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Mitigation measures for telecommunication installations

PART 2: CASE STUDIES


Case study #

2.4

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Title

Damage on ISM (I-Interface Subscriber Module)

Type of trouble

Damage.

Source of trouble

Lightning.

System affected

Transmission equipment.

Location

Telecommunication centre.

Keywords

Damage, lightning surge.

Version date

2004-01-01

 

System configuration

A system configuration and an estimated current flow are shown in Figure 2.4-1. At a lightning stroke, a switching equipment ISM (I-interface subscriber module) on the second floor, was damaged and its operation was halted. An ISM equipment located on the first floor was not damaged. No other equipment, aside from the ISM was damaged, and there were no error messages except those of the ISM equipment. The ISM on the second floor was connected to two power equipments, D-SSF and F‑SSF.

The main power equipment is MR-48 on the ground floor, and the potential reference is a dc+ point in the MR-48. The current flowing through the ISM on the second floor followed a large loop, as shown in Figure 2.4-1. It is assumed that the equipment is easily affected by lightning.



Figure 2.4-1 – System configuration

 

Mitigation method/Results/Conclusion

At this installation, the lightning struck the antenna tower; the surge current flowed into E0 earthing through the wave guide and building structures, and the DC power feeding line. The potential of E0 and also of the DC power feeding lines rose. The surge current penetrated ISM and flowed into E0, and then the ISM packages were damaged. To solve this problem, it was required to change the feeding routes as shown in Figure 2.4-2.



Figure 2.4-2 – Mitigation configuration

 

References

Recs ITU-T K.27, ITU-T K.35, ITU-T K.40, ITU-T K.56; Annex C.

 

 
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