The International Organization for Standardization’s Technical Committee 204 (ISO/TC204) for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is pleased to announce the launch of seven draft international standards (DIS) for approval ballot.  The seven DIS ballot items are the product of three different ISO/TC204 working groups:

As both the International Secretariat to ISO/TC204, as well as the the administrator to the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO/TC204, TIA plays a critical role in bringing these important technologies to market. 

Working Group 3: TICS database technology

• ISO DIS 17572-1: Location Referencing for Geographic Databases – Part 1: General Requirements and Conceptual Model (Balloting ends 2008-02-18)

• ISO DIS 17572-2: Location Referencing for Geographic Databases – Part 2: Pre-coded Location References (Pre-coded Profile) (Balloting ends 2008-02-18)

• ISO DIS 17572-3: Location Referencing for Geographic Databases – Part 3: Dynamic Location Reference (Dynamic Profile) (Balloting ends 2008-02-18)

Working Group 9: Integrated transport information, management and control

• ISO/DIS 15784-1: Transport Information and Control Systems – Data Exchange Involving Roadside Module Communication – Part 1 General principles and documentation framework of application profiles (Balloting ends 2008-02-11)

• ISO/DIS 15784-3: Transport Information and Control Systems – Data exchange Involving Roadside Module Communication – Part 3 Application Profile – DATEX (Balloting ends 2008-02-14)

Working Group 14: Vehicle/roadway warning and control systems

• ISO/DIS 22178: Low Speed Following Systems (Balloting ends: 2008-02-18)

• ISO/DIS 22179: Full speed range adaptive cruise control (FSRA) systems – Performance requirements and test procedures (Balloting ends: 2008-02-18)

If you would like to participate in the development of these proposed standards, 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 +1.703.907.7743

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Michael Cleveland, of TIA member company RTKL Associates, presented a session on "Building a Tier IV Data Center on a Tier 1 Budget – A Walk Through TIA-942" at this year's BICSI conference. This session reviewed the ANSI/TIA-942 Telecommunications Infrastructure Standard for Data Centers to enable designers to explain to clients what "Tier IV" really means and what it costs. TR-942 assists designers in explaining data center elements (spaces, systems, architecture, mechanical systems and cabling) and all levels of redundancy, so clients can find an affordable solution to meet their data center needs. 

Equally essential to the establishment of a data center, Cleveland said, is an understanding of potential growth – critical to a client's future needs.  He stressed that if planned properly, a data center can grow with a clients needs. Combination hardware/infrastructure tiering and application tiering helps clients price what is best for them, he said, calling such setups "a win-win for everyone." 

The ANSI/TIA-942 standard specifies the minimum requirements for telecommunications infrastructure of data centers and computer rooms including single tenant enterprise data centers and multi-tenant Internet hosting data centers. The topology proposed in this document is intended to be applicable to any size data center.

To learn more about TR-942, contact Stephanie Montgomery at smontgomery@tiaonline.org.   The document can be purchased for $269. To purchase TR-942, call Information Handling Services at 1.800.854.7179 (USA/Canada) or +1.303.397.7956 (International) or visit www.global.ihs.com.

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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. Held soon before the approaching International Plenary Meeting of ISO/TC204 in Qingdao, China, 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 +1.703.907.7743

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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 under way for the next TR-45 meetings in Long Beach, Calif., this October.

For questions or comments about TR-45 issues, please contact Peter Bogard at +1.703.907.7961 or pbogard@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 Standards Proposals Ballots:
Standards Proposal No. 3-4502-RF1, a proposed reaffirmation of an ANSI Standard, IEC 61290-6-1: Optical Fibre Amplifiers – Basic Specification Part 6-1: Test Methods for Pump Leakage Parameters – Optical Demulplexer, (if approved, to be published asTIA-455-212) 9/17

Standards Proposal No. 3-4503-RF1, a proposed reaffirmation of an ANSI Standard, IEC 61290-7-1: Optical Fibre Amplifiers – Basic Specification Part 7-1: Test Methods for Out-of-Band Insertion Losses – Filtered Optical Power Meter, (if approved, to be published asTIA-455-213) 9/17

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 9/12

New Documents Available:
TIA-1036-A, Interoperability Test Specification for cdma2000® Air Interface 9/12
TIA-1054-A-1, High Rate Packet Data Supplemental Packet Services 9/12
TIA-1054-A, High Rate Packet Data Supplemental Packet Services 9/17
TIA-1094, cdma2000® High Rate Packet Data Notification over 1X Systems 9/17
TIA-1119, Signaling Conformance Test Specification for HRPD Supplemental Services 9/17
TIA-2001.1-D, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for cdma2000® Access Network Interfaces – Part 1: Overview 9/12
TIA-2001.5-D, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for cdma2000® Access Network Interfaces – Part 5: (A3 and A7 Interfaces) 9/12
TIA-2001.6-D, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for cdma2000® Access Network Interfaces – Part 6: (A8 and A9 Interfaces) 9/12
TIA-41.000-E-4[E], Mobile Application Part (MAP) – Introduction 9/17
TIA-41.000-E-2 [E], Introduction to TIA-41 9/12
TIA-880-A, MAP Enhancements for CDMA Packet Data Service (C-PDS) 9/17
TIA-864-A-1, Recommended Minimum Performance Standards for cdma2000® High Rate Packet Data Access Network 9/12
TIA-2001.2-D, Interoperability Specification (IOS) for cdma2000® Access Network Interfaces – Part 2: Transport 9/12
TIA-915-A-1, CDMA Card Application Toolkit (CCAT) 9/12
TIA-856-A-2 [E], cdma2000® High Rate Packet Data Air Interface Specification – Addendum 2
TIA-102.AABD, Project 25 Trunking Procedures 9/12
TIA-127-B [SF1], Software Distribution for Enhanced Variable Rate Codec Speech Service Options 3 and 68 for Wideband Spread Spectrum Digital Systems 9/12
TIA-93-B-2 [E], Wireless Telecommunications Ai - Di Interfaces Standard 9/12
TIA-890-A, Test Application Specification (TAS) for High Rate Packet Data Air Interface 9/12

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) 9/12

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) 9/12

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) 9/12

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) 9/12

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) 9/12

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) 9/12

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 9/12

American National Standards:

TIA-102.AABC-B-2, Project 25 Trunking Control Channel Messages Addendum – ISSI 9/12

Telecommunications Systems Bulletin (TSB:

TSB-102.BABE, Project 25 Vocoder Evaluation Mean Opinion Score Test 9/12
TSB-18-B  The Mechanical/Functional Characteristics of the interface between DCE and Voiceband Analog Channels 9/17
TSB-38-A Test Procedure for Evaluation of 2-Wire 4-Kilohertz Voiceband Duplex Modems  9/17

 *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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