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New TIA Subcommittee will address IT Sustainability
All recently published TIA TR-42 Standards contain a new “Stewardship” clause as part of their Foreword text. This is the TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems Committee’s way of raising awareness that: telecommunications infrastructure design and installation affects raw material consumption, which … Continue reading
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IEEE 802.3 Study Group formed to investigate Next Generation BASE-T
The wait is over! During this week’s IEEE 802.3 meetings in San Diego, a new Study Group was formed to investigate creating a “Next Generation BASE-T” balanced twisted-pair copper Ethernet application. A call-for-interest (CFI) presentation profiled the ever increasing server … Continue reading
TIA Publishes New Standard for Telecommunication Administration
The ANSI/TIA-606-B “Administration Standard for Telecommunications Infrastructure” published June, 2012. This Standard specifies four classes of administration within buildings and between buildings based upon the complexity of the infrastructure being administered. Administration requirements for commercial, industrial, residential, and data center … Continue reading
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Will we see a standard for 40 Gigabit Ethernet over twisted-pair copper cabling?
Q: Will we see a standard for 40 Gigabit Ethernet over twisted-pair copper cabling and does the fact that ISO/IEC and the TIA are investigating the requirements for achieving this increase the possibility of it happening? A: Yes and yes! … Continue reading
ISO/IEC Initiates 40 GBit/s Copper Cabling Project
A New Work Item Proposal (NWIP) to develop requirements for balanced twisted-pair cabling capable of supporting 40 GBit/s data transmission was initiated by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25/WG 3 in October, 2011 at the Working Group’s Melbourne, Australia meeting. This proposal affirms the international … Continue reading
TIA Adopts Next Generation Cabling Baseline Objectives
The TIA TR-42.7 Copper Cabling Subcommittee confirmed industry interest in a greater than 10 Gb/s copper-based Ethernet application when the following new cabling project was initiated in February, 2011: Project Title: Specifications for 100Ω Next Generation Cabling Scope: Develop a … Continue reading
Simplified Name for 2012 Edition of the IEEE 802.3™ Standard
In a welcome nod to keeping things simple, the 2012 edition of IEEE Std 802.3 will feature a new and succinct title. The unwieldy name of IEEE Std 802.3-2008 is: IEEE Standard for Information technology –Telecommunications and information exchange between … Continue reading
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TIA Publishes New Standard for Grounding and Bonding
The ANSI/TIA-607-B “Generic Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding (Earthing) for Customer Premises” published August, 2011. This Standard specifies a grounding and bonding infrastructure that will ensure reliable operation of all telecommunications equipment and systems independent of cabling media type. The grounding … Continue reading
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TIA Publishes New Standard for Broadband Coaxial Cabling and Components
The ANSI/TIA-568-C.4 “Broadband Coaxial Cabling and Components Standard” published July, 2011. This Standard specifies mechanical, transmission, and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements for 75-ohm broadband coaxial cables, cords, connecting hardware, and cabling used to support community antenna television (CATV), satellite television, … Continue reading
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New IEEE 802.3 Study Group formed to investigate lower power, lower cost, and higher-density 100 Gb/s Ethernet interfaces for optical fiber modules
This Study Group will investigate: Multimode optical fiber (MMF): Reducing the number of MMF fibers from 20 to 8 per channel Reducing transceiver power consumption Specifying a narrow form-factor array MMF interface Reach on OM3 and OM4 fiber Singlemode optical fiber (SMF): … Continue reading