TIA Standards Committees Resume In-Person Meetings

It has been a long time coming. Too long if you ask many TIA standards committee participants and leaders. Following a rapid shift to all virtual committee work in response to Covid-19 restrictions and precautions, TIA’s TR-14 Committee and TR-42 Committee were excited to reconvene in person in St. Petersburg, FL for important work on multiple standards, including TIA-942, TIA-222 and more.

 

TR-14:

TIA’s TR-14 which defines standards for the construction of communications towers used by all US carriers and tower companies met in-person for the first time since 2019.  The meeting took place in St Petersburg, Florida on October 5^th and 6^th.  It exceeded expectations and was attended by over 125 people from over 60 companies.

Highlights of the meeting include:

• Re-election of leadership positions:
  • Bryan Lanier – Committee Chair
  • David Hawkins – Committee Vice Chair
  • Chris Ply – Committee Secretary
• A TIA Lifetime Award was presented to John Erichsen of EET for over 32 years of service on TR-14 including roles as Secretary, Vice Chair, and Chair. Congratulations, John!
• On the first day, 12 of the 16 Ad Hoc committees met with the primary goal of initiating the 5-year revision of TIA-222-H to become TIA-222-I, targeting the publishing of the new standard in 2023.
• On the second day the entire committee met for a closing plenary where they planned the process for publishing new versions of TIA-222, TIA-322 and TIA-5053.

TR-42:

TIA’s TR-42 Committee defines standards for structured cabling for premises; including data centers, healthcare facilities, and educational facilities. TR-42 also met in-person for the first time since 2019, joining TR-14 in St Petersburg, Florida from October 3^rd – 7^th.  It was attended by more than 50 people from over 30 companies.

Highlights of the TR-42 meeting include:

• Comment review for the update of TIA-942-B to TIA-942-C, expected to be published in early 2023. TIA-942 is used around the world for designing and implementing resilient data center cabling infrastructure.
• Multiple subcommittees worked on standards related to single pair ethernet a technology that can send data at speeds up to 1Gb/s over short distances while also delivering power. It will be a major step forward in smart building and factory automation, and smart cars and railways.
• A TIA Achievement Award was presented to Greg Sandels of OFS for his work in TR-42 leadership positions for the past 8 years including as Chair of TR-42 and TR42.13. Congratulations, Greg!

 

 

Interested in participating on TR-14 or  TR-42? Reach out to us at membership@TIAonline.org for more information.