STRUCTURED CABLING

SYSTEM
PHIL LOMBOY
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 Structured cabling is
building or campus
telecommunication’s
cabling
infrastructure that
consists of a number
of standardized
smaller elements
(hence structured)
called subsystems.
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 Structured cabling falls

into six subsystems:

 Entrance Facilities is
the point where the
telephone company
network ends and
connects with the on-
premises wiring at the
customer premises.
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 Equipment Rooms
house equipment and
wiring consolidation
points that serve the
users inside the
building or campus.
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 Backbone Cabling
connects between the
equipment/telecommunic
ations rooms, so named
because the rooms are
typically on different
floors.
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 Horizontal Cabling wiring can be IW (inside wiring) or Plenum
Cabling and connects telecommunications rooms to
individual outlets or work areas on the floor, usually through
the wireways, conduits or ceiling spaces of each floor.
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 Telecommunications
Rooms or
Telecommunications
Enclosure connects
between the backbone
cabling and horizontal
cabling.
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 Work-Area
Components
connect end-user
equipment to
outlets of the
horizontal cabling
system.
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