What are some of the main structured cabling standards Why a

What are some of the main structured cabling standards? Why are these guidelines so important to follow when installing media and equipment inside of a building?

Solution

The various standards for structured cabling and their importance are explained as follow.
1) TIA / EIA-568-A-1995 (Commercial Building Telecommunications Wiring Standards)
It defines the standard for cabling the commercial buildings that uses data networks,voice and video.Also it defines performance criteria for cabling.
2)TIA/EIA-568-A updates (1998-1999)
Updates were
A1- propagation delay and delay skew parameters.
A2-miscellaneous changes.
A3- requirements for bundled and hybrid cables.
A4- defined NEXT and return loss requirements for patch cables.
A5-defined performance requirements for Enhanced Category 5.
3)TIA 568-B.1-2000 (Commercial Building Telecommunications Wiring Standard)
It provided minimum acceptable performance levels.
4) TIA/EIA-569-A-1995 (Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces)
It defined how to build the pathways for telecommunication.
5) TIA 570-A-1998 (Residential and Light Commercial Telecommunications Wiring Standard)
It specified residential cabling.