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TIA TR 42.1 and 42.7 Cabling Committees .............................................................................................. 3
(TIA 568-C.0) Customer Owned Telecommunications Networks
(TIA 568-C.1) Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard
(TIA 568-C.2) Copper Cabling Systems
(TIA 942, Addendum 1) Additional Media and Guidelines for Data Centers
(TIA 862) Building Automation Systems
(TIA 568-C.1, Addendum 1) Temperature Limits
(TIA 758) Outside Plant
(TIA TSB 185) MICE Tutorial
(TIA TSB 184) Current Capacity
(TIA 1152) Field Testers
(TIA TSB 155) Revision for 10 GBASE-T over Category 6 Cabling
(TIA-568-C.2, Addendum 1) Additional Balance and Coupling Attentuation
(TIA new standard) for Healthcare Facilities
TIA TR 42.2 Residential Cabling Committee ......................................................................................... 10
(TIA 570-B, Addendum 1) Additional Requirements for (Broadband) Coax Cabling
(TIA 570-C) Update to Residential Cabling
TIA TR 42.3 Pathways and Spaces Committee ..................................................................................... 11
(TIA 569-B, Addendum 1) Temperature/Humidity
(TIA 1005, Addendum 1) Industrial Pathways and Spaces
(TIA 569-C) Update to Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces
TIA TR 42.4 Outside Plant ....................................................................................................................... 14
(TIA 758-B) Update to Outside Plant
TIA TR 42.6 Administration (Labeling) Committee ............................................................................... 15
(TIA 606-B) Update to Administration for the Telecommunications Infrastructure
TIA TR 42.8 Fiber Cabling Committee ................................................................................................... 16
(TIA 568-C.3) Optical Fiber Cabling
OM4 Fiber
IEEE 802.3ba Pinouts for Array Connectivity
TIA TR 42.9 Industrial Cabling Committee ........................................................................................... 18
(TIA 1005) Update to Industrial Building Cabling
TIA TR 42.16 Grounding and Bonding Requirements for Telecommunications ............................... 20
(TIA 607-B) Update to Grounding and Bonding
IEEE
IEEE 802/802.3 Ethernet .......................................................................................................................... 22
IEEE 802.3at DTE Power Enhancements Task Force ........................................................................... 22
IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet Task Force ............................................................................ 22
IEEE 802.3av 10 Gbps PHY for EPON Task Force ................................................................................. 23
IEEE 802.3ba Higher Speed Task Force (40 and 100 Gbps) ................................................................ 24
Miscellaneous
Cabling-Related Standards Approved and In Progress ....................................................................... 25
Glossary of Acronyms ............................................................................................................................ 27
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TIA TR 42.1 (Commercial Building Cabling)

and TIA TR 42.7 (Copper Cabling Systems)
Mesa, AZ, February 35, 2009
The TIA TR 42.1 (Commercial Building Cabling)
Subcommittee has developed the updates to the wellknown TIA 568 series of standards568-C.0 and
568-C.1for generic information and for commercial
building telecommunications cabling (minimal requirements for telecom cabling systems within commercial
buildings), which have been approved and soon to be
for sale (now buy 568-B.1). The TIA TR 42.7 (Copper
Cabling Systems) Subcommittee is responsible for the
also well-known TIA 568 B.2 Standard for the user
and manufacturer to follow for copper hardware specs
and performance. During this rst group of meetings
in 2009, discussion covered the status of TIA 568-C.2
for Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling Components, which
was still likely to be published after October. They also
covered the Data Center standard (TIA-942), the
Building Automation Standard (TIA-862), a new
standard for Health Care Facilities, the Outside Plant
standard (TIA-758), the MICE Tutorial (TSB 185),
the new eld tester standard
(TIA 1152), the TSB for current capacity over UTP
(TSB 184), and the revision of TSB 155 for 10 gigabit
Ethernet over Category 6 cabling.
Meeting Topics
1. TIA 568-C.0 (Telecom Networks) Status
2. TIA 568-C.1 (Commercial Building Cabling) Status
3. TIA 568-C.2 (Copper Cabling Components) Ballot
Comment Review
4. TIA 942 (Additional Media and Guidelines for Data
Centers) Ballot Comment Review
5. TIA 862 (Building Automation Systems) Ballot
Comment Review
6. TIA 568-C.1, Addendum 1 (Temperature Limits)
Status
7. Energy Efficiency
8. TIA 758 (Outside Plant) Status
9. TSB 185 (Mice Tutorial) Status
10. TSB 184 (Current Capacity) Status
11. TIA 1152 (Field Testers) Status
12. TIA 155 Revision (Field Testing for 10GBASE-T)
for Cat 6
13. New Standard for Health Care Facilities
14. Next Plenary Meeting
15. Next Interim Meeting (42.7)
2. TIA 568-C.1 (Commercial Building

Cabling) Status
ACTION: After nal editorial changes are made,
TIA 568-C.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standard will be available from IHS.
What You Need to Know
To purchase, visit the IHS website at http://store.ihs.com
and enter the standards identifier (TIA 568-C.0 or C.1)
or go to www.tiaonline.org and search for a standard
and place your order through TIA with IHS.
3. TIA 568-C.2 (Copper Cabling

Components) Ballot Comment Review
Any contributions meant for this standard will be reviewed at the TR 42.7 Interim Meeting, May 2009.
Subcommittee members will be requested to conrm
that the proposed changes are editorial and corrections as appropriate would be made to the current
draft, in preparation for publication.
ACTION: Publication of TIA 568-C.2 Copper
Cabling Components is expected after October 2009.

Follow the progress of TIA 568-C.2 to see if its available

for sale through IHS before the end of 2009.
4. TIA 942 (Additional Media and Guidelines

for Data Centers) Ballot Comment Review
Issue: Since this document also describes temperature and humidity requirements, media, etc., make
the title more broad.
Resolution: Would retitle TIA 942, Addendum 2 as
Additional Guidelines for Data Centers.
Issue: The Table titled Revised temperature and humidity requirements for telecommunication spaces
is being revised for the Pathways and Spaces updated
standard. What should you show here if its really
not completed yet?
Resolution: They would retain the tables information that only pertains to the data center for now.
(See illustration on page four for the data center
information.)
1. TIA 568-C.0 (Telecom Networks) Status

ACTION: When corrected, TIA 568-C.0 Cus-
tomer-Owned Telecommunications Networks will

be available from IHS at www.ihs.com.
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Revised Temperature and Humidity Requirements for Data Center Spaces Only
TIA Space
Computer rooms, entrance

rooms, access provider spaces,
and service providers spaces in
DATA CENTERS
Environmental Requirements
Temperature: 18-27 C (64-81 F) dry
bulb
Maximum Relative Humidity (RH): 60%
Maximum dew point: 15C (59F)
Minimum dew point (lower moisture limit):
5.5C (42F)
Maximum rate of temperature change:
5C (9F) per hour
Table by M. Michelson, Business Communication Services

Preliminary Information, Subject to Revision
5. TIA 862 (Building Automation Systems)

Ballot Comment Review
A mock ballot had been issued and reviewed and

comments resolved. Many changes were made to be
consistent with terminology as used in 568-C.0 and
C.1 and to properly reference current standards
Issue: This is a generic document, make it look that
way.
Resolution: Since its title now is Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard for Commercial
Buildings, remove for Commercial Buildings.
Issue: Does Coverage Area remain in this document as a legitimate space?
Resolution: Yes, because it is specic to the BAS
cabling infrastructure.
Issue: Dont confuse a work area with a work station.
One is a cubicle area and the other is a computer.
Resolution: Show by denition that the work area is
a building space where the occupants interact with
telecommunications terminal equipment. This has
nothing to do with a work station.
Issue: Make sure people understand we are talking
about centralized cabling for BAS and not a centralized BAS system.
Resolution: Rename Section 3.3 Centralized BAS
Cabling.
Issue: Include the telecommunications enclosure under the section for backbone cabling.
Resolution: Section 4.1 (General) would add telecommunications enclosures (TEs) to the list of interconnections (such as for the telecommunications
room, the common telecommunications room, the
equipment room, etc.).
Issue: When describing where a Zone Box can go,
remember it can also be placed in the oor.
Resolution: Change text to state that the Zone Box
shall be located in a fully accessible, permanent location, such as a building column, a oor or a permanent wall, and should be provided with appropriate
security.
Issue: There are more mounting options for a Zone
Box than are mentioned in this draft.
Resolution: They would rewrite Section 6.4.5 titled
Plywood Backboards and call it Mounting Methods and state that a variety of methods can be used
including: metal perforated panel, plywood backboard or EIA-310-E compliant mounting. These
may be located in the back or side of the interior
portion of the box.
Issue: Regarding grounding and bonding of the zone
box, remind the reader to comply with the requirements in the TIA grounding and bonding standard
ANSI-J-STD-607-A.

