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Planning
2.3.4   Structure of generic communication cable systems
Primary area (Campus Distributor)
•  Cabling of individual buildings together at the same site
Secondary area (Building Distributor)
•  Vertical storey cabling
Tertiary area (oor distributor / machine distributor)
•  Cabling to the end user
•  Cabling to a machine and inside a machine
2.4   EN 50174-2 Information technology – Installation of 
communication cabling
EN 50174-2 contains requirements for planning and implementing a cabling.
2.5  MICE matrix
The MICE matrix according to (DIN) EN 50173-1 covers the environmental 
requirements for cabling.
Ambient conditions are classied by:
Mechanical  Mechanical properties
Ingress  Sealing properties
Climatic/Chemical  Climatic/chemical properties
Electromagnetic  Electromagnetic properties
There are three different degrees of severity:
1 – Generally sufcient for ofce environments
2 – Generally sufcient for light industry
3 – Sufcient for heavy industry










