ABSTRACT: Over 170 New Requirements for Efficient and Effective Power!!

Issue 1 of GR-513 provided the industry's most complete generic requirements for power systems designed for network telecommunications equipment in Central Offices (COs) and similar locations.

Issue 2 of GR-513, developed with the input of major service providers, updates and expands the criteria to consider new and emerging technologies as well as new power architectures.

Issue 2:

• Considers power needs for FTTx architectures - passive and active networks reaching deeply into the local loop and to the home
• Covers homeland security expectations concerning the robustness of the telecom network
• Reviews appropriate best practices on backup power to sustain the network
• Covers deployment of routers/switch equipment in CO facilities that have high current and power demands
• Considers local and distributed powering options at the aisle and rack level as well as in the OPS nodes and customer premises locations
• Adds guidance covering legacy (TL1) and new (e.g., SNMP) communications protocols for system monitoring and control systems
• Provides guidance on the overall expansion to the OSP arena.