New Testing Process for Network Components

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The re-embedded test is a new test procedure that has been launched for the corresponding network components along with high-performance Class EA/Cat.

The re-embedded test is a new test procedure that has been launched for the corresponding network components along with high-performance Class EA/Cat. 6A copper cabling. Swiss cabling specialist Reichle & De-Massari (R&M) explains the significance of this test procedure for the operating reliability of data networks in a current White Paper.

The re-embedded method helps signal transmission in RJ45 plugs to be tested more quickly and precisely than in the de-embedded test the industry used up until now. The new test process is described in the standard IEC 60512-27-100. Manufacturers such as R&M carry out these tests regularly, especially with new advances such as Cat. 6A. the purpose of testing is to prove that plug and connection module transmit the signals perfectly.

Among other things, testing determines how interference factors such as crosstalk affect signal transmission.

Until now, one had to conduct elaborate series of tes

ts and test each connection module with twelve individual test plugs. In the high-frequency applications involved with Cat 6A, the test setup was subject to error. In the new re-embedded test, you determine the results strictly mathematically based on 14 simulated plugs.

Measurements are now conducted directly on the rigid test head of a network analyzer, so that interferences that may arise, for example from moving cables, can be excluded.

R&M warns customers against viewing results from a re-embedded test as proof of quality in themselves. Dominik Schweizer, R&M Engineering Test Lab, said, The re-embedded model is an excellent test method. However, the crucial thing is to have the components strictly satisfy the specifications for the pertinent standards such as ISO 11801 and IEC 60603-7-41/51.

Cabling specialist R&M tests its own products according to much more stringent standards than those recommended by the standard-settin