What you need to know about the ‘Avalanche’ of ICT Standards being

released this year

Paul Stathis

CEO, BICSI South Pacific

What’s the Purpose of a ‘Standard’?

• Oxford Dictionary definition of ‘standard’:

– “a level of quality or attainment, something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations”

• For industry, a standard exists to:

– Clearly benchmark the level of acceptable performance

– Provide guidance on:• the right thing to do

• the right way to do it

• with the right products

– To define a “defendable position” when things go wrong

1. Cable ties should be applied loosely to cable bundles and allow

sliding of the cable tie across the cable bundle, and tie wraps must

not distort cable jacket. Cable installation should not significantly

deform the cable jacket.

Poor guidance on installation practice

OTDR testing must be carried out on 15% of all cabling at random and shall be witnessed by the Client and their consultants’. If failures on tested cabling is not deemed acceptable, additional OTDR testing will be required at additional 10% increments until the Client is satisfied that the installation meets the required standards. All OTDR testing over and above the initial 15% shall be carried out at the contractors expense.

Poor guidance on testing practices (no end user spec attached to verify the need for this OTDR testing, and it is not Standards based

1. Earthing and bonding must be in accordance with the

manufacturer’s instructions and J-STD-607-A and AS 3000

Referencing international standards (no mentioned of S009 in

spec.

Outdated Standards

Recent ‘NQR’ specifications

Recent ‘NQR’ specifications

Australian Standards

AS 2834 Computer Accommodation.

AS/NZS 2967 Optical Fibre Communication Cabling Systems Safety

AS/NZS 3000 Wiring Rules.

AS/NZS 3080 Telecommunications Installations - Generic Cabling for Commercial Premises.

AS/NZS 3084 Telecommunications Installations – Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces for Commercial Buildings.

AS 3085.1 Administration of Communications Cabling Systems.

AS/NZS 60950 Safety of Information Technology Equipment.

AS 3548 Electromagnetic Interference - Limits and Methods of Measurement of Information Technology Equipment.

AS/NZS 61935 Series Testing of Balanced Communications Cabling.

ISO/IEC 14763-3 Testing of Optical Fibre Cabling

Australian Standards / Australian Communications Industry Forum (AS/CA) Standards

AS/CA S008 Requirements for Authorised Cabling Products

AS/CA S009 Installation Requirements for Customer Cabling (Wiring Rules)

International Standards

ANSI/EIA 310-D Cabinets, Panels, Racks and Associated Equipment.

EIA/TIA 568 Commercial Building Telecommunications Wiring Standard.

EIA/TIA TSB 36 Additional Cable Specifications for UTP Cable.

EIA/TIA TSB 40A Additional Transmission Specifications for UTP Connecting Hardware.

Electrical Installation Practice According to IEC International Standards, EMC series

International standards pointlessly listed

Recent ‘NQR’ specifications

All listed in the same specification.Irrelevant IEEE Standards listed for Cat 6A project

Recent ‘NQR’ specifications

Same specification – Cat 6A cable initially listed, then Cat 6 to be tested as Class E

Then goes on to tell installers to test using an unsupported tester and to do both CH and PL tests.

Also tells installer to test length using a TDR meter

Recent ‘NQR’ specifications

ANEXT doesn’t apply to Cat 6 systems

Recent ‘NQR’ specifications

Spec said Cat 6A

No mention of Fibre

in the whole spec

No mention of voice grade

cabling in the spec

Spec said CP’s to

be allowed for

No cabinet detailed specified

• Disputes

• Poor Network Performance

• $$$ losses

• Damage to your company and personal “brand”

*RISK

What happens because of this?