Resolution: The grounding and bonding section
would be rewritten to state that if the Zone Box
includes metallic components, the grounding shall
meet the requirements and practices of applicable
authorities or codes. In addition, the telecommunications grounding/bonding system shall conform to
ANSI-J-STD-607-A requirements.
Issue: Since bundled cabling requirements are different than requirements for individual 4-pair cabling,
tell people.
Resolution: Refer to proposed TIA TSB-184 for current capacity of bundled cabling. Bundled cabling
requirements are different than individual 4-pair
cabling requirements.
ACTION: The update to TIA-862 (BAS Cabling)
would go out for its rst internal 30-day ballot.
6. TIA 568-C.1, Addendum 1 (Temperature

Limits) Status
ACTION: An Addendum would be created to
TIA 568-C.1 for pathways and spaces specic to
commercial buildings. No timeline information
given yet.
No due date information for this new Addendum has
been given out yet.
7. Energy Efficiency
IEEE 802.3 acknowledged TR 42s support of green
initiatives and replied that they were working on
this issue by developing energy efcient PHYs and
applications that work over TIA specied cabling.
ACTIONS:
1. A green initiative paragraph was recommended for inclusion in the foreword of future
TR-42 standards (see TR 42.3 section for text).
2. TIA would share any progress on the development of energy-efcient cabling specs with
IEEE.
8. TIA 758-A (Outside Plant) Status

It was discussed that this standard should now become common to all others. This would result in a
change to the gures in TIA 568-C.0 and C.1 and
hopefully, an editorial change would get in before
both documents were published.

The new Figure 1 would be changed to reflect the
change to showing TIA 758-A as a common standard
as opposed to being under the premises standards.
The illustration on page 6 shows you where 758-A has
moved.
9. TSB 185 (Mice Tutorial) Status

The task group was still waiting for international
documents to review.
ACTION: The next meeting should be able to

prepare a Default, MICE TSB.
10. TSB 184 (Current Capacity) Status

A couple comments to be on the Default
Ballot:
Issue: You need to strengthen this standard by including a reference and also indicate that Category
5e cabling is the minimum requirement.
Resolution: Change text to say that remote powering should be implemented using Category 5e or
better 4-pair balanced twisted-pair cabling as specied in ANSI/TIA-568-C.2.
Issue: In the Annex A list of Considerations for
current capacity of category types and installation
conditionsTemperature Rise Considerations, be
specic about whether heat transfer is a signicant
parameter.
Resolution: Added the entry Improved heat transfer coefcient between materials to the list.
ACTION: A 30-day Default ballot was agreed to

for the technical changes made. Draft 4.0 would be
created and posted to TIAs ftp site.
11. TIA 1152 (Field Testers) Status

The group reviewed all ballot comments and made
appropriate technical changes. Other than some
denition additions and reference corrections, here
are some of the technical changes:
Issue: Combine the Introduction and Scope into a
new Scope to be clearer.
ACTION: Figure 1 in TIA 568-C.0 and C.1
would be editorially changed to reect the common placement of TIA 758-A for Outside Plant.
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Standards
Hierarchy
Standards
Hierarchy
Common Standards
ANSI/TIA-568-C.0
Generic
Telecommunications
Cabling for Customer
Premises
ANSI/TIA-569-B
Commercial Building
Standard for
Telecommunications
Pathways and
Spaces
ANSI/TIA-606-A
Administration
Standard for
Commercial
Telecommunications
Infrastructure
ANSI/TIA-607-B
Telecommunications
Grounding (Earthing)
And Bonding for
Customer Premises
Premises Standards
ANSI/TIA-568-C.1
Commercial Building
Telecommunications
Cabling Standard
ANSI/TIA-570-B
Residential
Telecommunications
Infrastructure
Standard
Component Standards
ANSI/TIA-568-C.2
Balanced Twisted Pair
Telecommunications
Cabling and
Components
Standard
ANSI/TIA-568-C.3
Optical Fiber Cabling
Components
Standard
ANSI/TIA-942
Telecommunications
Infrastructure
Standard for Data
Centers
ANSI/TIA-1005
Telecommunications
Infrastructure
Standard for
Industrial Premises
ANSI/TIA-758-A
Customer-Owned
Outside Plant
New Placement!
Telecommunications
Infrastructure
Standard
ANSI/TIA-862
Building Automation
Systems
Cabling Standard
for Commercial
Buildings
Illustration by M. Michelson, Business Communication Services

Issue: Explain more clearly, the performance parameters for Level IIe testers.
Resolution: Say that Level IIe eld testers shall
conform to the requirements in the Table for Measurement Requirements for Level IIe Testers for the
baseline, permanent link, and channel test congurations. The channel accuracy performance parameters
include the effects of the modular jack mating of the
test instrument with the local end of the user patch
cord. Methods to verify compliance of eld tester requirements are specied in clause 4.5 (Procedures for
testing eld tester parameters).
Resolution: The Standards Scope would read:

This Standard includes requirements for eld test
instruments that are used to test balanced twistedpair cabling as specied in the ANSI/TIA-568-C
series of structured cabling standards. This Standard
species the reporting and accuracy performance
requirements of eld testers for balanced twisted-pair
cabling measurements. Level IIe, III, and IIIe eld
tester requirements are also specied in this Standard. This Standard contains methods to compare
the eld instrument measurements against laboratory equipment measurements specied in ANSI/
TIA-568-C.2. Measurement accuracy based upon
the assumptions for key performance parameters is
addressed.
Issue: Explain more clearly, the performance parameters for Level III testers.
Resolution: Say that Level III eld testers shall
conform to the requirements in the Table for Measurement Requirements for Level III Testers for the
baseline, permanent link, and channel test congurations. The channel accuracy performance parameters
Issue: Correct where the permanent link and channel information actually resides.
Resolution: This would be changed from
TIA 568-C.0 to TIA 568-C.2.
Issue: Since there is no information about testing
anything less than Category 5e cabling, explain.
Resolution: Change the text to say that a Level IIe
tester is suitable to test up to and including Category
5e cabling.
Issue: Do the same thing for Category 6 and 6A
testing.
Resolution: Change the text to say that a Level III tester is suitable to test up to and including Category 6
cabling and that a Level IIIe tester is suitable to test
up to and including Category 6A cabling.
Sampling of
Sampling
of Level
Nominal
Measurementaccuracies
Accuraciesat
at Category
Category 5e
Level
II-E II-E
Nominal
measurement
5ePass/Fail
pass/failLimits
limits
Test
Parameter
Insertion loss
Frequency
in MHz
100
Baseline accuracy
at perm. link limits
( dB)
Permanent link
accuracy at perm. link
limits
( dB)
Channel accuracy at
channel limits ( dB)
0.6
0.9
1.0
ACRF
100
1.2
1.6
2.2
Return loss
100
1.0
1.5
1.3

