GR-468-CORE Fiber Optic Component (FOC) testing requirement.
All Active Fiber Optic Component testing to GR-468-CORE may be conducted at the component OEM, supplier, or equipment integrator's own laboratory facilities. Verizon no longer requires GR-468-CORE testing to be performed or witnessed by a Verizon-approved Fiber Optic Component (FOC) Independent Testing Laboratory (ITL). Verizon considers this standard to be very important for the verification and reliability of optoelectrical devices. Verizon reserves the right to examine GR-468-CORE test data from the OEM, supplier, or equipment integrator during the course of an equipment evaluation.
Verizon ITL FOC Certification Program
Verizon Communications has named the following Independent Testing Laboratories (ITLs) as part of its Fiber Optic Components (FOC) certification program. This program helps expedite product-to-market cycles for Verizon's telecommunications equipment vendors and creates more economical compliance testing processes for them.
Under the Verizon ITL FOC certification program, the selected labs may witness/conduct FOC testing at their own laboratories or at vendors' facilities that have their own laboratories, which are capable of conducting FOC testing of telecommunications equipment for Verizon. Such testing is essential to confirm that new Fiber Optic Components introduced to Verizon's network are fully compliant with accepted industry standards.
Experior Labs is approved by Verizon under the ITL FOC Certification program to perform Fiber Optical Component testing to the following standards at their Oxnard, California laboratory:
· GR-20, Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber and Optical Fiber Cable
· GR-326, Generic Requirements for Single mode Optical Connectors and Jumper Assemblies
· GR-409, Generic Requirements for Premises Fiber Optic Cable
· GR-449, Generic Requirements and Design Considerations for Fiber Distributing Frames
· GR-771, Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Splice Closures
· GR-1081, Generic Requirements for Field-Mountable Optical Fiber Connectors
· GR-1209, Generic Requirements for Passive Optical Components
· GR-1221, Generic Reliability Assurance Requirements for Passive Optical Components
· GR-1435, Generic Requirements for Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors
· GR-2866, Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber Fanouts
· GR-3120, Generic Requirements for Hardened Fiber Optic Connectors
· GR-3123, Generic Requirements for Indoor Fiber Distribution Hubs (FDHs)
· GR-3125, Generic Requirements for Outdoor Fiber Distribution Hubs
· GR-3126, Generic Requirements for Wall Plates, Moldings, and Raceways that Support Fiber Optic Services (Including Fiber to the Premises [FTTP])
· GR-3152, Generic Requirements for Hardened Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors (HMFOCs)
· GR-3155, Generic Requirements for Microducts for Fiber Optic Cables
· VZ.TPR.9404, Factory Move Test Requirements
· VZ.TPR.9405, Reliability Assurance Requirements for Passive Optical Components
· VZ.TPR.9408, Generic Requirements for Optical Fiber Ribbon Fanouts
· VZ.TPR.9409, Singlemode Optical Connectors and Jumper Assemblies
· VZ.TPR.9411, FTTP Wall Plates, Moldings & Raceways
· VZ.TPR.9412, Generic Requirements for Fiber Optic Splice Closures and Terminals
· VZ.TPR.9417, Generic Requirements for Outdoor Fiber Distribution Hubs
· VZ.TPR.9418, Hardened Fiber Optic Connectors (HFOC)
· VZ.TPR.9420, Generic Requirements for Indoor Fiber Distribution Hubs
· VZ.TPR.9424, Test Requirements for MDU Drop Cables
· VZ.TPR.9427, Generic Requirements for Passive Optical Components
· VZ.TPR.9430, Optical Fiber and Optical Fiber Cable
· VZ.TPR.9431, Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors
· VZ.TPR.9432, Hardened Multi-Fiber Optical Connectors (HMFOC)
· VZ.TPR.9437, Premises Fiber Optic Cable
· VZ.TPR.9438, Test Requirements for Fiber Closure Brackets
· VZ.TPR.9439, Fiber-Drop Splice Closures
· VZ.TPR.9441, Test Requirements for Improved Bend Performance Fibers
· VZ.TPR.9442, Optical Cable Microducts and Accessories
· VZ.TPR.9445, Factory Audit Requirements
· VZ.TPR.9447, Field Spliceable Optical Connectors (gel tests)
· VZ.TPR.9457, MDU Fiber “G.657-B.3” Coating Test Requirement
· VZ.TPR.9459, Test Requirements for Buffered/Protected Optical Fiber with Adhesive
· VZ.TPR.9461, Test Requirements for Multi-Mode Fiber Optic Connectors
· VZ.TPR.9462, Requirements for Blown Optical Fiber, Optical Fiber Cables and Fiber Units
· VZ.TPR.9464, Test Requirements for High Density Fiber Distribution Frames and Patch Panels
Telcordia Network Infrastructure Solutions (NIS) – a division of Ericsson
Telcordia is approved under the Verizon ITL FOC Certification Program to provide test program management, testing and reporting through Verizon Certified Partner Labs, witness Fiber Optic Component testing at approved sites, and provide laboratory and factory audits.