TIA Issues Call for Interest on New Project for Application Channel Attenuation and Supportable Distances

Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation.

Arlington VA (February 3, 2026) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.1 Engineering Committee on Premises Telecommunications Infrastructure has issued a call for interest for document TSB-6000-A initially titled “Application Channel Attenuation and

Supportable Distances”. TR-42.1 is developing guidelines in the area defined by the following scope: This document lists the communication protocol applications that are supported by the various copper and fiber systems specified in the ANSI/TIA-568 series of standards.  This includes Ethernet, Fiber Channel, InfiniBand, and Passive Optical Network applications.

 The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: IEEE, fiber Channel, ITU, end users, customers, installers, consultants

TIA is actively seeking participation in these projects from the user and general interest communities.

For more information about TR-42 and how to participate in standards development with TIA, contact our Membership Department at MEMBERSHIP@tiaonline.org.

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