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1. The main allocation rules shall be valid for the entire product system For other secondary processes other allocation rules may be defined however the use of these rules should be justified Product specific information should be preferentially collected in order to avoid the need for allocation While selecting allocation rules the following principles are recommended Multi output The allocations are based on the changes in the resource consumption and pollutant emissions for example adopted quantity allocation for some main component or surface allocation for some components following the changes in the studied system s output product or function or economical relationship Multi input The allocation is based on actual relationship For example the manufacturing process s emissions may be affected by the change in waste flow input Open loop recycling For the input of recycled materials or energy during the manufacturing phase of the product system the transportation between the recycling process and the recycling to material use shall be included in the dataset For the product which shall be recycled during the manufacturing phase the transportation towards the recycling process shall be included Notes Major allocation rules shall be valid for the whole product system But for other secondary processes other allocation rules may be defined but the validity of these rules shall be demonstrated2. voluntary reporting nature Use Phase If the product is used at the user end the EPD shall declare the electricity consumption during Off State Low Power State and On State and the electricity consumption measurement shall be conducted with the test method stipulated for use at the product exported region such as EN 62301 Based on the Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment Version 3 Final the product s energy consumption states are defined as follows Off State The state in which the equipment is not performing any function This state is entered when the equipment is turned OFF During the OFF State the only electricity consumption comes from the external power supply The product can only leave the OFF state through manual switching to the ON state by the user Low Power State The product is idling under this state with all the components entering their respective low power state Under this state the product can not handle high data traffic but is capable of detecting activity On State During the On State all components of the product have entered their respective on state and two way data traffic exceeds 25 of the bandwidth e g 25 Tx and 25 Rx Based on the types of interfaces the low power state and on state of the home gateway can be further defined as Table 1 Definition of Low Power State and On State for the Home Gateways Interface components Low Po
3. Design service life Distribution of use state and energy consumption Annual electricity consumption and annual global warming impact during use phase End of life information Information about Company and Certification Organization Recycling information see Section 11 Other environmental information see Section 12 Information regarding certification Names of certification and verification organizations Validity of certification certificates Compliance with legal and relevant requirements References see Section 13 relevant PCR documents EPD Requirements MSR 1999 2 underlying LCA study other supporting documents for LCA information other relevant documents regarding company organization s environmental activities Appendix III Abbreviations Abbreviations Common Name APLAC Asia Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Carbon Footprint of Product Environment Product Declaration International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement International Organization for Standardization Life Cycle Assessment Product Category Rule The Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive Taiwan Accreditation Foundation Transportation The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive Central Processing Unit Domain Name System File Transfer Protocol
4. GSM Global System for Mobile Communications Customer Premises Equipment COE Central Office Equipment Network Termination Access Line Line Termination Home Network Infrastructure Device Analogue Terminal Adapter re 8 g
5. Product specific information shall be collected preferentially in order to avoid allocation Allocation may be avoided through avoidance of dividing processes for example as described in Section 6 3 of ISO TR 14049 or through expansion of system boundary for example as described in Section 6 4 so that the amended system shares the same product exchanges as the original system 8 Units The base units and derived units of the International System of Units SI Systeme International d unit s shall be used preferentially length unit m capacity unit m area unit m weight unit kg If necessary prefixes may be used before the SI units 10 giga symbol G 10 mega symbol M 10 kilo symbol k 10 centi symbol c 10 milli symbol m 10 micro symbol pu 10 nano symbol n Preferentially used power and energy units power units use W energy units use kWh 9 Calculation rules and data quality requirements Date quality requirements for the raw material acquisition phase Generic data may be used in production extraction shaping and refinement of the raw materials used in product production See Appendix I for sources of generic data The date of the generic data can not be older than 1990 Date quality requirements for the manufacturing phase Site specific data for example specific factory data or transportation data for a
