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TIA issues New Telecommunications Cabling Guidelines for Wireless Access Points Standard

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Arlington, VA (February 11, 2021) – The Telecommunications Industry Association, which develops standards for the information and communications technology industry, has released a new document, TSB-162-B Telecommunications Cabling Guidelines for Wireless Access Points.

TSB-162-B specifies requirements for telecommunications infrastructure for: This TSB provides guidelines on the topology, design, installation, and testing of telecommunications cabling infrastructure, in compliance with ANSI/TIA-568.0-D and ANSI/TIA-569-E, for supporting wireless local area networks (WLANs).  This TSB describes the cabling between local area network (LAN) equipment and wireless access points including pathways and spaces to sup-port the cabling and wireless access points.

TSB-162-B was formulated under the cognizance of the TIA TR-42 Telecommunications Cabling Systems, TR-42.1 Premises Telecommunications Infrastructure subcommittee.

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

TSB-162-B and all TIA standards may be purchased at https://global.ihs.com.

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