TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for FOTP-243 Polarization-mode Dispension Measurement for Installed Single-mode Optical Fibers by Wavelength-scanning OTDR and States-of-Polarization Analysis

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TIA Issues Call for Interest on new Project for FOTP-243 Polarization-mode Dispension Measurement for Installed Single-mode Optical Fibers by Wavelength-scanning OTDR and States-of-Polarization Analysis

Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation.

Arlington VA. (November 20, 2014) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.11 Engineering Committee on Optical Systems (568) has issued a call for interest for document TIA-455-243 initially titled "FOTP-243 Polarization-mode Dispension Measurement for Installed Single-mode Optical Fibers by Wavelength-scanning OTDR and States-of-Polarization Analysis". TR-42.11 test methods describing a procedure for retrieving the polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) of an installed single-mode optical cabled fiber under test (FUT). The procedure is based on measurement and analysis, using polarization sensitive detection, of the transmission differences between pulses of light two closely spaced frequencies (or wavelengths ) launched from a single FUT end and reflected off the FUT far end.

The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: Telecom, Optical Fiber Manufacturers, Developers 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 Germaine Palangdao at standards@tiaonline.org.

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