The U.S. Technical Advisory Group (US TAG) to  the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 204 for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) ISO/TC204 will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, September 19 at TIA headquarters in Arlington, VA.  Coming on the heels of the approaching International Plenary meeting of ISO/TC204 in Qingdao, China from October 15-19, the meeting will serve as an opportunity to shore-up the U.S. position on a number of ITS-related standards. 

As both the International Secretariat to ISO/TC204, as well as US TAG Administrator to ISO/TC204, TIA plays a central role in helping shape standardization in this emerging and dynamic field.  If you would like to participate in the technical work of either committee, or wish to receive additional information on the work of ISO/TC204 or the US TAG, please contact Tyler Messa at: tmessa@tiaonline.org or 703.907.7743

< Back to Top >

TIA standards staff has worked this week to clear the backlog of standards- and engineering-committee-related documents after last week's joint meeting of its TR-45 Mobile and Personal Communications Systems Standards committee.  The high volume of documents awaiting legal review and then potential publication by IHS stems from the resolution of several key topics and extensive conversation on Electronic Serial Number exhaust issues.

Preparations are already underway for the next TR-45 meetings in Long Beach, Cal., this October.

For questions or comments about TR-45 issues, please contact Peter Bogard at 703.907.7961 or pbogard@tiaonline.org.

< Back to Top >

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.

< Back to Top >

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.

< Back to Top >

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.

< Back to Top >