6. s annual electricity consumption kWh year calculated using the equation listed in Section 5 and the associated potential global warming impact kg CO gt 2 eq year Additional information Recyclable materials optional Information on secondary materials optional Waste classification Hazardous waste as defined in Taiwan s Waste Disposal Act Follow host countries laws for sites outside Taiwan Other waste 11 Recycling information In order to ensure the comprehensiveness of the LCA study the inclusion of information on recycling of B2C products is mandatory The recycling information shall include information such as disassembly instructions which parts components are suitable for recycling such as metal cases or not suitable for recycling For example the information requirements for the final product manufacturers contained in the WEEE Directive may also be included in the home gateway s EPD Information for the parts which can not be recycled and therefore should be disposed of properly during the end of life phase may also be included When practical this PCR encourages the inclusion of inventory and calculation data for the end of life phase 12 Other environmental information Optional The EPD may cover information including technology adopted site of product manufacturing and assembly as well as information on other working environment health and risk related aspects If this PCR is t
7. specific manufacturing process shall be used for the production of main components and main assembly If other types of information are used description of the information and rationale for using the information shall be provided For site specific data of electronic components data from representative plant may be used as the site specific data for a specific component Generic data may be used in the manufacturing process for the home gateway s smaller not main components Commonly used international generic data may also be used as generic data see Appendix I for sources of generic data When using generic data factors such as whether the same chemical or physical process is used within the same technical scope or if the technical and systematic boundaries are appropriate shall be considered When suppliers are unable to provide specific data or when even if generic data are used in place of specific data there is only minor impacts to the results generic data may be used as substitute data But their combined contribution of for all life cycle phases shall not greater than 10 of the total impact for any impact category The data shall be representative for the average of a specific year If the average date for less than one full year cycle is used description of the data and rationale for using such data shall be provided The electricity mix for the manufacturing phase should be site specific data If site specif
8. Annual vacation days are 365 day year 240 day year 125 day year Assuming a home gateway is connected to main power all year long During work days home gateway is operated at 2 hour day On State and 22 hour day Low Power State during vacation days the home gateway is 4 hour day On State and 20 hour day Low Power State Calculation Equation Total energy consumptio n during use phase K Wh yr Energy consumptio n during on state W x 2hr day _ Energy consumptio n during low power state W x 22hr day x 240 day yr E 1 000 W kW Energy consumptio n during on state W x 4hr day P Energy consumptio n during low power state W x 20hr day x 125 day yr 1 000 W kW The reporting of information on maintenance during use phase and transportation from product end of life to waste disposal is optional Recycling end of life The reporting of transportation information from product end of life to waste disposal is optional In order to ensure the comprehensiveness of the LCA study for B2C products included in the EPD the inclusion of waste disposal or recycling information after product end of life is mandatory such as recycling and disassembly report and information on recycling channels If the product recycler s recycling technology or recycling scenarios may have potential recycling disposal benefits they shall be explained in the EPD 5 1 Specification of different boundary settings Boundary i
9. Italics are the recommended data information for inclusion Introductory part Each EPD should have an introduction part on the top part of the EPD which includes the following information EPD system logo LOGOTYPE Company organization name Product name EPD registration number Description of the company organization and product service Company Organization Description of company organization Description of overall working environment existing quality system and environmental management system Product and services see Section 2 Product s main applications Description of product specification manufacturing process manufacturing sites if there are several sites For product s environmental performance aspects characteristics which may improve the usefulness of product Other types of relevant information for example special manufacturing processes with special advantages to the environment List of materials and chemical substances Content declaration see Section 3 Presentation of the environmental performance Outline of the LCA methodology for example period of LCA declared units system boundaries graphical presentation cut off and allocation rules and data sources Material acquisition phase see Section 10 Manufacturing phase see Section 10 Distribution use and waste disposal phases see Section 10 Geographical region for product delivery Transportation data
