33.040.50 - Lines, connections and circuits

This European Standard specifies requirements for the following aspects of information technology cabling:
a)   installation specification, quality assurance documentation and procedures;
b)   documentation and administration;
c)   operation and maintenance.
This European Standard is applicable to all types of information technology cabling including generic cabling systems designed in accordance with the EN 50173 series.

This Technical Report describes the following:
a)   the functional elements and structure of the cabling, external to homes, supporting community antenna television (CATV) and master antenna television/satellite master antenna television (MATV/SMATV) networks in accordance with EN 60728-1;
b)   the location and accommodation of the home network interface (HNI) in accordance with EN 60728-1;
c)   requirements for additional cabling performance requirements (i.e. insertion loss slope between 47 MHz a...view more

This document addresses the mitigation and protection of telecommunications cabling from electromagnetic interference by describing:
a)   coupling mechanisms and possible countermeasures;
b)   assessment of the electromagnetic environment;
c)   filtering, isolation and surge protections measures.
Safety (electrical safety and protection, optical power, fire, etc.) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements are outside the scope of this document and are covered by standards and regulation...view more

1.1   Scope
This European Standard specifies requirements for the following aspects of information technology cabling:
a)   planning;
b)   installation practice.
This European Standard is applicable to all types of information technology cabling inside buildings (and may be applied to cabling that is defined as part of the building) including generic cabling systems designed in accordance with the EN 50173 series. The requirements of Clauses 4, 5 and 6 of this standard are premises-independent unl...view more

1.1   Scope
This European Standard specifies requirements for the following aspects of information technology cabling:
a)   installation specification, quality assurance documentation and procedures;
b)   documentation and administration;
c)   operation and maintenance.
This European Standard is applicable to all types of information technology cabling including generic cabling systems designed in accordance with the EN 50173 series.
Safety (electrical safety and protection, optical power, fire, e...view more

This standard specifies generic cabling for distributed building services and can be used in conjunction with all the space-specific standards of the EN 50173 series.
It covers balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling.
This standard specifies directly or via reference to EN 50173 1 the:
-   structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling for distributed building services;
-   interfaces at the service outlet (SO);
-   performance requirements for cabling links and channels;
-   implement...view more

This standard specifies generic cabling within computer room spaces in data centre premises, or data centre spaces within other types of building.
It covers balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling.
This standard specifies directly or via reference to EN 50173-1 the:
-   structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within data centre spaces;
-   interfaces at the external network interface (ENI) and equipment outlet (EO);
-   performance requirements for cabling links and channels;
...view more

This European Standard specifies:
a)   the structure and configuration of the backbone cabling subsystems of generic cabling systems within the types of premises and/or spaces defined by the other standards in the EN 50173 series;
b)   channel transmission and environmental performance requirements in support of the standards in the EN 50173 series (which have taken into account requirements specified in application standards listed in Annex F);
c)   link performance requirements in support of the...view more

This standard specifies generic cabling for homes. A home can contain one or more buildings or can be within a building that contains more than one home.
It covers balanced cabling, optical fibre cabling, and coaxial cabling.
This standard specifies generic cabling for two groups of applications:
-   Information and Communications Technologies (ICT);
-   Broadcast and Communications Technologies (BCT).
This standard specifies directly or via reference to EN 50173-1 the:
-   structure and minimum...view more

This standard specifies generic cabling to serve the automation islands in industrial premises, or industrial spaces within other types of building.
It covers balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling.
This standard specifies directly or via reference to EN 50173-1 the:
-   structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within industrial spaces;
-   interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO);
-   performance requirements for cabling links and channels;
-   implementation requiremen...view more

This standard specifies generic cabling within and between the buildings of office premises, or office spaces within other types of building.
It covers balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling.
This standard specifies directly or via reference to EN 50173-1 the:
-   structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within office spaces;
-   interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO);
-   performance requirements for cabling links and channels;
-   implementation requirements and opti...view more

This standard specifies generic cabling within and between the buildings of office premises, or office spaces within other types of building. It covers balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling. This standard specifies directly or via reference to EN 50173-1 the: - structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within office spaces; - interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO); - performance requirements for cabling links and channels; - implementation requirements and options; -...view more

This standard specifies generic cabling within computer room spaces in data centre premises, or data centre spaces within other types of building. It covers balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling. This standard specifies directly or via reference to EN 50173-1 the: - structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within data centre spaces; - interfaces at the external network interface (ENI) and equipment outlet (EO); - performance requirements for cabling links and channels; - impl...view more

This European Standard specifies: a) the structure and configuration of the backbone cabling subsystems of generic cabling systems within the types of premises and/or spaces defined by the other standards in the EN 50173 series; b) channel transmission and environmental performance requirements in support of the standards in the EN 50173 series (which have taken into account requirements specified in application standards listed in Annex F); c) link performance requirements in support of the sta...view more

This standard specifies generic cabling for homes. A home can contain one or more buildings or can be within a building that contains more than one home. It covers balanced cabling, optical fibre cabling, and coaxial cabling. This standard specifies generic cabling for two groups of applications: - Information and Communications Technologies (ICT); - Broadcast and Communications Technologies (BCT). This standard specifies directly or via reference to EN 50173-1 the: - structure and minimum confi...view more

This European Standard specifies requirements and provides recommendations for the following aspects of information technology cabling:
a)   planning;
b)   installation practice.
This European Standard is applicable to all types of information technology cabling outside buildings including generic cabling systems designed in accordance with EN 50173 series. The requirements and recommendations of this European Standard may be applied to cabling that is defined as part of the building.
The requ...view more

This Technical Report defines requirements and recommendations concerning limits for the application and operation of remote powering using cabling comprising balanced cabling components of Category 5 (minimum) as defined in EN 50173-1.
This Technical Report also describes:
-   a set of specific implementations which are the basis of a mathematical model for the temperature increases in bundles of cables under remote powering conditions;
-   a matching testing protocol used to provide data for th...view more

D145/C116: NWI approved * 2013-03-14: UAP text allocated to cpalagi@cencenelec.eu

2013-02-26 - Enquiry editing allocated to aclausse@cencenelec.eu * Draft for enquiry available at CCMC

EN 50603 describes straight screened patch cords and patch cords and application-specific cords enabling the construction of Class E channels as defined in the EN 50173 series of standards. This detail specification describes cords of which the transmission characteristics are up to 250 MHz for digital communication. The test configuration is detailed in EN 61935-2.