A whirlwind of activity took place at the TR-42 meeting this week in Palm Springs, Calif., from new working group officer elections to new standards agendas. The meeting, at Hyatt Regency Suites Palm Springs, allowed committee members to address fiber- and cabling-related issues going into 2008. Members of all subcommittees recapped activity since the last meeting in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

TR-42.7 re-elected Valerie Rybinski of Siemon as chair and Sterling Vaden of SMP Data Comm as vice-chair, each for two-year terms. 

TR-42 established the TR-42.3.1 working group: Mark Harger of Harger Lightening and Grounding has been appointed to be a working group chair, Richard Jones of Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI), has been appointed as vice-chair, Donna Ballast of BICSI as a document editor and Ray Emplit as secretary.  

TR-42.3 elected Ray Emplit as chair and Rich Jones of CPI as vice-chair.

TR-42.6 chair Steve Huffaker of JP Morgan Chase will be leaving leadership and TIA is grateful for all his hard work.

TR-42.9 elected Bob Lounsbury of ODVA/Rockwell as chair and Brian Shuman of Belden as vice chair.

For further information on TR-42 events contact Marianna Kramarikova at +1.703.907.7706 or mkramarikova@tiaonline.org.

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TIA's standards department issued notice of four new documents this week, including a new standard, two new addendums, and a new systems bulletin. 

TIA- 890-A, Test Application Specification (TAS) for High Rate Packet Data Air Interface, forms a compatibility standard for test applications in cdma2000® high rate packet data systems. An informative section illustrating some examples is provided with the standard. TIA-890-A is oriented primarily toward the design and implementation of access terminals. TIA-890-A was created by TIA TR-45 Mobile & Personal Communication Systems, TR-45.5 Subcommittee on Spread Spectrum Digital Technology.

TIA-102.AABC-B-2, Project 25 – Trunking Control Channel – Messages Addendum – ISSI, was added to update information contained in TIA-102.AABC-B, Trunking Control Channel Messages, based on the project 25 ISSI feature of Project 25 digital trunked radio systems. This addendum defines the trunking control channel message changes required to support the Project 25 ISSI feature of Project 25 digital trunked radio systems.

TIA-102.AABD, Project 25 – Trunking Control Channel – Messages Addendum – ISSI, was added to detail the procedures needed to be followed by both trunked subscriber units (mobile, portable and fixed) and the trunked system to which the subscriber units (mobile, portable and fixed) and the trunked system to which the subscriber units are connected. These procedures are required to permit interoperability, so that subscriber units from different vendors, and used by different agencies, will interwork.

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO), the Telecommunications and Technology Professionals Serving State Government (NASTD), and Federal Government Agencies (FED), known as APCO/NASTD/FED, will be issuing common systems standards for digital public safety radio communications (APCO/NASTD/FED Project 25 Standard). TIA, in cooperation with APCO/NASTD/FED, has generated standards, interim standards, specifications and TSBs that define the equipment and processes necessary for implementation of the APCO/NASTD/FED Project 25 Standard.

Finally, TSB-102-BABE, Project 25 – Vocoder Evaluation – Mean Opinion Score Test, was published this week.  The Project 25 vocoder standard was selected in 1992 and subsequently standardized by TIA as TIA-102.BABA. The current TSB comes as various improvements have since been developed in the industry and the original suite of Project 25 has diversified into Phase 1 and Phase 2.

TSB-102.BABE was created under the cognizance of the TIA TR-8 Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards, TR-8.4 Subcommittee on Vocoders. A TSB is not a standard, but rather contains technical material that may be valuable to industry and users. To obtain copies of the document, contact Global Engineering Documents at +1.800.854.7179 or visit http://www.ihs.com/.

For further information on the new documents, please contact Stephanie Montgomery at smontgomery@tiaonline.org or +1.703.907.7735.

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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 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 http://www.ihs.com/.

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

New Standards Proposals Ballots:
Project Proposal No. 3-4732-RV4-AD1, proposed addendum to an existing TIA standard Wireless IP Network D-1 (if approved, to be published as TIA-835-D-1) 9/24

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 as TIA-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 as TIA-455-213) 9/17

New Documents Available:
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-41.000-E-4[E], Mobile Application Part (MAP) – Introduction 9/17

TIA Only Documents/Interim Standards:

TIA-1110, Circuit Services Notification Application Specification for cdma2000® 9/24

Telecommunications Systems Bulletin (TSB):

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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