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Sampling of
SamplingLevel
of Level
III Nominal
Measurementaccuracies
Accuracies at
Limits
III Nominal
measurement
at Category
Category6 6Pass/Fail
pass/fail
limits
Test
Parameter
Frequency
in MHz
100
Insertion loss
ACRF
Return loss
Baseline accuracy
( dB)
Permanent link
limits
( dB)
Channel accuracy at
0.6
0.7
250
1.0
1.1
1.3
100
250
1.0
1.7
1.1
2.0
1.7
2.5
100
250
1.5
1.2
1.7
2.2
1.5
1.9
0.7

Issue: Again, explain more clearly, the performance

ACTION: There was agreement for a conditional
parameters for Level IIIe testers.
approval for publication of TIA 1152 after the TR
Resolution: Say that Level IIIe eld testers shall
42.7 interim meeting in May 2009.
conform to the requirements in the Table for Measurement Requirements for Level IIIe Testers for the
baseline, permanent link, and channel test conguraLook for this standard to possibly come out after Octotions. The channel accuracy performance parameters
ber 2009.
Sampling of
Level III-E Nominal measurement accuracies at Category 6A pass/fail
limits
Sampling of Level III-E Nominal Measurement
Accuracies at Category 6A Pass/Fail Limits
Test
Parameter
Insertion loss
ACRF
Return loss
Frequency
in MHz
100
250
500
100
250
500
100
250
500
Baseline accuracy
( dB)
0.6
1.0
1.3
1.0
1.6
2.3
1.4
1.2
1.1
Permanent link
limits
( dB)
0.7
1.1
1.4
1.1
2.0
2.6
1.7
2.1
2.2
Channel accuracy at
0.7
1.3
1.6
1.7
2.4
3.0
1.5
1.9
2.0

12. TIA 155 Revision (Field Testing for

10GBASE-T) for Cat 6
ACTION: New Project approved to revise
TSB-155, Guidance for Field Testing Installed
Cabling for 10GBASE-T, for Category 6 cabling.
Publication planned for February, 2010.
13. New Standard for Health Care Facilities

A TSB was originally set to be written for Health
Care Facilities in 2005.
ACTION: The original TSB Project was cancelled and a new standard project was initiated titled
Healthcare Facility Telecommunications Infrastructure. It was estimated to be published in June 2010.
Scope of This Project
Requirements and guidelines for topology planning, design, installation, and testing of telecommunications cabling pathways and spaces that support
various telecommunications applications within a
healthcare facility, including facilities comprising
multiple buildings.

Minneapolis, MN
August 3-7, 2009
See www.tiaonline.org/news_events/calendar.cfm to
conrm city, hotel, and schedule.
15. Next Interim Meeting (42.7)

Indianapolis, IN
May, 2009
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TIA TR 42.2
Residential Cabling
The TIA TR 42.2 committee that created the TIA 570-B
standard for Residential Telecommunications Cabling, has recently approved a standard for Additional
Requirements for Broadband Coaxial Cabling in the
data center (570-B, Addendum 1) which is now available. At this rst meeting in 2009, they looked at when
TIA 570-B should be updated and what new work
should be undertaken.
Meeting Topics
1.
2.
3.
4.
TIA 570-B.1 (Coax Cabling) Status

TIA 570-B Status
New Projects
Next Plenary Meeting
To liaison with CEA (Consumer Electronics Assoc.)

re distributed audio.
Home Theater
CEDIA does training and CEA writes standards.
First, start a relationship with CEDIA.
Reference CEDIAs standards if they write them.
Video Cabling
Need to work with someone involved in connecting to services.
Broadband coax is for video applications.
Security
Need to work on IP video.
1. TIA 570-B.1 (Coax Cabling) Status
Home Automation
Since there are computers in the house, you can control appliances, etc. The house becomes an intelligent building. Some systems are wired and some
are wireless.
ACTION: TIA 570-B.1, Additional Require-
ACTIONS:
ments for Coax Cabling, was published 1/22/09.

This standard should now:
1. Encompass the coax cable that has been
blessed by cable and satellite people.
2. Be very relevant regarding the change to digital
service where users may have to run new cable.
3. Set a new kind of benchmark with coax for
high-speed digital applications.
To purchase TIA 570-B.1, visit www.tiaonline.org and
search for a TIA 570-B and place your order for 570-B.1.
2. TIA 570-B Status

ACTION: TIA 570-B was reafrmed by the subcommittee and any revision/update to TIA 570-B
would be delayed until TIA 569-C was nished.
In the meantime, reaffirmation of TIA 570-B would go
out to TIA members, following the appropriate policy.
Members noted that this standard still needed to be
strengthened and there was a suggestion to work
closely with SCTE. If necessary, a press release could
be sent out announcing the reworking of 570-B to elicit
more input.
3. New Projects
Distributed/Whole House Audio
This is where the audio can be distributed throughout the house and zones can be separated out.
1. Study Group created to look into home theater, distributed audio and video cabling.
2. Establish formal liaison with CEDIA.
3. Study Group created to make recommendations for additional content for Home Theater
and Distributed Audio.
Discussion
Create a generic coaxial cabling standardlike a
568-C.4 for broadband coax cabling.
Every hospital has coax and it cant be ignored.
Remember that the cable used has to be plenum
rated.
ACTION: This concept was introduced at the
Plenary and it was agreed that the idea of creating

a standard for generic coaxial cabling would be
reviewed by the TR 42.7 (copper cabling components) group for later incorporation into 568-C.2.
This would be discussed again at the October 2009
Plenary meeting.
If you are interested in the direction of this groups standards work, attend the next Plenary Meeting, August 3-7,
2009 (see www.tiaonline.org for location).

Minneapolis, MN
August 3-7, 2009
TIA TR 42.3
Pathways & Spaces
The TIA TR 42.3 subcommittee created the standard,
TIA 569 for Commercial Building Telecommunications
Pathways and Spaces. At this rst Plenary meeting of
2009, the group covered the nal version of the Green
Stewardship/Initiative umbrella statement TR 42 would
be using with future standards, the CITG (Cabling
Implementation Task Group out of ISO/IEC) liaison
report, the acceptance of comments on TIA 569-B.1 for
Temperature and Humidity, the nal changes agreed to
for TIA 1005, Addendum 1 (Industrial Pathways and
Spaces), and how the update to TIA 569-C would be
handled.
Meeting Topics
1. Green Initiative
2. CITG (Cabling Implementation Task Group) Liaison
Report
3. Changes to TIA 569-B, Addendum 1 Temperature
and Humidity Requirements for Telecommunications Spaces
4. Changes to TIA 1005, Addendum 1 Industrial Pathways and Spaces
5. TIA 569-C (3rd revision) Update Plan
1. Green Initiative
The Stewardship/Initiative paragraph was nalized
and put on the 2008 section of the TIA website.
The Study Group agreed on the following nal
draft:
Telecommunications infrastructure affects raw material consumption. The infrastructure design and
installation methods also inuence product life and
sustainability of electronic equipment life cycling.
These aspects of telecommunications infrastructure
impact our environment. Since building life cycles
are typically planned for decades, technological
electronic equipment upgrades are necessary. The
telecommunications infrastructure design and installation process magnies the need for sustainable
infrastructures with respect to building life, electronic equipment life cycling and considerations of
effects on environmental waste. Telecommunications
designers are encouraged to research local building
practices for a sustainable environment and conservation of fossil fuels as part of the design process.
ACTION: This statement was incorporated into
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2. CITG (Cabling Implementation Task

Group) Liaison Report
ISO/IEC and the CITG were planning the nal
CD (Committee Draft) to be ready for their
March IEC meeting.
Discussion
The group wanted to adopt TIAs Identier markings from TIA-606-A.
Some annexes still needing to be nished:
- Infrastructure complexity classication
- Pair-pin conguration and optical polarity
- Data Centers
- Industrial
- Residential
Some annexes up for review next meeting:
- Multi-tenant premises
- Ofce premises
- Space allocation for functional elements
ACTION: The CITG had agreed to adopt TIAs

