Cat 6A Testing
Field testing of Cat 6A installations is much like field testing for Cat 5e and Cat 6. However, Cat 6A testing is performed
to a maximum frequency of 500 MHz. In addition, Cat 6A adds several tests for alien crosstalk (AXT).
Use an industry-recognized UL Level 4 or higher field tester capable of testing to 500 MHz. Contact the test equipment
manufacturer for any necessary hardware or software upgrades, including AXT testing capabilities, for testing Cat 6A
installations. Perform permanent link or channel tests for all installed drops. Upon completion, provide the customer
with all test results.
• Wire map
• Length
• Attenuation
• Propagation delay
• Delay skew
• NEXT – near-end crosstalk
• FEXT – far-end crosstalk
• Return loss (RL)
• PSNEXT – power sum near-end crosstalk
• PSFEXT – power sum far-end crosstalk
• PSACRF – power sum attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio, far-end
• AACRF – alien attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio, far-end
• AFEXT – alien far-end crosstalk
• ANEXT – alien near-end crosstalk
• PSAFEXT – power sum alien far-end crosstalk
• PSANEXT – power sum alien near-end crosstalk
• ELFEXT (ACRF) – equal level far-end crosstalk
(attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio, far-end)
• PSELFEXT (PSACRF) – power sum equal level far-end crosstalk
(power sum attenuation-to-crosstalk ratio, far-end)
• PSAACRF – power sum alien attenuation-to-crosstalk
ratio, far-end
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