ICT Today

October/November/December 2022 I 3 SUBMISSION POLICY ICT TODAY is published quarterly by BICSI, Inc., and is sent in digital format to BICSI members and credential holders. 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. 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. © Copyright BICSI, 2022. All rights reserved. BICSI and all other registered trademarks within are property of BICSI, Inc. contents FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT 05 Working Together By Carol Everett Oliver, RCDD, DCDC, ESS COVER ARTICLE 06 Preparing the Infrastructure for Next-Gen Wi-Fi: Planning for a robust infrastructure that will support future generations of wireless means consid- ering new technologies that can improve performance capabilities, update the cabling infrastructure, and modernize wireless access point (WAP) installation methods. With Wi-Fi evolving, ICT professionals need to reconceptualize their ICT infrastructure in prepa- ration for emerging wireless bandwidth demands. By Patti Fisher, RCDD, DCDC, OSP, RTPM, WD and Bree Murphy, RCDD 16 Unexpected Challenges of Running Cloud-Native 5G Networks: As communications service providers (CSPs) and mobile network operators (MNOs) build out new 5G standalone (SA) networks, they continue to uncover things that were not neces- sarily planned for or well understood. Ultimately, solving these unexpected challenges opens the door to a better 5G experience. By Ken Gold 24 Pre-Terminated Cable Pulling Adapters, a New Method to Speed Up Installations with Long Connectorized Cables: The use of pre-terminated cables versus field-terminated cables makes it possible to save considerable time and expense. Pre-terminated cables and the pre-terminated cable pulling adapters (PCPAs) are new tools in the installer's toolkit. They are poised to make installations with pre-terminated cables much easier, much faster, and more cost-effective, while causing less damage to building structures. By Francois D. Menard 34 Digital Building Solutions—The Future of Building Technology: A digital building solution using PoE technology ensures a long-term, cost-effective, and positive future for property owners that enables the sustainability of the building and the health and well-being of the building's occupants. Furthermore, PoE technology is the perfect platform to host and power many different solutions, such as lighting, sensors, IoT, gateways, and automation, while introducing future single-pair topologies. By Keith Parker 44 Reimagining ICT Deployments with Intelligent Build and Construction Digitization: Bringing together elements of intelligent passive infrastructure, construction SaaS platforms, and the automation and digitization of test and splice equipment, intelli- gent build solutions can bring many benefits to end-customers, ICT installers, general contractors, and suppliers. Now, more than ever, it is critical that a full end-to-end solution be embraced to enable modern ICT network deployments. By Subbu Maiyappan and Manja Thessin, RCDD, RTPM 52 The True Impact of High-Power Applications on Your Network: The increased capability of PoE and the introduction of fault managed power (FMP) in complex networks play key roles in smarter applica- tions and buildings to aid in the achievement of world impact goals and to make safer and healthier environ- ments. These strategies require a building network that transmits increasing amounts of data and power at the same time. It is critical to understand the impacts these power levels and distribution strategies have on traditional networks. By Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP and Brian Ensign, RCDD, NTS, OSP, RTPM OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2022 Volume 43, Issue 4

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