606-A identiers.
3. Changes to TIA 569-B, Addendum 1

Temperature and Humidity Requirements
for Telecommunications Spaces
The major changes resulting from the ballot comment review were:
Issue: Since this Addendum was for revised temperature and humidity requirements for telecommunications spaces, be correct.
Resolution: See table on Page 13 that reects all
changes to ASHRAE requirements.
Issue: Make the method of measuring ambient temperature and humidity more practical.
Resolution: Paragraph rewritten as: Temperature
and humidity should be measured at air intakes of
operating (powered) equipment and, except in telecommunications enclosures, at a distance of 1.5m
(5 ft) above the oor level every 3 to 9m (10 to 30
ft) along the center line of the aisles at the front of
the cabinets or racks. In telecommunications enclosures the temperature and humidity should be
measured as near as practical to the center of the
enclosure.
ACTION: TIA 569-B.1 to go out for a Default

Ballot, since technical changes were made.
569-C.
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This will go out to a Default ballot (30 days) and it

could be finalized in August and for installations to be
standards compliant, its requirements will need to be
followed.
4. Changes to TIA 1005, Addendum 1

Industrial Pathways and Spaces
Issue: When talking about the Industrial Equipment
Room, say the same as TIA 569-B.1, which is the
current environmental spec for industrial spaces.
Resolution: They would correct the paragraph on
HVAC for the Industrial Equipment room to say
that a mechanism to remove the generated heat
shall be included to avoid any detrimental effect to
the active equipment. And that they refer to the
active manufacturer for specic guidance on temperature and humidity limitations.
Issue: Correct pathway separation for EMI sourcesits not 0.
Resolution: They would correct separation to match
section 5.2.3 for separation from lighting to ve
inches from uorescent lighting.
Issue: When talking about what benets there are to
where a telecom enclosure is located, clear up what
kind of cabling it can help. (We know that cable being routed to the TE is considered backbone cabling,
and cable being routed from the TE is considered
horizontal cabling.)
Resolution: Change one of the reasons it can help to
minimize horizontal cabling length.
Issue: Be clear that these are the same as ASHRAE
recommendations for heating and air conditioning.
Resolution: Under the HVAC section for the telecommunications enclosure use the ASHRAE recommendations:
Temperature and humidity inside the telecommunications enclosure shall be maintained as follows:
1. Temperature: 5 40 C (41 104 F) dry
bulb.
Reduce maximum dry-bulb temperature 1 C /
300m (1.8 F/1000 ft) above 900 m (3000 ft)
altitude.
Minimum temperature with diskette in a drive
is 10 C (50 F);
2. Relative Humidity: 8 - 80%; and
3. Maximum dew point: 28 C (82 F).
The group essentially had to work on matching their
HVAC requirements with ASHRAEs to make this
standard correct.
See illustration on page 13.
ACTION: TIA 1005-1 would go out for another

SP (full industry) ballot and be handed over to 42.9
to check ballot comment resolution.
Remember, they will recommend this goes to be published when TIA-1005 (out of 42.9) is available.
5. TIA 569-C (3rd revision) Update Plan

The update plan used:
Recommendations of the Conduit Fill Task Group.
BAS commercial building content placed in annexes.
Access provider spaces, service provider spaces,
common equipment rooms, common telecommunications rooms, MUTOAs and CPs considered
generic.
Green Initiative or Stewardship text in foreword.
No commercial building terms.
BAS annex was removed and forwarded to TR-42.1
for inclusion in TIA-862-A.
ACTION: After the update plan had been

explained, the writing of the 3rd revision of
TIA 569 (C) was approved.
New actions agreed to were:
1. There would be no informative Annex on Conduit
Fill.
2. Content specific to BAS cabling would be removed.
3. Content specific to commercial buildings would be
removed.
4. TR 42.3 would develop an addendum for commercial buildings, after approval.
5. Schedules would be developed that would allow
569-C and 569-B.1 to be published at the same
time.
6. Commercial building HVAC requirements used
would be used as default HVAC requirements for
generic spaces.
7. Verify whether the temperature for the telecom
enclosure is with or without active equipment.
8. TIA 568-C.0 would be referenced for the MICE
table.
9. Pathway separation requirements for E2 and E3
electrical environments would be included.
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Temperatureand
andhumidity
Humidity Requirements
Spaces
Temperature
requirementsfor
forTelecommunication
telecommunication
spaces
TIA Space
Equipment rooms, common

equipment rooms, access
provider spaces, and service
provider spaces.
Telecommunications rooms,
common telecommunications
rooms, telecommunications
enclosures and entrance rooms
Environmental Requirements
bulb
Reduce maximum dry-bulb temperature
1C/300m (1.8 F/1000 ft) above 1800m
(5900 ft) altitude.
Maximum Relative Humidity (RH): 60%
Dew point : 5.5C (42F) to 15C (59F)
Maximum rate of temperature change :
5C (9F) per hour
bulb. Reduce maximum dry-bulb
temperature 1C/300m (1.8 F/1000 ft)
above 900m (3000 ft) altitude. Minimum
temperature with diskette in a drive is 10
C (50 F)
Relative Humidity : 8-80 %
Maximum dew point : 28 C (82F)

ACTIONS:
1. TR 42.3 forwarded this work to TR 42.1

(commercial building cabling) for a future Addendum to 568-C.1 that contained pathways
and spaces requirements. Removed current annex in 569-C and forwarded to 42.1.
2. Approved TIA 569-C and 568-C.1-1 (Pathways & Spaces for Industrial Buildings, the
rst addendum to 568-C.1) at the same time.
TR 42.1 will prepare the Project Request Form for this

work and will publish the standards. There will be two
projects, 1) develop 569-C (pathways & Spaces update)
and 2) 568-C.1-1 (Pathways & Spaces for Industrial
Buildings) that will stay in this subcommittee for now,
even though they are owned by TR 42.1.
ACTIONS:
1. A Project Request was to be written for both

projects and it was predicted they would be
completed by 12/2010.
2. A draft of TIA 569-C would go out for 30-day
internal ballot (non-ANSI).

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TIA TR 42.4
Outside Plant
The TIA TR 42.4 subcommittee created the standard
TIA 758-A for Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Cabling. At this rst Plenary meeting
of 2009, the group discussed the position of the 758
standard in relation to other TIA TR 42 standards and
whether it should be updated.
Meeting Topics
1. Hierarchical Position of TIA 758-A
(Outside Plant Cabling)
2. TIA 758-B Plans
1. Hierarchical Position of TIA 758 (Outside

Plant Cabling)
ACTION: The subcommittee would revise
Figure 1 and 568-C.0 and C.1 to reect 758-A as
a common standard versus a premises standard. See
page six for an idea of the revised drawing.
2. TIA 758-B Plans

A review of TIA 758-A showed the need to update
the references mentioned and to update the table on
Typical OSP twisted-pair cable lengths for specic
applications.
ACTION: A draft of 758-B would be posted on

the TIA website for members to review, an interim
meeting would review any input received, then a
mock ballot would be issued.
This was being updated because it was over five years
old and needed to address any technology changes.

