Andrew Oliviero - Cabling Part 1: LAN Networks and Cabling Systems,

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In loving memory of my brother Maurice.

And to my parents, Mario and Colomba, and my brother Dominick. Thank you for all of your support, encouragement, and great memories throughout the years. Although we are miles apart, you are with me every step of the way.

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First, I would like to thank David Barnett, David Groth, and Jim McBee, the authors of the third edition of Cabling: The Complete Guide to Network Wiring . They provided a strong foundation for the fourth and new editions. Thank you to the staff at John Wiley & Sons and Sybex for the opportunity to work on this book. Specifically, I would like to thank Mariann Barsolo, Becca Anderson, and Pete Gaughan, for their support and patience. I thank our developmental editor, David Clark, and our technical editor, Charlie Husson, for doing an excellent job on the editing process and making this book well balanced. Thanks to Bill Woodward for helpful discussions before embarking on this work. Applause goes to Herb Congdon, TIAs Associate Vice President of Technology and Standards (formerly of TE Connectivity), in managing the successful revision leading to the ANSI/TIA-568-C series standard. I think anyone involved with the revision of this standard would agree. I also thank John Kamino and Andy Ingles of OFS for providing some of the figures used in Part 1. I would like to thank my employer OFS for their support and encouragement on this projectspecifically, my manager, Patrice Dubois. And finally, thanks to all of my friends for their unfailing loyalty and interest in this project.

Andrew Oliviero

Andrew Oliviero is Director of Product Line Management of optical fiber products at OFS (formerly Lucent Technologies), a supplier of optical fiber, cable apparatus, and specialty products. He is responsible for developing global product strategies for the enterprise, FTTX, metro, long-haul, and submarine markets. Andrew is presently focused on new product development for single-mode fiber and is leading OFSs product development teams in developing advanced bend-insensitive single-mode fiber for FTTX, metro, long-haul, and ocean applications.

Andrew began his career in research and development (R&D) and has worked in single-mode and multimode optical fiber product management, R&D, engineering, and manufacturing operations for the last 18 years with OFS, Lucent Technologies, and SpecTran Corp.

Andrew has presented worldwide at a variety of seminars, conferences, and symposiums and is involved in the development of optical fiber and cabling architecture standards in TIA, IEC, ISO, and IEEE. He is an active member of TIAs TR-42 committee, where he was involved in the development of the ANSI/TIA-568-C standard, 10Gbps multimode fiber specifications, and measurement processes. He held the Chair position of TIAs Fiber Optic LAN Section in 2007.