Overview of the standard environment

A large number of standards are relevant to Ethernet technology. These standards are concerned with:

Installation
Communication protocols
Mechanical/electrical limit values
Component definitions

This document deals with the subsection:

which components
in which combination
result in a cable section of the desired performance class.

Three normative committees are considered in this introduction:

ISO: International Organization for Standardization: http://www.iso.org
IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission, www.iec.ch
EN/DIN: Committee for European Standards or their German editions through DIN: http://www.cenelec.eu
TIA/EIA: US Standards Committee: http://www.tiaonline.org/

As a globally used communication protocol, the IEC 61918 standard and the IEC 61784-5 EtherCAT installation profile are authoritative for EtherCAT. These contain definitions themselves or are based on other ISO/IEC standards. The corresponding European implementations in EN standards are technically equivalent.

Overview of the standard environment 1: — Overview of standards (does not claim to be complete)

The following illustration shows the context (broad approach) of the requirements of IT cabling, industrial automation, residential buildings and data centers:

Overview of the standard environment 2: — Expanded overview of standards, there is no claim for completeness

References
EN50174-2:2000 prEN50174-2:2007	Information technology installation of communication cabling Part 2: Installation planning and installation practices in buildings
EN50288-2-1:2003 EN50288-2-2:2003	Multi-core metallic data and control cables for analogue and digital transmission Part 2-1: Framework specification for shielded cables up to 100 MHz Cables for the horizontal and vertical areas Part 2-2: Device connection cables and switchboard cables
EN60603-7-2 EN60603-7-3	Connectors for electronic facilities Part 7-2: Detail specification for unshielded free and fixed connectors, 8-pin, for data transmissions up to 100 MHz Part 7-3: Detail specification for shielded free and fixed connectors, 8-pin, for data transmissions up to 100 MHz
EN50173-1:2007 EN50173-3:2007	Information technology Application-independent communication systems Part 1: General Requirements
IEC24702:2006	Information technology Application-independent cabling Industrially used buildings
IEC61784-5-12/WD	Industrial communication networks Fieldbus installation profiles Installation profiles for communication profile family 12 (EtherCAT)
IEC61918 Ed.2.0	Industrial communication networks Installation of communication networks in industrial plants
EN61935-1	Specification for the testing of IT cabling
IEC61156-6	Framework specification for multi-core symmetrical cables up to 1000 MHz