INTERNATIONALTELECOMMUNICATIONUNIONITU-TK.43TELECOMMUNICATIONSTANDARDIZATIONSECTOROFITU(07/2003)SERIESK:PROTECTIONAGAINSTINTERFERENCEImmunityrequirementsfortelecommunicationequipmentITU-TRecommendationK.43ITU-TRec.K.43(07/2003)iITU-TRecommendationK.43ImmunityrequirementsfortelecommunicationequipmentSummaryThisRecommendationdescribesthegenericimmunityrequirementsfortelecommunicationequipmentinagivenenvironment.Itdoesnotcovertheresistibilityofequipment.SpecificproductfamilyRecommendationssupersedethisRecommendation.SourceITU-TRecommendationK.43wasapprovedbyITU-TStudyGroup5(2001-2004)undertheITU-TRecommendationA.8procedureon29July2003.iiITU-TRec.K.43(07/2003)FOREWORDTheInternationalTelecommunicationUnion(ITU)istheUnitedNationsspecializedagencyinthefieldoftelecommunications.TheITUTelecommunicationStandardizationSector(ITU-T)isapermanentorganofITU.ITU-Tisresponsibleforstudyingtechnical,operatingandtariffquestionsandissuingRecommendationsonthemwithaviewtostandardizingtelecommunicationsonaworldwidebasis.TheWorldTelecommunicationStandardizationAssembly(WTSA),whichmeetseveryfouryears,establishesthetopicsforstudybytheITU-Tstudygroupswhich,inturn,produceRecommendationsonthesetopics.TheapprovalofITU-TRecommendationsiscoveredbytheprocedurelaiddowninWTSAResolution1.InsomeareasofinformationtechnologywhichfallwithinITU-T'spurview,thenecessarystandardsarepreparedonacollaborativebasiswithISOandIEC.NOTEInthisRecommendation,theexpressionAdministrationisusedforconcisenesstoindicatebothatelecommunicationadministrationandarecognizedoperatingagency.CompliancewiththisRecommendationisvoluntary.However,theRecommendationmaycontaincertainmandatoryprovisions(toensuree.g.interoperabilityorapplicability)andcompliancewiththeRecommendationisachievedwhenallofthesemandatoryprovisionsaremet.Thewordsshallorsomeotherobligatorylanguagesuchasmustandthenegativeequivalentsareusedtoexpressrequirements.TheuseofsuchwordsdoesnotsuggestthatcompliancewiththeRecommendationisrequiredofanyparty.INTELLECTUALPROPERTYRIGHTSITUdrawsattentiontothepossibilitythatthepracticeorimplementationofthisRecommendationmayinvolvetheuseofaclaimedIntellectualPropertyRight.ITUtakesnopositionconcerningtheevidence,validityorapplicabilityofclaimedIntellectualPropertyRights,whetherassertedbyITUmembersorothersoutsideoftheRecommendationdevelopmentprocess.AsofthedateofapprovalofthisRecommendation,ITUhadnotreceivednoticeofintellectualproperty,protectedbypatents,whichmayberequiredtoimplementthisRecommendation.However,implementorsarecautionedthatthismaynotrepresentthelatestinformationandarethereforestronglyurgedtoconsulttheTSBpatentdatabase.ITU2003Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,byanymeanswhatsoever,withoutthepriorwrittenpermissionofITU.ITU-TRec.K.43(07/2003)iiiCONTENTSPage1Scope............................................................................................................................12References.....................................................................................................................13Definitions....................................................................................................................24Abbreviations................................................................................................................35Equipmentconfigurationandgeneraloperationduringtest.........................................45.1Equipmentconfiguration...............................................................................45.2Equipmentforoperation.................................................................................45.3Laboratoryenvironment.................................................................................45.4Operationofequipmentduringtests..............................................................46Performancecriteria......................................................................................................46.1PerformancecriterionA.................................................................................46.2PerformancecriterionB.................................................................................56.3PerformancecriterionC.................................................................................57Immunity:Testmethod................................................................................................57.1Generalconditions..........................................................................................57.2Particularconditions.......................................................................................58Applicability.................................................................................................................89Testlevels.....................................................................................................................8AppendixI–Couplingdecouplingnetworksforcontinuousconductedsignaltest...............12AppendixII–Guidancefordeterminingwhentousetheradiatedelectromagneticfieldtest.........