Australian Standards
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| MANUFACTURING | WIRING RULES | INSTALLATION | NETWORK PERFORMANCE | NETWORK DESIGN |
| AS/CA S008:2020 | AS/CA S009:2020 | AS/NZS 14763.2:2020 | AS/NZS 11801.1:2019 | AS/NZS 3084:2017 |
| AS/NZS 14763.3:2026 | AS 11801.2-6:2019 | AS/NZS 3085.1:2004 | ||
| AS/NZS 3835.1-2:2006 |
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| ISO/IEC 14763-2 and EN 50174-2 |
Understanding and adhering to Australian standards for structured cabling is crucial as these standards are designed to ensure the reliability, safety, and performance of cabling systems.
Australian Standards Overview
Aim:
To inform the Australian market about relevant and current standards that apply to structured cabling design, installation and testing. This resource is designed for IT professionals managing physical networks, network engineers and designers, project managers and structured cabling installers.
Target market:
IT professionals
- IT Professionals
- Consulting Engineers
- End Users
- Architects
- Designers
- ICT Advisors
- Installers
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Manufacturing |
AS/CA S008:2020
Manufacturers requirements for customer cabling products
- Including but not limited to:
- UV compliance
- Copper wire sizing
- Colour coding of cables
- Outdoor cable properties
- Flammability characteristics
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Wiring Rules |
AS/CA S009:2020
Installation requirements for customer cabling (Wiring Rules)
- Customer cabling wiring rules to be followed by the installer covering the safety of the cabler, customer, members of the public, and anyone who may come into contact with the installation before, during, or after completion.
- Including but not limited to:
- Telecommunications and electrical cable separation distances.
- Earth potential rise ( EPR )
- Hazardous environments
- Electrical energy source class (ES1, ES2, ES3)
- Separation from power (150mm at termination or 50mm during cable run, or a durable physical barrier)
- Separation from HV power single core and multicore terminations and cable
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Installation |
AS/NZS 14763.2:2020
Information technology — Implementation and operation of customer premises cabling, Part 2: Planning and installation
- Specifies the requirements for the planning, installation, and operation of telecommunications cabling and cabling infrastructures
- Including but not limited to:
- Quality assurance
- Installation practice
- Testing of the installation
- Inspection
- Repair
AS/NZS 14763.3:2026
Information technology — Implementation and operation of customer premises cabling, Part 3: Testing of optical fibre cabling
- Specifies the relevant systems and methods for the inspection and testing of installed optical fibre cabling infrastructure
- Testing methods explained are based on the existing standards-based methodologies and procedures.
- Changes from the 2017-2026 versions:
- For the testing of Multimode connectors, the new test limit is 0.45dB, down from 0.5dB; for Singlemode the new test limit is 0.7dB, down from 0.75dB
- Loss values for testing MPO based systems defined
- A quality plan is required for each fibre option installation
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Network Performance |
AS 11801 series overview:
The AS 11801 series is the Australian adoption of the international ISO/IEC 11801 structured cabling standards and provides the framework for the design, performance, topology, installation and testing of generic telecommunications cabling systems.
It specifies the architecture, performance, installation and testing requirements for telecommunications infrastructure across commercial buildings, industrial facilities, homes, data centres and distributed building services, providing a standards-based framework for reliable, interoperable and future-ready network infrastructure.
