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TR-42.1 Generic and Premises Cabling – February 2021
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MEETING NOTICE & AGENDA
TIA TR-42.1 Subcommittee on Premises Telecommunications Infrastructure
Date: February 1, 2021 and February 2, 2021
Time: 11:15 AM – 6:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Location: Virtual, GoToWebinar
Chair: Diane Forbes – NIS, 503-246-8585
Vice-Chair: Ray Emplit – Harger, 610-273-2648
Meeting GoToWebinar Registration Link:
Monday, February 1 11:15 AM – 6:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Tuesday, February 2 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM Central Daylight Time (CDT)
Meeting Schedule URL:
The meeting schedule is available on TIA>>Connect.
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- Administration/General Business
- Call to order
- Attendance (Call Quorum, Introductions, Electronic Roster)
2368 (Tuesday)
- Current Meeting Agenda Review and Approval (TR421-2021-02-001)
- Previous Meeting Report Review and Approval (TR421-2020-10-007)
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- Distribution of documents and contributions
| Document | Title | Contributor | Company |
| TR421-2020-10-007 | Meeting Report – October | Jew | J&M Consulting |
| TR421-2021-02-001 | Meeting Agenda – VIRTUAL | Forbes | NIS |
| TR421-2021-02-003a | 4966 A- Draft 2.1a comment resolution with tracked changes | Forbes | NIS |
| TR421-2021-02-003b | 4966 A- Draft 2.1a comment resolution without tracked changes showing | Forbes | NIS |
| TR421-2021-02-005 | TIA-942-B Edge Data Centers comments with Editor Recommendations | Jew | J&M Consulting |
| TR421-2021-02-006 | TIA-568.0-E-1 comments with Editor Recommendations | Emplit | Harger |
| TR421-2021-02-007 | TIA-862-C comments with Editor Recommendations | Emplit | Harger |
- Chairs Report and General Items
- Meeting Logistics
- TIA Connect – Coming Soon (October 13)
Used for meeting administration
FTP will no longer be used for documents
New email distribution list
- Elections
- List of Standards & TSBs from Committee
| Document | Title | Date of Revision | Current Status |
| ANSI/TIA-568.0-E | Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises | 2020 | Published |
| ANSI/TIA-568.0-E-1 | Generic Telecommunications Cabling for Customer Premises | 2020 | 1st Committee Ballot |
| ANSI/TIA-568.1-E | Commercial Building Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard | 2020 | Published |
| ANSI/TIA-570-D | Residential Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard | 2018 | No Action |
| ANSI/TIA-758-C | Customer-Owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard | 2012 | 3rd Industry Ballot |
| ANSI/TIA-862-B | Structured Cabling Infrastructure Standard for Intelligent Building Systems | 2016 | 1st Industry Ballot |
| ANSI/TIA-942-B
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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 Standard | 2017 | No Action |
| ANSI/TIA-4966 | Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Educational Facilities | 2014 | 2nd Industry Ballot |
| ANSI/TIA-4966-1 | Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Educational Facilities – Addendum | 2018 | No Action |
| ANSI/TIA-4994 | Standard for Sustainable Communications Technology | 2015 | TBD; possibly send to TR-60 |
| ANSI/TIA-5017 | Telecommunications Physical Network Security Standard | 2016 | No Action |
| TIA-TSB-162-B | Telecommunications Cabling Guidelines for Wireless Access Points | 2020 | Pending Publication |
| TIA-TSB-185 | Environmental Classification (MICE) Tutorial – Mechanical;Ingress;Climatic/Chemical;Electromagnetic) | 2017 | No Action |
| TIA-TSB-5018 | Structured Cabling Infrastructure Guidelines to Support Distributed Antenna Systems | 2016 | No Action |
| TIA-TSB-5045 | Process for Sustainable Information Communications Technology Manufacturers | 2017 | No Action |
- Old business
- ANSI/TIA-568.0-E (Generic): No Action
- ANSI/TIA-568.0-E-1 (Addendum 1 Single Balanced Twisted-Pair Use Cases and Topology): 1st Industry Ballot
Contributions: TR421-2021-02-006 TIA-568.0-E-1 comments with Editor Recommendations
- Ballot Comment Resolution
- Disposition (re-ballot, default ballot, possible vote to publish)
- Disposition (Ballot, Publish)
- ANSI/TIA-568.1-E (Commercial): No Action
- ANSI/TIA-570-D (Residential): No Action
- ANSI/TIA-758-C (OSP): 3rd Industry Ballot
Verbal update from Henry Franc
- Ballot Comment Resolution
- Disposition (re-ballot, default ballot, possible vote to publish)
Disposition (Ballot, Publish)
- ANSI/TIA-862-C (Intelligent Building Systems): 1st Committee Ballot
Contributions: TR421-2021-02-007 TIA-862-C comments with Editor Recommendations
- Ballot Comment Resolution
- Disposition (2nd Committee Ballot, 1st Industry Ballot)
- ANSI/TIA-942-B (Data Centers): No Action
- ANSI/TIA-942-B-1 (Edge Data Centers): 1st Committee Ballot
- Ballot Comment Resolution
Contributions: TIA-942-B Edge Data Centers comments with Editor Recommendations
- Disposition (2nd Committee Ballot, 1st Industry Ballot)
- ANSI/TIA-1179-A (Health Care): No Action
- ANSI/TIA-4966 (Education): 1st Industry Ballot – Comment Resolution (Forbes)
Contribution TR421-2021-02-003: 4966 Draft 2.1 with tracked changes, resolve tracked changes per 1st industry ballot comment resolution
Contribution TR421-2021-02-003: 4966 Draft 2.0, includes comment resolution except for line-by-line alignment with 568.0 changes. No need to review, provided to the committee for reference.
- ANSI/TIA-5017 (Security): No Action
- Ballot
TIA-TSB-162-B (Wireless Access Points): No Action
- TIA-TSB-185 (MICE): No Action
- TIA-TSB-5018 (DAS): No Action
- Ballot
- Disposition (Ballot, Publish)
Places of Assembly Task Group report: None
Discuss disposition of this group: very little participation and momentum through several meeting sessions.
- Single Pair Task Group Report: None
- Edge Data Centers (EDC) Task Group Report: None
- ANSI/TIA 4994 Standard for Sustainable ICT:
Committee to vote, with approval the document will be transferred.
- New Business
- Impact of Work from Other Subcommittees
- Incoming liaison letters: None
- Other new business:
- Outgoing liaison letters:
- Output documents for US-TAG:
- Next Subcommittee meetings
Subsequent meetings
- June 7-11, 2021 (fixed date): Preferably Canada
- October 4-8, 2021: tentative date, location TBD
All 2021 locations may change, as required, due to COVID.
- Adjournment
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- Click the “Communities” tab and then select “All My Communities”
- Scroll down the page and select “TR-42.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling”
- Click on “Documents” and then select the “2021-02 Virtual” folder
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Questions and comments on this agenda should be submitted to:
| Diane Forbes, Chair | diane.forbes@nis.consulting | 502-246-8585 |
| Ray Emplit, Vice-Chair | remplit@harger.com | 610-273-2648 |