TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for Measurement Methods and Test Fixtures for Balun-less Measurements of Balanced Components and Systems

Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation.

Arlington VA. (February 4, 2022) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.7 Engineering Committee on Telecommunications Copper Cabling Systems has issued a call for interest for document TIA-1183-B initially titled ” Measurement Methods and Test Fixtures for Balun-less Measurements of Balanced Components and Systems”. TR-42.7 is developing guidelines in the area defined by the following scope: ” This project will create ANSI/TIA-1183-B, revision of ANSI/TIA-1183-A.  Known errors will be corrected, nomenclature will be updated, and any general needed updates will be made.”

The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: Cable and connector manufacturers, end users, system developers, installers, consultants. Field tester manufacturers and users.

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 Cheryl Thibideau at standards-process@tiaonline.org.

A major function of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the writing and maintenance of voluntary industry standards and specifications. These activities are carried out by the volunteer members of TIA engineering committees. On the public engineering committee pages, users will find recent meeting reports, agendas and notices for upcoming meetings, as well as links to some of the most popular standards from each committee. TIA is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).