TIA TR-42 Activity

Ronald Tellas, Technology and Applications Manager, Enterprise Networking

Introduction
TR-42 is the Telecommunications Cabling Systems engineering group responsible for
the creation and maintenance of structured cabling systems standards. This
engineering group is made up of several engineering subcommittee, each one
responsible for induvial standards. This technical bulletin will summarize the standards
that each subcommittee is responsible for as well as address current activity of said
documents.

TR42.1 Premises Telecommunications Infrastructure

List of Standards and TSBs
Date of
Document Title Current Status
Revision
Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer
ANSI/TIA-568.0-E 2020 Published
Premises
Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer
ANSI/TIA-568.0-E-1 2020 1st Committee Ballot
Premises
Commercial Building Telecommunications Infrastructure
ANSI/TIA-568.1-E 2020 Published
Standard
Residential Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard
ANSI/TIA-570-D 2018 No Action

Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications

ANSI/TIA-758-C 2012 3rd Industry Ballot
Infrastructure Standard
ANSI/TIA-862-B Structured Cabling Infrastructure Standard for Intelligent
2016 1st Industry Ballot
Building Systems
ANSI/TIA-942-B Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data
Centers 2017 No Action

ANSI/TIA-942-B-1 Addendum 1 Edge Data Centers 2020 1st Committee Ballot

ANSI/TIA-1179-A Healthcare Facility Telecommunications Infrastructure
2017 No Action
Standard
ANSI/TIA-4966-A Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for
2020 2nd Industry Ballot
Educational Facilities
ANSI/TIA-4966-1 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for
2018 No Action
Educational Facilities – Addendum
ANSI/TIA-4994 TBD
Standard for Sustainable Communications Technology 2015

ANSI/TIA-5017 Telecommunications Physical Network Security

2016 No Action
Standard

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 TIA-TSB-162-B Telecommunications Cabling Guidelines for Wireless
2020 Pending Publication
Access Points
List of Standards and TSBs
TIA-TSB-185 Environmental Classification (MICE) Tutorial –
2017 No Action
Mechanical;Ingress;Climatic/Chemical;Electromagnetic) Date of
Document Title Current Status
TIA-TSB-5018 Structured Cabling Infrastructure Guidelines to Support Revision
2016 No Action
Distributed Antenna Systems
ANSI/TIA-569-E Telecommunications Pathways And Spaces 2019 Published
TIA-TSB-5045 Process for Sustainable Information Communications
2017 No Action
Technology Manufacturers
Administration Standard For
ANSI/TIA-606-C 2017 Published
Telecommunications Infrastructure
TR42.3 Commercial Building Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces
Administration Standard For
ANSI/TIA-606-D Telecommunications Infrastructure 2021 Draft

Generic Telecommunications Bonding And

ANSI/TIA-607-D Grounding (Earthing) For Customer Premises 2019 Published

ANSI/TIA-607-D Generic Telecommunications Bonding And

2021 Draft
Addendum 1 Grounding (Earthing) For Customer Premises

Automated Infrastructure Management

ANSI/TIA-5048 (Aim) Systems- Requirements, Data 2017 Published
Exchange And Applications

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TR42.7 Telecommunications Copper Cabling Systems
List of Standards and TSBs
Date of
Document Title Current Status
Revision

