Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)
Arlington, VA, USA
(Contribution #)
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 6.4.16.4.6 inclusive of the TIA Engineering Manual dated March 2005, all of which provisions are hereby incorporated
by reference.
SOURCE:
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@tycoelectronics.com
TITLE:
TR-42, User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure, Report
PROJECT NUMBER (PN):
None
DISTRIBUTION:
TIA TSSC, TC and UPED
INTENDED PURPOSE OF
DOCUMENT:
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FOR INFORMATION
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ABSTRACT: This report is a summary of recent activities in the TR-42 Formulating Committee
TIA TR-42
User Premises Telecommunications
Cabling Infrastructure
Herb Congdon, Chair
Bob Jensen, Vice-chair
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
Published Standards
ANSI/TIA-758-A: Customerowned OSP
TIA-569-B: Pathways and
Spaces
ANSI/TIA-942: Data Center
Cabling
May 2004
Oct 2004
April 2005
Published Addenda
568-B.2-11: Increased
Diameter for Cable
568-B.1-7: Array Connector
(MPO) Polarity
568-B.2-9: Category 6 Balance
Requirements
Dec 2005
Jan 2006
Not yet
available
Published TSBs
TSB-140: Field Fiber Testing
Feb 2004
TSB-162: Cabling for Wireless
Access Points
Mar 2006
Standards In Progress
TIA-1005: Industrial Cabling
568-C.0, Generic cabling (for
designers)
568-C.1, Commercial cabling
(for designers)
568-C.2, Copper cabling (for
manufacturers)
568-C.3, Optical Fiber Cabling
(for manufacturers)
Oct 2008?
Jun 2008?
Jun 2008?
Jun 2008?
Jun 2008?
Addenda In Progress
Addendum 10 to ANSI/TIA568-B.2: Augmented Category
6
Addendum 1 to ANSI/TIA-570B: Coaxial Cabling in
Residential
Feb 2007?
Feb 2007?
Addenda Canceled
568-B.1-6: DC Power on
Cabling
Jun 2006
TSBs In Progress
TSB155: Additional
Guidelines For 4-pair 100 Ω
Category 6 Cabling For
10GBASE-T Applications
TSB on Healthcare Facility
Cabling
Feb 2007?
???
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
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
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