COMPARISON OF ANSI/TIA 568-C ANDINTERNATIONAL CABLING STANDARDS

Brian HansenRCDD, NTS, CSI, SE

Peter HelfrichRCDD, SE-I

Topics to Cover• Standards Organizations: What are they?• Similarities and Differences• Standards Related to our Industry• Current status of documents• Review TIA and ISO Structured Cabling Standards

– Topology and terms– Channel/Link Performance Requirements – Connecting Hardware Performance Requirements

• A look at Cat 7/7A• Category 8??? 40GBase-T• Additional Standards Under Development

Codes vs. StandardsCodes:• Enforced by law and regulatory powers (AHJ)• Address safety, fire hazards and the minimum quality of construction

Standards:• Ensure a minimum level of system performance• May not always be enforced by law (e.g. inspectors)• Essential to a well performing structured cabling system• Assures interoperability• Provide consistency of design, installation,

and conformance to physical andtransmission requirements

Note: When a contract states work shall at minimum meet ANSI/TIAor other standards it is enforceable by law in civil court.

What is a Standards Body• Standards became highly important with the onset of the Industrial Revolution. Driven

by the need for interchangeable parts and interoperability.• Organization’s who develop, coordinate, revise, amend, issue, or otherwise produce

technical standards.• Made up of committees and subcommittees that formulate standards that serve the

industry and end user• Participants include representatives from manufacturers, service providers,

governments, and end users• It is a volunteer effort, standards are written by any qualified individual that will help

to write and influence them. Volunteers are generally sponsored by companies and other organizations.

• Standards usually formulated through a series of proposed drafts and voting cycles-Roberts Rules of Order in order to achieve consensus documents and prevent collusion

Standards Organizations – Structured Cabling• North America

– TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association), accredited by ANSI

• Outside North America– ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

• Regional Cabling Standards Groups:– CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization)– CSA (Canadian Standards Association)– JSA/JSI (Japanese Standards Association)

• ANSI/BICSI– Has published 8 Standards to date

IEEEIEEE – Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers• World's leading professional association for the advancement of technology• Leading authority on computers, telecommunications, electrical power and consumer electronics• IEEE is responsible for developing the following standards

IEEE Standard Description Introduced

802.3 10Base-5 1983802.3i 10Base-T 1990802.3j 10Base-F 1993802.3u 100Base-T 1995802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks (LAN) 1997

802.3z Gigabit Ethernet 1998802.3ab 1000Base-T 1999802.3ae 10 Gb/s Ethernet 2002802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) 2003802.3an 10GBase-T 2006802.3ba 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet 2010

Current Generic Cabling Standards as of Jan 2016• ANSI/TIA 568-0.D released 2015

– Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises

• ISO/IEC 11801 Edition 2.2 Published June 2011– Generic Cabling for Customer Premises

• CENELEC EN 50173-1– Information technology. Generic cabling systems. General requirements

• BSI BS EN 50173-1– Information technology. Generic cabling systems. General requirements

• CSA CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 11801:04 (R2012)– Information Technology - Generic Cabling for Customer Premises

• Most countries outside USA adopt ISO/IEC 11801 with minor changes

Channel vs. Component Specifications

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Component specification defines minimum performance criteria for each component independently

Patch Cordage Must meet same criteria as installed cable with the allowance that

attenuation and dc resistance may not be more than 50% higher

RL IL NEXT PS NEXT ACR-F500 Mhz 6 49.3 27.9 24.8 9.3

11801 Class Ea Minimum Performance

RL IL NEXT PS NEXT FEXT500 Mhz 14 0.45 37 33 29.1

11801 Category 6A connector Minimum Performance

ACR-F PS-ACR-F500 Mhz 13.8 10.8

11801 Category 6A Cable Minimum Performance Plus additional specs in IEC

61156-5

Patch Cordage Must meet same criteria as installed cable with the allowance that

attenuation and dc resistance may not be more than 50% higher

Standards Council of Canada (SCC)• Coordinates Canadian National Standard System• High level Supervisory role, does not write the technical language

The CSA, UL and others are accredited by the (SCC)The CSA performs 2 Functions for Canadian Markets• Standards Development Organization (SDO)• Independent Testing Laboratory (ITL) Certification and testing

The CSA normalized Cabling standards to ISO/IEC 11801• CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 11801:04 (R2012) Information Technology - Generic Cabling for Customer

