ETSI TR 103 538 V1.1.1 (2019-03)

ETSI TR 103 538 V1.1.1 (2019-03)






TECHNICAL REPORT
Environmental Engineering (EE);
Analysis of test method and test severity for
mechanical test of equipment installed on poles/towers

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Reference
DTR/EE-017004
Keywords
environment, equipment practice, testing

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 4
Foreword . 4
Modal verbs terminology . 4
1 Scope . 5
2 References . 5
2.1 Normative references . 5
2.2 Informative references . 5
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 5
3.1 Terms . 5
3.1 Symbols . 5
3.2 Abbreviations . 6
4 Historical vibration specification review. 6
5 Vibration response investigation for antennas mounted on tower . 6
5.1 Strategy for vibration response investigation . 6
5.2 Data acquisition . 7
5.2.1 Introduction. 7
5.2.2 Acquisition location . 7
5.2.3 Acquisition setup . 7
5.2.4 Choice of Tower and mounting location . 7
5.2.5 Vibration data . 8
5.3 Derivation of vibration response . 9
5.4 Final vibration specification . 10
History . 11

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Intellectual Property Rights
Essential patents
IPRs essential or potentially essential to normative deliverables may have been declared to ETSI. The information
pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found
in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in
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Foreword
This Technical Report (TR) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Environmental Engineering (EE).
The present document applies to all telecommunications equipment installed on communication tower.
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and "cannot" are to be
interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
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1 Scope
The present document is intended to provide suggestions on how to set vibration specification for telecommunication
equipment installed on towers.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
Normative references are not applicable in the present document.
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI EN 300 019-1-4: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Environmental conditions and
environmental tests for telecommunications equipment; Part 1-4: Classification of environmental
conditions; Stationary use at non-weather protected locations".
[i.2] IEC 60068-2-6: "Environmental testing - Part 2-6: Tests-Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal)".
[i.3] IEC 60721-3-4: "Classification of environmental conditions-Part 3: Classification of groups of
environmental parameters and their severities-Section4:
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