The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.13 Engineering Committee on Passive Optical Devices and Fiber Optic Metrology has issued a call for interest for document TIA-455-171-B initially titled TIA-455-171-B: (Attenuation by Substitution Measurement for Short Length Multimode Graded Index and Single-Mode Optical Fiber Cable Assemblies). TR-42.13 is developing guidelines which describe the various methods available to measure the attenuation of optical components.

The stakeholders may include, but are not limited to manufacturers and users of fiber optics cables.

TIA is actively seeking participation in these projects from the user and general interest communities.

For more information about TR-42 and how to participate in standards development with TIA, contact Germaine Palangdao at standards@tiaonline.org.

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