Title :
Performance evaluation of a handheld network analyzer for testing of balanced twisted-pair copper cabling
Author :
Yu Song Meng ; Patel, Arvind C. ; Yueyan Shan ; Pandya, Harshang N. ; Youbo Wang
Author_Institution :
Nat. Metrol. Centre, Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res. (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Performance evaluation of a handheld network analyzer (field tester) for certifying balanced twisted-pair copper cabling is carried out in this paper. Some key parameters such as return loss, near-end cross-talk, and insertion loss for cabling have been investigated, in order to comply with the newly proposed IEC-61935 standard. Accuracy of the field tester is then compared with a four-port vector network analyzer (with fixtures) in laboratory. Good agreements have been observed which demonstrate its measurement capability up to 2 GHz.
Keywords :
IEC standards; crosstalk; measurement standards; network analysers; twisted pair cables; IEC-61935 standard; balanced twisted-pair copper cabling; field tester; four-port vector network analyzer; handheld network analyzer; insertion loss; near-end cross-talk; performance evaluation; return loss; Communication cables; Copper; Fixtures; Loss measurement; Optical fiber cables; Standards; Testing; Electromagnetic coupling; measurement technique; standard; twisted-pair cabling;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM 2014), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5205-2
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.2014.6898402
