Outside Plant Testing (OSP)

Depending on how and where your product is installed in the Outside Plant (OSP), you will need to meet a unique set of requirements before your equipment can be deployed. Specific requirements exist for different types of equipment deployed in the OSP.

Below is a list of outside plant products we certify:

Smart Poles
Electronic Equipment Cabinets
Electronic Equipment in Cabinets / Closures
Network Interface Devices (NIDs)
Pedestals
Splice Enclosures
Small Cells
Remote Radio Heads

Standards to which we test include:

GR-13-CORE – Generic requirements for pedestal terminal closures
GR-49-CORE – Generic requirements for outdoor telephone network interface devices
GR-487-CORE – Generic requirements for electronic equipment cabinets
GR-950-CORE – Generic requirements for optical network unit closures
GR-2834-CORE – Generic requirements for basic electrical, mechanical and environmental criteria for OSP equipment
GR-3178-CORE – Generic Requirements for wireless transceiver facilities, free-space optics, remote radio heads and small cells
GR-3108-CORE – Generic requirements for network equipment in the outside plant