Wiring – cabling permanently installed in walls and/or ceilings
- Wiring from service point to workgroup point is currently based on Category 5E standard (or soon, possibly, the newer Category 6) wire bundles, with a maximum length of about 100M.- Wiring from workgroup point to building connection point is currently based on optical fiber with specific length and other physical restrictions. - Wiring from the building connection point to backbone will be based on optical fiber with known length and other physical restrictions.
Equipment Rooms – dedicated space with clean, isolated power and sufficient air handling to house sensitive electronics
- A workgroup equipment room (often called a “wiring closet”) is a secure, environmentally controlled space used to house one or more workgroup concentration devices (sometimes called an “IDF”).- A building equipment room is a secure, environmentally controlled space used to house the building connection device(s) (sometimes called a “MDF”). KNOWN PROJECT CHALLENGES
Project challenges are substantially of two types – technical and/or engineering challenges that have to do with network design, support, and operation; and socio-political challenges that concern issues such as cost sharing, space utilization, special needs, and management and control issues. Network Engineering
- We work with building occupants to identify short and long term connectivity requirements;- We identify building-specific vertical and horizontal cabling restrictions, and workgroup and building equipment room requirements; - We will work within cable length constraints, building-specific constraints, and equipment room space allocation to design the physical facility to provide current connectivity at a reasonable initial cost and be upgradeable to support future needs; and- We will support special laboratory and wireless access to the extent that it can be justified and contained within project budget.