10. manufacturers of similar products and stakeholders were invited by the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association TEEMA to the open consultation meeting on August 26 2010 to participate in the discussion and review of this PCR EDF then reviewed and approved this PCR For further information and processing of feedback comments concerning this PCR please contact ZyXEL Communications Corp Totel Quality Management Division Mr Whisky Lin tel 886 3 5783942 ext 3102 gt fax 886 3 5782439 email whisky lin zyxel com tw or ZyXEL Communications Corp Totel Quality Management Division Mr Alan Cho tel 886 3 5783942 ext 3100 gt fax 886 3 5782439 email acho zyxel com tw 2 Company and product description The EPD shall include information about the manufacturing company organization The information may include manufacturing process related information and environmental related information such as the environmental management system information The information may also include special issues which the company organization would like to emphasize such as the products meeting certain environmental criteria or environmental safety and health related information This PCR covers the Home Gateways and is applicable to communications between businesses and consumers B to C as well as business to business B2B regarding the full life cycle of the Home Gateways products While determining the en
11. Product Category Rules PCR for preparing an environmental product declaration EPD for Home Gateways PCR 2010 1 0 ZyXEL Communications Corporation Version 1 0 2010 09 28 This PCR complies with the requirements of the International EPD SYSTEM as well as the guidance of the Environment and Development Foundation www edf org tw Table of Contents 1 General information 2 Company and product description 2 1 Product function 2 2 Product components 2 3 Product technical description 3 List of materials and chemical substances 4 Declared unit 5 System boundaries 5 1 Specifications for different boundary settings 6 Cut off rules 7 Allocation rules 8 Units 9 Calculation rules and data quality requirements 10 Parameters to be declared in the EPD 11 Recycling information 12 Other environmental information Optional 13 Information about the certification 14 References Appendix I Generic data sources to refer to Appendix IT Reporting format for the EPD Appendix III Abbreviations 1 General Information This document is to be used as the product category rules PCR for Home Gateways The requirements specified in this PCR are intended to be used for EPDs certified in accordance with ISO 14025 standard This document shall be valid until September 28 2015 This PCR was jointly prepared by the ZyXEL Communications Corporation and Integrated Service Technology Representatives from major Taiwanese
12. ata available these data should be used instead When data from the following generic databases are used the most current and updated data should be used Database Published Industrial Ecoinvent 2nd edition eo processes Packaging materials o BUWAL 250 2nd edition 2004 transport waste treatments Steel Pri LCA Database for Taiwan DoITPro 008 2010 eel Prima ean PE GaBi 2006 copper Copper products ELCD version 2 0 2009 Electricity Fuels 2007 Aluminum The Boustead Model 5 0 2007 Chemicals EIME Environmental Information and 1998 2000 Transports Management Explorer EcoBilan vaste ETH ESU 96 2004 management Boustead model 5 0 2007 PE Plastic Europe Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe meas PE GaBi 2006 ELCD 2009 Plastics 2007 The Boustead Model 5 0 2007 EIME Environmental Information and Management Explorer EcoBilan TARSAN LCA Database for Taiwan DoITPro 2008 2010 PE GaBi 2006 Electronic ee ze eas 2007 The Boustead Model 5 0 2007 EIME Environmental Information and Management Explorer EcoBilan 1998 2000 Appendix II Reporting Format for the EPD This appendix provides guidance information for the titles of sections types of data and required information to be reported in the mandatory reporting part of the EPD AS a generic reporting template the following titles and sub titles are recommended Refer to the PCR manual for the section numbering the information in
13. ce specific functions are described in the service support block Wi Fi security WEP WPA keys and ACL management is included here Packet processing This block describes the interconnection functions at layer 2 and or layer 3 for LAN WAN WAN LAN and LAN LAN traffic This means relaying forwarding bridging and also NA P T functions if appropriate The internal connection functions also include the routing of IP traffic which is meant for or coming from the HG itself local HG traffic The block also includes the classification and queuing functions related to QoS management and the filtering and encryption functions related to security as well as specific service related functions These tasks are performed only on the basis of information contained on the Ethernet or IP header this block does not perform any functions involving an analysis of the packet payload Control functions This block consists of the control communication stacks and the control handling It covers all the functionality needed to control connection addressing and user authentication via DHCP and or PPP and signaling protocols and device discovery inside the home using DHCP itself or the UPnP protocol For credentials it has a relationship with the security block Security All functionalities defining policies related to security are contained in this block It covers protection for the user from unauthorized attacks and intrusions and for the operators
14. ces Configuration of equipment and supported protocol Upgradeability of firmware Expected design product life Power consumption Other supported functions and their definitions such as firewall Quality of Service QoS network diagnosis performance monitoring power management The technical description for the interfaces shall at least include the following information 1 WAN interface 2 LAN interface 3 Wired Wireless LAN interfaces 4 Packet processing 5 Control functions 6 Security 7 QoS Quality of Service 8 Service Support 9 Management 10 Maintenance 11 Basic system features According to HGI standard the definiens of network interface technology are the following WAN interface This block describes the physical interface towards the access network and the functionalities related to the WAN interface at layers 1 and 2 Different types of WAN interface are possible but only one interface is supported at a time Wired Wireless LAN interfaces This block describes the physical interfaces towards the home network and the related functionalities at layer 1 and 2 A number of different interfaces I1 In are included A distinction should be made between the interfaces corresponding to a different LAN technologies Ethernet Wi Fi USB and service specific interfaces DECT FXS port for VoIP etc The LAN technologies are handled at the lower layers while any servi
