TIA Issues a Ballot and Public Review Notification to Reaffirm Multiple IEC Adoptions on Optical Fibers

Arlington VA. (September 12, 2024) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.12 Engineering Committee on Optical Fibers and Cables has issued a ballot and call for comments to reaffirm the IEC documents adopted by TIA listed below:

  • TIA-455-62-C “IEC‐60793‐1‐47 Optical Fibres ‐ Part 1‐47: Measurement Methods and Test Procedures ‐ Macrobending Loss“
  • TIA-455-67-B “IEC‐60793‐1‐51 Optical Fibres‐ Part 1‐51: Measurement Methods and Test Procedures‐ Dry Heat ”
  • TIA-455-74-B “IEC-60793-1-53 Optical Fibres- Part 1-53: Measurement Methods and Test Procedures- Water Immersion ”
  • TIA-455-78-C “IEC 60793-1-40 Optical Fibres – Part 1-40: Measurement Methods and Test Procedures – Attenuation“
  • TIA-455-80-D “IEC-60793-1-44 Measurement Methods and Test Procedures- Cut-off Wavelength”
  • TIA-455-122-C “IEC‐60793‐1‐48 Measurement Methods and Test Procedures-Polorization Mode Dispersion“
  • TIA-455-175-C “IEC‐60793‐1‐42 Optical Fibres ‐ Part 1‐42: Measurement Methods and Test Procedures ‐Chromatic Dispersion“
  • TIA-455-176-B “IEC‐60793‐1‐20 Optical Fibres ‐ Part 1‐20: Measurement Methods and Test Procedures ‐ Fibre Geometry“
  • TIA-455-177-C “IEC‐60793‐1‐43 Optical Fibres ‐ Part 1‐43: Measurement Methods and Test Procedures ‐ Numerical Aperture“
  • TIA-455-178-C “IEC‐60793‐1‐32 Optical Fibres ‐ Part 1‐32 Measurement Methods and Test Procedures ‐ Coating Strippability“
  • TIA-455-191-C “IEC‐60793‐1‐45 Optical Fibres ‐ Part 1‐45: Measurement Methods and Test Procedures ‐ Mode Field Diameter“

Stakeholders are invited to contact TIA regarding participation in the development of these and other TIA standards. The stakeholders may include but are not limited to manufacturing and end users of optical fiber.

TIA is seeking broad input as per the public review announcement in ANSI’s Standards Action for directly and materially affected parties. In addition, we are actively seeking participation in this process 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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