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Latest standards on Residential,
SoHo and BMS cabling
Barry Elliot RCDD
Technical Support Manager
3rd October 2002
Manchester
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• The competing technologies
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New wires
Ethernet
IEEE 1394
USB
Old wires
Coax
HomeCNA
Telephone wire
HomePNA
Powerline
X10, Lonworks, PLC
CEBus,HomePNA
HomePlug
Access networks
FTTx HFC
Cable Satellite
MMDS WLL
xDSL
LMDS
Wireless
IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.11b,

HomePlug Copper
Power Line
<100 Not supported Widely
available
cables
Control/
automation/
internet
HomePNA Copper
twisted pair
<10 8 priority
levels
Limited by
phone outlets
Control/
automation/
internet
HomeCNA Copper
coax
<200 Supported Uses unused
bands
Analogue/
Digital TV
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Comparison of wireless solutions
Bluetooth
1.1
Bluetooth
2
802.11a 802.11b 802.11g 802.15.3 Hiperlan

Powerline control
USB
1394
World Residential Gateway units per network interface, source: In-Stat/MDS March2002
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Competing cable standards
• ‘Standard’ structured cabling
• Building management systems
• Industrial
• Residential and SoHo
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‘Standard’ Cabling standards
• ISO 11801 2nd Edition
• EN 50173 2nd Edition
• ANSI/TIA/EIA-568.B
–Part 1
• Addendum 1 Minimum 4-Pair UTP and 4-Pair ScTP Patch Cable Bend Radius
• Addendum 2 Grounding and bonding for screened cables
• Addendum 3 10GbE applications
• Addendum 4 – Recognition of Category 6 and 850 nm Laser-Optimized 50/125 mm Multimode
Optical Fiber Cabling
–Part 2
• Addendum 1 Category 6
• Addendum 2 Corrections
• Addendum 3 Additional Considerations for Insertion Loss and Return Loss Pass/Fail
Determination
• Addendum 4 Solderless Connection Reliability Requirements For Copper connecting Hardware
• Addendum 6 Cat 6 testing refinements
–Part 3
Addendum 1 Laser grade fibre for 10GBASE operation