Structured Cabling Standards You Should Know About

• MSAs (Multi-Source Agreements) - Specify parameters for system components and their guideline values, such as the electrical and optical interfaces, mechanical dimensions, and electromagnetic values.

• INCITS (InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards) - Develops standards governing the security, storage, transfer, and management of information.

• OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - Federal program developed due to differences in workplace safety standards. Its inspectors have the power to impose fines and/or close places.

• UL (Underwriters Laboratories) - Evaluates cable products under more than 70 different product categories, using more than 30 standards for safety. These are similar to the NEC (National Electric Code). UL 444 is the safety standard for communication cables and UL 13 is for the power cables.

• ECA (Electronic Components, Assemblies, & Materials Association) - Enacts standards for passive and active electronic components: component arrays and assemblies; and commercial and industrial electronic equipment and supplies.

• CEA (Consumer Electronics Association) - Provides a unified technology roadmap critical to consumer electronics industry growth. Enable innovation and foster interoperability with existing devices.

• ISO (International Standards Organization) - It is a non-governmental organization created in 1947 at the world level of national standards bodies, with more than 140 countries.

• IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) - Principalmente responsable por las especificaciones de redes de área local como 802.3 Ethernet,802.5 TokenRing, ATM y las normas de GigabitEthernet.

• CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) - The committee represents the interests of 33 member countries and 13 affiliate member countries for the European marketplace.

• TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) - Founded in 1985 after the breakup of the AT&T monopoly. It develops voluntary industrial wiring standards for many telecommunications products and has more than 70 preset standards.

• ANSI (American National Standards Institute) - It is a nonprofit organization that oversees the development of standards for products, services, processes, and systems in the United States.
  
  ANSI is a member of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

• EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance) - It is an organization formed by the association of electronic and high technology companies of the United States whose mission is to promote the development of the market and the competitiveness of the high technology industry of the United States through local and international policy efforts.

ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B	Telecommunications Wiring in Commercial Buildings on how to install Wiring
ANSI/TIA/EIA-569-A	Standards for Telecommunications Routes and Spaces in Commercial Buildings on how to route cabling
ANSI/TIA/EIA-570-A	Residential Telecommunications Infrastructure Standards
ANSI/TIA/EIA-606-A	Telecommunications Infrastructure Management Standards in Commercial Buildings
ANSI/TIA/EIA-607	Requirements for installations of Telecommunications grounding systems in Commercial Buildings
ANSI/TIA/EIA-758	Customer-Owner Standard for External Telecommunications Plant Wiring
ANSI/TIA/EIA-942	Telecommunications infrastructure standard for data centers
J-STD-607	Standard for Telecommunications Grounding and Bonding Requirements in Commercial Buildings

The standards are also driven by trends in the structured cabling industry, such as the convergence of voice, video, and data applications, as well as increased bandwidth.

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