AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements

Bon Pipkin Associate Director Common Systems Standards AT&T Services, Inc.

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements

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What AT&T Affiliate will use equipment

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Where will equipment be deployed

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How will equipment be used

AT&T Affiliates • • • • • • • AT&T Inc.

AT&T Local Exchange Carriers AT&T Internet Services, Inc.

AT&T Services, Inc. AT&T L.D., ASI AT&T Information Technologies, Inc.

AT&T Corporation

Future AT&T Affiliates?

• Bell South • Cingular

AT&T Services, Inc.

Common Systems District: • • Sets equipment physical standards and evaluates new technologies for compliance Document TP 76200 https://ebiznet.sbc.com/sbcnebs/

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements TP 76200 TEAM

John Tablerion

NEBS Evaluation – Group SPOC

Bon Pipkin

Associate Director

John Messina

- SME Bonding & Grounding/ESD/DC Power

Larry Wong

- SME Heat Dissipation/Shock & Vibration Fire Stopping

Don Murray

- SME Electrical Safety/EMI/Lightning & Power Fault/Acoustic Noise/ICEP/

Bon Pipkin

- SME Temperature &Humidity/ Airborne Contaminants/Altitude

AT&T Services, Inc.

CURRENTLY EQUIPMENT STANDARDS FOR: • • • AT&T Local Exchange Carriers – 13 States, Regulated POTS AT&T Internet Services – Information services provider, nationwide – VoIP, Video, DSL AT&T Advanced Services, Inc.

– DSL provider, nationwide

AT&T Services, Inc.

FUTURE: EQUIPMENT STANDARDS FOR?

• • AT&T Corporation Current Bell South LEC

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements CURRENT EQUIPMENT STANDARDS FOR: • AT&T Corporation – NEDS • SBC SERVICES, INC. – TP 76200

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements AT&T Corporation NEDS: • • NEBS requirements with some minor modifications Network interconnection requirements (e.g. fiber requirements).

AT&T Corp. will accept NEBS compliance testing to NEDS, TP 76200 or TCG Checklist

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements AT&T Services Inc. ATT-TP-76200 Network Equipment Safety and Environmental Reliability Standard

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements Scope of AT&T Services Standards: Traditional NEBS Standards: • Regulated Telephone Companies • Central Office/customer Premises Telecom Equipment TP 76200 Equipment Standards • Telco Network; Internet Services; DSL; Long Distance; Data • CO; Customer Prem; OSP; Customer Residence; Data Rooms;

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements

TP 76200 Standards Applications

• Equipment Application • Deployment Locations

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements TP 76200 Evaluation Levels • Level 1: Safety Requirements (Collocation, test

heads, FOAs)

• Level 2: Safety and Modified Reliability

Requirements

• Level 3: Safety and Full Reliability Requirements • Ancillary

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements Equipment Deployment Locations • CO, Huts, CEVs • Customer Premises • Non-CO Buildings • Mission Critical Data Rooms • OSP Cabinets, Level 2, 3 Environments • OSP Customer Premises • AT&T Labs

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements Equipment Requirement Matrix

Central Office Non-CO Building MC Data Room OSP Class Two OSP Class Three OSP Unprotected Level One Level Two

ESR-001 n/a ESR-001 ESR-001 n/a ESR-002 ESR-001 ESR-001 ESR-001 n/a n/a n/a

Level Three

ESR-003-CO ESR-003-NCO ESR-003-NCO ESR-003-OSP ESR-003-OSP ESR-003-OSP

Ancillary

ESR-ANC ESR-ANC ESR-ANC ESR-ANC ESR-ANC ESR-ANC

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements

Compliance Test Standards

• TP 76200 • TCG Checklist • GR-63-CORE, Issue 3 • GR-1089-CORE, Issue 4

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements END Questions?