TIA's TR-45 Mobile and Personal Communications Systems Standards committee meeting took place in in Montreal this week, with four subcommittees (45.2, 45.4, 45.5, and 45.6) addressing, among other issues, corrections and additions to standards, current open ballots and committee procedures.

The TR-45 subcommittee chairs will also meet again next week at TIA headquarters in Arlington. TR-45 Committee Chair Cheryl Blum with join TR-45.2 Chair Lew Milton, TR-45.4 Chair George Turnipseed, TR-45.5 Chair Orlett Pearson and TR-45.6 Chair Brent Hirschman to finalize outcomes of this week's meetings.

For questions or comments on TR-45 and its subcommittees, please contact Peter Bogard at 703.907.7961 or pbogard@tiaonline.org.

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During the week of September 24-28, 2007 TIA's TR-42 User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure committee will be holding elections for the chair and vice-chair positions of select subcommittees.

Chairships are in play for the following subcommittees: TR-42.1, Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling; TR-42.3, Commercial Building Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces; TR-43.5, Telecommunications Infrastructure Terms and Symbols; TR-42.7, Telecommunications Copper Cabling Systems; and TR-42.9, Industrial Telecommunications Infrastructure.

Please submit any questions, comments, letters of recommendation or inquiries about running for chairships to Marianna Kramarikova at mkramarikova@tiaonline.org.

During the September meeting a call for nominees will be made and any interested parties' names can be added to the ballot at that time.

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The next meeting for TIA Committee TR-47.1, dealing with Terrestrial Mobile Multimedia Multicast based on Forward Link Only technology, will be held Wednesday, October 3 at TIA headquarters in Arlington, VA. 

Please note that there will be no hotel block for this meeting.  Contributions in advance of the meeting can be posted at: ftp://ftp.tiaonline.org/TR-47/TR471/Working/   Participants are encouraged to log in here, and then post to the "Meeting 13 Arlington" section.  Meeting contributions are due Wednesday, September 26.

For a full meeting agenda, click here.

For questions about the upcoming TR-47.1 meeting or related issues, please contact Marianna Kramarikova at 703.907.7706 or mkramarikova@tiaonline.org.

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At this year's BICSI Fall Conference, you'll notice senior TIA staff present at our booth, proudly highlighting our TR-42 Engineering Committee and the work it does with BICSI that benefits so many of our members.

TIA’s Engineering Committee TR-42 develops and maintains voluntary standards for telecommunications cabling infrastructure in user-owned buildings such as commercial buildings, residential buildings, homes, data centers and industrial buildings. TR-42 works with BICSI  as it is the biggest driving force in the design and installation of code and standards based telecommunication systems. 

BICSI's Fall Conference 2007 is September 10-13 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. TIA will hold a drawing for a free copy of the Market Review & Forecast and will be present to educate all conference attendees on TR-42 standards and the benefits of TIA membership.

For questions regarding TR-42, please contact Stephanie Montgomery at 703.907.7735 or smontgomery@tiaonline.org. 

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If you are interested in participating in the development of the below standards or in any of the TIA standards developing process please complete an online application at http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/join/apply.cfm.

New Project Numbers:
Project Number 3-0095-RV1, Revise a TIA, Enhanced Cryptographic Algorithms – if interested contact Frank Quick via email at fquick@qualcomm.com

New Documents Available:
TIA-1036-A, Interoperability Test Specification for cdma2000® Air Interface
TIA-2001.1-D, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for cdma2000® Access Network Interfaces – Part 1: Overview
TIA-2001.5-D, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for cdma2000® Access Network Interfaces – Part 5: (A3 and A7 Interfaces)
TIA-2001.6-D, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for cdma2000® Access Network Interfaces – Part 6: (A8 and A9 Interfaces)
TIA-864-A-1, Recommended Minimum Performance Standards for cdma2000® High Rate Packet Data Access Network
TIA-2001.2-D, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for cdma2000® Access Network Interfaces – Part 2: Transport
TIA-915-A-1, CDMA Card Application Toolkit (CCAT)
TIA-856-A-2 [E], cdma2000® High Rate Packet Data Air Interface Specification – Addendum 2
TIA-41.000-E-2 [E], Introduction to TIA-41
TIA-102.AABD, Project 25 Trunking Procedures
TIA-127-B [SF1], Software Distribution for Enhanced Variable Rate Codec Speech Service Options 3 and 68 for Wideband Spread Spectrum Digital Systems
TIA-93-B-2 [E], Wireless Telecommunications Ai - Di Interfaces Standard
TIA-1054-A-1, High Rate Packet Data Supplemental Packet Services
TIA-890-A, Test Application Specification (TAS) for High Rate Packet Data Air Interface

New Project Numbers Ballots:

Project Number 3-4316-RV1, a proposed reaffirmation of a TIA Standard, Procedure for Applying Loads Directly to the Fiber in Optical Connectors or Fiber/Ferrule Assemblies to Quantify Fiber Pushback, (if approved, to be published asTSB-62-10)

Project Number 3-3026-RV1, a proposed reaffirmation of a TIA Standard, Blank Detail Specification for Conventional, Permanent, Optical Fiber Splices, (if approved, to be published asTIA-609AA00)

Project Number 3-3027-RV1, a proposed reaffirmation of a TIA Standard, Sectional Specification for Conventional, Permanent, Optical Fiber Splices, (if approved, to be published asTIA-609A000)

Project Number 3-3028-RV1, a proposed reaffirmation of a TIA Standard, Generic Specification for Optical Fiber Splices, (if approved, to be published asTIA-6090000)

Project Number 3-0280-A, proposed creation of a new TIA Standard, Test Source Launch Condition Guidelines for Testing Installed Multimode Cabling (if approved, to be published as TSB-178)

Project No. 3-0149-A, proposed creation of a TIA standard, Fiber Optic Connector Cleaning System Evaluation (if approved, to be published as TIA -455-240)

Project Number 3-3272-RV3, Revise an ANS, Test Method for Evaluating Fungus Resistance of Optical Fiber and Cable – if interested contact David Leight, Defense Supply Center, Columbus, at 416.692.0521, or via email at david.leight@dla.mil

American National Standards :

TIA-102.AABC-B-2, Project 25 Trunking Control Channel Messages Addendum – ISSI

Telecommunications Systems Bulletin (TSB :

TSB-102.BABE, Project 25 Vocoder Evaluation Mean Opinion Score Test

 *cdma2000® is the trademark for the technical nomenclature for certain specifications and standards of the Organizational Partners of 3GPP2. When applied to goods and services, the cdma2000® mark certifies their compliance with cdma2000® standards. Geographically (and as of the date of publication), cdma2000® is a registered trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA-USA) in the United States.

To check the status of any ballot (PN or SP), go to the TIA web page in the Standards Section to obtain current information. The link for PN ballots is:
http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/sfg/pn_report.cfm or for SP ballots
http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/committees/ballots/sp_report.cfm

Check the TIA Calendar for upcoming standards meetings or events.

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