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Work item:
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K.20
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Subject/title:
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Resistibility of telecommunication equipment installed in a telecommunications centre to overvoltages and overcurrents
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Status:
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Approved on 2015-04-22 [Issued from previous study period]
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Approval process:
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AAP
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Type of work item:
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Recommendation
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Version:
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Rev.
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Equivalent number:
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-
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Timing:
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Liaison:
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Supporting members:
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Summary:
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Recommendation ITU-T K.20 specifies resistibility requirements and test procedures for telecommunication equipment that is attached to or installed within a telecommunication centre.
Overvoltages or overcurrents covered by this Recommendation include surges due to lightning on or near the line plant, short term induction from adjacent a.c. power lines or railway systems, earth potential rise due to power faults, direct contacts between telecommunication lines and power lines and electrostatic discharges. The sources for overvoltages in internal lines, between equipment/racks, are mainly inductive coupling caused by lightning currents being conducted in nearby lightning strokes or lightning currents being conducted in nearby conductors.
Major changes compared with the 2008 version of this Recommendation include:
o updating the references;
o information on what USB ports should be tested;
o information on when to add protection to untested ports;
o adding test requirements for external coaxial cable ports;
o adding test requirements for multiple conductor internal unshielded cable ports.
Major changes compared with the 2013 version of this Recommendation include:
" Adding test requirements for UTP Ethernet
" Adding test requirements for STP Ethernet
" Adding test requirements for PoE
" Adding STP shield testing
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Comment:
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First registration in the WP:
2012-01-13 16:44:21
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Last update:
2015-05-20 15:17:51
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