15. e included in the data set For the production of recyclable products during the manufacturing phase the transportation towards the recycling process shall be included Note Further explanations are provided in Section 7 on open loop recycling Boundaries regarding geographical coverage The manufacturing phase may cover manufacturing processes located on any sites around the world For processes located in a specific region the data used should be representative of the region The data for the main components shall be the specific regional data for the region where the process takes place see Section 9 For ease of comparison no matter where the emissions are generated the same parameters should be used for life cycle impact assessment see Section 10 6 Cut off rules For any impact category if the sum of various impacts from a specific process activity is less than 1 of the impact equivalent in that category such a process activity may be neglected during the inventory analysis Nonetheless the accumulated impact of neglected process activity may not exceed 5 i e at least 95 of the product s life cycle impacts shall be considered Components parts and materials omitted from the LCA shall be documented Note This judgment for this 1 Rule is based on the environment relevance assessment of material input to the system and does not consider special and exceptional environmental impacts 7 Allocation rules
16. e powering and the processing performance blocks These two blocks describe the basic hardware HG resources to be shared between the various functional blocks with specific reference to available power and related issues such as dissipation reliability etc and general capability of the main processor s to process traffic flows both from a data and a control plane point of view with a defined level of performance 3 List of materials and chemical substances The contents of the following materials and chemical substances in the product shall be declared All materials used in the product with accumulated weight gt 99 5 product weight excluding power supply accessories and packaging All banned substances regulated by legal and customer requirements The following materials in the basic components flame retardants lead content in solder lead and flame retardant content in solder masking agent and substances regulated by RoHS Directive 2002 95 EC the latest version The declaration of halogen free flame retardants lead free solders and no RoHS regulated substances may only be made when appropriate evidences are available for example test reports from accredited laboratories testing facilities The following organizations may provide accreditation for testing facilities Taiwan Accreditation Foundation TAF Asia Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation APLAC International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperatio
17. escribed as follows Raw material acquisition phase The LCA shall include information for the following unit processes Material extraction and manufacturing of main components and other small components The manufacturing generation of energy used for raw material production The inclusion in the LCA the information on the raw material forming and refining and transportation of raw materials is of the voluntary reporting nature Manufacturing Phase The LCA shall include information for the following unit processes Manufacturing of main components Product assembly Transportation of main components to assembly plant Transportation of waste from main components manufacturing process and product assembly process to waste disposal plants Transportation of main components to product assembly plants The main components include external casing mother board network core processor insert type transformer insert type electrolyte capacitors external power supply if included network cable phone cable optical disc if included and solder The inclusion in the LCA the information on the manufacturing of small components and their transportation to the assembly plant is of the voluntary reporting nature Distribution phase The inclusion in the LCA the information on operations of the distributors retailers and the transportation of product from the distributors retailers to the users is of the
18. five types of home gateway p roducts Home gateways DSL CPEs ADSL ADSL2 ADSL2 VDSL2 Cable CPEs DOCSIS2 0 and 3 0 Optical network termination ONT CPEs PON and PtP Ethernet routers Wimax CPEs Based on the technical report published by ZyXEL in the Autumn 2009 issue of the VISION magazine the topology of the home gateways can be shown in the Figure 2 below OSS BSS g N N Systems aay i IPTV sip serve Platform Service Layer Y Mobile gt gt ee jork D pra 4 LS Transportand Access Layer a a a re a 5 kz 3 o The CPE moves from edge to centre of the network and becomes the Home Gateway HGW Figure 2 Network Diagram of Intergrated Home Gateways Based on the TR 124 Functional Requirements for Broadband Residential Gateway Devices published by the Broadband Forum the home gateways can be divided into three types 1 Internet information home gateways Devices connecting residential information network equipment such as PC notebook computer PDA and communication equipment such as Telephon0065 amp IP Phone This type of home gateway are using in the form of SOHO routers 2 Entertainment home gateways Devices connecting home entertainment equipment such as TV DVD and PC This type of home gateways are usually in the form of STB products 3 Controller home gateways Devices controlling the network connection of smart appliances This type