Premises and related standards documents• “This National Standard of Canada is equivalent to International Standard ISO/IEC 11801:2002 (second edition,

2002-09).” SCC

The CSA along with UL and others publish individual performance and test standards

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Cabling Standards as of Jan 2016Focus on Canada- Official Standards Adoption

Component and systems performance Standards• CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC 11801:04 (R2012) Generic

Cabling for Customer Premises is the Official Standard

• ANSI/TIA-568-x is the unofficial standard of practical use in N. America, including many construction documents in Canada

There are 14 Legislative bodies in Canada• Federal, Provincial and certain Municipal

A Legislature can add additional requirements to a National Standard or Code but cannot adopt less stringent requirements

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Cabling Standards as of Jan 2016Focus on Canada- Practical Standards Adoption

Official Provincial Standard of ........all references are TIA but not ISO?

Cabling Standards – ANSI/TIA• TR-42 : This Subcommittee of TIA develops and maintains telecommunications cabling

standards for Premises networks primarily for North America. Most Current Published 568 Series Documents include:– ANSI/TIA-568.0-D (2015)

Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises- Deals with Topologies, Lengths,Installation Practices, Testing Methods, Fiber polarity etc.

– ANSI/TIA-568.1-D (2015)Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard- Deals with details of Entrance Facilities, Equipment rooms,Telecom Closets and Rooms, Enclosures, Backbone cabling, Horizontal Cabling, Work areas, MUTOA

– ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 (2009)Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling and Components Standards- Deals with the performancespecification for components as well as channels for copper links. Defines category 5e, 6, 6e and 6A.

– ANSI/TIA-568-C.3-1 (2011)Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard- Deals with the performance specification for components andpolarity of fiber connections. Defines fiber performance specs for OM1, OM2, OM3, OM4, OS1 and OS2 cable.

– ANSI/TIA-568-C.4 (2011)Broadband Coaxial Cabling and Components Standard

Related Standards – ANSI/TIA• ANSI/TIA-569-D-2015

Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces.

• ANSI/TIA-570-C–2012Residential TelecommunicationsInfrastructure Standard.

• ANSI/TIA-606-B.1-2012 (2015)Administration Standard for Commercial Telecommunications Infrastructure. (Addendum 1)

• ANSI/TIA-607-C-2015Commercial Building Grounding (Earthing)and Bonding for Customer Premises

• ANSI/TIA-758-B–2012Customer-Owned Outside PlantTelecommunications Infrastructure Standard

• ANSI/TIA-862-BIntelligent Building Systems

• ANSI/TIA-942-A-2012Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard forData Centers. This standard specifies the minimum requirements for telecommunications

• ANSI/TIA-1005-A-2012Industrial cabling Standard, deals with MICE (Mechanical, Ingress, Climate, EMI) and related issues

• ANSI/TIA-1152–2009Requirements for Field Test Instruments and Measurements for Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling.

• ANSI/ TIA-1179 (July 2010)Healthcare Facility TelecommunicationsInfrastructure Standard

ANSI/TIA Series of DocumentsANSI/TIA-568-0.D – Generic Telecommunications Cabling Standard

Defines Generic Cabling Structure:• Cable types• Topologies• Subsystem elements• Distance limitations• Installation requirements• Optical polarity, and loss

measurement requirements

ANSI/TIA-568.0-DGeneric Telecommunications

Cabling Standard

ANSI/TIA-568.1-DCommercial Building Telecommunications

Cabling Standard

ANSI/TIA Series of DocumentsANSI/TIA-568-1.D – Commercial Building Cabling Standard

Establishes structure for commercial building cabling• Based on the generic cabling structure• Defines cabling requirements specific

to commercial buildings to include:• Entrance facilities• Equipment rooms• Telecommunication rooms• Telecommunications enclosures• Backbone cabling• Horizontal cabling• Work areas

ANSI/TIA-568.0-DGeneric Telecommunications Cabling

Standard

ANSI/TIA-568.1-DCommercial Building Telecommunications

Cabling Standard

ANSI/TIA Series of DocumentsANSI/TIA-568-C.2 – Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling and Components

Specifies mechanical and transmission requirements for:• Types of cables (categories)• Connectors• Cords• Transmission performance• Permanent link and channel• Certification and field testing

ANSI/TIA-568.0-DGeneric Telecommunications Cabling

Standard

ANSI/TIA-568.1-DCommercial Building Telecommunications

Cabling Standard

ANSI/TIA Series of DocumentsANSI/TIA-568-C.3 – Optical Fiber Cabling and Components