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TIA TR 42.6
Administration
The TIA TR 42.6 committee created the TIA 606-A
standard for Administration (Labeling) of Telecommunications Cabling. This rst Plenary meeting of 2009
also covered the work done in ISO/IEC on identiers
and where the TIA 606-B standard was going.
Meeting Topics
1.
2.
3.
4.
ISO/IECs WG3 Technical Report on Identifiers

Development of TIA 606-B
TIA Symbols
1. ISO/IECs WG3 Technical Report on

Identifiers
Discussion
ISO/IEC WG3 has a draft document that draws
heavily on our strawman 606-B without the
legacy identiers. The technical Report is SC
25N1612.
Our subcommittee Chair is also the editor of
this ISO document.
Was it realistic for the U.S. and ISO to be the
same or should we come close to understanding
their system and merge that into our U.S. document?
It would be great if a couple of years from now
the nomenclature was the same.
It would make sense to have a companys administrator be able to administer their company
worldwide. One command center could do it all.
This was an opportunity for us to step to the
forefront internationally.
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ACTIONS:
1. Vote on the updated TIA 606 as a US position

and get comments from our experts and submit along with our doc to US TAG.
2. Via conference call resolve comments and
compile all and post on the TIA website.
More Discussion
When the CITG adopts their document, base our
identier portion of TIA 606-B on CITGs and
then decide if we want to nalize 606-B or wait
more to see what ISO/IEC does.
We are only waiting for this Identier product and
not yet doing anything with 606-B yet.
Our goal should be to have only part of 606-B the
same as the ISO/IEC (international) standard.
3. TIA Symbols
Discussion
Compile all the symbols in TIA 606 now and send
them to the Denitions Committee, TR 42.5
TR 42.5 would keep up with the symbols.
TIA 606-B would be the only published document that showed the symbols.
ACTION: Send all our symbols in TIA 606 to
the Denitions Subcommittee, TR 42.5, for review

and nalization.

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ACTION: The Subcommittee would provide
comments on the ISO/IEC document on Identiers

(TR 14763-2-1) via the U.S. TAG and would defer
action on TIA 606-B until ISO/IECs document was
completed.
2. Development of TIA 606-B

Discussion
Existing shalls and shoulds would be included.
Industrial identiers would be included.
Now we should incorporate all our comments into
a single TIA 606 position and give that to the U.S.
TAG to deliver to ISO/IEC.
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TIA TR 42.8
Optical Fiber Cabling
The TIA TR 42.8 committee for Telecommunications
Optical Fiber Cabling Systems, provides research, testing, and presentations on optical ber being used in performance standards. This committee has now developed
the TIA-568-C.3 standard, Optical Fiber Cabling
Components which is an update to 568-B.3 published
in April 2000. This rst meeting of 2009 discussed
TIA 568-C.3, the new Optical Fiber Cabling standard, and what was going on with OM4 ber.
86.5.1 Optical lane assignments for 40GBASE-SR4

The four transmit and four receive optical lanes of
40GBASE-SR4 shall occupy the positions depicted
in Figure 86-3 when looking into the MDI receptacle with the connector keyway feature on top. The
interface contains eight active lanes within 12 total
positions. The transmit optical lanes occupy the leftmost four positions. The receive optical lanes occupy
the rightmost four positions. The four center positions are unused.
Figure 86-3-40 GBASE-SR4
Meeting Topics
1. TIA 568-C.3 Status
2. OM4 Fiber Status
3. IEEE 802.3ba (40 and 100 Gig Ethernet)
Array Connectivity
Tx Tx Tx Tx
Rx Rx Rx Rx
1. TIA 568-C.3 Status

ACTION: Errata corrections in a new version of
TIA 568-C.3 were published and to be mailed to
buyers. (There was no separate errata.)
2. OM4 Fiber Status

Discussion
The rst ballot for the OM4 ber specication
opened 12/19/08 (PN 3-0356).
This ballot closed January 19, 2009.
The controversy was whether the OM4 was a cable
type or a ber type.
ACTION: TR 42.12 would work with this.
3. IEEE 802.3ba (40 and 100 Gig Ethernet)

Array Connectivity
An update on the IEEE acceptance of the pin-out
variants for 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps parallel optics
using the MPO connector was presented:
IEEE creating 40 and 100 Gig Ethernet applications.
Currently, IEEE included a clause that said the optical signals that resided in the transceiver were
(This was left blank because it was undened.)
If no contribution was brought in, this would be
left undened and therefore there would not be a
completed interoperable standard.
A contribution had been brought in for Clause
86.5.1 with pin assignments for both speeds that
was accepted by IEEE 802.3ba, with minor modications.
It read as follows:
Illustration by M. Michelson,
Business Communication Services
Fig. 86-3-40 GBASE-SR4 optical lane assignments when viewed looking into the MDI receptacle with keyway feature on top
86.5.2 Optical lane assignments for 100GBASESR10
The ten transmit and ten receive optical lanes of
100GBASE-SR10 shall occupy the positions depicted in Fig 86-4a, or Fig 86-4b, or Fig 86-4c when
looking into the MDI optical receptacle(s) with the
connector keyway feature(s) on top
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Figure 86-4a-100GBase-SR 10
Transmitter
Receiver
Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx Tx
Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx Rx
Illustration by M. Michelson, Business Communication Services

Fig 86-4a-100GBASE-SR10 optical lane assignments for side-by-side MDI receptacles when
viewed looking into the receptacles with keyway
features on top. Transmitter is on the left and receiver on the right.
Figure 86-4c-100GBASE-SR10 optical lane assignments for single MDI receptacle when viewed
looking into the receptacle with keyway feature
on top. Transmitter occupies the bottom row and
receiver the top row.
Figure 86-4-b-100GBase-SR-10
Figure 86-4-c-100GBase-SR-10
Receiver
Transmitter
Figure 86-4b 100GBASE-SR10 optical lane assignments for vertically stacked MDI receptacles
when viewed looking into the receptacles with
keyway features on top. Receiver is on the top
and transmitter on the bottom.

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TIA TR 42.9
Industrial Building Cabling
The TR 42.9 subcommittee is developing the TIA
1005 standard for the industrial telecommunications
infrastructure. This brought in new effects from noise,
dust, distance, vibration, EMI, etc. This standard refers
to cabling for industrial manufacturingon the factory oor. During this rst Plenary meeting of 2009,
the subcommittee covered an ODVA (Open DeviceNet
Vendors Association) update that shows the work theyre
doing on industrial standards, the work done by the
POF Task Group before this meeting, and what the
next update of TIA-1005 could cover.
Meeting Topics
1.
2.
3.
4.
ODVA Industrial Work

1mm POF Task Group Input
TIA 1005 Update Plan
1. ODVA Industrial Work

Update
ODVA published their technical standard twice/
year.
The November 2008 standard supported POF
(Plastic Optical Fiber) for 10/100 Mbps networks.
It included connector-less transceivers. Still POF
didnt go a long distance.
They were working on Grounding and Bonding
for industrial.
A JSIG (Joint Special Interest Group) had released
a MICE report.
A JSIG was working on the third revision of its
Planning and Installation Manualto be completed in 2009.
Ethernet was being adopted for additional eld
buses under IEC; release of document expected
2010.
After above release, they were to begin Edition III.
See SC65/JWG10 list of networks they support.
2. 1mm POF Task Group Input

Update
The Task Group was still in effect even though
1mmPOF was removed from TIA-1005.
There could be a technology update for next revision of 1005.
ISO/IEC 60793 supports POF for 100 MHz over
100 meters. (This was taken out of TIA 1005 because there were no test procedures, etc.)
This Task Group was continuing to monitor standards for 1mm POF adds/changes and would prepare a proposal for 1mm POF for TIA 1005 (to
include pulling tension, bend radius, testing, etc.).
This work will be kept in this TR 42.9 group.
What is different now is that distance is different
and perhaps 65 meters would work in the industrial (versus commercial) environment.
Industrial needs to decide whether POF is acceptable to TIA 568-C.0. If Industrial wants to add
this as a media, they would need to do some more
work. The Task Group seemed to be going down
that path.
ISO/IEC has information on A4a and A4d POF.
What had happened to make this more viable
was that MOST (the Media Oriented Systems
Transport protocol from Europe) used Ethernet
and when POF for the lower bandwidth was developed, that led to the higher bandwidth over
POF. This was pushed by Europea technology
changed.
ACTION: TR 42.9 would start working on POF