19. from malicious use of the broadband link Thus fire walling rules authentication handling functions key management for encryption are all defined here QoS This block implements the policies for QoS management in the Home Gateway and the home network as well as any mapping between the LAN side and WAN side It contains the rules to perform classification and queuing and priority field mappings Service support This block contains a very limited set of application layer related functions which allows the support of some terminals which lack the necessary capabilities to provide a service For HGI release 1 this support is limited to voice communication services also in this block some specific features to ensure the support of specific applications and to manage remote access to the home network are considered Management This block consists of the management communication stacks and the management handling It contains all the functionality needed to manage the HG itself configuration firmware upgrade QoS and security management etc the HG services provisioning troubleshooting and also devices device configuration and services service configuration reachable through the HG The Web interface is also covered by this block since it is considered as a basic management tool Maintenance This block contains the processes related to performance control and general diagnostics Basic system features This part contains th
20. gy content with energy content Electricity consumption for the main assembly and assembly of main components optional declaration information as energy for production of electricity are already listed under renewable and non renewable resources Impact equivalents expressed as potential environmental impacts Global warming kg CO2 equivalent Acidification kg SO2 equivalent Ozone depletion kg CFC 11 equivalent Photochemical oxidant formation kg C2H4 equivalent Eutrophication kg PO equivalent Note 1 For characterization factors of each impact category please refer to EPD Supporting Annexes Version 1 0 2008 02 29 The International EPD Cooperation downloadable from www environdec com 2 CO2 emissions from biological carbon source biogenic CO2 do not need to be disclosed If biogenic CO2 emission is included in the report it shall be segregated from the GHG impact category and explained this requirement is not applicable to biomass electricity portfolio during the use phase Use Phase For the use phase the following parameters shall be declared Ifthe product is used by the user end the power consumption during on mode low power mode and standby mode shall be provided Ifthe product is equipped with an ON OFF switch the power consumption from the power supply during the power off mode shall be declared The testing methods for determining the power consumption during each state Product
21. ic data cannot be obtained the official electricity mix for the country where the site is located may be used as approximate value The electricity mix should be documented For the definition of hazardous waste the definition as defined in Taiwan s Waste Disposal Act should be used for sites located in Taiwan For sites located outside Taiwan legal requirements for the host country shall be observed Date quality requirements for the use phase Product s energy consumption during its usage states shall be determined in accordance with the testing method stipulated for the product exported country region The electricity mix for the use phase may adopt the official electricity mix for the country where the user is located as approximate value or generic data See Appendix I for sources of generic data The date of the generic data can not be older than 1990 Date quality requirements for the end of life phase If for special reason site specific data for the waste disposal recycling scheme can not be obtained generic data may be used as substitute See Appendix I for sources of generic data The date of the generic data can not be older than 1990 10 Parameters to be declared in the EPD For the manufacturing phase the following parameters shall be declared Energy Use MJ Resource Use Use of non renewable resources without energy content with energy content Use of renewable resources without ener
22. l Remote management client DHCP PPP SIP IGMP handling Pa 4 2 2 D 7 ao Packet processing Classification Queuing Scheduling Interfaces RoutngNAT Sank Filtering Encryption Multicast to unicast conversion Data flow Management flow Control flow Figure 3 Definition of the Technical Description of Home Gateways Based on the technical report published by ZyXEL in the Autumn 2009 issue of the VISION magazine the applications of the home gateways can be shown in the Figure 4 below Service Provider Remote Management Video Server Service upgrade Home Automation HomePlug Distance Health Care Bluetooth Zigbee Sub scribers Remote Remote Control Data Access Exchange Service on Demand IP Surveillance Home Appliances Home Appliances Personal PC Body Composition Blood Sugar Monitor IPTV Friendly Service Media Server Gas Smoke Detectors Air Conditioner Air Conditioner Blood Pressure Monitor Fire Sprinkler Refrigerator Pedometer Diversifying and Competing through the Multi Service Gateway Figure 4 Application Scenarios for Integrated Home Gateways The product technical description part of the EPD shall at least include the following information Equipment dimension and weight Connected devices and terminal device Types number and transmission rate of interfa