Specifies mechanical and transmission requirements for:• Types of cables (classifications)• Connectors• Cassettes• Cords• Wavelength specification• Attenuation• Bandwidth

ANSI/TIA-568.1-DCommercial Building Telecommunications

Cabling Standard

ANSI/TIA-568.0-DGeneric Telecommunications Cabling

Standard

Topology Model – ANSI/TIA-568-0.DGeneric Model

Topology Model – ANSI/TIA 568-1.D

Copper Performance – ANSI/TIA 568-C• 4 Performance Categories

– Category 3 : 16Mhz

– Category 5e : 100Mhz

– Category 6 : 250 Mhz

– Category 6A : 500Mhz Horizontal Cable Return Loss

Minimum Horizontal Cable Return Loss

Frequency (MHz)

ReturnLoss

Category 3 1 f 16 n/s

Category 5e1 f < 1010 f < 2020 f 100

20+5log ( f )2525-7log ( f /20)

Category 61 f < 1010 f < 2020 f 250

20+5log ( f )2525-7log ( f /20)

Category 6A1 f < 1010 f < 2020 f 500

20+5log ( f )2525-7log ( f /20)

Frequency(MHz)

Category 3(dB)

Category 5e(dB)

Category 6(dB)

Category 6A(dB)

1.00 n/s 20.0 20.0 20.0

4.00 n/s 23.0 23.0 23.0

8.00 n/s 24.5 24.5 24.5

10.00 n/s 25.0 25.0 25.0

16.00 n/s 25.0 25.0 25.0

20.00 − 25.0 25.0 25.0

25.00 − 24.3 24.3 24.3

31.25 − 23.6 23.6 23.6

62.50 − 21.5 21.5 21.5

100.00 − 20.1 20.1 20.1

200.00 − − 18.0 18.0

250.00 − − 17.3 17.3

300.00 − − − 16.8

400.00 − − − 15.9

500.00 − − − 15.2

Fiber Performance – ANSI/TIA 568-C• 5* Performance Categories

– OM1: 62.5 micron

– OM2: 50 micron

– OM3: 50 micron LO

– OS1: SM

– OS2: SM ZWP

*OM4 recognized by TIA in 2009 TIA-492-AAAD

Optical fiber and cable type 2 Wavelength(nm)

Maximum attenuation (dB/km)

Minimum overfilled modal bandwidth-length product(MHz⋅km) 1

Minimum effective modal bandwidth-length product (MHz⋅km) 1

62.5/125 µm MultimodeTIA 492AAAA (OM1)

8501300

3.51.5

200500

Not RequiredNot Required

50/125 µm MultimodeTIA 492AAAB (OM2)

8501300

3.51.5

500500

Not RequiredNot Required

850 nm Laser-Optimized50/125 µm MultimodeTIA 492AAAC (OM3)

8501300

3.51.5

1500500

2000Not Required

Single-modeIndoor-Outdoor TIA 492CAAA (OS1)TIA 492CAAB (OS2)3

13101550

0.50.5

N/A N/A

Single-modeInside PlantTIA 492CAAA (OS1) TIA 492CAAB (OS2)3

13101550

1.01.0

N/A N/A

Single-mode : Outside PlantTIA 492CAAA (OS1) TIA 492CAAB (OS2)3

13101550

0.50.5

N/A N/A

NOTES1 - The bandwidth-length product, as measured by the fiber manufacturer, can be used to demonstrate compliance with this requirement.2 - The fiber designation (OM1, OM2, OM3, OS1 and OS2) corresponds to the designation of ISO/IEC 11801 or ISO/IEC 24702.3 - OS2 is commonly referred to as “low water peak” single-mode fiber and is characterized by having a low attenuation coefficient in the vicinity of 1383 nm.

