UTP Cable Certification Test

Technical Note
UTP Cable Certification Test

UTP

1.

UTP
(TIA/EIA-568-B.2)
2. UTP
UTP Cable Guarantee cable
Service cable TIA/EIA
(Telecommunications Industry Association/ Electrical Industry Alliance:
TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10:Cat 3, Cat 5e, Cat 6a, Cat 7) ISO (International
Standard for Organization, ISO/IEC 11801: Class C, D, E, F)
Certification test Pass Fail
TIA/EIA-568-B.2

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Test Parameter
Wire map
Propagation Delay
Delay Skew
Cable Length
Insertion Loss (IL)
Return Loss (RL)
Near-End Crosstalk (NEXT)
Power Sum NEXT (PSNEXT)
Equal-Level Far-End Crosstalk (ELFEXT)/ Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio Far end
(ACRF)
Power Sum ELFEXT (PSELFEXT)/ Power Sum Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio Far End
(PSACRF)
Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio (ACR)/Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio Near End
(ACRN)
Power sum ACR (PSACR)/ Power Sum Attenuation to Crosstalk Ratio Near End
(PSACR-N)
DC Loop Resistance

1. Wiremap

Status
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail
Pass/Fail

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Wiremap
pin
Connector (RJ45)

TIA/EIA-568 A, B

Crosstalk

Pair color [cm] per turn

Green
Blue
Orange
Brown

1.53
1.54
1.78
1.94

Turns per
[m]
65.2
64.8
56.2
51.7

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Wiremap

2. Propagation Delay

3. Delay Skew
Delay Skew /

25 50 ns / 100 100
25 ns

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4. Cable Length
Patch cable Recommend 100
(10/100/1000baseT [X]) Cable category

5. Insertion Loss
Insertion Loss
,

dB

6. Return Loss

7. Near-End Crosstalk (NEXT)

NEXT
(dB) (crosstalk)

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8. Power Sum NEXT (PSNEXT)

Crosstalk 3

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9. Equal-Level Far-End Crosstalk (ELFEXT)

Crosstalk Far-End (FEXT) FEXT NEXT

10. Power Sum ELFEXT (PSELFEXT)

FEXT 3

11. Attenuation-to-Crosstalk Ratio (ACR)

Crosstalk (NEXT) signal-to-noise ratio

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12. Power sum ACR (PSACR)

ACR
PSNEXT

13. DC Loop Resistance

Loop
POE (Power
over Ethernet)

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Reference Data:
Balanced Twisted-Pair Cable Specifications

Comparison of Categories and Classes: Components, Cabling

10-GbE Cabling specifications

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TIA Cable Category Details

Cable Category

Rated Frequency Bandwidth

(MHz)

1
2

None
1

16

4
5
5e
6
6a
7
7a

20
100
100
250
500
600
1000

Common Uses

Telephone Wiring
Telephone Wiring
Telephone Wiring, 10BaseT
Token-Ring, 10Base-T
100Base-TX, 10Base-T
1000Base-T, 100Base-TX
1000Base-T, 100Base-TX
10GBase-T
10GBase-T

Performance comparison chart

UTP cable 100 MHz

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Specified as ELFEXT loss for category 5e/class D and category 6/class E.

Specified as PSELFEXT loss for category 5e/class D and category 6/class E.
3 ELTCTL is specified at 30 MHz.
1
2

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Wiring EIA/TIA 568A EIA/TIA 568B

(Straight-Thru) (Crossover)

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Cable Type LAN Network

1. Unshielded twisted pair (UTP)

2. Shielded twisted pair

2.1 Foiled/Unshielded Twisted Pair (F/UTP)

2.2 Shielded Foiled Twisted Pair (S/FTP)

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