TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for Optical Power Loss Measurement of Installed Multimode Fiber Cable Plant

Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation.

Arlington VA. (May 10, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.11 Engineering Committee on Optical Fiber Systems (568) has issued a call for interest for document TIA-526.14-D initially titled “Optical Power Loss Measurement of Installed Multimode Fiber Cable Plant”. TR-42.11 is developing guidelines in the area defined by the following scope: “Proposal to revise to add reference to bend insensitive MM fiber for testing with EF compliant launch cord.”

The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: TR-42.1, TR-42.11, TR-42.13, IEC 86B, IEC 86C, ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC25/WG3, end-users, installers, designers of optical fiber cabling systems.

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@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).