Cable Performance – ANSI/TIA 568-0.D• New 2015 revised document recognizes the following cables

– 100 ohm Balanced Twisted Pair Cable, Cat 5e or higher• Defined in ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 document• Cat 3 not recognized

– Multimode fiber optic cable, minimum 2 strands, OM3 or higher• Defined on ANSI/TIA-568-C.3

– Singlemode fiber optic cable, minimum 2 strands• Defined on ANSI/TIA-568-C.3

– Broadband Coaxial Cable• Defined on ANSI/TIA-568-C.4

Cabling Standard ISO/IEC• ISO based in Geneva Switzerland• IEC- International Electrotechnical Committee• The Joint Technical Committee (JTC1) of ISO and IEC develops cabling

standards for the global marketplace• Subcommittee 25, Working Group 3 (JTC1/SC25/WG3)• Basic premises cabling standard - ISO/IEC 11801 Edition 2.2 2011,

Information Technology – Generic Cabling for Customer Premises:– Structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling– Interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO)– Performance requirements for individual cabling links and channels– Implementation requirements and options– Performance requirements for cabling components required for the

maximum distances specified in this standard***– Channel and link testing parameters (details in ISO/IEC 14763)

ISO/IEC Process Model

Component Groups

End-to-EndCabling

Systems

ApplicationGroups

ISO/IEC SC25 WG3Customer Premises Cabling

CENELECTC’s

CISPR-IEMC

ITU-T IEEE 802 ISO/IEC

IEC SC86Optical Comps

IEC SC48Cu Connectors

IEC SC46Cu Cables

Related Standards – ISO/IEC• ISO/IEC 15018 – Residential Standard• ISO/IEC 24702 – Industrial Premises• ISO/IEC 24704 – Customer premises cabling for WAP’s• ISO/IEC 24746 – Midspan PoE Standard• ISO/IEC 14763–x Planning, Installation and testing of cabling systems• ISO/IEC 24764 – Generic Cabling for the Data Center• ISO/IEC TR 29106 – Introduction to the MICE environmental classification• ISO/IEC 30129 – Telecommunications bonding networks for

buildings and other structures• ISO/IEC 11801-9901 - Guidance for balanced cabling in support of at least 40 Gbit/s

Component Spec References – ISO/IEC• IEC 60603-7* – Detail specification for 8-way, shielded, free and fixed connectors,

for data transmissions with frequencies up to 2000 MHz • IEC 60512-99-001:2012 – Test schedule for engaging and separating connectors under

electrical load - Connectors used in twisted pair communication cabling with remote power• IEC 61076-3-110 – Connector industrial 1000 MHz• IEC 61156-5 – Cable horizontal 600 MHz• IEC 61156-5-1 – Cable horizontal 1000 MHz• IEC 61156-6 – Cable Work Area A 600 MHz• IEC 61156-6-1 – Cable Work Area 1000 MHz• IEC 61156-7 – Cable horizontal 1200 MHz• IEC 61156-8 – Cable Work Area 1200 MHz• IEC 61935-1 – Testing horizontal cabling• IEC 61935-2 – Testing patch cords and Work Area cords

And Many Others!

And Many Others!

ISO/IEC Topology Model

CD Campus DistributorBD Building DistributorFD Floor DistributorCP Connection PointTO Telecommunication Outlet

Cabling Standards – ISO/IEC• Balanced Cabling Channel Performance Classes

– Class A: up to 100 kHz using elements Category 1 – Reference Only– Class B: up to 1 MHz using elements Category 2 – Reference Only– Class C: up to 16 MHz using elements Category 3 – Low Speed BB Only– Class D: up to 100 MHz using elements Category 5e– Class E: up to 250 MHz using elements Category 6– Class EA: up to 500 MHz using elements Category 6A – Class F: up to 600 MHz using elements Category 7– Class FA: up to 1000 MHz using elements Category 7A

Cabling Standards – ISO/IEC• Fiber Classes

– OM1: Multimode fiber type 62.5 µm core; minimum modal bandwidth of 200 MHz*km at 850 nm Retrofit existing installations only!

– OM2: Multimode fiber type 50 µm core; minimum modal bandwidth of 500 MHz*km at 850 nm Retrofit existing installations only!

– OM3: Multimode fiber type 50 µm core; minimum modal bandwidth of 2000 MHz*km at 850 nm– OM4: Multimode fiber type 50 µm core; minimum modal bandwidth of 4700 MHz*km at 850 nm– OS1: Singlemode fiber type 1db/km attenuation– OS2: Outside plant Single-mode fiber specification .4db/km attenuation

• OS2 fiber is manufactured in accordance with ITU-T G.652D, and IEC B1.3 SM fiber standardsto reduce or eliminate water absorption loss in the 1383 spectral region, (the water peak)

• Phenomenon related to the absorption of OH ions during the manufacturing process

