to make, as one move or more, on a brief or long-term basis. Moves, adds and changes (MAC's) towards your structured cabling can be made effortlessly.

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For more information on structured cabling schemes please visit Structured Cabling - Integral Network Solutions Website.



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