1. Industry Standards Activity Overview
TIA
Most Recent Plenary Meeting: June 4 - 8, 2012 in Grapevine, TX
Updated: July 6, 2012
TR-42.1 Commercial Building Cabling:
TSB-185 Environmental Classification (MICE) Tutorial Published
Healthcare Facility Telecommunications Cabling
ANSI/TIA-1179 Published
Standard
Generic Telecommunications Cabling for
ANSI/TIA-568-C.0-1 Customer Premises - Addendum 1, Updated Published
References for Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling
ANSI/TIA-862-A Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard Published
Generic Telecommunications Cabling for
ANSI/TIA-568-C.1-2 Customer Premises - Addendum 2, General Published
Updates
Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling
ANSI/TIA-568-C.1-1 Published
Standard, Addendum 1 Pathway and Spaces
Generic Telecommunications Cabling for
Approved for
ANSI/TIA-568-C.0-2 Customer Premises - Addendum 2, General
Publication
Updates
Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Approved for
ANSI/TIA-942-A
Data Centers Publication
Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for
Circulating for
ANSI/TIA-942-A-1 Data Centers, Addendum 1 – Cabling Guidelines
Industry Ballot
for Data Center Fabrics
Telecommunications Infrastructure for Educational
ANSI/TIA-4966 Under Development
Buildings and Spaces
ANSI/TIA-862-B Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard Under Development
Telecommunications Cabling Guidelines for
TSB-162-A Under Development
Wireless Access Points
TR-42.2 Residential Infrastructure:
ANSI/TIA-570-B Residential Telecommunications Infrastructure Published
Approved for
ANSI/TIA-570-C Residential Telecommunications Infrastructure
Publication
TR-42.3 Pathways and Spaces:
Commercial Building Standard for
ANSI/TIA-569-C Published
Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces
Commercial Building Standard for
Approved for
Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces,
Publication pending
ANSI/TIA-569-C-1 Addendum 1 – Revised Temperature and
no comments on final
Humidity Requirements for Telecommunications
default
Spaces
TR-42.4 Outside Plant:
Customer-Owned Outside Plant
ANSI/TIA-758-B Published
Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard
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2. TR-42.5 Terms and Symbols:
ANSI/TIA-440-B Fiber Optic Terminology Under Development
Compilation of Definition of Terms, Acronyms, and
Working Document Under Development
Abbreviations, Units of Measure, and Symbols
TR-42.6 Infrastructure Administration:
Administration Standard for Commercial Approved for
ANSI/TIA-606-B
Telecommunications Infrastructure Publication
TR-42.7 Copper Cabling:
Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications
ANSI/TIA-568-C.2 Published
Cabling and Components Standard
ANSI/TIA-1152 Requirements for Field Test Instruments Published
Guidelines for the Assessment and Mitigation of
TSB-155-A Installed Category 6 Cabling to Support Published
10GBASE-T
Broadband Coaxial Cabling and Components
ANSI/TIA-568-C.4 Published
Standard
Guidelines on Shared Pathways and Shared
TSB-190 Published
Sheaths
Test Fixtures for Balunless Measurements of Approved for
ANSI/TIA-1183
Balanced Components and Systems Publication
Mode Conversion Parameters for Balanced Circulating for
TSB-1197
Twisted-Pair Cabling Committee Ballot
Balanced Twisted-Pair Telecommunications
ANSI/TIA-568-C.2-1 Cabling and Components Standard, Addendum 1: Under Development
Specifications for 100Ω Next Generation Cabling
TR-42.8 Optical Fiber Cabling (Disbanded):
Detail specification for OM4 850-nm laser-
optimized, 50-µm core diameter/125-µm cladding
TIA-492AAAD Published
diameter class Ia graded-index multimode optical
fibers
TR-42.9 Industrial Infrastructure:
Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for
ANSI/TIA-1005-A Published
Industrial Premises
TR-42.10 STEP (Sustainable Technology Environments Program):
Subcommittee scope
under development
TR-42.11 Optical Fiber Systems:
TIA-455-243 FOTP-243 Single-ended PMD test method Published
Launch Condition Guidelines for Measuring
TSB-178 Withdrawn
Attenuation of Installed Multimode Cabling
Optical Power Loss Measurement of Installed
TIA-526-14-B Published
Multimode Fiber Cable Plant
Optical Fiber Cabling Components Standard –
ANSI/TIA-568-C.3-1 Addendum 1, Addition of OM4 Cabled Optical Published
Fiber and 24-fiber array connectors
High Data Rate Multimode Fiber
TSB-172-A Under Development
Transmission Techniques
TSB-xxx Encircled Flux Launch Conditions Under Development
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3. TSB-xxx Optical Connector Insertion Loss Under Development
Task Group Formed 24-Fiber Cabling Related Specifications Under Study
TR-42.12 Optical Fibers and Cables:
ICEA S-112-718-2008 - Standard for Optical Fiber
TIA-472G000 Published
for Placement in Sewer Environments
FOTP-122 Optical Fibres-Part 1-48:
Measurement Methods and Test Procedures- Approved for
TIA-455-122-B
Polarization Mode Dispersion (adoption of IEC Publication
60793-1-48)
Approved for
TIA-455-244 FOTP-244 Expressed Tube Temperature Cycling
Publication
FOTP-7 Numerical Aperature of Step-Index
Circulating for
TIA-455-7-A Multimode Optical Fibers by Output Far-Field
Committee Ballot
Radiation Pattern Measurement
Circulating for
