DOCUMENT SUBMITTED TO: TIA TSSC, UPED and TC The document to which this cover statement is attached is submitted to a Formulating Group or sub-element thereof of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) in accordance with the provisions of Sections inclusive of the TIA Engineering Manual dated March 2005, all of which provisions are hereby incorporated by reference. SOURCE:Tyco Electronics CONTACT:Herbert V. Congdon II, PE 3704 County Home Road Conover, NC Ph: Fx: E: TITLE:TR-42, User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure, Report PROJECT NUMBER (PN):None DISTRIBUTION:TIA TSSC, TC and UPED INTENDED PURPOSE OF DOCUMENT: ___FOR INCORPORATION INTO TIA PUBLICATION _X_FOR INFORMATION ___OTHER (Please describe) _________________________________ ABSTRACT: This report is a summary of recent activities in the TR-42 Formulating Committee Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) (Contribution #) Arlington, VA, USA July 12, 2006

TIA TR-42 User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure Herb Congdon, Chair Bob Jensen, Vice-chair

Meetings Successful meetings June 5-9 in Alexandria, VA July interim meetings for TR-42.7 and TR-42.9 Oct 2-6, 2006 in Portland, OR Feb 2007 dates and location TBD

Published Standards ANSI/TIA-758-A: Customer- owned OSP May 2004 TIA-569-B: Pathways and Spaces Oct 2004 ANSI/TIA-942: Data Center Cabling April 2005

Published Addenda 568-B.2-11: Increased Diameter for Cable Dec B.1-7: Array Connector (MPO) Polarity Jan B.2-9: Category 6 Balance Requirements Not yet available

Published TSBs TSB-140: Field Fiber Testing Feb 2004 TSB-162: Cabling for Wireless Access Points Mar 2006

Standards In Progress TIA-1005: Industrial Cabling Oct 2008? 568-C.0, Generic cabling (for designers) Jun 2008? 568-C.1, Commercial cabling (for designers) Jun 2008? 568-C.2, Copper cabling (for manufacturers) Jun 2008? 568-C.3, Optical Fiber Cabling (for manufacturers) Jun 2008?

Addenda In Progress Addendum 10 to ANSI/TIA- 568-B.2: Augmented Category 6 Feb 2007? Addendum 1 to ANSI/TIA-570- B: Coaxial Cabling in Residential Feb 2007?

Addenda Canceled 568-B.1-6: DC Power on Cabling Jun 2006

TSBs In Progress TSB155: Additional Guidelines For 4-pair 100 Ω Category 6 Cabling For 10GBASE-T Applications Feb 2007? TSB on Healthcare Facility Cabling ???

TR-42 Initiatives Operational Guide Updates –Reaching Consensus Approved in Plenary TIA still reviewing and may request changes Co-location in Feb 2007 –With TR-41 to address bonding & grounding –With FO-4 to investigate mutual interests which could lead to proposing a merger of the two Committees

TR-42 Wish List Electronic rosters for sign-in at meeting –Quorum call & tracking attendance –Ease of incorporating database into meeting reports Status of Staff Responsibilities has been addressed Duplicate memberships has been addressed

Other Notes Tendency for some members to file issues directly with TIA executives –Often before attempts to resolve at Plenary level –Would prefer to address issues in Plenary first “Click to Buy” links on TIA website not functioning for some recent documents Working on a symbols database