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Digital telephones line engineering
553-3001-367 Standard 3.00 August 2005
Procedure 53
Calculating expected pulse loss
1
Collect loop makeup data between the line card and the terminal. For
each cable section, the data required is:
•
cable type (PIC or pulp)
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gauge
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length
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type of plant construction (underground, aerial, or in-building)
2
Calculate individual cable section losses by using the figures in Table 42
on
through Table 44 on
, and the following equation:
CSLi = SLi x Li
•
CSLi = cable section loss for section i
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SLi = section length of section i
•
Li = loss per unit length for section i
3
Correct individual cable section losses for maximum cable temperature
by using the following equation:
TCLi = CSLi x TCFi
•
TCLi = temperature corrected loss for section i
•
TCFi = temperature correction factor for section i
Correction factors:
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aerial cable TCF = 1.1
•
underground cable TCF = 1.04
•
in-building cable TCF = 1
4
Determine junction loss (see Figure 49).
Note: Junction loss due to gauge discontinuity of outside plant cables
and D inside wire varies between 0.03 dB and 0.07 dB and can be
ignored. However, AMP 25-pair under-carpet wiring has a characteristic
impedance of 40 ohm at 256 kHz, and its junction loss is approximately
2 dB. This must be included in the calculation.
5
Calculate the expected pulse loss (EPL) by finding the sum of the items.