BS EN 62005 is a series on the reliability of fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive optical components. Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive optical components do not require electrical-to-optical or optical-to-electrical conversion during their operation. BS EN 62005-7 describes a common set of procedures for estimating the reliability of fibre optic connectors, splices, branching devices and other passive components. BS EN 62005-7 deals specifically with component reliability as estimated from life tests which are accelerated in some manner as in the example of IEC 62005-2.
BS EN 62005-7 on fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive optical components is useful for:
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive optical components are widely used by people as a promising solution for modern access to telecommunication networks. Since different material systems designed to do the same job will often respond in very different ways to the same stresses, both in terms of the form of the acceleration function, and the statistical distribution of failure times (or degradation observed over time), a normative standard specifying specific methods of acceleration or statistical modelling is inappropriate. Instead, BS EN 62005-7 provides a minimal normative standard for presenting data and analyses to support reliability estimates of passive components and an informative portion (bibliography) containing references to more extensive writings on physical and statistical modelling for accelerated testing. Using BS EN 62005-7 you can describe a common set of procedures for estimating the reliability of fibre optic connectors, splices, branching devices and other passive components.
EN 62005-7:2004
IEC 62005-7:2004