Single Pair Multi-Drop (SPMD) cabling New project, no

ANSI/TIA-568.6 documents yet
and component specifications
Requirements for Field Test Instruments and
ANSI/TIA-5071 Measurements for Balanced Single Twisted-Pair Being balloted.
Cabling
ANSI/TIA-568.2-D-1 Balun requirements for Category 8 testing April 2019 Published
Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling
Approved for
ANSI/TIA-568.2-D-2 and Components Standard Addendum 2: Power July 2020
publication
Delivery Over Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling
Single pair balanced twisted-pair telecommunications
ANSI/TIA-568.5 Being balloted.
cabling and components
Guidelines for the use of 28 AWG cords for power February
TSB-184-A-1 Published
delivery 2019
Measurement methods and test fixtures for balun-less
ANSI/TIA-1183-A March 2017 Published
measurements of balanced components and systems
ANSI/TIA-568.4-D Broadband Coaxial Cabling and Components Standard June 2017 Published
Guidelines for Supporting Power Delivery Over
TSB-184-A 2017 Published
Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling
Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications Cabling
ANSI/TIA-568.2-D 2018 Published
and Components Standard
Requirements for Field Test Instruments
ANSI/TIA-1152-A and Measurements for Balanced Twisted- 2016 Published
Pair Cabling
Guidelines for the Use of Installed Category 5e and
TSB-5021 Category 6 Cabling to Support 2.5GBASE-T and 2016 Published
5GBASE-T
High Performance Structured Cabling Use Cases for
TSB-5019 2015 Published
Data Centers and Other Premises
Guidelines for the Assessment and Mitigation of 2014
TSB-155-A Published
Installed Category 6 Cabling to Support 10GBASE-T (Reaffirmed)
Mechanically-Generated Cable Impulse Noise 2019
TSB-5008 Published
Detection and Characterization (Reaffirmed)
Mode Conversion Parameters for Balanced Twisted 2019
TSB-1197 Published
Pair Cabling (Reaffirmed)
2018
TSB-190 Guidelines on Shared Pathways and Shared Sheaths Published
(Reaffirmed)

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TR42.9 Industrial Telecommunications Infrastructure
List of Standards and TSBs
Date of
Document Title Current Status
Revision
Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Industrial
ANSI/TIA-1005-A 3/17/2020
Premises
Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Industrial
ANSI/TIA-1005-A-1 3/17/2020
Premises Addendum 1, M12-8 X-coding Connector
Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Industrial Paused pending
ANSI/TIA-1005-B In progress
Premises 568.7
Balanced single twisted-pair communications cabling and
568.7 In progress
components Standard for Industrial Premises

TR42.11 Optical Systems

List of Standards and TSBs
Current
Document Title Current Status
Status
2nd Industry Ballot.
ANSI/TIA-PN568.3-E Optical Fiber Cabling Component Standard 1/4/21

Optical Power Loss

Measurement of Installed
Multimode Fiber Cable Plant;
IEC 61280-4-1 edition 3, 1st Industry Ballot.
ANSI/TIA-PN526.14-D Fiber-Optic Communications TBD
Subsystem Test ProceduresPart 4-1: Installed
Cable
Plant - Multimode
Attenuation Measurement
Fibre-optic communication subsystem test 1st Industry Ballot as
procedures - Part 4-5: Installed cabling plant - adoption.
Attenuation
ANSI/TIA-PN526.28 measurement of MPO TBD
terminated fibre optic cabling plant using test
equipment with MPO interfaces

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TR42.12 Optical Fibers and Cables
List of Standards and TSBs

