Cabling

Andrew Oliviero is Director of Product Line Management of optical fiber products at OFS, a supplier of optical fiber, cable apparatus and specialty products. He is involved in the development of optical fiber cabling standards in TIA, IEC, ISO, and IEEE. He was involved in the development of the ANSI /TI A-568-C standard and held the Chair position of TI A's Fiber Optic LAN Section in 2007. Oliviero holds a B.S.E and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Massachusetts.Bill Woodward has been working with and teaching fiber optics since 1992. He is chairman of SAE International’s Aerospace Fiber Optics and Applied Photonics Committee, AS-3 and chairman of the AS-3B2 Education and Design Working Group. He has also served four terms as chairman of the Electronics Technicians Association; in addition, he is chairman of the committees responsible for the FOI, FOT and DCI certifications.

• Introduction xxxiiiPart I LAN Networks and Cabling Systems 1Chapter 1 Introduction to Data Cabling 3Chapter 2 Cabling Specifications and Standards 57Chapter 3 Choosing the Correct Cabling 103Chapter 4 Cable System and Infrastructure Constraints 133Chapter 5 Cabling System Components 157Chapter 6 Tools of the Trade 183Chapter 7 Copper Cable Media 215Chapter 8 Fiber-Optic Media 255Chapter 9 Wall Plates 281Chapter 10 Connectors 299Chapter 11 Network Equipment 325Chapter 12 Wireless Networks 343Chapter 13 Cabling System Design and Installation 367Chapter 14 Cable Connector Installation 401Chapter 15 Cable System Testing and Troubleshooting 433Chapter 16 Creating a Request for Proposal 467Chapter 17 Cabling @ Work: Experience from the Field 493Part II Fiber-Optic Cabling and Components 507Chapter 18 History of Fiber Optics and Broadband Access 509Chapter 19 Principles of Fiber-Optic Transmission 519Chapter 20 Basic Principles of Light 539Chapter 21 Optical Fiber Construction and Theory 555Chapter 23 Safety 605Chapter 24 Fiber-Optic Cables 621Chapter 25 Splicing 653Chapter 26 Connectors 693Chapter 27 Fiber-Optic Light Sources and Transmitters 763Chapter 28 Fiber-Optic Detectors and Receivers 793Chapter 29 Passive Components and Multiplexers 819Chapter 30 Passive Optical Networks 849Chapter 31 Cable Installation and Hardware 869Chapter 32 Fiber-Optic System Design Considerations 903Chapter 33 Test Equipment and Link/Cable Testing 941Chapter 34 Troubleshooting and Restoration 995Appendices 1037Appendix A The Bottom Line 1039Appendix B Cabling Resources 1097Appendix C Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) Certification 1103Appendix D Home Cabling: Wiring Your Home for Now and the Future 1109Appendix E Overview of IEEE 1394 and USB Networking 1115Appendix F The Electronics Technicians Association, International (ETA) Certifications 1121Glossary Index 1241