This book is written for professionals in telecommunications and LAN technology. It is the most complete and comprehensive guide to Structured Cable Systems. It presents the SCS in two ways; first, as a complete working system including physical principles of its operation, and second by the number of components the SCS consists of. All main components of SCS are described. This book also covers questions on SCS design, assembling, testing and troubleshooting. It is supplemented with a glossary of over 300 terms.

Practical, detailed book for experts in cabling and data communications Presents the fundamentals of electric and fibre optic cables as well as all the practical aspects Contains additional reference information on technical data and terms (glossary) in an appendix

Inhalt
1 General Information on SCS.- 2 Signal Transmission through SCS Channels.- 3 SCS Electrical Components.- 4 Optical Fiber SCS Components.- 5 Auxiliary Components.- 6 SCS for Non-office Buildings and SOHO Sector.- 7 Specialized Active Network Equipment for SCS.- 8 Grounding of telecommunications closets and equipment rooms.- 9 Fire safety.- 10 SCS Design.- 11 SCS Installation.- 12 Testing of SCS Links and Channels.- 13 SCS operation.- 14 Additional Information.- Summary.- References.