AT&T 76450 - Manual (Page 21)

Common Systems Connection Standards AT&T Services, Inc
Date: June 2013
ATT-TP-76450, Issue 15
Copyright © 2013, AT&T . All Rights Reserved.
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6 Copper
6.1 DS3/STS-1 Connector & Cabling BNC Connector
DS3/STS-1 connector standard & cabling BNC connector shall be standard DS3/STS-1
BNC(180, 90 & 45 degree) electrical coaxial connector (except Posilock 180, 90 & 45 degree)
Note: Use Trompeter Electronics BNC for Midwest, ADC Telecommunications BNC for
Southeast and Kings Electronics BNC for West, Southwest and East. For Legacy AT&T, use
Trompeter Electronics BNC, ADC Telecommunications BNC and Kings Electronics BNC within
the same regions previously cited, and use the existing BNC of choice in all other areas
.
6.2 Alternative DSC/STS-1 Connector
For Network Elements that require a unique connector DS3/STS-1 SMZ Electrical Coaxial
Connector shall be used on the Network Element only.
6.3 Coaxial Stripping Tools and Coaxial Crimping Tools
Coaxial Cable Stripping Tools and Coaxial Connector Crimping Tools shall be 734C/735C
and shall be limited to those specific tools that each connector manufacturer approves for
stripping and crimping.
6.4 DS1 Cross-Connect Wire
DS1 Cross-Connect Wire (Violet/Red) shall be special high twist Wire to mitigate spectrum
interference with DSL
Wire (Violet/Blue).
6.5 DSL Cross-Connect Wire
DSL Cross-Connect Wire (Violet/Blue) with Different turns than DS1(Violet/Red), used to
mitigate spectrum interference.
6.6 Electrical Ethernet Cabling Standards
Electrical Ethernet cabling shall be a minimum Category 5E using either RJ21X connectors or
RJ45 connectors.
6.7 Electrical Jumper (Cross-Connect) Standards
Jumpers for Electrical Ethernet cross-connects shall be a minimum Category 5E using RJ 45
connectors.
6.8 Data Patch Panels
Data patch panels shall be Electrical (10Base T, 100Base T, 1000Base T) Ethernet Patch
Panels and Skeleton Bays for both Network Element and Ethernet Distributing Frame (EDF)
bays. These patch panels shall have a minimum Category 5E rating.