STRUCTURE CABLING 101

For this webinar that is conducted by department and

information and communication technology held on June 24,2020.
Where in the speaker is IRA M. bermudo, pece. This webinar
discusses the structure cabling system or referred as information
transport system.
Based on the speaker it is the electronic system within a building
that consists of a number of standard smaller elements or sub-
systems. There are so many advantages of an structure cabling
system but one I like the most is the “simplify troubleshooting which
means structured cabling system problems are less like to down the
entire network and even there’s a problem within the system its easier
to isolate and fix it immediately.
Structured system fall into six sub-systems namely demarcation
point/ entrance facility, equipment room, vertical riser cabling runs or
backbone cabling, telecommunications room, horizontal cabling within
the floor and the work-area. the demarcation point/entrance cabling
facility and equipment room were most likely put in one room here in
the Philippines.
The structured cabling system consists of backbone (building,
campus) cables, horizontal (building) cables, up to three cabling sub-
systems, a centralized cross connect location and a cross-connections
and equipment outlets. Physical star topology shall be installed in a
telecommunications cabling as it provides flexibility to meet a variety
of application requirements, it reduces single points of system failure,
limits two levels of cross connects, limits signal degradation and also
simplify moves, adds and changes.
The most commonly used in a structured cabling is the balance
twisted pair. There are two types of balance twisted pair which is the
unshielded cable that most commonly used balance twisted pair in a
structured cabling system and cheaper than the other one which is the
shielded cable. For twisted pair cabling , it uses a color code to allow
us or installers to easily identify each pair within a cable. The UTP or
the unshielded twisted pair is most commonly installed in the premises
or inside plant environment. For the shielded twisted pair (STP) cable
is most commonly used where performance requirements demand
higher protection from outside noise sources. It is more expensive
than the Unshielded twisted pair as it provides a higher immunity to
electromagnetic interference(EMI) and radio frequency
interference(RFI).
For every structure cabling system recommendations, it is
advised to use only one wiring standard whether it is the straight-
through or cross over. And also used a connecting hardware that is
compatible with the installed cable. It is also important to locate the
main cross-connect near the center of the building to limit the cable
distances. He also recommend to terminate each horizontal cable on
a dedicated telecommunications outlet and maintain the twist of
horizontal and backbone cable pairs up to the point of terminations.
Lastly, avoid stretching cables.
For this webinar, it helps us to understand how the cabling
system works in a building. There’s lot of things to consider before
designing the structure of cabling system. He also taught us different
safety guidelines to avoid any type of accidents. Lastly, I will be fully
aware with the most common causes of failures in structure cabling
system.