Section 16720

Data Communication Systems

PART 1 GENERAL

1.1 SUMMARY

A. This section includes the technical requirements for the planned data
communication system within the project, comprising the following:
0. LAN Network system
1. IP Wireless Networking
2. IP Telephony System

1.2 RELATED DOCUMENTS

B. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and

Supplementary Conditions and Division 01 Specification Sections, apply to this
Section.

1.3 DEFINITION

C. LAN: Local area network. The Local Area Network is made up of electronic
devices named Core Switch and Edge Switch installed in the Main
Communication Room cabinets. The main function of this network is to support
Voice, Data and Video IP Networks in the Building and to enable access to the
IP links outside the building originating from the Provider IP and TDM networks

D. Data Network: It is the switching network that will perform all switching and
routing functions for voice, video and data services. The network shall serve all
IP based services such as IP telephony, EL V and ICT systems,

E. Core Switches: The Core Switches will be located at the heart of the network
and shall provide very fast switching, intelligent high-performance platform for
deploying numerous concurrent intelligent services without degrading the
overall performance of the network. The core switches shall perform various
functions using various service modules for WAN interfaces, security firewalls ..

F. Edge (Access) Data Switch: Edge Switches will be located at the wiring closets
(telecommunication closets), they will provide users with access to the network.
The edge switches shall support power over Ethernet on all ports.

G. Wireless Network Management Server: Wireless LAN Controllers are

responsible for system wide wireless LAN functions, such as security policies,
intrusion prevention, RF management, quality of service (QoS), and mobility

1.4 DESCRIPTION OF WORK

H. The purpose of this document is to define works to be performed under this

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 section, including supply, install, test and commission of complete Data
Communication Network Equipment.

I. The Contractor shall be responsible for all design activities, preparing drawings,
components and materials, labor and all other associated apparatus necessary
to completely install, test and turnover for acceptance of the Employer. General
Terms and conditions shall apply to this work even if it is not explicitly stated in
this document.

J. The Contractor shall provide a turnkey solution. The installation and

commissioning of the multi-service systems shall be supplied by the Contractor
as stated in the drawings and specification. In addition, the Contractor shall go
along with the document and abide by it and shall provide a fully verified and
functional network upon completion. If there are any details or matters not
specifically mentioned or shown, partially described or missing from the
document which may be necessary to complete or perfect the work, then the
Contractor shall include in the work.

K. The local area network shall provide the unified IP infrastructure required to
provide the necessary bandwidth for the different running applications.

L. This Section details the work to be carried out by the Contractor concerning the
following items:
1. Core switches with their required Supervision, IP Services, LAN and high
and very-high-rate WAN Modules
2. Standalone Edge Switches and their Uplink Modules
3. Wireless Controllers
4. Indoor WiFi Access Points

M. A hierarchical building block design approach is required to ensure scalability

and to simplify network operations and troubleshooting. That should
guarantee operations simplicity for the client.

N. This network tender scope includes supply, install, configure and test all
equipment including all required accessories, tools necessary to complete a
high standard implementation as per vendor standards and recommendations.

O. The contractor shall be responsible for installation and connectivity of all

copper/fiber patch cords between patch panels and network equipment.

P. Contractors should coordinate with other contractors to provide all VLANs

configurations required by security, AV, BMS and integration contractors.

Q. Detailed Low Level Technical Design shall be submitted by the contractor prior
to equipment ordering and implementation. LLD shall include all technical
details including IP addressing scheme, VLANs, Network topology, Physical and
Line Diagrams, hardware platform, addressing, routing strategy, Security
considerations such as authentication, VLANs, subnet isolation, and so on shall
be included.

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 R. Contractor shall submit Wireless Site survey, RF study, network implementation
plan, staging, installation and configuration. For approval by the Engineer to
accomplish the work of building the network in an integrated manner and with
definitive procedure the necessary tests.

S. If there are any details or matters not specifically mentioned or shown, partially
described or missing from the document which may be necessary to complete
or perfect the work, then the Contractor shall include in the work at no
additional cost to the client.

T. Contractor shall be responsible for verifying and confirming that all required
active equipment that shall be ordered for this project is up the latest models
and releases issued by the manufacturer during technical transmittal approval
process and at no additional cost to the client.