for 568-C.3 with the POF Task Group.
3. TIA 1005 Update Plan

Update
TIA-1005 would remain a TIA 1005 standard
(not a new 568 series such as D).
Since 568- C.0 and C.1 had been approved for
publication and would soon be stabilized, it was
proposed TR 42.9 open up a new PAR (project)
and decide what to do:
Update the standard with the inclusion of AD1 for
Pathways and Spaces.
Update with new emerging technologies (POF,
etc.)
Include other emerging topologies for Ethernet
which affect the way the network is looked at. Instead of having a switch outside, the device would
be inside with daisy chaining to other devices
where switches are inside). This is simply making
the switch smaller (less ports) and it is embedded
in the hardware. Everything is distributed. We
still could make use of the generic structure to get
from point A to point B.
These were just a few things they wanted to look
atwhether they were adopted or not.
ACTION: The revision project was approved

unanimously.
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The Scope of this approved revision project, as approved for ANSI/TIA-1005:
1. Combine Addendum 1, Industrial Pathways and
Spaces (TIA 1005-A-1) into 1005.
2. Align with generic structure of the TIA 568-C series.
3. Incorporate any new technology that was not in the
previous release.
This was all to be reviewed at the August 2009 Plenary
meeting with a final document to be ready for review at
the November 2009 Plenary meeting.
ACTION: It was estimated that the ballot would
be sent to the formulating group by December 2009.

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TIA TR 42.16
Bonding and Grounding
TIA continues working on updating the Grounding
and Bonding standard, 607-A. This rst Plenary
meeting of 2009 covered sections being developed for
the ground bar, testing and verication, design, an
EMI Annex, and use of the term MESH-BN. The
grounding and bonding standard that exists now is
ANSI/TIA/EIA-J-STD-607-A.
Meeting Topics
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
607-B Testing and Verification Content

607-B Design Content
Ground Busbar Investigation
EMC Annex
Term: MESH-BN
Document Plan
Future Work
1. 607-B Testing and Verification

ACTION: The section of Testing and Verication
would be drafted and discussed via conference call.
2. 607-B Design Content
3. Ground Busbar Investigation

a. To be used in other countries, the group decided to write this for a busbar with a minimum of 80% copper. (This would open it up
to other alloys with at least 80% copper.)
b. A proposal was made to include a mechanical
connection (revolutionary for America).
c. The 2" busbar was considered because you
could
Make an effective electrical connection
with it.
Use it for performance monitoring.
Use it for an interface for each end point.
d. There still was the issue that the international
standard did not require a mesh network.
ACTION: This subject was left undecided as to

any size busbar.
4. EMC Annex
Presentation
a. The group was advised to use balanced twistedpair cabling to reduce EMI (electromagnetic
interference).
b. The ultimate objective was to reduce noise.
Discussion
This would involve information as in NECA/BISCI
607. It would cover:
Computer room
Cabinets and racks
Equipment in cabinets and racks
Cable ladders, cable runways, conduit, pipes, and
building steel
The mesh-bonding network
Bonding conductors for connections to the meshBN or RGB
Telecommunications equipment bonding connector (TEBC)
Separation
Bonding equipment cabinets/equipment racks to
the TEBC
Structural bonding of equipment cabinets/equipment racks
ACTION: A Task Group was created to work on
ACTION: This draft would be redone to be
ACTION: A Task Group would study whether
clearer and would be discussed at a later time. No

other action was taken at this time.
this and get a draft ready for the next Plenary meeting, August 2009.
5. Term: MESH-BN
ACTION: A Task Force would propose new
terms and explain their relationship with other
known terms.
The term SBG (Supplementary Bonding Grid) was
brought up as that being generally placed under a
raised metal floor or above the racks/cabinets complex to a supplementary function to the serving power
circuits equipment grounding protector... and they considered renaming that the Mesh-BN but had problems
because the MeshBN did not include Star grounding
and IBDN. They needed somehow to point out that the
MeshBN was not the only bonding network.
MESH-BN is the correct terminology. The objective of the Task Group was to recommend a new section just for Mesh-BN and then to include all types.
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6. Document Plan
ACTION: The draft of 607-B was still being
reviewed internally and there was a plan to have
that qualied for its rst ballot by the August Plenary meeting.
7. Future Work
ACTION: Items due from this meeting:
1. Editing of Section 7 (Installation)

2. TGB (Telecom Grounding Busbar) Task
Group draft due rst week of April.
3. EMC Task Group work due next Plenary
meeting.
4. MESH-BN denition to be worked out.

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IEEE 802
IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., is a not-for-prot association that publishes
technical documents, holds conferences, and develops
standards. IEEE 802 is the LAN/MAN Standards
Committee for Layers 1 and 2 of the OSI (Open System
Interconnection) reference model.
Layer 1 is the physical layer (hardware including cabling) that applies to the LAN (Local Area Network)
dened as a campus, and MAN (Metropolitan Area
Network) for intracity networking. Light or radio signals are conveyed through the network at the electrical
and mechanical level. It consists of the electromagnetic
and physical aspects of a device, a transmission medium
(the cable), and the interface between them (connectors
or NICs [network interface cards]). The PHY refers
to anything relating to hardware (cables, connectors,
cards) that is enabled to send and receive data.
Layer 2 is the Data Link Layer where data packets become bits and carry transmission protocol information
to 1) handle errors in the physical layer; 2) provide ow
control, and 3) provide frame synchronization. This
data link layer is made up of two sublayersthe Media Access Control (MAC) layer and the Logical Link
Control (LLC) layer. That MAC sublayer controls how
we access data and gives permission for its transmission.
The LLC layer controls frame synchronization, ow
control and error checking.
The other ve layers of the OSI model are Layer 3, the
Network Layer (where switching and routing is provided
and logical paths [virtual circuits] are created that send
data from node to node); Layer 4, the Transport Layer
(where data is transferred [transparently] between systems/hosts and end-to-end error recovery and ow control
is performed); Layer 5, the Session Layer (where connections between applications are managed); Layer 6, the
Presentation Layer (where data is transformed into the
form that the application layer can accept when that
data is different;) and, Layer 7, the Application Layer
(where application and end-user processes are supportedeverything at this layer is application specic).
IEEE 802.3Ethernet
IEEE 802.3 is referred to as the Ethernet standard (an
application). This includes projects for 1 gigabit Ethernet transmission (1000 Mbps) over both ber (802.3z1998) and copper (802.3ab-1999). The standard for
DTE Power over Ethernet (802.3af-2003) has been
completed and published; so has Ethernet in the First
Mile (802.3ah-2004); the standard for 10 gigabit Ethernet over coaxial cable (802.3ak-2004), and the standard for 10 gigabit Ethernet over ber (802.3ae-2003).
Committee work continues with the Power over Ethernet Plus Task Force (802.3at) who have now settled on
a slightly higher minimum capability than 24 watts,
the Energy Efcient Task Force (802.3az) nding ways
to reduce energy, the 10 Gigabits per second EPON
group (802.3av) and, there is a Higher Speed Study
Group (802.3ba) that is studying 40 Gbps and 100
Gbps over ber and copper.
Current Phy-Related Work Items

802.3at Power over the Ethernet Plus Task
Force
The IEEE 802.3 working group has formed this Higher
Speed Task Force to evaluate the requirements for the next
generation of Ethernet technology at 40 and 100 Gbps.
Status
The current rst round of sponsor ballots are closing and they are hoping for ratication in September 2009.
There have been no real technical changes except
the 24 watt minimum objective now has a real
value that works out to 25.5 watts (which beats
the objective).
802.3az The Energy Efficient Task Force

This Task Force work is to extend the number of applications that could benet from more power being
delivered over Ethernet.
Goals
Reducing power during low-link utilization
Remain compatible with existing cabling infrastructure
Target PHYs
100BASE-TX (Full Duplex) (Fast Ethernet)
1000BASE-T (Full Duplex) (Gigabit Ethernet)
10GBASE-T (10 Gigabit Ethernet)
1000BASE-KX (1 Gigabit backplane, added in
July 2008)
10GBASE-KR (10 Gbps serial backplane
connectivity)
10GBASE-KX4 (10 Gbps over 4 lanes for
backplane connectivity)
Discussion
Optical PMDs were not included and there was
no particular reason except that a proposal was not
brought in in time to change the project authorization request.

