TR-42: Telecommunications Cabling Systems
Engineering Committee TR-42 develops and maintains voluntary telecommunications standards for telecommunications cabling infrastructure in user-owned buildings, such as commercial buildings, residential buildings, homes, data centers, industrial buildings, etc. The generic cabling topologies, design, distances and outlet configurations as well as specifics for these locations are addressed. The committee’s standards work covers requirements for copper and optical fiber cabling components (such as cables, connectors and cable assemblies), installation, and field testing in addition to the administration, pathways and spaces to support the cabling.
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Top Selling TR-42 Standards
| TIA-942 | Telecommunications Infrastructure Standards for Data Centers |
| TIA-568 Series | Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standards |
| TIA-569 | Commercial Building Standards for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces |
| TIA-455 Series | Standards for Fiber Optic Test Procedures |
Subcommittees
TR-42.1 Premises Telecommunications Infrastructure develops and maintains cabling standards for premises networks such as commercial buildings, data centers, building automation, etc. and specifies cabling system topology, architecture, design, installation, testing and performance requirements.
TR-42.3 Telecommunications Administration, Pathways, Spaces, Bonding and Grounding (569) develops and maintains standards for telecommunications administration, pathways, spaces, bonding and grounding.
TR-42.5 Telecommunications Infrastructure Terms and Symbols develops and maintains the master glossary of terms and symbols including acronyms, abbreviations, units of measurement, and uses of templates for all standards developed in TR-42.
The TR-42.7 Telecommunications Copper Cabling (568) develops and maintains telecommunications copper cabling component and system requirements for premises networks. This includes performance specifications, qualification procedures, and test methods for connecting hardware (including modular patch cords) and cable.
TR-42.9 Industrial Telecommunications develops and maintains standards for industrial facilities that can contain severe environmental conditions. This Subcommittee specifies cabling system, topologies, architecture, design, installation, testing and performance requirements.
TR-42.11 Optical Fiber develops and maintains standards, specifications and related documents for the performance, design, characterization, and description of optical fiber subsystems, systems and networks across all applications.
TR-42.12 Optical Fibers and Cables develops and maintains standards and specifications for optical fibers of all types, cables which utilize optical fibers, test procedures and methods for fibers and cables, and terminology related for fibers and cables.
TR-42.13 Passive Optical Devices & Fiber Optic Metrology develops and maintains performance, test and measurement standards for passive optical devices and metrology of fiber optic test, measurement, calibration and inspection instrumentation.