New Developments in Standards and Technology

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Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) (Contribution )
Arlington, VA, USA July 12, 2006
DOCUMENT SUBMITTED TO TIA TSSC, UPED and TC
The document to which this cover statement is attached is submitted to a Formulating Group or sub-element thereof of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) in accordance with the provisions of Sections 6.4.1-6.4.6 inclusive of the TIA Engineering Manual dated March 2005, all of which provisions are hereby incorporated by reference.
SOURCE Tyco Electronics Tyco Electronics Tyco Electronics
CONTACT Herbert V. Congdon II, PE 3704 County Home Road Conover, NC 28613 Ph 828-464-2165 Fx 860-540-9504 E hvcongdon_at_tycoelectronics.com Herbert V. Congdon II, PE 3704 County Home Road Conover, NC 28613 Ph 828-464-2165 Fx 860-540-9504 E hvcongdon_at_tycoelectronics.com Herbert V. Congdon II, PE 3704 County Home Road Conover, NC 28613 Ph 828-464-2165 Fx 860-540-9504 E hvcongdon_at_tycoelectronics.com
TITLE TR-42, User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure, Report TR-42, User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure, Report TR-42, User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure, Report
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ABSTRACT This report is a summary of recent activities in the TR-42 Formulating Committee
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TIA TR-42User Premises Telecommunications
Cabling Infrastructure

• Herb Congdon, Chair
• Bob Jensen, Vice-chair

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Meetings

• Successful meetings June 5-9 in Alexandria, VA
• July interim meetings for TR-42.7 and TR-42.9
• Oct 2-6, 2006 in Portland, OR
• Feb 2007 dates and location TBD

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Published Standards
ANSI/TIA-758-A Customer-owned OSP May 2004
TIA-569-B Pathways and Spaces Oct 2004
ANSI/TIA-942 Data Center Cabling April 2005
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Published Addenda
568-B.2-11 Increased Diameter for Cable Dec 2005
568-B.1-7 Array Connector (MPO) Polarity Jan 2006
568-B.2-9 Category 6 Balance Requirements Not yet available
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Published TSBs
TSB-140 Field Fiber Testing Feb 2004
TSB-162 Cabling for Wireless Access Points Mar 2006
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Standards In Progress
TIA-1005 Industrial Cabling Oct 2008?
568-C.0, Generic cabling (for designers) Jun 2008?
568-C.1, Commercial cabling (for designers) Jun 2008?
568-C.2, Copper cabling (for manufacturers) Jun 2008?
568-C.3, Optical Fiber Cabling (for manufacturers) Jun 2008?
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Addenda In Progress
Addendum 10 to ANSI/TIA-568-B.2 Augmented Category 6 Feb 2007?
Addendum 1 to ANSI/TIA-570-B Coaxial Cabling in Residential Feb 2007?
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Addenda Canceled
568-B.1-6 DC Power on Cabling Jun 2006

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TSBs In Progress
TSB155 Additional Guidelines For 4-pair 100 ? Category 6 Cabling For 10GBASE-T Applications Feb 2007?
TSB on Healthcare Facility Cabling ???
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TR-42 Initiatives

• Operational Guide Updates
• Reaching Consensus
• Approved in Plenary
• TIA still reviewing and may request changes
• Co-location in Feb 2007
• With TR-41 to address bonding grounding
• With FO-4 to investigate mutual interests which
  could lead to proposing a merger of the two
  Committees

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TR-42 Wish List

• Electronic rosters for sign-in at meeting
• Quorum call tracking attendance
• Ease of incorporating database into meeting
  reports
• Status of Staff Responsibilities has been
  addressed
• Duplicate memberships has been addressed

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Other Notes

• Tendency for some members to file issues directly
  with TIA executives
• Often before attempts to resolve at Plenary level
• Would prefer to address issues in Plenary first
• Click to Buy links on TIA website not
  functioning for some recent documents
• Working on a symbols database