There was a growing interest in low power idle for
optical PMDs, but that would need to be a new
project.
Copper PMDs represented a broad market potential, which is one of the criteria needed to get a
project started in 802.3.
The data center (still copper with shorter distances) did not use auto-negotiation to manage
its power. It was used to advertise low power idle
capabilities, but not to manage power.
Status
They were reviewing comments to Draft 1.2.1 and
Draft 1.3 would be ready for review in April 2009.
802.3az was expected to be approved in September
2010 (this slipped due to additional work required
to get backplane Ethernet ballot-ready, as well as
several unspecied values that were remaining.)
802.3av 10Gbps EPON (Ethernet Passive

Optical Network) Task Force
This is to support subscriber access networks using
point-to-multipoint topologies on optical ber.
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802.3ba Higher Speed Ethernet Task Force

The IEEE 802.3 working group has formed the Higher
Speed Task Force to evaluate the requirements for the
next generation of Ethernet technology at 40 and
100 Gbps.
Status
Draft 1.2 was available as of February 10, 2009.
Approval of standard expected in June 2010.
This new standards goal is to:
1. Provide Physical Layer specications which
support 40 Gb/s operation over:
- at least 10km on SMF
- at least 100m on OM3 MMF
- at least 10m over a copper cable assembly
- at least 1m over a backplane
2. Provide Physical Layer specications which
support 100 Gb/s operation over:
- at least 100m on OM3 MMF
- at least 10m over a copper cable assembly
Status
The Task Force was currently working on development of the next-generation, 10 Gbit/s capable
Ethernet Passive Optical Network (10G EPON)
specications, anticipated to bring a new avor of
PON technology to life by 2009. This would be
applicable in multiple environments to support
bandwidth-intensive applications that would require fast, reliable, scalable, rst-mile connections.
Such applications included Broadcast TV (expanded HDTV content), IPTV, time-shifted TV, rich
unicast based VOD (Voice on Demand) content
libraries, 3D Online Interactive Games, UltraHigh
SpeedInternet, Personal Video Casting, and many
more applications.
Draft 3 of this application standard, released
1/16/2009, was in its ballot process.
The last technical changes had been made and
it was planned to go to RevCom (the Standards
Board Review Committee) in July with the expectation that the standard would be approved in
September 2009.
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Cabling-Related Standards Published or

Approved for Publication, as of March 2009
TIA Standards
TIA 568-C.0
TIA 568-C.1
TIA 568-C.3
TIA 568-B.1
TIA 942
TIA 942, AD1
TIA 862
TIA 568-B.2
TIA-568-B.2
TIA 568-B.2, AD 1
TIA 568-B.2, AD 2
Customer Owned Telecommunications Networks (approved for publication)

Includes generic requirements for telecom
cabling
Includes 568-B.1s Annex E, Table 1 Update
(for 10 gigabit Ethernet applications
Includes 568-B.1, AD 1s Minimum 4-Pair
UTP and 4-Pair ScTP Patch Cord Bend
Radius
Includes 568-B.1s AD 2, Grounding and
Bonding of ScTP Cabling Systems (for now;
later it may go into 607-B)
Includes 568-B.1, AD 3s Supportable Distances and Channel Attenuation for Optical
Fiber Applications by Fiber Type
Includes 568-B.1s AD 7, Array Connector
Polarity
(Note: 568-B.1, AD 6 was cancelled)
Includes TSB 125, Guidelines for Maintaining Optical Fiber Polarity through ReversePair Positioning
Includes TSB 140, Optical Fiber Field Test
Certification Guidelines
Includes TSB 153, Static Discharge Between LAN and Data Terminal Equipment
Commercial Building Cabling (approved for
publication)
Includes Telecommunications Enclosures,
Centralized cabling
150 Ohm STP cabling removed
Cat 5 cabling removed
50 Ohm and 75 Ohm coaxial cabling removed
Balanced twisted-pair cabling performance
and test requirements moved to 568-C.2
Includes 568-B.1s AD 4, Recognition of
Cat 6 and 850 nm Laser Optimized 50/125
micron.
Includes 568-B.1s AD 5, Design Requirements for Telecom Enclosures
Optical Fiber Cabling (Erratum included and
standard published)
Commercial Cabling Standard - replaced by
TIA 568-C.0 and C.1
Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers
Data Center Coaxial Cabling Specifications
& Application Distances
Building Automation Systems Standard (reaffirmed)
Copper Cabling Components- (specs for
the Manufacturer) (2002)
Erratum, Corrected Beginning/End of Channel, Figure 11
Transmission Performance Specs for 4-pair
100 Ohm Category 6 Cabling
Balanced Twisted Pair Cabling Components
TIA-568-B.2, AD 3
Additional Considerations for Insertion Loss

and Return Loss Pass/Fail Determination (3
dB Rule)
TIA 568-B.2, AD 4
Solderless Connection Reliability Requirements for Copper Connecting Hardware
TIA-568-B.2, AD 5
Corrections to TIA-568-B.2
TIA 568-B.2, AD 6
Category 6 Related Test Procedures
TIA 568-B.2, AD 7
Reliability Requirements for RJ-45 Connecting Hardware
TIA 568-B.2, AD 8
Additional Component Requirements for
DTE Power
TIA 568-B.2, AD 9
Additional Category 6 Balance Requirements and Measurement Procedures
TIA 568-B.2, AD 10
Augmented Category 6 Cabling
TIA 568-B.2, AD 11
Specification for Increased Diameter of 4Pair UTP and ScTP Cables
TIA 568-C.3
Optical Fiber Cabling Components (specs
for the Manufacturer)
568-C.3 includes Additional Transmission
Performance Specs for 50/125 micron Optical Fiber Cables
TIA 492-AAAC
Detailed Spec for 850 nm Laser-Optimized
50/125 micron MMF (OM3)
TIA TSB 155
Guidance for Field Testing Installed Cabling
for 10GBASE-T (to be in 568-C.2)
TIA TSB 162
Telecom Cabling Guidelines for Wireless
Access Points (2006)
TIA 569-B
Commercial Building Telecommunications
Pathways and Spaces, 2004 (TIA standard
only)
TIA 569-B
Erratum to change fire rated to include
fire-retardant.
TIA 570-B
Residential Telecommunications Cabling,
2004 (Reaffirmed February 2009)
TIA 570-B, AD1
Additional Requirements for Broadband
Coax Cabling (published and now available)
TIA 606-A
Administration of Standard for Commercial
Telecommunications Infrastructure, 2002
TIA 606-A, AD1
Administration of Equipment Rooms and
Data Center Computer Rooms (approved
for publication)
ANSI/TIA/EIA-J-STD-607 Commercial Building Grounding (Earthing)
& Bonding, 2002 (also referred to as 607A)
TIA IS-729
Additional Requirements for 100 Ohm
Screened TP Cabling, 03/1999 (withdrawn)
TIA 758-A
Customer Owned Outside Plant Telecom
Cabling (May 2004)
TIA 1005
Telecommunications Industrial Infrastructure Cabling (approved for publication and
expected to be available in March 2009)
IEEE 802.3 x Standards (Wired)

IEEE 802.3-2008, Ethernet Standard, updated to
include:
IEEE 802.3an-2006
IEEE 802.3ap-2007
IEEE 802.3aq-2006
IEEE 802.3as-2006
10 Gbps Ethernet over Copper

Backplane Ethernet
10GBASE-LRM
Frame Expansion

IEEE 802.3 already includes:
TIA 607-B
IEEE 802.3af-2003
IEEE 802.3ak-2004
TIA 758-B
DTE Power via MDI