Reaffirm
Number Issue Date Title
Date
       
TIA- 1998 Edition, Detail Specification for Class IVa Dispersion-Unshifted Single-Mode
Sep-02
492CAAA May 1998 Optical Fibers
Detail Specification for 50-μm Core Diameter/125-μm Cladding
2016 Edition, Diameter Class 1a Graded-Index Multimode Optical Fibers with
TIA-492AAAE  
June 2016 Laser-Optimized Bandwidth Characteristics Specified for
Wavelength Division Multiplexing
TIA- 10-May- Detail Specification for Class IVa Dispersion-Unshifted Single-Mode
23-Aug-00
492CAAB 05 Optical Fibers with Low Water Peak
Revision B,
Detail Specification for 62.5-μm Core Diameter/125-μm Cladding
TIA-492AAAA   November
Diameter Class Ia Graded-Index Multimode Optical Fibers
2009
Revision B, Detail Specification for 850-nm Laser- Optimized, 50-μm Core
TIA-
  November Diameter/125-μm Cladding Diameter Class Ia Graded-Index
492AAAC
2009 Multimode Optical Fibers
Revision A,
Detail Specification for 50-μm Core Diameter/125-μm Cladding
TIA-492AAAB   November
Diameter Class Ia Graded-Index Multimode Optical Fibers
2009
Detail Specification for 850-nm Laser- Optimized, 50-μm Core
2009 Edition,
TIA- Diameter/125-μm Cladding Diameter Class la Graded-Index
  September
492AAAD Multimode Optical Fibers Suitable for Manufacturing OM4 Cabled
2009
Optical Fiber
Revision A,
Sectional Specification for Class Ia Graded-Index Multimode Optical
TIA-492A000 Sep-02 November
Fibers
1997
1996 Edition,
Sectional Specification for Class IVd Nonzero-Dispersion Single-
TIA-492E000 Sep-02 November
Mode Optical Fibers for the 1550 nm Window
1996
1998 Edition, Sectional Specification for Class IVa Dispersion-Unshifed Single-
TIA-492C000 Sep-02
January 1998 Mode Optical Fibers
1998 Edition, Blank Detail Specification for Class IVa Dispersion-Unshifted Single
TIA-492CA00 Sep-02
January 1998 Mode Optical Fibers
1996 Edition,
Blank Detail Specification for Class IVd Nonzero-Dispersion Single-
TIA-492EA00 Sep-02 November
Mode Optical Fiber for the 1550 nm Window
1996
Revision A, Blank Detail Specification for Class Ia Graded-Index Multimode
TIA-492AA00 Sep-02
January 1998 Optical Fibers

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TR42.13 Industrial Telecommunications Infrastructure
List of Standards and TSBs
Date of Revision Standard Name
2008 TIA-455-2 Impact Test Measurements for Fiber Optic Devices

1990 EIA/TIA-455-5 FOTP-5 Humidity Test Procedure for Fiber Optic Connecting Devices
FOTP-6 Cable Retention Test Procedure for Fiber Optic Cable
2012 TIA-455-6 Interconnecting Devices
FOTP-8 Measurement of Splice or Connector Loss and Reflectance
2008 TIA-455-8 Using an OTDR
FOTP-11 Vibration Test Procedure for Fiber Optic Components and
2014 TIA-455-11 Cables
FOTP-13 Visual and Mechanical Inspection of Fiber Optic
2012 TIA-455-13 Components, Devices, and Assemblies
2012 TIA-455-14 FOTP-14 Fiber Optic Shock Test (Specified Pulse)
FOTP-20 IEC 60793-1-46: Optical Fibres- Part 1- 46: Measurement
Methods and Test Procedures- Monitoring of Changes in Optical
2013 TIA-455-20 Transmittance
2012 TIA-455-21 FOTP-21 Mating Durability of Fiber Optic Interconnecting Devices
2012 TIA-455-22 FOTP-22-B Ambient Light Susceptibility of Fiber Optic Components
2012 TIA-455-23 FOTP-23 Air Leakage Testing of Fiber Optic Component Seals
FOTP-26-A Crush Resistance of Fiber Optic Cable Interconnecting
2012 TIA-455-26 Devices
2008 TIA-455-32 FOTP-32 Fiber Optic Circuit Discontinuities
2002 TIA/EIA-455-34 FOTP-34 Interconnection Device Insertion Loss Test
2008 TIA-455-35 FOTP-35 Fiber Optic Component Dust (Fine Sand) Test
2012 TIA-455-36 FOTP-36 Twist Test for Fiber Optic Connecting Devices
2008 TIA-455-42 FOTP-42 Optical Crosstalk in Fiber Optic Components
FOTP-64 Procedure for Measuring Radiation-Induced Attenuation in
1998 TIA-455-64 Optical Fibers and Optical Cables
FOTP-107 Determination of Component Reflectance or Link/System
1999 TIA-455-107 Return Loss Using a Loss Test Set