1.5 REFERENCES

A. All relevant Cods, standards and recommendation for the equipment,

configuration and installation of following organizations are applicable:
0. International Organization for Standardization (ISO/lEC)
1. European Standard (EN)
2. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
3. International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T)
4. Telecommunications Industry Association/Electronics Industry Association
(TIA/EIA)
5. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

B. Examples of relevant standards

0. ISO/IEC 11801 latest edition for their physical interfaces.
1. ISO 8802/3; Information Exchange between Systems, CSMA/CD EN
2. EN 50082-1: Electromagnetic compatibility, generic immunity standard
3. EN 550022: Limits and methods of measurement of radio interference of
ITE
4. IEEE 802.3x standards related to the following either upon twisted pairs or
optical fibres:
a. 802.1 d/w: (Rapid) Spanning Tree
b. 802.1p: Traffic prioritisation
c. 802.19: Virtual LAN's
d. 802.1x: Port Based Network Access Control
e. 802.3: CSMA/CD
f. 802.3af: Power over Ethernet
g. 802.1 0: Security
h. 802.11: Wireless Networks
i. 802.11 e: Wireless Network Enhancement.
5. H.235: Security and encryption for H-series (H.323 and other H.245-based)
multimedia terminals
6. H.235: Packet-based multimedia communications systems
7. G.7l1: Pulse code modulation (PCM) of voice frequencies

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 8. G.723.1: Dual rate speech coder for multimedia
communications transmitting at 5.3 and 6.3 k bit/s
9. G.729: Coding of speech at 8 kbit/s using conjugate –structure algebraic-
code excited linear-prediction (CS-ACELP)
10. TlA/EIA 568 Commercial Building Telecommunication cabling standard
IETF
11. RFC 2474 – Diff Serv (Differentiated Service Architecture)

C. UL Listing: The system and all its components shall be listed by Underwriters
Laboratories Inc. or approved equal.

D. All System components should be passed the tests as mentioned in the

standards. Certificate of these tests should be submitted.

1.6 SUBMITTALS

A. The contractor shall submit the following prior to installations:

B. Submit to the Engineer shop drawings, product data (including cut sheets and
catalog information). The engineer/designer will indicate approval of shop
drawings and product data submitted to the Engineer by stamping such
submittals “APPROVED" with a stamp. The shop drawings submitted shall be
initialed or signed by the Contractor, showing the date and the Contractor's
legitimate firm name.
1. By submitting shop drawings and product data, the Contractor represents
that he or she has carefully reviewed and verified materials, quantities,
field measurements, and field construction criteria related thereto. It also
represents that the contractor has checked, coordinated, and verified that
information contained within shop drawings and product data conform to
the requirements of the work and of the contract documents.
2. The Engineer remains responsible for the design concept expressed in the
contract documents as defined herein.
3. The Engineer’s approval of shop drawings and product data submitted by
the Contractor shall not relieve the Contractor of responsibility for
deviations from requirements of the contract documents, unless the
Contractor has specifically informed the Engineer in writing of such
deviation at time of submittal, and the Engineer has given written approval
of the specific deviation.
4. The Contractor shall continue to be responsible for deviations from
requirements of the contract documents not specifically noted by the
contractor in writing, and specifically approved by the Engineer in writing.
5. The Engineer’s approval of shop drawings and product data shall not
relieve the Contractor of responsibility for errors or omissions in such shop
drawings, product data, and samples.

C. General: Submit the following:

1. The installer reference with similar projects.
2. Certificates from the Manufacturer illustrating that the installer has the

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 qualified personnel to perform design, installation and configuration for
the equipment provided. Personnel certificates from the manufacturer
must be submitted. The certificates must be appropriate with the
requirement with the required configuration & maintenance expected
tasks.
3. Proposed schedule for installations and configurations Complete set of
manuals and software for each switch illustrating the installation and
configuration processes along with the periodic maintenance procedures.
4. Hands on Training schedule illustrating the studying hours along with the
materials. The training shall include detailed installation and configuration
steps along with the maintenance strategy.

