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Cable engineering for local area networks
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This book provides a complete guide to the design, procurement, installation and testing procedures for local area networks (LANs) using both copper and optical fibre cable technology. International, European and American LAN and premises cabling standards are explained and compared including the latest Category 5, Category 6 and Category 7 proposals. The latest standards in testing, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) compliance and fire safety are also covered in detail. By describing the theory as well as the practical issues involved, this book is an unrivalled source of information for those who need to understand, at a time of very rapid change, the complexities of today's office-based LANs. British courses such as City and Guilds course 3466, Copper and Optical Communications C & G courses in Telecommunications and Electronics Engineering 2720, 2760 and 3478 NVQ and SNVQ courses on copper and fibre communications technology, levels one to five Future qualifications to be developed by the European Institute of Telecommunications Engineering and the European Intelligent buildings group American Certified Electronics Technician, Certified Fiber Optics Installer, Certified Network Systems Technician and Telecommunications Electronics Technician courses BICSI courses such as RCDD where the book's coverage of European and international standards is very useful BTEC and BSc courses on electronic and communications engineering In addition it is a valuable resource for IT managers, consultants, cable installation engineers and system designers who need to understand the technology and physics behind the subject and the huge range of standards that apply to cable engineering.
Front Cover; Cable Engineering for Local Area Networks; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Basic applied mathematics; 2.1 Working with indices; 2.2 Prefixes to denote size; 2.3 Logarithms; 2.4 Decibels (dB); 2.5 Sine waves and phase; 2.6 Complex numbers; Chapter 3. Basic physics -- electrical; 3.1 SI system and fundamental units; 3.2 Atoms, elements and compounds; 3.3 Conductors, semi-conductors and insulators; 3.4 Electricity and circuits; Chapter 4. Basic physics -- optical; 4.1 The electromagnetic spectrum.
4.2 Reflection and refractionChapter 5. Communications theory; 5.1 Analogue and digital channels; 5.2 Binary, octal and hexadecimal; 5.3 Bandwidth and data rate; 5.4 Megabits and megahertz are not the same; 5.5 Noise; 5.6 The time domain and frequency domain; 5.7 Coding schemes; 5.8 Multiplexing; 5.9 Synchronous and asynchronous transmission; 5.10 Error correcting codes; 5.11 Digital subscriber lines (xDSL); Chapter 6. Local area networking and associated cabling; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The rise of structured cabling and local area networks.
6.3 LAN architecture and the open systems interconnection model6.4 Types of local area network; 6.5 Optical networks and channels; 6.6 Video applications over structured cabling; Reference; Chapter 7. Copper cable technology -- cable; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 American wire gauge; 7.3 Solid and stranded conductors; 7.4 Insulation material; 7.5 Fire rating of cables; 7.6 Screening or shielding of cables; 7.7 Multicore cables; 7.8 Twisted pair cables; 7.9 Categories and classes of cable; 7.1 0 External cable; 7.1 1 Quads; 7.12 Coaxial cable 'coax'; Chapter 8. Copper cable technology -- components.
8.1 Introduction8.2 Connectors; 8.3 Patch panels; 8.4 Telecommunications outlets; 8.5 Consolidation points; 8.6 Other devices; Chapter 9. Copper cable technology -- transmission characteristics; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The fundamental units of measurement; 9.3 The cable as a transmission line; 9.4 Crosstalk and power sum measurements; 9.5 Nominal velocity of propagation; 9.6 Return loss; 9.7 TOC and common mode and differential mode transmission; 9.8 Electromagnetic emissions and immunity of cable; Chapter 10. Copper cable technology -- testing; 10.1 Introduction.
10.2 Time and frequency domain measurements10.3 Test parameters; 10.4 Testing standards; Chapter 11. Optical cable technology -- optical fibre; 11 .I Introduction; 11.2 Why use optical fibre?; 11.3 Fibre manufacture; 11.4 Multimode and singlemode, step index and graded index; 11.5 Optical fibres for datacommunications and telecommunications; 11.6 Wavelengths of operation; 11.7 Bandwidth and dispersion of optical fibre; 11.8 Attenuation; 11.9 Singlemode fibre; 11.10 Plastic optical fibre; Chapter 12. Optical cable technology -- cable; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Tight buffered optical fibre.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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