AS 11801.1:2019
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises, General requirements
- Covering the cabling requirements for installations
- Including but not limited to:
- Channel transmission and environmental performance requirements
- Link performance requirements
- Backbone cabling infrastructure requirements
- Component performance infrastructure requirements
- Test procedures to verify conformance to the cabling transmission performance requirements
- 0.4mm minimum conductor size for patch leads (26AWG). Reference 11801.1
AS 11801.2:2019
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer office premises, Office premises
- Including but not limited to:
- Specify generic cabling for use within office premises, which can comprise single or multiple buildings on a campus
- Balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling installations
- Support the structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within office premises
- The interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO)
- The performance requirements for cabling links and channels
- The implementation requirement options, the performance requirements for cabling components, and the conformance requirements and verification procedures
AS 11801.3:2019
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises industrial premises, Industrial premises
- Specifies generic cabling for use within industrial premises, or industrial areas within other types of premises, which can comprise single or multiple buildings on a campus
- Including but not limited to:
- Balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling
- Cabling defined by this Standard supports a wide range of services, including automation, process control, and monitoring applications
- Support the structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within office premises
- The interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO)
- The performance requirements for cabling links and channels
- The implementation requirement options, the performance requirements for cabling components, and the conformance requirements and verification procedures
AS 11801.4:2019
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises, Single-tenant homes
- The objective of this Standard is to specify generic cabling for single-tenant homes
- Covers balanced cabling, optical fibre cabling and coaxial cabling
- This Standard specifies a generic cabling for two groups of applications— (a) information and communications technologies (ICT); and (b) broadcast and communications technologies (BCT)
- The structure and minimum configuration for generic cabling within homes; (ii) the interfaces at the telecommunications outlet (TO) and broadcast outlet (BO)
- The performance requirements for cabling links and channels
- The implementation requirement options, the performance requirements for cabling components, and the conformance requirements and verification procedures
AS 11801.5:2019
Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises, Data centres
- The objective of this Standard is to specify generic cabling within and to the computer room spaces of data centre premises, or data centre spaces within other types of buildings
- Including but not limited to:
- Balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling
- Cabling specified by this Standard supports a wide range of services including voice, data and video that can also incorporate the supply of power
- The structure and minimum configurations for generic cabling within data centres
- The interfaces at the equipment outlet (EO) and the external network interface (ENI)
- The performance requirements for cabling links and channels
- The implementation requirement options, the performance requirements for cabling components, and the conformance requirements and verification procedures
AS 11801.6:2019
Generic cabling for customer premises, Distributed building services
- The objective of this Standard specifies generic cabling within premises that comprise single or multiple buildings on a campus
- Including but not limited to:
- Balanced cabling and optical fibre cabling
- Telecommunications, e.g., Wireless Access Points (WAPs), distributed antenna systems
- Energy management, e.g., lighting, power distribution, incoming utility metering
- Environmental control, e.g., temperature, humidity
- Personnel management, e.g., access control, cameras, PIR detectors, time and attendance monitoring, electronic signage, audio-visual projectors
- Personal information and alarms, e.g., paging, patient monitoring, nurse call, infant security
- Intelligent building systems
- Minimum category for cabling to distributed building services (WAPs, cameras etc) is Cat 6A (Class Ea)
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Network Design |
AS/NZS 3084:2017
Telecommunications installations – Telecommunications pathways and spaces for commercial buildings
- Including but not limited to:
- Pathways and spaces sizing requirements for internal cabling infrastructure
- Pathways and spaces sizing requirements for external cabling infrastructure
- Conduit fill recommendations
- External pit penetration sizing requirements
AS/NZS 3085.1:2004
Telecommunications installations – Administration of communications cabling systems – Basic requirements
- Including but not limited to:
- Communications outlet, patch panel, and cabling labelling requirements
- Communications infrastructure labelling methods and procedures
- Telephony installation labelling formats and methods
AS/NZS 3835.1:2006
Earth potential rise – Protection of telecommunications network users, personnel, and plant – Code of practice
- Specifies requirements and code of practice to minimise hazards due to earth potential rise for the protection of telecommunications network users, personnel, and plant
AS/NZS 3835.2:2006
Earth potential rise – Protection of telecommunications network users, personnel, and plant – Application guide
- Including but not limited to:
- EPR hazard voltage limits
- Assessment of EPR zones
- Field test and measurements
- Typical hazard zones
(ISO/IEC 14763-2 and EN 50174-2)
Remote Power Categories
In an installation, remote power (RP) categories are a way to ensure the heat build-up from power supply is managed correctly. There are three RP categories. We use the average current served by a distributor to determine the individual RP category.
- RP1 – the average current across all conductors served by a distributor is less than or equal to 212mA
- RP2 – the average current across all conductors served by a distributor is 212mA to 500mA
- RP3 – limited to the average current limit of <500mA when a Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) or a Power Device (PD) at a distributor is attached
Note: Telecommunications cabling carry hazardous levels of energy – AS/CA S009:2020 Page VI.