TIA-455-28 FOTP-28 Dynamic Tension
Committee Ballot
Circulating for
TIA-455-58 FOTP-58 Core Size (adoption of IEC 60793-1-20)
Reaffirmation Ballot
Circulating for
TIA-455-80 FOTP-80 Patch Cord Wavelength
Committee Ballot
Circulating for
TIA-455-87-B FOTP-87 Fiber Optic Cable Knot Test
Reaffirmation Ballot
FOTP-100 Gas Leakage Test for Gas-Blocked Circulating for
TIA-455-100-A
Fiber Optic Cables Reaffirmation Ballot
Circulating for
TIA-455-104-A FOTP-104 Fiber Optic Cable Cyclic Flexing Test
Reaffirmation Ballot
FOTP-131 Measurement of Optical Fiber Ribbon Circulating for
TIA-455-131
Residual Twist Reaffirmation Ballot
FOTP-177 Graded-index MMF (adoption of IEC Circulating for
TIA-455-177
60793-1-31) Reaffirmation Ballot
FOTP-204 Measurement of Bandwidth on Circulating for
TIA-455-204-A
Multimode Fiber (adoption of IEC 60793-1-14) Reaffirmation Ballot
FOTP-220 DMD Measurement (adoption of IEC Circulating for
TIA-455-220
60793-1-4) Reaffirmation Ballot
Circulating for
TIA-598 Cable Color Coding
Committee Ballot
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4. TR-42.13 Passive Optical Devices and Components:
FOTP-11: Vibration Test Procedure for Fiber Optic
TIA/EIA-455-11-D Published
Components and Cables
Reliability of Fibre Optic Interconnecting Devices
Circulating for
TIA-1048 and Passive Components - Part 7: Life Stress
Reaffirmation Ballot
Modeling" (adoption of IEC 62005-7)
FOCIS 2 - Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Circulating for
TIA-604-2-B
Standard, Type ST Reaffirmation Ballot
FOCIS 3 - Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Circulating for
TIA-604-3-B
Standard, Type SC Reaffirmation Ballot
FOCIS 4 - Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Circulating for
TIA-604-4-B
Standard, Type FC and FC-APC Reaffirmation Ballot
FOCIS 15 - Fiber Optic Connector Intermateability Circulating for
TIA-604-15
Standard - Type MF Reaffirmation Ballot
FOCIS 20 - Measurement Methods and Test
Circulating for
TIA-455-20-B Procedures - Monitoring of Changes in Optical
Reaffirmation Ballot
Transmittance (adoption of IEC-60793-1-46)
Circulating for
TSB-4947 Adhesive Guidelines
Committee Ballot
TIA-455-224 FOTP-224 Under Development
TIA-455-226 FOTP-226 Under Development
TSB-143 Fiber Optic Power Meters Under Development
TIA-455-231 FOTP 231 - Calibration of FO Power Meters Under Development
TR-42.16 Grounding and Bonding:
Telecommunications Grounding (Earthing) and
ANSI/TIA-607-B Published
Bonding for Customer Premises
Telecommunications Grounding (Earthing) and
Approved for
ANSI/TIA-607-B-1 Bonding for Customer Premises Addendum 1 –
Publication
External Grounding
IEEE
Most Recent Plenary Meeting: May 14 - 18, 2012 in Minneapolis, MN
Updated: June 29, 2012
802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s Ethernet Task Force:
IEEE Standard for Information technology – Telecommunications and
information exchange between systems – Local and metropolitan area
networks
Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection Published
(CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and
Management Parameters for 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Operation
802.3bf Ethernet Support for the IEEE P802.1AS Time Synchronization Protocol Task Force:
Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and
information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area
networks--Specific requirements
Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection Published
(CSMA/CD)Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
Amendment: Media Access Control (MAC) service interface and
management parameters to support time synchronization protocols
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5. 802.3bg 40Gb/s Ethernet Single-mode Fiber PMD Task Force:
Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and
information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area
networks--Specific requirements
Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection Published
(CSMA/CD)Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
Amendment: Physical Layer and Management Parameters for Serial 40
Gb/s Ethernet Operation Over Single-Mode Fiber
100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force:
IEEE Standard for Information Technology-Telecommunications and
Information Exchange Between Systems-Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks-Specific Requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access
Draft 1.0 circulating
with Collision Detection(CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer
for Task Force Ballot
Specifications Amendment: Physical Layer Specifications and
Management Parameters for 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and
Copper Cables
Maintenance Revision of IEEE Std. 802.3-2012 Task Force:
Draft 3.1 circulating
Standard for Ethernet for Sponsor Group
re-circulation Ballot
Extended EPON Task Force:
Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and
information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area
networks--Specific requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access
Draft 1.0 under
with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)Access Method and Physical Layer
development
Specifications Amendment: Physical Layer Specifications and
