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-Mark Mullins
With the need for increased speed and power over Ethernet (PoE) being addressed within IEEE
standards, work within TIA must follow suit as the two standards bodies work hand in hand to ensure
that the applications put forth by IEEE can be adequately supported by the cabling infrastructure.
Let's take a look at some of the recent and most significant standards activity within the
Subcommittee and how they relate to standards development happening within IEEE.
2.5/5GBASE-T
The IEEE 802.3bz 2.5 and 5.0 Gbps Ethernet standards being driven by next generation Wi-
Fi and expected to run over Category 5e and Category 6 respectively is also driving work within TR-
42.7. TSB-5021 will define how to evaluate the installed base of Category 5e and 6 to ensure its
ability to support these multi-gigabit speeds. And you can rest assured that Fluke Networks will
enable testing Category 5e and Category 6 to these higher speeds, including alien crosstalk testing
that was previously not a concern for these cable types.
Just as TIA Category 8 standards are all about IEEE 25/40GBASE-T applications, there is also
standards activity within TR-42.7 that is all about forthcoming IEEE 802.3bt standards for 4-pair PoE.
TSB-184 Guidelines for Supporting Power Delivery Over Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling, is being revised
as TSB-184-A to support the higher levels of power delivery. It will provide guidance on cabling type
and testing for dc resistance unbalance within a pair and between pairs. For more information on how
dc resistance unbalance relates to PoE, read the Fluke Networks whitepaper here.
The TIA 42.7 Subcommittee is not the only working group with TIA developing standards
driven by IEEE 4-pair PoE standards. A task group within the TR-42.3 Subcommittee for Commercial
Building Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces was also formed to explore the impacts of higher
power PoE within the pathway and create a document with guidelines for bundle sizes, and the TR 42.6
Administration Subcommittee is also working on guidelines for labeling and identifying systems
delivering these remote powering applications.
Stay tuned for more standards updates happening within TIA that of course correlate with
what's happening within IEEE