23. n ILAC or ILAC Mutual Recognition Arrangement ILAC MRA For definitions of testing methodology and confirmations of regulated hazardous substances based on the accredited laboratories product testing methods please refer to IEC 62321 Standard 4 Declared unit The declared unit is defined as one unit of Home Gateway including power supply accessories and packaging as Home Gateways are marketed and sold in such units 5 System boundaries The main system boundaries of the product system are presented as follows Figure 5 emission Waste scrap Trp t Emission Waste scrap Trpt Manufacturing emission Waste scrap emission emission Waste scrap of main components k gt l Product use F I Assembly of Ethernet Switch Material Material production extra z forming refining auxiliary Product disposal EEE bo aaezan MAtEKIAl Pel Se ror Manufacturing Trpt ili gt of other tian Trpt fis 7 auxiliary i auxiliary auxiliary auxiliary energy material Tipt A veay energy material SY material 9Y material Material Manufacturing Use phase Disposal FP mandatory inclusion i l Mandatory inclusion of energy _ d Voluntary inclusion Trpt transportation Figure 5 System boundary of the main product system As described in Figure 5 above the life cycle of a Home Gateway covers the product manufacturing distribution use and end of life waste disposal phases d
24. n time The validity period for the LCA results presented in the LCA report shall be defined Boundary towards nature If the manufacturing processes are located within Taiwan the waste categories as defined in Taitwan s Waste Disposal Act shall be adopted If the processes are located in other countries equivalent legal requirements shall be considered The natural boundary of the system shall describe the boundary where the materials and energy resources flow from nature into the system and where the water and air emissions and waste are released out of the system Only the waste which is required to be disposed of needs to be considered If the waste will be treated through water treatment or incineration these processes need to be included landfilling process does not need to be included Boundaries in the life cycle The boundaries in the product life cycle are described in Figure 5 The construction of the site and infrastructure as well as the production of manufacturing equipment and activities of the workers does not need to be included Boundaries towards other technical systems Boundaries towards other technical systems describe the inputs of material and other components towards other systems as well as outputs of materials towards other systems For the inputs of recycled materials and energy towards the product manufacturing phase the transportation between the recycling process and use of recycled materials shall b
25. nterface routing bridging a basic or enhanced firewall one or multiple LAN interfaces and home networking functionality that can be deployed as a consumer self installable device This document specifies a baseline of Residential Gateway device and application functions needed to support service delivery in routed and bridged broadband network architectures Devices can be specified that will operate on any of the different types of Broadband Forum defined network architectures This allows service providers to configure a Residential Gateway device supporting specified TR 124 modular requirements locally via TR 064 and Web Graphical User Interface or remotely via TR 069 The home gateway is the main entrance to the residential home This advanced electronic device ensures continuity between the home network and the external networking world With growing demands for networking services the home gateway becomes a central technology of the future Based on the definition adopted by EU s Code of Conduct Broadband Equipment V3 Final home gateway s architectural concept can be presented in Figure 1 below CPE Customer Premises Equipment COE Central Office Equipment Access line Terminals T SPSS SS Mee ses reece sss rR Modem NT L 1 Figure Home Gateway s Architectural Concept This PCR adopted definition of home gateway products in EU s Code of Conduct Broadband Equipment V3 Final and define the following
26. o be used for product carbon footprint declaration purpose in the declaration information regarding commitment on GHG reduction shall be included and shall ensure that the commitment is measurable reportable and verifiable The organization may also list environmental and energy management related information such as awards commendations and system certifications 13 Information about the certification The information on PCR review EPD verification and verification organization shall be included EPD Certification is valid until 2013 _ __ According to the Requirements for the international EPD system General Programme Instructions version 1 2008 www environdec com The PCR review for PCR 2010 was administered by the Environment and Development Foundation and carried out by an LCA expert panel chaired by Dr Ning Yu ningyu edf org tw Independent verification of the declaration according to ISO 14025 2006 Internal m External Third party verifier Environment and Development Foundation in Taiwan Accredited by Name Title Organization Signature Name Title Organization Signature Name Title Organization Signature Environmental declarations from different programmes may not be comparable 14 References The EPD shall make reference to the following documents EPD General Program Instructions Version 1 0 2008 02 29 The International EPD Cooperati
27. of home gateways are usually in the form of controller home gateways or build in device inside smart appliances The home gateway4 is composed of several components namely a processor plus memory a WAN interface and several LAN interfaces Depending on the purpose of a given home gateway different components may be included The power consumption targets for each type of home gateway are calculated by summing the values of its individual components The home gateway as a whole has to meet the summed targets for its various modes of operation and activity Component power consumption values are used to compute the overall home gateway target for a given configuration and mode of operation but are not themselves normative The home gateway must meet the power targets for low power state and for on state as defined in section B 1 Depending on the actual state of the individual components several intermediate power consumption levels for the home gateway exist More information concerning home gateways may be obtained from EU Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment http re jrc ec europa eu energyefficiency html standby_initiative htm Home Gateway Initiative HGI http www homegatewayinitiative org Digital Living Network Alliance DLNA http www dIna org home Broadband Forum http Avww broadband forum org 2 2 Product components The basic components of the Home Gateways shall at lea
