Interface Practices Subcommittee (IPS)
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Tim Cooke
Director of Product Management, Amphenol Broadband Solutions
Subcommittee Chair
Charter: The Interface Practices Subcommittee (IPS) develops standards and operational practices for active and passive equipment, including cables and connectors, used in broadband communications systems. The focus of the work is in the access network, including headends, hubs, outside plant, and customer premises. The work includes standards for the physical construction and performance of the equipment, as well as test procedures for measuring the performance and compliance of the equipment.
Working Groups:
1 – Active devices
The IPS Actives working group creates standards and operational practices related to active equipment, excluding fiberoptic devices, that are used in the access network, including headends, hubs, outside plant, and customer premises.
2 – Passive devices
The IPS Passives working group creates standards and operational practices related to passive equipment, excluding cables and connectors, that are used in the access network, including headends, hubs, outside plant, and customer premises.
3 – Connector & Cable
The IPS Cables and Connectors working group creates standards and operational practices related to metallic cables and connectors, excluding fiberoptic components.
5 – Fiber Optics
The IPS Fiber Optics working group creates standards and operational practices related to fiber optic equipment, including actives, passives, cables and connectors, that are used in the access network, including headends, hubs, outside plant, and customer premises.
6 – Construction & Maintenance
The IPS Construction and Maintenance working group creates standards and operational practices related to the construction and maintenance of the access network.
Cable and Connector Sustainability
The Cable and Connectors Sustainability group Identifies and proposes improvements to the sustainability of cables and connectors. Topics include finding alternatives to standards that contribute to upcycling challenges, determining minimum quantity of recycled material required for the construction of coaxial cables, and reducing difficult-to-recycle components such as adhesives or plastic components such that the cable can be recycled more efficiently & cost-effectively with the purpose of being reused both within the cable industry as well as for other applications.