Management Parameters for Extended Ethernet Passive Optical
Networks
Next Generation 40Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Optical Ethernet Study Group:
Project Authorization Request and 5 Criteria submitted to the IEEE
802.3 Working Group for approval
EPON Protocol over a Coax (EPoC) PHY Study Group:
Project Authorization and Criteria under development
Reduced Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet (RTPGE) PHY Study Group:
Project Authorization and Criteria under development
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25/WG 3 - Customer Premises Cabling
Most Recent Meeting: February 27 – March 1, 2012 in Madrid, Spain
Updated: July 6, 2012
ISO/IEC Standards:
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6. Information technology – Generic cabling
ISO/IEC 11801-1 Under Development
systems – Part 2: Generic Cabling
Information technology – Generic cabling
ISO/IEC 11801-2 systems – Part 2: Generic Cabling for customer Under Development
premises
Information technology – Generic cabling Circulating for
ISO/IEC 11801-3
systems – Part 3: Industrial premises comments
ISO/IEC 11801-4
Information technology – Generic cabling Circulating for
systems – Part 4: Homes comments
ISO/IEC 11801-5
Information technology – Generic cabling Circulating for
systems – Part 5: Data centres comments
ISO/IEC TR 11801- Information technology – Generic cabling for
99-x customer premises: Guidance for balanced
Under Development
cabling in support of at least 40 GBit/s data
transmission: Parts 1 and 2
ISO/IEC Information technology -- Generic cabling --
Approved for
Corrigendum to TR Introduction to the MICE environmental
Publication
29106 classification
Information technology -- Implementation and
ISO/IEC 14763-3
operation of customer premises cabling -- Part 3: Under Development
Ed 2.0
Testing of optical fibre cabling
IEC SC 48B - Connectors
Most Recent Meeting: October, 10-14 2011 in Beijing China
Updated: March, 2012
IEC 61076 Series Standards:
Connectors for electronic equipment - Product
IEC 61076-2-109 requirements - Part 2-109: Circular connectors -
Circulating for
Ed 1.0 Detail specification for connectors M 12 x 1 with
Comments
screw-locking, for data transmissions with
frequencies up to 500 MHz
Connectors for electronic equipment - Product
IEC 61076-3-110
requirements - Part 3-110: Detail specification for Publication date
Ed 2.0
shielded, free and fixed connectors for data 05/2012
transmissions with frequencies up to 1000 MHz
Connectors for electronic equipment - Product
requirements - Part 2-106: Circular connectors -
IEC 61076-2-106
Detail specification for connectors m 16 x 0,75 Voting results
Ed 1.0
with screw-locking and degree of protection ip40
or ip65/67
Connectors for electronic equipment - Product
IEC61076-2-110 Publication date
requirements - Part 2-110: Circular connectors -
Ed 1.0 11/2012
Detail specification for connectors M 12 x 1 with
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7. screw-locking, for data transmissions with
frequencies up to 500 MHz
Connectors for electronic equipment - Product
IEC 61076-2-101 requirements - Product requirements - Circular
New work proposal
Ed 3.0 connectors, Detail specification for M12 power
connectors up to 12 Amps with screw locking
BICSI
Most Recent Plenary Meeting: February 2012
Updated: April 2012
Bonding and Grounding Subcommittee:
Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding Published
ANSI/NECA/BICSI-
Planning and Installation Methods for Commercial Spanish Translation
607-2010
Buildings expected April 2012
Data Center Subcommittee:
Published 2011
ANSI/BICSI-002- Data Center Design and Implementation Best
Next revision 2014
2010 Practices
NEW SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION – Methodology for Selecting Data Center Design
Class Utilizing Performance Criteria
Electronic Safety and Security Subcommittee:
Review Ballot Issued
3/19/2012.
Electronic Safety and Security (ESS) System
ANSI/BICSI-005 Results to be
Design and Implementation Best Practices
reviewed at 2012
Canadian Conference
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8. Healthcare Subcommittee:
Out for public review
Information Transport Systems Design and
Results to be
ANSI/BICSI-004 Implementation Best Practices for Healthcare
reviewed at 2012
Institutions and Facilities
Canadian Conference
International Cabling Installation Subcommittee:
N/A N/A No activity at this time
K-12 Education Subcommittee:
Merger of Post
Secondary
subcommittee work to
ANSI/BICSI-001- Information Transport Systems Design Standard be added to 001
2009 for K-12 Educational Institutions standard
BICSI-001 to receive
new title upon
revision
North American Cabling Installation Subcommittee:
ANSI/NECA/BICSI- Standard for Installing Commercial Building
Published June 2006
568-2006 Telecommunications Cabling
Post Secondary Education Subcommittee:
Information Transport Systems Design and
Will merge with
ANSI/BICSI-003 Implementation Best Practices for Post-Secondary
BICSI-001
Educational Institutions
Building Information Modeling
Guide to Building Information Modeling for Full draft completion
ANSI/BICSI-006
Communications Infrastructure Systems expected Q#-2012
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