28. on downloadable from http www environdec com EPD Requirements MSR 1999 2 downloadable from http www environdec com Relevant PCR documents The underlying LCA report When available the following documents shall also be referenced Other documents and recycling instructions which verify and complement the EPD The PCR shall make reference to the following documents EUROPEAN COMMISSION Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment Version 3 2008 11 Home Gateway Initiative Requirements for Home Network Infrastructure Device draft 2009 7 Broadband Forum TR 124 Functional Requirements for Broadband Residential Gateway Devices 2010 3 ZyXEL VISION Autumn 2009 International EPD System PCR Basic Module CPC Division 47 Radio Television and Communication Equipment and Apparatus Version 0 5 2009 08 EuP Preparatory Studies Lot 26 Networked Standby Losses Draft Report Task 3 Consumer Behaviour and Local Infrastructure Fraunhofer Institute for Relicbility and Microintegration IZM PBXYAF4 27H K PSCH SF BS 01 JEMAI amp Panasonic Appendix I Generic Data Sources to Refer to For processes located within Taiwan Taiwan generic data or the data published by the commercial industrial and energy competent authorities of the Republic of China ROC government may be used However for other regions such as EU if there are more relevant generic d
29. st include the following External Casing Input Output Interface Mother Board Electronic Components Network Cable Phone Cable etc Packaging Home Gateways may also include the following components accessories Antenna External power supply Others CD DVD User manual 2 3 Product technical description The HG architecture is defined as a set of functionalities each of which is a task or a set of tasks to be performed through a software program and or a hardware device interface component Figure 10 shows the basic set of functional blocks specified by the HGI Release 1 The actual detailed requirements are given in Section 6 The blocks cover a number of functions related to the data plane the control plane and the management plane The Packet Processing block only acts on the header of IP packets not the payload This process is done on the basis of rules and policies contained in the Quality of Service and Security blocks and is supported by the Control functions block for any issue related to addressing and device discovery as well as management or specific protocols such as SIP and IGMP The definition of the technical description of home gateways may be expressed in the Figure 3 below Configuration management ere upgrade managem QoS management Performance monitoring Voice comm services Security management I j Device management Local management app
30. vironmental impacts of the product the product s accessories and packaging shall also be included in the scope of the study 2 1 Product function The following description on the product function of the home gateways adopted the language used in the Home Gateway Technical Requirements Release I developed by the Home Gateway Initiative EU s Code of Conduct on Energy Consumption of Broadband Equipment Version 3 Final as well as the TR 124 Functional Requirements for Broadband Residential Gateway Devices published by Broadband Forum and technical report published by ZyXEL in the Autumn 2009 issue of the VISION magazine The term Home Gateway denotes both the home gateway and residential gateway products Home gateways are devices capable of supporting a full suite of voice data broadcast video video on demand and two way video applications in broadband networks Home gateways are equipped with the functions of routers and cable kDSL modems and can connect more than two different types of network equipment to ensure their inter connection and multifunction operations This Technical Report presents a superset of requirements for broadband Residential Gateway devices that are capable of supporting a full suite of voice data broadcast video video on demand and two way video applications in broadband networks A Residential Gateway implementing the general requirements of TR 124 will incorporate at least one embedded WAN i
31. wer State On State Central functions processor and memory routing firewall OAM e g TR 069 user interface Does not include user end signal processing Idling port connected without Processing typical user end signals Operating ports connected and on but no data traffic WAN interface am user end signal transmission processing user end signals Port not connected or no 4 ports full load and operating Ethernet connection but connection established DON Eihemce ports tested with the shee port ee max speed signal connected transmission line length 5 m Wi Fi Wireless network beacon Wireless network beacon on with data traffic As home gateway only serves to transmit data between the home network infrastructure devices its actual energy consumption will depend on the usage scenarios of the connected equipment and is less relevant to the types of home gateways In order to provide a uniform basis for calculation of home gateways energy consumption during the use phase the following calculation equation for home gateway use phase annual electricity consumption was developed based on EU s EuP Directive Lot 26 Network Standby Losses Draft Report Task 3 and Japan JEMAI s PBX PCR Home gateways usage scenario Divide user s working behavior into work days and vacation days Annual work days are 5 day week x4 week month x12 month year 240 day year
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