TIA Issues a Call for Interest on 2 new Projects for IEC 61280-4-2 ed.2: Fibre-Optic Communication Subsystem Test Procedures – Part 4-2: Installed Cable Plant – Single-Mode Attenuation and Optical Return Loss Measurement

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TIA Issues a Call for Interest on 2 new Projects for IEC 61280-4-2 ed.2: Fibre-Optic Communication Subsystem Test Procedures – Part 4-2: Installed Cable Plant – Single-Mode Attenuation and Optical Return Loss Measurement

Stakeholders Invited to Contact TIA Regarding Participation.

Arlington VA. (February 5, 2015) – The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.11 Engineering Committee on Optical Systems has issued a call for interest for two documents, TIA-526.7 initially titled IEC 61280-4-2 ed.2: Fibre-Optic Communication Subsystem Test Procedures – Part 4-2: Installed Cable Plant – Single-Mode Attenuation and Optical Return Loss Measurement and TIA-526.2 initially titled  IEC 61280-1-1 ed. 2 Part 1-1: Test Procedures for General Communication Subsystems – Transmitter Output Optical Power Measurement for Single-Mode Optical Fibre Cable. This part of IEC 61280 applies to fibre optic general communication subsystems. The object of this part is to measure the optical power coupled from the output of a transmitter under test into single-mode optical fibre cable containing dispersion-unshifted fibre or dispersion-shifted fibre.

TR-42.11 has developed procedures that can be used to measure the optical loss between any two passively-connected points, including end terminations, of a single-mode optical fiber cable plant. The optical fiber cable plant, as the term is used here, may consist of optical fiber cables, connectors, mounting panels, jumper cables, and other passive components, but may not include active components.

The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to: Fiber and Cabling suppliers; structured cabling bodies such as TIA-TR-42; test equipment providers; installers and users of single-mode cabling.

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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