AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements Bon Pipkin Associate Director Common Systems Standards AT&T Services, Inc.

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements What you need to know to identify appropriate equipment standards: What AT&T Affiliate will use equipment Where will equipment be deployed 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

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements Bon Pipkin Associate Director Bon Pipkin - SME Temperature &Humidity/ Airborne Contaminants/Altitude John Tablerion NEBS Evaluation – Group SPOC 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/ TP TEAM

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 or TCG Checklist

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements AT&T Services Inc. ATT-TP 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 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 Standards Applications Equipment Application Deployment Locations

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements TP 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 Level OneLevel Two Level ThreeAncillary Central OfficeESR-001n/aESR-003-COESR-ANC Non-CO BuildingESR-001n/aESR-003-NCOESR-ANC MC Data RoomESR-001ESR-002ESR-003-NCOESR-ANC OSP Class TwoESR-001n/aESR-003-OSPESR-ANC OSP Class ThreeESR-001n/aESR-003-OSPESR-ANC OSP UnprotectedESR-001n/aESR-003-OSPESR-ANC

AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements Compliance Test Standards TP TCG Checklist GR-63-CORE, Issue 3 GR-1089-CORE, Issue 4

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