10GBASE-CX4, Ethernet over Twinaxial
Cable
IEEE 802.3ah-2004
Ethernet in the First Mile
IEEE 802.3ae-2002
10 Gbps PHY (over fiber)
IEEE 802.3z-1998
1000BASE-X Gbps Ethernet over Fiber at 1
Gbps (125 MB/s)
IEEE 802.11 x Standards (Wireless LAN)
Cabling-Related Standards in Progress as

of March 2009
TIA Standards (Under Development)
TIA 569-C.1, AD 1
TIA 568-C.2
TIA 569-B, AD 1
TIA 569-C
TIA 758-B
TIA 862
TIA 942, AD 2
TIA 942
TSB 155
TSB 184
TSB 185
TIA x
TIA 568-C.2, AD x
TIA 1152
TIA-569-C
TIA 1005-x
TIA 1005, AD 1
TIA 606-B
Pathways and Spaces

Copper Cabling Systems (Approved conditionally for publication after comment
resolution in May 2009)
Temperature Limits (in Default Ballot with
conditional [no technical changes] publication approval)
Pathways and Spaces (new update/revision
work started)
(being reviewed in preparation for Mock ballot)
Building Automation Systems Cabling (out
for first internal ballot)
Temperature Limits and Media Types for
Data Centers
Erratum, corrections in Annex G (Tiers)
Guidance for Field Testing Installed Cabling
for 10GBASE-T (Being revised for 10 Gigabit over Category 6 cabling)
Guidelines for Supporting Power Delivery
over Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling (in
Default ballot with conditional publication
approval)
MICE Tutorial (awaiting copies of IEC documents for comment resolution)
Healthcare Facility Telecommunications
Infrastructure (to be a new standard instead
of a TSB)
Additional Balance and Coupling Attenuation Requirements for Balanced TwistedPair Cabling (under development)
Requirements for Field Test Equipment (out
for first full industry ballot with conditional
publication approval)
Pathways and Spaces (working on 3rd revision)
Telecommunications Industrial Infrastructure Cabling (revision project approved to
incorporate Addendum 1 and to align with
568-C.0, and incorporate any new technology)
Industrial Pathways and Spaces (to go out
for a second full-industry ballot)
(Labeling) Update to 606-A, Standard for
the Telecommunications Infrastructure
(work on this deferred until ISO/IEC related
standard is completed)
TIA-492AAAD
25
Grounding & Bonding (still under development)

Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecom
Cabling (revision/update being created)
Detailed Spec for OM4 fiber (out for second
internal ballot)
IEEE 802.3 Ongoing Standards Work (Wired)

IEEE 802.3az
IEEE 802.3ba
IEEE 802.3ar
IEEE 802.3at
IEEE 802.3av
Energy Efficient Ethernet Task Force

Higher Speed Task Force (100 Gbps; 40
Gbps)
Congestion Management Task Force (cancelled)
DTE Power Enhancements Task Force (for
24 watts)
10 Gbps PHY for EPON Task Force
Volume 01-09
26
Glossary of Acronyms
10GBASE-T
40GBASE-SR4
40GBASE-SR10
100GBASE-SR10
ACRF
AD1
ANSI/J-STD
ASHRAE
BAS
BICSI
BN
C
CD
CEA
CEDIA
CITG
CP
dB
EMC
EMI
F
ft
ftp
Gbps
HVAC
IEC
IEEE
IHS
IP
ISO
JSIG
m
MHz
MICE
MOST
MUTOA
NECA
ODVA
OM4
OSP
PAR
PHY
POF
RGB
RH
SCTE
SC65/JWG10
10 Gigabit Ethernet
4 Transmit/ 4 Receive parallel lanes over 4 + 4 OM3
parallel fibers connected to a high density SFF
10 Transmit/ 4 Receive parallel lanes over 10 + 10
OM3 parallel fibers connected to a high density SFF
100 Gbps over 10 lanes of, short reach, multimode
fiber
Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio, Far End
Addendum 1
American National Standards Institute/Joint-Standard
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning Engineers
Building Automation System
BICSI
Bonding Network
Centigrade
Committee Draft (in ISO/IEC)
Consumer Electronics Association
Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association
Cabling Implementation Task Group
Connection/Consolidation Point
Decibel
Electromagnetic Compatibility
Electromagnetic Interference
Fahrenheit
foot
File Transfer Protocol
Gigabits per second
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Internationale Electrotechnical Commission
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Information Handling Services (includes Global Engineering Documents)
Internet Protocol
International Standards Organization
Joint Special Interest Group
meter
Megahertz
Classifications for Mechanical, Ingress, Climatic/
Chemical, and EMI Environments
Media Oriented Systems Transport protocol
Multi-User Telecommunications Outlet Assembly
National Electrical Contractors Assoc.
Open DeviceNet Vendors Association
850nm Laser Optimized 50 micron multimode fiber (a
higher bandwidth fiber)
Outside Plant
Project Authorization Request
Physical Layer
Plastic Optical Fiber
Re Grounding or a MESH-BN
Relative Humidity
Society of Cable and Telecommunications Engineers
Subcommittee 65/Joint Work Group 10
SFF
TE
TEBC
TGB
TIA
TR (- xx)
TSB
US TAG
WG3
Small Form Factor

Telecommunications Enclosure
Telecom Equipment Bonding Conductor
Telecommunications Grounding Busbar
Telecommunications Industry Association
Acronym for a TIA Engineering Committee/Subcommittee
Telecommunications Services Bulletin (guidelines
only)
U.S. Technical Advisory Group (to ISO/IEC)
Working Group 3

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2009 Business Communication Services

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TIA TR 42.1 (Commercial Building Cabling)

2. TIA 568-C.1 (Commercial Building

3. TIA 568-C.2 (Copper Cabling

ACTION: Publication of TIA 568-C.2 Copper

Cabling Components is expected after October 2009.

Follow the progress of TIA 568-C.2 to see if its available

4. TIA 942 (Additional Media and Guidelines

1. TIA 568-C.0 (Telecom Networks) Status

tomer-Owned Telecommunications Networks will

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Computer rooms, entrance

Table by M. Michelson, Business Communication Services

5. TIA 862 (Building Automation Systems)

A mock ballot had been issued and reviewed and

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ACTION: The update to TIA-862 (BAS Cabling)

would go out for its rst internal 30-day ballot.

6. TIA 568-C.1, Addendum 1 (Temperature

8. TIA 758-A (Outside Plant) Status

What You Need to Know

9. TSB 185 (Mice Tutorial) Status

ACTION: The next meeting should be able to

10. TSB 184 (Current Capacity) Status

ACTION: A 30-day Default ballot was agreed to

11. TIA 1152 (Field Testers) Status

ACTION: Figure 1 in TIA 568-C.0 and C.1

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Illustration by M. Michelson, Business Communication Services

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Resolution: The Standards Scope would read:

Table by M. Michelson, Business Communication Services

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Table by M. Michelson, Business Communication Services

Issue: Again, explain more clearly, the performance

Table by M. Michelson, Business Communication Services

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12. TIA 155 Revision (Field Testing for

13. New Standard for Health Care Facilities

14. Next Plenary Meeting

15. Next Interim Meeting (42.7)

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TIA 570-B.1 (Coax Cabling) Status

To liaison with CEA (Consumer Electronics Assoc.)

1. TIA 570-B.1 (Coax Cabling) Status

ACTION: TIA 570-B.1, Additional Require-

ments for Coax Cabling, was published 1/22/09.

2. TIA 570-B Status

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ACTION: This concept was introduced at the

Plenary and it was agreed that the idea of creating

4. Next Plenary Meeting

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ACTION: This statement was incorporated into

2. CITG (Cabling Implementation Task

ACTION: The CITG had agreed to adopt TIAs

3. Changes to TIA 569-B, Addendum 1

ACTION: TIA 569-B.1 to go out for a Default

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