ANSI/TIA vs. ISO/IEC • In TIA everything is specified by “CATEGORY”• In ISO components (i.e. cables, connecting hardware, and patch cords)

are specified by “CATEGORY” however LINKS and CHANNELS by “CLASS”

Frequency Bandwidth TIA (Components) TIA (Cabling) ISO (Components) ISO (Cabling)1-100 MHz Category 5e Category 5e Category 5e Class D1-250 MHz Category 6 Category 6 Category 6 Class E1-500 MHz Category 6A Category 6A Category 6A Class EA

1-600 MHz n/s n/s Category 7 Class F1-1000 MHz n/s n/s Category 7A Class FA

Tying it All Together TIA-ISO-IEEESystem Performance of ISO and TIA standards are the same in terms of frequencyand application. No IEEE Ethernet applications defined beyond 10GBase-T.40GBase-T is the IEEE ‘Next Generation’ application under development.

Frequency Distance Equipment Interface100 Mhz 100 m Cat 5 Class C RJ45 Up to 100Base-T

100 MHz 100 m Category 5e Class D RJ45 Up to 1000Base-T

250 MHz 100 m Category 6 Class E RJ45 Up to 1000Base-T

500 MHz 100 m Category 6A Class Ea RJ45 Up to 10GBase-T

600 MHz 100 m Not Recognized Cat 7/Class F Not on equipment Up to 10GBase-T

1 GHz 100 m Not Recognized Cat 7A/Class FA Not on equipment Up to 10GBase-T

2 GHz 30m Cat 8 Class I/II RJ45 as currently defined 25/40GBASE-T

TIA vs. ISO Cat 5e and Cat 6 Effectively The Same

• ISO and TIA performance requirements are nearly identical for Cat 5e. The same applies for Cat 6.

• Though Cat 6 is good to 250MHz, the limits at 100MHz are listed to show improvement over Cat 5e.

ParameterTIA Cat 5e

(ISO Class D) Channel (dB)

TIA Cat 6 (ISO Class E) Channel

(dB)Insertion Loss 24 21.3 (21.7)Return Loss 10 12

NEXT 30.1 39.9PSNEXT 27.1 37.1

ACRF (ELFEXT) 17.4 23.3PSACRF

(PSELFEXT) 14.4 20.3

Key Differentiator!Component Specs Cat 6A NEXT @500MHz

Connecting Hardware Parameter

TIA Cat 6A Component

(dB)

ISO Cat 6A Component (dB)

Insertion Loss .45 .45

Return Loss 14 14

NEXT 34 37

FEXT 29.1 29.1

TCL/TCTL 14 14

PSANEXT 56.5 56.5

PSAACRF (PSAELFEXT) 53 53

• ISO 11801 NEXT component limits are more stringent than TIA, however both exceed what IEEE requires for 10GbE applications.

Key Differentiator!Crosstalk Channel Specs for Cat 6A

• ISO 11801 internal crosstalk channel limits are more stringent than TIA, however both exceed what IEEE requires for 10GbE applications.

Channel ParameterTIA Cat 6A

Channel (dB)ISO Class EA

Channel (dB)

Insertion Loss 49.3 49.3

Return Loss 6 8

NEXT 26.1 27.9

PSNEXT 23.2 24.8

ACRF (ELFEXT) 9.3 11.5

PSACRF (PSELFEXT) 6.3 8.5

PSANEXT 49.5 49.5

PSAACRF (PSAELFEXT) 23 23

Key Differentiator!ISO/IEC Defines Category 7 and 7A Components• ISO/IEC defines Class F (Cat 7) and Class FA (Cat 7A) transmission up to 600

MHz and 1000 MHz respectively.

• “Category” 7/7A is used to describe component performance,while “Class” F/FA is used for channel performance parameters.

• The cable and connectivity is fully shielded.

• The RJ Compatible IEC IEC60603-3-82 jack will accept an RJ45 patch cord for Cat 6a performance but will meet Cat 7a when mated with an IEC IEC61076-3-110 patch cord. GG45

• The non RJ style, open standard IEC 61076-3-104 is one possible jack/plug interface. Need adapter cords for RJ45 downward compatibility. TERA

• No defined equipment interface or protocol for this

Cat 7/7A IEC60603-7-71

Cat 7/7A IEC61076-3-104

Standards under Development IEEE P802.3bq 25/40GBase-T?

