British Standards Institution

Sector: Manufacturing

Overview: Under the direction of GEL/86, is responsible for the UK input to IEC/SC86C CENELEC-SR86C.

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In Progress (19)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PNW 86C-1978 ED1:	Fibre optic active components and devices – Performance Standards – Part 13: Performance specification template for pump laser diode modules Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2025-05-21	Proposal
PNW 86C-1928 ED1:	Fibre optic sensors - Part 8-1: Pressure measurement - Pressure sensors based on fibre Bragg gratings Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules Proposal begins : 2024-05-28	Proposal
PNW 86C-1854 ED1:	Fibre optic communication subsystems test procedures Part 2-13: Digital systems Measurement of error vector magnitude Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Telecommunications. Audio and video engineering \| Fibre optic communications \| Fibre optic systems. General \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Proposal begins : 2023-01-26	Proposal
PNW 86C-1815 ED1:	Fibre optic sensors Part 7-3: Voltage measurement Polarimetric method Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Telecommunications. Audio and video engineering \| Fibre optic communications \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Proposal begins : 2022-07-27	Proposal
PNW 86C-1814 ED1:	Fibre optic sensors Part 6-1: Displacement measurement Displacement sensors based on fibre Bragg gratings Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| ICT \| Telecommunications. Audio and video engineering \| Fibre optic communications \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Proposal begins : 2022-07-27	Proposal
BS EN IEC 63267-3-61 ED1	Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Fibre optic connector optical interfaces for enhanced macrobend multimode fibres - Categories: Printed circuits and boards \| Fibre optic interconnecting devices \| Inks Public comment begins : 2023-05-30	Public comment
BS EN IEC 62007-2:2025	Semiconductor optoelectronic devices for fibre optic system applications. Part 2: Measuring methods Categories: Semiconductor devices. General \| Optoelectronics. Laser equipment \| Fibre optic systems. General Approval begins : 2025-06-02	Approval
BS EN IEC 61757-8-1 ED1	BS EN 61757-8-1 ED1 Fibre optic sensors. Part 8-1: Pressure measurement – Pressure sensors based on fibre Bragg gratings Categories: Fibre optic communications \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Public comment begins : 2025-05-23	Public comment
BS EN IEC 61757-1-4 ED1	Fibre optic sensors. Part 1-4: Strain measurement – Distributed sensing based on Rayleigh scattering Categories: Fibre optic equipment. Other Public comment begins : 2025-02-04	Public comment
BS EN IEC 61757 Ed2	BS EN 61757 Ed2 Fibre optic sensors - Generic specification Categories: Fibre optic equipment. Other Public comment begins : 2024-01-15	Public comment

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TR 63072-1:2017	Photonic integrated circuits. Introduction and roadmap for standardization Categories: Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2017-09-20	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62614-2:2015	Fibre optics. Multimode launch conditions. Determination of launch condition requirements for measuring multimode attenuation Categories: Fibre optic systems. General Published standard begins : 2016-01-25	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62572-2:2008	Fibre optic active components and devices. Reliability standards. Laser module degradation Categories: Optoelectronics. Laser equipment \| Fibre optic systems. General Published standard begins : 2009-01-29	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-9:2015	Dynamic modules. Design guide. Study of mechanisms and measurements of crosstalk in wavelength-selective switches Categories: Fibre optic systems. General \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2015-07-07	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-8:2011	Dynamic modules. Categorization study of dynamic performance requirements Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Published standard begins : 2011-11-14	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-7:2015	Dynamic modules. Design guide. Optical channel monitor Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2015-02-26	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-6:2017	Dynamic modules. Design guide. Failure mode effect analysis for optical units of dynamic modules Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Published standard begins : 2017-02-14	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-5:2014	Dynamic modules. Design guide. Investigation of operating mechanical shock and vibration tests for dynamic modules Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Published standard begins : 2014-07-07	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-4:2017	Dynamic modules. Design guides. Reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer Categories: Fibre optic systems. General \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2017-02-07	Published standard
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-3:2010	Dynamic modules. Round robin measurement results for group delay ripple of tunable dispersion compensators Categories: Fibre optic systems. General \| Fibre optic equipment. Other Published standard begins : 2010-08-04	Published standard

Withdrawn (106)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD IEC/TR 62572-4:2013	Fibre optic active components and devices. Reliability standards. Guidelines for optical connector end-face cleaning methods for receptacle style optical transceivers Categories: Fibre optic systems. General Withdrawn begins : 2020-09-21	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-6:2011	Dynamic modules. Failure mode effect analysis for optical units of dynamic modules Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Withdrawn begins : 2017-02-14	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-5:2011	Dynamic modules. Investigation of operating mechanical shock and vibration tests for dynamic modules Categories: Fibre optic interconnecting devices Withdrawn begins : 2014-07-07	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 62343-6-2:2009	Dynamic modules. Software and hardware interfaces. Survey results Categories: Fibre optic systems. General \| Electrical and electronic equipment. Control systems Withdrawn begins : 2013-08-16	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-9:2017	Optical amplifiers. Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2023-02-01	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-9:2013	Optical amplifiers. Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2018-02-09	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-6:2010	Optical amplifiers. Distributed Raman amplification Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2023-02-01	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-4:2014	Optical amplifiers. Maximum permissible optical power for the damage-free and safe use of optical amplifiers, including Raman amplifiers Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2023-02-01	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-4:2010	Optical amplifier technical reports. Maximum permissible optical power for the damage-free and safe use of optical amplifiers, including Raman amplifiers Categories: Optic amplifiers \| Amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2014-11-14	Withdrawn
PD IEC/TR 61292-1:2009	Optical amplifiers. Parameters of amplifier components Categories: Amplifiers \| Optic amplifiers Withdrawn begins : 2022-07-29	Withdrawn

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Nominating organizations

Committee Manager
Huber+Suhner (UK) Limited
National Physical Laboratory
Openreach
PFO Instruments
Senko Advanced Components (EURO) Ltd
Virgin Media

Liaisons with other committees

Chair - GEL/86/1
Chair - GEL/86/2
Individual Capacity - Connectivity & Embedded Optical Interconnects
Individual Capacity - Fibre Optics Expert
Individual Capacity - Infrastructure & System testing
Individual Capacity - Marine Fibre Optic Expert
Individual Capacity - Multimode Fibre Testing
Individual Capacity - Optical Fibre Test Methods
Individual Capacity - PIC interface expert
Individual Capacity - Training, quality, installation and testing
Individual Capacity – Testing Fibre Optic Cabling
Liaison - TCT/7

BSI roles

Committee Chair

Standards Development

GEL/86/3 - Fibre optic systems and active devices

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