D. Shop drawings: Submit the following:

1. Workshop drawings illustrating full details of rack elevations along with all
related network drawings, in addition to the physical and logical diagrams
of the proposed network illustrating the following:
a. Type and number of physical links and interfaces.
b. Type and bit rate of each logical link.
c. The number and type of each port of the proposed equipment,
power over Ethernet ports shall be specified.
2. The contractor has to show the maximum number of ports that can be
provided by the core and edge switches against the number actually used
ports for the current situation.
3. VLAN and Addressing plan foreseen for the proposed network
4. Proposed Quality of Service policy.
5. Technical Data sheets of all proposed supplied equipment’s.
6. Complete schematic of the physical layer of the proposed WLAN.
7. Complete files and results achieved after carrying out an onsite radio
propagation investigation, indicating for each WiFi Access Point:
a. Level, location and identification.
b. Transmission power tuned and used during the
propagation investigation on the 2.4 GHz band and 5 GHz
band
c. C/N (Career/Noise) of the radio signal delivered on the 2.4 GHz band
and 5 GHz band:
i. At 10 and 25 meters from the Indoor WiFi Access Points
ii. At 25, 50, 100 and 200 meters from the Outdoor WiFi Access
Point.
d. Net bit-rate obtained on the highest usable channels on the 2.4 GHz
band and at each distance indicated above with traffic simulation
(using WPA and TKIP encrypted Ethernet standard frames) on each
Access Point.
8. Site layout of the Building levels indicating:
a. location and labeling of DNE WiFi Access Points
b. Dedicated transmitting level for each WiFi Access Point on the 2.4
GHz band and 5 GHz band (accordance with local regulations is to be
verified)

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 c. Chosen channel number for each Access Point on the 2.4 GHz band
and 5 GHz band.
9. At the end of each working phase, the Contractor shall provide a complete
set of as built document including:
a. All prior documents requested for execution and completed in
accordance with the real executed works.
b. Management software configuration with managed domains and
user rights of each operator using management software.
c. Technical data sheets, references and catalogues of installed
equipment and software manufacturers.
d. The configuration files will be given to the Client Representative
Technical Consultant for validation.

E. Project Record Drawings:

1. Submit project record drawings at conclusion of the project and include:
a. Approved shop drawings.
b. Telecommunications closets (TCs) and main communication room
(MCR and/or MDF) termination detail sheets.
c. Security Equipment Room (SER) detail rack layout
d. Labeling and administration documentation
e. Warranty documents for equipment.
f. Performance test result

F. Compliance Clause: The contractor must submit a complete specification

compliance statement for the proposed Communication systems.

G. Compliance sheet item by item providing a comparison between each item

specifies herein and each item submitted and deviations justifications if there is
any.

H. The Contractor shall be notified and will be required to re-examine immediately

any error, omission or nonconformity identified by the Consultant at this stage.

I. Any anomaly or non-conformity identified in the documents and any omission

of documents shall be subject to a deduction in warranty.

1.7 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. All materials and equipment supplied by the Contractor shall be new latest and
proven technology in communication systems and shall meet or exceed the
latest published specification of the manufacturers in all respects. All materials
and components shall be compatible with each other and with the services they
shall interface with.

B. All equipment and materials shall be the products of recognized

manufacturers. The Contractor shall supply the latest model available at the
time of order placement for each piece of equipment/materials. If a newer
version becomes available within thirty (30) days of the issuance of a purchase
order by the Employer or if a new technology becomes available that offers an

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 alternative to selected equipment or materials the Contractor shall offer to
substitute such new equipment or materials for the selected equipment and
materials. The Employer shall decide whether or not such substitutions are
appropriate, and prices shall be adjusted to reflect increases or decreases in
cost to Employer. The cost of any changes to infrastructure cabling or physical
plant design due to such changes will be included in the cost revision presented
to the client prior to Employer acceptance.

C. Approved Equivalent Substitution: The Contractor may propose an Employer

approved equivalent device. Requests for hardware substitution shall be
submitted in writing and include the hardware cut sheet and the exact
configuration being proposed.

D. Component Testing: All electronic components are to be factory tested prior to

installation.

E. System Support: Factory fax/telephone/email support shall be available free of

charge during normal business hours.

F. Compliance: Comply with applicable portions of relevant standards pertaining

to types of electrical equipment and enclosures. All equipment shall be UL
listed, or equivalent.

G. Subcontractor Qualification: The Data communication systems sub-Contractor

shall be fully capable and experienced in the multiservice environment,
Information Technology and Communication systems (ITC) as specified. To
ensure the system has continued support, the Sub-Contractor shall have a
successful history of installation, service and support and must have a
minimum of ten (l0) years of experience.