2014 TIA/EIA-455-134 FOTP-134 Measurement of Connector Ferrule Hole Inside Diameter

FOTP-135 Mesurement of Connector Ferrule Inside and Outside
2014 TIA/EIA-455-135 Diameter Circular Runout
FOTP-157 Measurement of Polarization Dependent Loss (PDL) of
2008 TIA/EIA-455-157 Single-Mode Fiber Optic Components
FOTP-158 Measurement of Breakaway Frictional Force in Fiber Optic
2001 TIA/EIA-455-158 Connector Alignment Sleeves
FOTP-171 Attenuation by Substitution Measurement for Short-Length
Multimode Graded-Index and Single Mode Optical Fiber Cable
2001 TIA/EIA-455-171 Assemblies
1986 TIA-455-172 FOTP-172 Flame Resistance of Firewall Connector
FOTP-180 Measurement of the Optical Transfer Coefficients of a
2008 TIA-455-180 Passive Branching Device (Coupler)
FOTP-184 Coupling Proof Overload Test for Fiber Optic
2008 TIA-455-184 Interconnecting Devices
FOTP-185 Strength of Coupling Mechanism For Fiber Optic
2008 TIA-455-185 Interconnecting Devices

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 FOTP-186 Gauge Retention Force Measurement for Fiber Optic
1991 TIA-455-186 Components
FOTP-187 Engagement and Separation Force Measurement of Fiber
1991 TIA-455-187 Optic Connector Sets
FOTP-188 Low Temperature Testing of Fiber Optic
2008 TIA-455-188 ComponentsRevision A, October 20, 1989
2012 TIA-455-189 FOTP-189 Ozone Exposure Test for Fiber Optic Components
2008 TIA-455-194 FOTP-194 Measurement of Fiber Pushback in Optic Connectors
FOTP-196 Guideline for Polarization-Mode Measurement in Single-
2008 TIA-455-196 Mode Fiber Optic Components and Devices
FOTP-197 Differential Group Delay Measurement Of Single-Mode
2008 TIA-455-197 Components and Devices by the Differential Phase Shift Method
FOTP-198 Measurement of Polarization Dependence of Insertion
Loss of Single-Mode Fiberoptic Components by a Mueller Matrix
2012 TIA-455-198 Method
FOTP-199 In-Line Polarization Crosstalk Measurements Method for
2012 TIA-455-199 Polarization-Maintaining Optical Fibers, Components, and Systems
FOTP-200 Insertion Loss of Connectorized Polarization-Maintaining
2001 TIA-455-200 Fiber or Polarizing Fiber Pigtailed Devices and Cable Assemblies
FOTP-201 Return Loss of Connectorized Polarization-Maintaining
2001 TIA-455-201 Fiber or Polarizing Fiber Pigtailed Devices and Cable Assemblies
FOTP-218 Measurement of Endface Geometry of Single Fiber Optical
2012 TIA-455-218 Connectors
Examinations and measurements-Polish angle and fiber position on
2008 TIA-455-219 single ferrule multifiber connectors
FOTP-224 IEC 61744 Calibration of Fibre Optic Chromatic Dispersion
2002 TIA/EIA-455-224 Test Sets
FOTP-225 IEC-61745 End-Face Image Analysis Procedure for the
2015 TIA-455-225 Calibration of Optical Fibre Geometry Test Sets
FOTP-226 IEC 61746 Calibration of Optical Time-Domain
2002 TIA/EIA-455-226 Reflectometers (OTDR's)
FOTP-227 IEC 61300-3-24 Fiber Optic Interconnecting Devices and
Passive Components- Basic Test and Measurement Procedures- Part
3-24: Examinations and Measurement-Keying Accuracy of Optical
2014 TIA/EIA-455-227 Connectors for Polarization Maintaining Fibre
FOTP-228 Relative Group Delay and Chromatic Dispersion
Measurement of Single-Mode Components and Devices by the
2012 TIA-455-228 Phase Shift Method
FOTP-229 Optical Power Handling and Damage Threshold
2012 TIA-455-229 Characterization
2015 TIA-455-231 FOTP-231 IEC-61315 Calibration of Fibre-Optic Power Meters
2007 TIA-455-239 FOTP-239 Fiber Optic Splice Loss Measurement Methods
2009 TIA-455-240 Fiber Optic Connector Endface Cleaning System Evaluation

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Summary
The above lists are for reference only. Other standards and documents are available
through the TIA website. To find all documents available and the latest revision, try
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