ATIS - Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
Scope
This document provides the methodology to be used by vendors and third party test laboratories in the formation of a telecommunications energy efficiency ratio (TEER). This document is the base standard for determining telecommunications energy efficiency. Supplemental standards to this general document@ for specific types of equipment@ will provide details on configurations@ TEER formulas@ and other pertinent details for formulating the TEER value. This document is considered applicable to wire-line or wireless network equipment to be deployed in controlled environments. This standard does not apply to network equipment that is designed to be solely utilized in an outside plant cabinet/enclosure. Outside plant equipment is considered outside the scope of this standard at this time and may be added in a later revision to this standard. The initial document scope is modest to start with the intention of refining the data to be provided@ the measurement methods@ and the reporting format over time. The intent of this document@ in conjunction with the associated supporting supplemental standards@ is to create a uniform method for measuring telecommunication equipment energy consumption (power) as well as establishing efficiency metrics and reporting methods. The concept of supplemental standards will allow for the development of individual standards to address specific classes of equipment. ? This allows the set of standards (General Requirements plus supplemental) to address a wide array of equipment. ? This method will permit the development of new supplemental standards to address new technologies as the need arises. ? For example@ ATIS 0600015.01.2009 is the supplemental standard for Server Requirements and ATIS 0600015.02.2009 is the supplemental standard for Transport Requirements. Purpose This document provides a uniform methodology to measure equipment power and define energy efficiency ratings for telecommunication equipment. This document serves as the base standard for all supplemental ATIS-0600015.xx standards. This is a living document and is expected to evolve with new technologies and equipment trends. Application This standard is intended to standardize the test methodology@ environmental factors@ and utilization of the equipment for measuring the energy used in the formation of the telecommunications energy efficiency ratio. The specified procedures are intended to be applied in a controlled laboratory environment. Testing is to be performed by a third party test laboratory. Vendor supplied supplemental data can also be submitted to account for different configurations than those tested by the third party test laboratory.