• Support for 25/40 Gbps over balanced twisted pair cable

• Support full duplex operation

• 25GBase-T/1.25 Ghz, 40GBase-T 2.0 Ghz

• Preserve the 802.3 / Ethernet frame format

• Support a BER better than or equal to 10-12

• Support Auto-Negotiation

• Support Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)

• Support typical structured cabling topologies (RJ45)

• Data Center Server to switch connections

• Ratification 2016

Standards under Development Category 8 Copper

• Both TIA and ISO are working on cabling standards to support IEEE 25/40GBase-T , 25/40Gbps over balanced twisted pair

• What is known today:– Will be a 30 meter channel, NOT 100 meters– Designed for EOR/MOR data center connectivity.– Performance will be based on a two connector channel model– Will be standardized on shielded cabling components, NOT U/UTP– Will define support for both RJ45 style (8.1/Class I) and non RJ style

(8.2/Class II) connectors

• Target ratification by TIA is 2016• ISO/IEC to ratify Cat 8 (Class I and II) standards in 2016 as well

Connecting Hardware Cat 8.1Interface Options Under Consideration• CLASS I (Cat 8.1): RJ-45

– Globally recognized and adopted– Backwards compatible with auto-negotiation– Standards bodies approved, robust and time tested– Power over Ethernet PoE, PoE+ and 4-Pair PoE compatible– Will also support 25GBase-T– Shielded Cable and Connectivity required– User familiarity

Connecting Hardware Cat 8.2Interface Options Under Consideration• CLASS II (Cat 8.2): Non-RJ

– Not fully backwards compatible, requires hybrid cables– Not available on active gear equipment today– Currently only ISO/IEC standards recognize CLASS II– Limited market adoption as historic ISO Cat 7 and 7A , enhanced Class F and Fa (Not TIA)– Shielded solution– IEEE does not recognize this for equipment interfaces

TeraClass II

GG45Class II

ARJClass II

Category 8 is a Data Center Solution• Switch to Server links at the DC edge

• End of Row (EoR) & Middle of Row (MoR)

• Top of Rack (ToR)

• Switch to Switch links at the Core will remain fiber

Standards Under Development - Copper • IEEE Looking at 2.5 Gbps and 5.0 Gbps Over INSTALLED Cat 5e/Cat 6 Cabling

– Interim step to support 802.11ac (WiFi) higher throughput– Cat 6A still minimum requirement to support 10GBase-T– TIA still recommends 2 Cat 6A for each WAP in new installations– 802.3bz is the Task Group title– TIA-TSB-5021 and ISO/IEC 11801-99-04 committees looking at requirements

to certify existing cabling to meet these proposed network speeds

• IEEE 802.3bt– 4 Pair Power over Ethernet, 10GBASET support– 60 watt and 100 watt POE standards development– Concerns about heat buildup and dissipation– Requirement to increase cable rating to 75 degree C?– Low Power regulatory issues?

Standards Under Development - Fiber • 25Gbps over two strands of MM fiber

• Brings ability to run 100Gbps over 8 strands, same as current 40Gbps – TIA-TSB-172-A High data rate MM fiber transmission techniques

• 40Gbps over 2 strands of MM, WDM for MM fiber– Cisco BiDi- proprietary– Arista and Juniper- based on 40GBase-LR4

• OM5 Fiber– Optimized for MMWDM

• 400G....

New Standards Document Updates• Review and update to ANSI/TIA-568-C standard to 568-X.D, is partially complete

– Harmonize new high speed standards and incorporate some of the standalone standards,i.e.: Resi/DC/Industrial. 2015/2016

– Generic document (ANSI/TIA-568-0.D) and Commercial Spaces document (ANSI/TIA-568-1.D)are complete, component standards still under review (Cat 8 , POE details still pending)

• ISO/IEC also working on next revision to 11801, Revision 3.0– ISO/IEC 11801-1 – General Requirements (structure, dimensioning, channel)– ISO/IEC 11801-2 – Commercial Office Environment (unique aspects)– ISO/IEC 11801-3 – Industrial Environment (unique aspects)– ISO/IEC 11801-4 – Residential Environment (unique aspects)– ISO/IEC 11801-5 – Data Centre (unique aspects)– ISO/IEC 11801-6 – Distributed Building Services (unique aspects)

IEEE Ethernet Long and Winding Road• The “need for speed” in

network connectivity seems to have no end

• Advances in science, mathematics, engineering , technology and manufacturing will continually work to satisfy the need

• Cabling needs to keep pace as well.

Thank You!

Questions?