Christopher L. Jones, RCDD and Harrison T. Joyce, RCDD, Special Systems Engineers, M-E Engineers, Inc., Denver

To Gigabit and Beyond …

Facility communication functions are quickly converging into large, single networks utilizing common protocols such as Internet Protocol (IP). Leading this trend are voice, data and video applications, but building-management systems—which previously operated over proprietary network backbones—are also integrating circuit types to support IP.