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January/February/March 2020 I 3 SUBMISSION POLICY ICT TODAY is published quarterly in January/February/March, April/May/June, July/August/September, and October/November/December by BICSI, Inc., and is sent to BICSI members, RCDDs, RTPMs, DCDCs, BICSI Installers and Technicians and ESS, NTS, OSP, RITP and WD credential holders. ICT TODAY subscription is included in BICSI members' annual dues and is available to others through a purchased yearly subscription. ICT TODAY welcomes and encourages submissions and suggestions from its readers. Articles of a technical, vendor-neutral nature are gladly accepted for publication with approval from the Editorial Review Board. However, BICSI, Inc., reserves the right to edit and alter such material for space or other considerations and to publish or otherwise use such material. The articles, opinions and ideas expressed herein are the sole responsibility of the contributing authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of BICSI, its members or its staff. BICSI is not liable in any way, manner or form for the articles, opinions and ideas, and readers are urged to exercise professional caution in undertaking any of the recommendations or suggestions made by authors. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without permission from BICSI, Inc. ADVERTISING: Advertising rates and information are provided upon request. Contact the BICSI Sales Department for information at +1 813.979.1991 or 800.242.7405 (U.S. and Canada toll-free) or cnalls@bicsi.org. Publication of advertising should not be deemed as endorsement by BICSI, Inc. BICSI reserves the right in its sole and absolute discretion to reject any advertisement at any time by any party. POSTMASTER: Send change of address notices to BICSI, Customer Care, 8610 Hidden River Pkwy, Tampa, FL 33637-1000; Phone: +1 813.979.1991 or 800.242.7405 (U.S. and Canada toll-free). © Copyright BICSI, 2020. All rights reserved. BICSI and RCDD are registered trademarks of BICSI, Inc. contents FROM THE PRESIDENT 05 Continuity By Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP COVER ARTICLE 06 FiberG: Fiber Everywhere for 5G and Beyond: 5G is here! The rising importance of optical fiber for 5G and future mobile/converged networks is inevitable. Discover how and why optical fiber is essential for 5G/6G and the future mobile/con- verged network infrastructure, even among chal- lenges needing to be addressed. This is the dawn of the "fiber generation." It is the dawn of FiberG. By Konstantinos Stavropoulos, Ph.D. 18 Discover How to Convert Multimode Optical Fibers into Singlemode to Support Growing Bandwidth: Nearly 75 percent of the optical fibers deployed in the LAN are multimode. Bandwidth- intensive applications and latency-aware traffic are becoming ubiquitous. With MPLC-based tech- nologies, there is no need for large costly cabling projects; simply convert multimode optical fibers into non-dispersion singlemode. By Kevin Lengle, Ph.D. 26 The Process of Selecting Media for Industrial Ethernet Networks: Selecting appropriate media for a robust and reliable industrial Ethernet network is imperative. Three viable media types are optical fiber, balanced twisted-pair and wireless. Their various characteristics are defined and use criteria outlined to help ICT physical infrastructure designers identify the correct media choices. By Luke Young, RCDD 36 A Comparison of Blown Fiber and Conventional Optical Fiber Installation Methods: By comparing conventional and blown fiber installation methods via actual OSP and inside plant installation examples, designers and installers can better understand these viable installation methods in an age when the enterprise customer confronts ever-increasing bandwidth demands and the continuous influx of emerging technologies. By Kathy Woolf, RCDD 46 Passive Optical LAN Transforming ICT in Health Care: Healthcare facilities are struggling to address the IoT explosion, the influx of wireless devices, assurance of greater stability through constant availability and strict quality of service (QoS) in support of mission-critical services. Learn how and why optical fiber-based POL meets the needs of health care now and into the future. By John Hoover 58 How Smart Planning and Cabling Can Shape a Successful Healthcare Facility: This article provides the prescription for a healthy telecommunications room (TR). Unlike typical commercial buildings, healthcare facilities must support several dozen subsystems to operate efficiently. These subsystems demand careful ICT infrastructure design and planning to create TRs that can deliver high-bandwidth and resilient low-latency connectivity and much more. By Mitch Cohen, RCDD JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 Volume 41, Issue 1

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