本标准规定了家庭中三类应用的综合布线:信息和通信技术（ICT）、广播和通信技术（BCT）以及建筑物中的命令、控制和通信（CCCB）。它旨在指导新建筑或翻新中的安装，也适用于安装电缆仅支持上述三个应用组中的一个或两个的情况。综合布线基础设施是基于平衡布线和/或同轴布线而指定的。本标准中规定的ICT通道包括光纤，但光纤布线在家庭中的广泛使用有待进一步研究。这三组应用程序也可能由不同类型的电缆支持，这些电缆可能受其他标准的约束。 例如，ISO/IEC 11801规定了办公环境中ICT应用的通用布线。虽然布线结构和参考实施与本标准中的家庭环境相匹配，但ICT规定的信道性能与ISO/IEC 11801中规定的相同。 由于本标准旨在涵盖三大类，因此可以在选择特定应用之前安装布线系统。住宅可以包含一栋或多栋建筑（例如农场），也可以位于包含多栋住宅的建筑内（例如多住宅建筑中的一栋住宅）。连接各个家庭的校园或主干电缆是根据相关标准（例如ISO/IEC 11801、IEC 60728）建造的。 根据本标准实现的综合布线:a）允许在不改变固定布线基础设施的情况下部署广泛的应用；b） 提供一个支持移动、添加和更改连接的平台。本标准为用户提供了一种独立于应用程序的通用布线，用于家庭中运行的应用程序，以及一种灵活的布线方案，使得更改既简单又经济；它为建筑专业人士（例如建筑师）提供了在了解具体要求之前（即在施工或翻新的初始规划中）适应布线的指导；并为特定于应用的布线系统的用户、设计师和制造商提供接口建议。 它规定了电缆组件供应商、电缆安装商以及服务提供商服务配电系统的相关要求。它支持当前的产品，并为家用电子系统未来的产品开发提供了基础。

This standard specifies a generic cabling for three groups of applications in homes: Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), Broadcast and Communications Technologies (BCT), and Commands, Controls and Communications in Buildings (CCCB). It is intended to guide installations in new buildings or refurbishments, and also applies where cabling is installed to support only one or two of the three application groups listed above. A generic cabling infrastructure is specified based upon balanced cabling and / or coaxial cabling. ICT channels specified in this standard include optical fibre, but the wider use of fibre optical cabling in a home is for further study. The three groups of applications may also be supported by different types of cabling, which may be subject to other standards. For example, ISO/IEC 11801 specifies generic cabling for ICT applications in general for the office environment. While the cabling structure and reference implementations are matched to the home environment in this standard, the channel performances specified for ICT are identical to those specified in ISO/IEC 11801. Because this standard is designed to cover the three major groups, the cabling system may be installed prior to the selection of specific applications. The home may contain one or more buildings (e.g. farm) or may be within a building which contains more than one home (e.g. one home in a multi-dwelling building). The campus or backbone cabling connecting individual homes is built according to the relevant standard (for instance ISO/IEC 11801, IEC 60728). Generic cabling realised according to this standard: a) allows deployment of a wide range of applications without changes to the fixed cabling infrastructure; b) provides a platform to support moves, adds and changes of connectivity. This standard provides users with an application-independent generic cabling for applications run in homes, and a flexible cabling scheme such that changes are both easy and economical; it provides building professionals (for example, architects) with guidance for accommodating cabling before specific requirements are known, i.e. in the initial planning either for construction or refurbishment; and gives users, designers, and manufacturers of application-specific cabling systems advice on interfacing. It specifies relevant requirements for suppliers of cabling components and installers of cabling, and a distribution system for service providers' services. It supports current products and provides a basis for future product development in home electronic systems.