T-BERD/MTS-4000 COPPER SERVICES MODULE
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Overview of Copper Tests
Today’s copper network requires rigorous testing. The T-BERD/MTS-4000
equipped with Copper Services Modules performs these essential tests and more:
Copper Test
Test Function
What it Tests
Why it is Needed
Fault Impact
DVOM
DSL service qualification and
troubleshooting
DSL service qualification and
troubleshooting
DSL service qualification and
troubleshooting
DSL with POTS service installation
and troubleshooting
DC/AC voltage,loop current,loop
resistance,distance-to-short,leakage
Capacitance,loop length
Overall copper health
No DSL synchronization or low data rate
Opens
Cable damage,loop length acceptable
for DSL
Load coils act as low-pass filters and
must be removed
The longer the cable,the higher the
attenuation,and the lower the data rate
Load coils prevent DSL service
Load Coil
POTS
Presence of load coils and location
Placing a POTS call
Connectivity to exchange
No POTS
Balance
Noise
DSL service qualification and
troubleshooting
DSL service qualification and
troubleshooting
Longitudinal balance,Resistive
balance,Capacitive balance
Noise with specific band filters
Robustness against noise
Noise decreases the bits-per-tone
load/data rate
Noise decreases the bits-per-tone
load/data rate
External noise corrupts good data
Impulse Noise
DSL troubleshooting
Voltage spikes above specific thresholds
Intermittent effects that cannot be
corrected by forward error correction
(FEC)
Impulse noise may lead to continuity
errors including IPTV pixilation and data
retransmission
Loss
DSL service qualification and
troubleshooting
Rx/TxTones
Attenuation of copper cable
Reduced DSL data rate
SNR
DSL service qualification and
troubleshooting
DSL service qualification and
troubleshooting
Signal compared to noise level
Impedance mismatch
Enough margin to sustain data rate in
changing conditions
Impedance mismatch—using multiple Reduced data rate
cable types,causes energy to reflect
Temporary loss of signal or reduced data
rate possible
Return Loss
Near-End Crosstalk (NEXT) DSL troubleshooting
Noise from near-end
Impact of multiple broadband services
in the cable
Reduced data rate
Spectral Analysis
DSL troubleshooting
DSL troubleshooting
DSL troubleshooting
Spectral noise per frequency
Impedance anomaly and location
Identify the characteristics of a noise
source to fix the problem
Detect and locate faults such as opens,
shorts,bridged taps,and wet sections
Resistive fault detection and location
Reduced data rate
TDR
RFL
No sync or reduced data rate
Reduced data rate
Pair under test against a reference
using ohmmeter