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FO-4 Summary Report to TC

May 3, 2006Steve Swanson (swansonse@corning.com)

FO-4 Summary Report to TC

May 3, 2006Steve Swanson (swansonse@corning.com)

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HighlightsHighlights

• FO-4 has met twice since the last TC meeting– June 2005 in Boulder, Colorado at NIST’s facilities– January 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada

• Changes in the Engineering Committee– Tom Robinson of Draka/Comteq elected as the new FO-4 Chair at

January meeting– Tom Ball resigned as Chair of FO-4.3; Greg Sandels appointed Vice-

Chair with Andre Girard– FO-4.4 on active devices/reliability disbanded and rolled into FO-4.1

on Systems• Attendance appears stable

– Attendees from Mexico, UK and Canada at our last two meetings

• FO-4 has met twice since the last TC meeting– June 2005 in Boulder, Colorado at NIST’s facilities– January 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada

• Changes in the Engineering Committee– Tom Robinson of Draka/Comteq elected as the new FO-4 Chair at

January meeting– Tom Ball resigned as Chair of FO-4.3; Greg Sandels appointed Vice-

Chair with Andre Girard– FO-4.4 on active devices/reliability disbanded and rolled into FO-4.1

on Systems• Attendance appears stable

– Attendees from Mexico, UK and Canada at our last two meetings

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FO-4 Structure and LeadershipFO-4 Structure and Leadership• FO-4, Committee on Fiber Optics, Steve Swanson/Chair and Bob

Jensen/Secretary

• FO-4.1, Subcommittee on Fiber Optic Systems, Jim Matthews/Chair and Gair Brown/Vice-Chair

– FO-4.1.2, WG on Modal Dependence of Multimode Fiber Bandwidth, Paul Kolesar

• FO-4.2, Subcommittee on Optical Fibers and Cables, Tom Hanson/Chair and Mike Kinard/Vice-Chair

– FO-4.2.3, WG on Single-mode Fibers and Standards Harmonization, Andre Girard (on hiatus)

– FO-4.2.5, WG on Products for (Air Assisted) Installation by Blowing, Ken Dunn

– FO-4.2.6, WG on harmonization work on IEC 60794-1-2, Mike Kinard

• FO-4, Committee on Fiber Optics, Steve Swanson/Chair and Bob Jensen/Secretary

• FO-4.1, Subcommittee on Fiber Optic Systems, Jim Matthews/Chair and Gair Brown/Vice-Chair

– FO-4.1.2, WG on Modal Dependence of Multimode Fiber Bandwidth, Paul Kolesar

• FO-4.2, Subcommittee on Optical Fibers and Cables, Tom Hanson/Chair and Mike Kinard/Vice-Chair

– FO-4.2.3, WG on Single-mode Fibers and Standards Harmonization, Andre Girard (on hiatus)

– FO-4.2.5, WG on Products for (Air Assisted) Installation by Blowing, Ken Dunn

– FO-4.2.6, WG on harmonization work on IEC 60794-1-2, Mike Kinard

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FO-4 Structure and Leadership (cont.)FO-4 Structure and Leadership (cont.)

• FO-4.3, Subcommittee on Interconnecting Devices, Andre Girard/Chair and Greg Sandels/Vice-Chair

– FO-4.3.1, WG on Passive Components, Helmut Knehr

– FO-4.3.2, WG on Interconnecting Devices, Greg Sandels

– FO-4.3.3, WG on Reliability, Dr. Osman S. Gebizlioglu

• FO-4.5, Subcommittee on Fiber Optic Metrology, Lorenz Cartellieri/Chair and Tim Drapela/ Vice-Chair

– FO-4.5.1, WG on Round Robin Testing and Calibration, Tim Drapela

• FO-4.3, Subcommittee on Interconnecting Devices, Andre Girard/Chair and Greg Sandels/Vice-Chair

– FO-4.3.1, WG on Passive Components, Helmut Knehr

– FO-4.3.2, WG on Interconnecting Devices, Greg Sandels

– FO-4.3.3, WG on Reliability, Dr. Osman S. Gebizlioglu

• FO-4.5, Subcommittee on Fiber Optic Metrology, Lorenz Cartellieri/Chair and Tim Drapela/ Vice-Chair

– FO-4.5.1, WG on Round Robin Testing and Calibration, Tim Drapela

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Recent FO-4 actions Recent FO-4 actions

• FO-4 has published several fiber optic cable standards using a dual logo program under an MOU with ICEA

• FO-4.3 has applied for a Category D liaison with IEC SC86B• FO-4.5 has established a formal liaison with TC86/WG4 on

Calibration• Participation in the NIST Initiative on the US Measurement

System in Broadband Communications– High Speed Optical Communication Systems– Universal Broadband Access via Optical Fiber– Transverse Compatibility in Fiber Optic Transport Networks

• FO-4 has published several fiber optic cable standards using a dual logo program under an MOU with ICEA

• FO-4.3 has applied for a Category D liaison with IEC SC86B• FO-4.5 has established a formal liaison with TC86/WG4 on

Calibration• Participation in the NIST Initiative on the US Measurement

System in Broadband Communications– High Speed Optical Communication Systems– Universal Broadband Access via Optical Fiber– Transverse Compatibility in Fiber Optic Transport Networks

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FO-4 needsFO-4 needs

• Document maintenance remains a key challenge– Delays in implementing committee requests

• Document processing• Need forward pointers• Need the ability to do group re-affirmations

– Need to do a better job of document action in subcommittee

• FO-4 continues to nationally adopt IEC Standards where possible– Issues with copyright impacted standard availability

• FO-4 remains open to co-locating meetings

• Document maintenance remains a key challenge– Delays in implementing committee requests

• Document processing• Need forward pointers• Need the ability to do group re-affirmations

– Need to do a better job of document action in subcommittee

• FO-4 continues to nationally adopt IEC Standards where possible– Issues with copyright impacted standard availability

• FO-4 remains open to co-locating meetings