H. The Sub-Contractor's installation personnel shall meet the manufacturers'

training and education requirements of the extended warranty program. The
training certificates obtained from the manufacturer shall be submitted.

I. The Sub-Contractor should meet the following requirements and qualifications:

0. The Sub-Contractor must have a proven track in building and maintaining
large network infrastructure similar or bigger to this tender requirement.
1. The Sub-Contractor shall have a proven track of experience in networking
Services, Security, Network Management System, VOIP, IP Telephony
technologies, and cabling.
2. The Sub-Contractor should be recognized as an Authorized Vendor Partner
for five (5) years at least.
3. On-site support personnel should be certified on the products supplied by
the Manufacturer.

1.8 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING

A. Costs of all shipping to the site, and of all unusual storage requirements, shall
be done by the Contractor. It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to

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 make appropriate arrangements and to coordinate with authorized personnel
at the site for the proper acceptance, handling, protection, and storage of
equipment so delivered.

B. Movement of material, either at the time of delivery or subsequently, shall be

the sole responsibility of the contractor. All costs associated with this
movement shall also be the responsibility of the contractor.

C. The contractor shall be responsible for the safe storage of all equipment. In the
event of equipment damage or disappearance from the site, the contractor
shall bear full responsibility, and all costs associated with equipment
replacement at no additional cost to the Owner.

D. Deliver materials (except bulk materials) in manufacturer's unopened

container, fully identified with the manufacturer's name, trade name, type,
class, grade, size and color.

E. Store materials suitably sheltered from the elements, but readily accessible for
inspection until installed. Store all items subject to moisture damage in dry
space

1.9 WARRANTY

A. The manufacturer shall warrant specified equipment to be free from

defects in materials and workmanship for a period of at least two years from
the date of handover.

1.10 MAINTENANCE SERVICE

A. Maintenance Contract: Obtain an undertaking by the equipment manufacturer

and his authorized local representative to provide an annual maintenance
contract, available after substantial completion of the work, covering routine
service and emergency service by trained employees, and to ensure supply of
necessary standard spare parts.

B. Initial Maintenance Service: Beginning at Substantial Completion, provide 24

months' full maintenance service by skilled, competent employees of the
Installer. Include monthly preventive maintenance, repair or replacement of
worn or defective components, cleaning, and adjusting as required for proper
operation. Use parts and supplies as used in the manufacture and installation
of original equipment.
1. Perform maintenance, including emergency callback service, during
normal working hours.
2. Include 24-hour-per-day, 7-day-per-week emergency callback service.
3. Response Time: 2 hours or less.

C. Optional Maintenance Service: Refer to main contract terms & condition

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1.11 TESTS AND ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

A. Equipment Test: Unless requirement is waived, materials shall be tested and

manufacturer's test reports certifying that materials meet the requirements of
the listed standards shall be submitted.

B. All Configurations must be delivered, reviewed and accepted before the

system's initial acceptance.

C. Configurations made by the contractor must be submitted monthly, including

switches and servers' configurations.

1.12 PROJECT CONDITIONS

A. Environmental Limitations: Do not deliver or install any Active devices and

connecting materials until wet work in spaces is complete and dry, and HVAC
system is operating and maintaining ambient temperature and humidity
conditions at occupancy levels during the remainder of the construction period.

B. Environmental Rating: Equipment shall be rated for continuous operation

under the ambient environmental temperature, humidity, and vibration
conditions encountered at the installed location. For devices located in harsh
environments such as interior uncontrolled or exterior environments, the
Contractor shall provide the necessary housings or enclosures to ensure proper
equipment operation and performance. The equipment shall meet the
following requirements-based location:
1. Interior controlled environment: 15 to 45 degrees C dry bulb and 20 to 90
percent relative humidity, non-condensing. Communication rooms shall be
considered this type of environment.
2. Interior, uncontrolled environment: 0 to 60 degrees C dry bulb and 10 to
95 percent relative humidity, non-condensing. Baggage make-up and
breakdown areas shall be considered this type of environment
3. Exterior environments: - 5 degrees to 70 degrees C dry bulb and 5 to 100
percent relative humidity, condensing.

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