I.S. EN 50346:2003

Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Definitions, abbreviations and symbols
  3.1 Definitions
  3.2 Abbreviations
  3.3 Symbols
4 General requirements
  4.1 Location of measurement (test) interfaces
  4.2 Safety requirements for test procedures
  4.3 Test system
  4.4 Normalisation and calibration
  4.5 Environmental conditions
  4.6 Test results
  4.7 Documentation
5 Test parameters for balanced copper cabling
  5.1 Wire map
  5.2 Length
  5.3 Propagation delay
  5.4 Delay skew
  5.5 Attenuation (insertion loss)
  5.6 Attenuation (insertion loss) deviation
  5.7 Near end crosstalk loss (NEXT, pair-to-pair and power sum)
  5.8 Equal level far end crosstalk loss (ELFEXT, pair-to-pair
       and power sum)
  5.9 Attenuation to crosstalk ratio (ACR-F, pair-to-pair and
       power sum)
  5.10 Attenuation to crosstalk ratio near end (ACR-N,
       pair-to-pair and power sum)
  5.11 Return loss
  5.12 Unbalance attenuation
  5.13 Coupling attenuation
  5.14 Direct current (d.c.) loop resistance
  5.15 Resistance unbalance
  5.16 Power sum alien near end crosstalk (PSANEXT)
  5.17 Power sum alien far end crosstalk (PSAACR-F)
  5.18 Coaxial cabling
6 Test parameters for optical fibre cabling
  6.1 General requirements
  6.2 Channel and link attenuation
  6.3 Inter-component distance
7 Inspection of optical fibre cabling and installed cabling
  components
Annex A (informative) XML Schema for portable field test equipment
Bibliography

Describes procedures for testing the transmission performance of installed information technology cabling in premises.