• Education for Consultants on:

– Standards & regulations

– Verification/proof-of-performance

– Applications

• Education for Installers on:

– Standards & regulations

– Installation practices

– Testing and interpreting test results

• Best practice in ICT Infrastructure

– TDMM

– DD102 instructor-led courses

– RCDD credential

Program to mitigate these risks

• Replacement of AS/NZS 3080: 2013 with AS/NZS ISO/IEC 11801 – Q3 this year– 6 separate ‘environment-based’ volumes instead of one

– Revised cabling ‘architectural hierarchy’

– New applications, eg ‘1-pair Ethernet’, ‘remote power feed’

• Revision of AS/CA S008: 2010 ‘Requirements for customer cabling products’ –Q3 this year– Technology update + new regulatory requirements

• Revision of AS/CA S009: 2013 ‘Installation requirements for customer cabling (Wiring rules)’ – Q3 this year– Technology update + new regulatory requirements eg ‘15m rule’ and ‘field terminable plugs’

– Introduction of ‘Fit-for-purpose’ requirements

New standards for us in 2018

• AS/NZS 60950-1 telecommunications customer equipment standard replaced by AS/NZS 62368-1 (4 year transition as determined by ACMA)– This will mandate the safety requirements of AS/NZS 60950-1:2015 (IEC 60950-1, Ed. 2.2

(2013), MOD), and AS/NZS 62368-1:2018 (IEC 62368-1:2014 (ED. 2.0) MOD)

• IEEE 802.3bt 4-Pair Power over Ethernet (4PPoE)– Remote power feed brings with it a multitude of ‘traps for the unwary’

– Resistance unbalance

– Cable bundles overheating

– Arcing at connectors

– Overload on existing cabling not designed for constant current

BICSI will provide updates and announcements on these changes for members through the year in conferences, training programs, seminars, BICSI Bytes and direct email notifications.

New standards for us in 2018

AS/NZS Descriptor Standard Descriptor Minimum Class

Cable Distributors to Outlet Coverage

AS/NZS 11801-1 General requirements

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 11801-2 Office premises Class E Cat 6 CD-BD-FD-CP-TO 2,000m2

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 11801-3 Industrial premises Class D Cat 5 CD-BD-FD-ID-CP-TO 10,000m2

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 11801-4 Homes Class D Cat 5 PHD-SHD-BO/TO 100m2

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 11801-5 Data centres Class EA Cat 6A (ENI)-MD-ID-ZD-LDP-EO 2,000m2

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 11801-6 Distributed building services

Class EA Cat 6A CD-BD-SD-SCP-SO 10,000m2

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 11801 will be 6 separate volumes:

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 11801

Campus

Distributor

CD

Backbone

Cable

Building

Distributor

BD

Backbone

Cable

Floor

Distributor

FD

Horizontal

Cable

Consolidation

Point

C CC C C C C C

TE Outlet

Distributor 4

Subsystem

Cable 4

Distributor 3

Subsystem

Cable 3

Distributor 2

Subsystem

Cable 2

Distributor 1

Cable Z

Consolidation

Point

Cable Y

C CC C C C C C C C

Terminal

Equipment

Cord

TE Outlet

Revision of general cabling structure

Current

architecture

New

architecture

AS/NZS ISO/IEC 11801

• JB Hunter (BICSI Corp member) has become a BICSI Authorised Design Training Provider and will provide RCDD training through local personnel:

– Perth - 28 May to 1 June;

– Melbourne - 25 to 29 June; and

– Auckland - 23 to 27 July

• VTI Services (BICSI Corp member) is delivering Standards training courses for consultants in Australia and NZ Q2/Q3

– Accurately applying the new AS/NZS 11801 standard in specifications

– Testing and test assessment for copper and optical fibre networks

• Pilot BICSI Engineering Education Seminar (for consultants only) in Melb on 23 May – ‘ICT Standards’ and ‘Services penetrations in fire-rated barriers’

Contact BICSI office for more information on these programs

BICSI Standards Training in 2018

Why is this so important?

ICT infrastructure is the “4th Essential Service”

Without it, business and the community simply cannot function

Thank You