IEEE 802.
3 Ethernet Working Group
TIA TR-42 Liaison to IEEE 802.3
Valerie Maguire
The Siemon Company
San Diego, CA
July, 2018
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Introduction to TIA
• Telecommunications Industry Association
• www.tiaonline.org
• TR-42: Defines mechanical and transmission
requirements for copper twisted-pair, optical
fiber, and coaxial cabling and components
• Chris DiMinico is outgoing liaison from
IEEE 802.3 to TIA TR-42
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Agenda and TIA Meeting Overview
• Most recent TR-42 Plenary week:
Jun 11 – Jun 15, 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA
• Review TR-42 subcommittee activities
– 8 subcommittees met
• Update on project development
• This symbol highlights key points of
interest
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.1 (Premises Infrastructure):
– ANSI/TIA-570-D, “Residential
Telecommunications Standard” approved for
publication
– New project: ANSI/TIA-758-C, “Customer-Owned
Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure
Standard” circulating for industry ballot
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.1 (Premises Infrastructure), cont.:
– New project: ANSI/TIA-568.0-D-2, “Generic
Telecommunications Cabling for Customer
Premises, Addendum 2: Single Balanced
Twisted-pair Use Cases and Topology” under
development
– New project: ANSI/TIA-862-B-2, “Structured
Cabling Infrastructure Standard for Intelligent
Building Systems, Addendum 2: Single Balanced
Twisted-pair Use Cases and Topology” under
development
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.1 (Premises Infrastructure), cont.:
– New project: ANSI/TIA-568.0-E, “Generic
Telecommunications Cabling for Customer
Premises” PAR initiated
– New project: ANSI/TIA-568.1-E, “Commercial
Building Telecommunications Infrastructure
Standard” PAR initiated
– New project: ANSI/TIA-4966-A,
Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for
Educational Facilities” PAR initiated
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.3 (Pathways, Spaces, and Grounding):
– ANSI/TIA-569-D-2, “Guidelines for Supporting
Remote Powering” approved for publication
– New project: ANSI/TIA-569-E, “Commercial
Building Standard for Telecommunications
Pathways and Spaces” circulating for industry
ballot
• TR-42.5 (Terms and Symbols):
– Definitions, acronyms, units of measure, and
symbols maintained in a working document
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.7 (Copper Cabling):
− ANSI/TIA-568.2-D, “Balanced Twisted-Pair
Telecommunications Cabling and Components
Standard” approved for publication
− TSB-190, “Guidelines on Shared Pathways and
Shared Sheaths”, reaffirmed
− New project: TSB-184-A-1, “Guidelines for
Supporting Power Delivery Over Balanced
Twisted-Pair Cabling: Addendum 1, Guidance to
Support 28 AWG Cords” circulating for
committee ballot
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.7 (Copper Cabling), cont.:
− New project: ANSI/TIA-568.5, “Single Twisted-pair
Cabling and Components Standard” under
development
− 5 single balanced pair connector proposals are
under consideration for MICE1 environments:
− Variant 1: CommScope
− Variant 2: HARTING
− Variant 3: Phoenix Contact
− Variant 4: Reichle & De-Massari AG
− Variant 5: The Siemon Company
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.7 (Copper Cabling), cont.:
CommScope HARTING Phoenix Contact
Reichle & De-Massari Siemon
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.7 (Copper Cabling), cont.:
− Approved single balanced pair connector
selection and specification timeline
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.7 (Copper Cabling), cont.:
− New project: ANSI/TIA-568.2-D-1, “Balun
Specifications for Testing Category 8 Cabling and
Components” under development
− Task Group studying category 8 short channel
alien crosstalk
− Task Group examining and gaining insight on the
electrical performance levels of all categories of
cabling above 60°C/140°F
− Task Group developing installation guidelines for
cords in vertical cable managers for possible
inclusion in TSB-184-A-1
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.9 (Industrial Infrastructure):
– New project: ANSI/TIA-1005-A-2, “1G Industrial
Cabling for Four Pair (100 meters) (1000BASE-T)
for E2 and E3 Environments” circulating for
committee ballot
– New project: ANSI/TIA-1005-A-3, “1G Industrial
Cabling for One Pair Type B (40 meters)
(1000BASE-T1) for E2 and E3 Environments”
circulating for committee ballot
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.9 (Industrial Infrastructure), cont.:
– New project: ANSI/TIA-PN-1005-A-4,
“Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for
Industrial Premises, Addendum 4: Single
Balanced Twisted-pair Use Cases and Topology
for Industrial Premises” under development
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.11 (Optical Fiber Systems):
– New project: ANSI/TIA-568.3-D-1, “Optical Fiber
Cabling Component Standard - Addendum 1,
General Updates” circulating for default ballot
– New project: TSB-XXXX, “Optical Fiber Channel
Polarity - Duplex - Single Row Fiber - Double Row
Fiber Polarity” under development
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.12 (Optical Fibers and Cables):
– ANSI/TIA-598-D-1, “Optical Fiber Color Coding in
Cable, Addendum for Additional Colors”
approved for publication
– New project: ANSI/TIA-455-95-A, “FOTP-95
Absolute Optical Power Test for Optical Fibers
and Cables” circulating for industry ballot
– New project: ANSI/TIA-455-244-A, “FOTP-244-A
Methods for Measuring the Change in
Transmittance of Optical Fibers in Expressed
Buffer Tubes When Subjected to Temperature
Cycling” under development
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.12 (Optical Fibers and Cables), cont.:
– New project: TIA-4920000-C, adopt IEC 60793-2,
"Generic Specification for Optical Fibers” under
development
– New project: TIA-492AAAF, adopt
IEC 60793-2-10, "Sectional Specification for
Category A1 Graded-Index Multimode Optical
Fibers” under development
– New project: TIA-492CAAC, adopt
IEC 60793-2-50, "Sectional Specification for
Class B Single-mode Optical Fibers” under
development
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.12 (Optical Fibers and Cables), cont.:
– “MMF for the Purposes of WDM Applications”
Task Group renamed to “VCSEL Weighting
Functions” Task Group and tasked with
reassessing and changing, as necessary, the
TIA-specified VCSEL DMD weighting functions
throughout the wavelength range of interest
– Multimode transceiver companies are requested
to participate
– Teleconference(s) anticipated in coming months
– Contact Bulent Kose:
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.13 (Passive Optical Devices and
Metrology)
– TIA-604-18-A, "FOCIS-18 Fiber Optic
Intermateability Standard Type 1x16 and 2x16
Multifiber Push-on/ Multifiber Termination Push-
on” approved for publication
– New project: ANSI/TIA-455-171-B, "FOTP-171
IEC 61300-3-4 Attenuation by Substitution
Measurement for Short Length Multimode
Graded Index and Single-Mode Optical Fiber
Cable Assemblies” circulating for committee
ballot
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TIA TR-42 Activities
• TR-42.13 (Passive Optical Devices and
Metrology), cont.
– New project: ANSI/TIA-604-5-F, "FOCIS 5 - Fiber
Optic Connector Intermateability Standard, Type
MPO (Multi-fiber Push On)” circulating for
default ballot
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Upcoming TIA Meetings
TR-42 Plenary Meetings
October 1 - 5, 2018
Phoenix, AZ
www.tiaonline.org
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Thank you
Contact Information:
Valerie Maguire
The Siemon Company
101 Siemon Company Drive
Watertown, CT 06795
phone: (602) 228-7943
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