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ITU-T K.56

Protection of radio base stations against lightning discharges

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Organization: ITU-T
Publication Date: 1 January 2010
Status: active
Page Count: 40
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Scope and purpose

This Recommendation addresses Radio Base Stations - RBS made of a shelter or small building to house the equipment and a nearby tower to hold the antennas. The purpose of this Recommendation is to provide a set of procedures to protect the RBS against lightning discharges. Recommendation ITUT K.71 gives information on the protection of antenna installations in or on a customer building.

Document History

K.56
May 1, 2021
Protection of radio base stations against lightning discharges
Scope and purpose This Recommendation addresses radio base stations (RBSs) made of a shelter or small building to house the equipment and a nearby tower to hold the antennas. The purpose of this...
ITU-T K.56
July 1, 2017
Protection of radio base stations against lightning discharges Corrigendum 1
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ITU-T K.56
January 1, 2010
Protection of radio base stations against lightning discharges
Scope and purpose This Recommendation addresses Radio Base Stations - RBS made of a shelter or small building to house the equipment and a nearby tower to hold the antennas. The purpose of this...
ITU-T K.56
July 1, 2003
Protection of radio base stations against lightning discharges SERIES K: PROTECTION AGAINST INTERFERENCE
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References

This document references:
IEC 61643-11 - Low-voltage surge protective devices – Part 11: Surge protective devices connected to low-voltage power systems – Requirements and test methods
Published by IEC on March 1, 2011
This part of IEC 61643 is applicable to devices for surge protection against indirect and direct effects of lightning or other transient overvoltages. These devices are packaged to be connected to...
This document references:
IEC 62305-2 - Protection against lightning – Part 2: Risk management
Published by IEC on December 1, 2010
This part of IEC 62305 is applicable to risk assessment for a structure or for a service due to lightning flashes to earth. Its purpose is to provide a procedure for the evaluation of such a risk....
This document references:
ITU-T K.47 - Protection of telecommunication lines against direct lightning flashes
Published by ITU-T on May 1, 2012
This Recommendation gives a procedure to protect telecommunication lines using metallic components against direct lightning flashes to the line itself or to the structures that the line enters. Lines...
This document references:
ITU-T K.35 - Bonding configurations and earthing at remote electronic sites
Published by ITU-T on December 1, 2020
This Recommendation covers bonding configurations and earthing for equipment located at remote electronic sites such as switching or transmission huts, cabinets or controlled environmental vaults...
This document references:
IEC 62305-3 - Protection against lightning – Part 3: Physical damage to structures and life hazard
Published by IEC on December 1, 2010
This part of IEC 62305 provides the requirements for protection of a structure against physical damage by means of a lightning protection system (LPS), and for protection against injury to living...
This document is referenced by:
ITU-T K.97 - Lightning protection of distributed base stations
Published by ITU-T on February 1, 2014
This Recommendation addresses distributed base stations (DBSs) composed of a shelter or an outdoor cabinet to house equipment, and a nearby tower for antennas and equipment. The tower will prevent...
This document is referenced by:
ITU-T K.101 - Shielding factors for lightning protection
Published by ITU-T on December 1, 2014
This Recommendation provides the rationale and formulas for calculating the shielding factors used in series K Recommendations dealing with lightning protection of telecommunication lines and...
This document is referenced by:
ITU-T K.105 - Lightning protection of photovoltaic power supply systems feeding radio base stations
Published by ITU-T on March 1, 2015
This Recommendation addresses the lightning protection of photovoltaic (PV) power supply systems that are used exclusively for feeding radio base stations (RBSs). The purpose of this Recommendation...
This document is referenced by:
ITU-T K.73 - Shielding and bonding for cables between buildings
Published by ITU-T on November 1, 2019
This Recommendation provides bonding configurations and earthing for telecommunication equipment installed inside different buildings in the following cases: 1) buildings with different earthing and...
This document is referenced by:
ITU-T L.1502 - Adapting information and communication technology infrastructure to the effects of climate change
Published by ITU-T on November 1, 2015
This Recommendation describes how information and communication technology (ICT) can adapt to or may be adapted to cope with the effects of climate change. It provides a set of requirements and it is...
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