1、 ICEA STANDARD FOR BROADBAND TWISTED PAIR CABLE AIRCORE, POLYOLEFIN INSULATED, COPPER CONDUCTORS TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Approved by AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE November 27, 2012 Publication # ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 2011 by ICEA INSULATED CABLE ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION, Inc. ANSI/ICEA S-98-68
2、8-2012 ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 STANDARD FOR BROADBAND TWISTED PAIR CABLE AIRCORE, POLYOLEFlN INSULATED, COPPER CONDUCTOR TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS Published By INSULATED CABLE ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Post Office Box 1568 Carrollton, GA 30112, U.S.A. 2011 by ICEA Approved July 2011 by: Insulated Cab
3、le Engineers Association Approved 11/27/2012 by: American National Standards Institute ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 ii Copyrighted by the ICEA Contents may not be reproduced in any form without permission of the INSULATED CABLE ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION, INC. Copies of this publication may be obtained from:
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12、ation not covered by this publication. ICEA has no power, nor does it undertake to police or enforce compliance with the contents of this document. ICEA does not certify, test, or inspect products, designs, or installations for safety or health purposes. Any certifications or other statement of comp
13、liance with any health or safety-related information in this document shall not be attributable to ICEA and is solely the responsibility of the certifier or maker of the statement. ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 iv FOREWORD ICEA Standards are published in the public interest and are intended to promote pro
14、duct uniformity and quality throughout the industry. Existence of an ICEA publication does not in any respect preclude the manufacture or use of products not conforming to the Standard. The user of this Standard is cautioned to observe any applicable health or safety regulations and rules relative t
15、o the manufacture and use of cable made in conformity with this Standard. This Standard hereafter assumes that manufacture, testing, installation, and maintenance of cables defined by this Standard will be performed only by properly trained personnel using suitable equipment and employing appropriat
16、e safety precautions. Questions of interpretation of ICEA Standards can only be accepted in writing- and the reply shall be provided in writing. Suggestions for improvements in this Standard are welcome. Questions and suggestions shall be sent to Secretary Insulated Cable Engineers Association P.O.
17、Box 1568 Carrollton, GA 30112 United States of America This Standard was developed by the ICEA Communications Cable Division, Working Group 688. It was approved by ICEA on July 8, 2011. It and its companion standard S-99-689, were patterned after existing ICEA Standards, i.e. S-85-625 and S-84-608,
18、respectively. The members of the ICEA Communications Cable Division, Working Group 688, who participated in this project, were: WG Chairman: Peter Fraley D. K. Baker G. L. Dorna R. Gould T. Zou ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 v TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS: SECTION PAGE 1. GENERAL 1.1 Purpose 1 1.2 Scope . 1
19、1.3 Options and Information . 1 1.4 Units and Tolerances . 2 1.5 References . 2 1.6 Quality Assurance 2 1.7 Safety Considerations 3 2. CONDUCTORS 2.1 Requirements . 3 2.2 Factory Joints . 4 3. CONDUCTOR INSULATION 3.1 Insulation Material 4 3.1.1 High-Density Polyethylene . 4 3.1.2 Medium-Density Pol
20、yethylene . 4 3.1.3 Polypropylene 4 3.2 Insulation Type . 4 3.2.1 Solid . 4 3.2.2 Foam . 4 3.2.3 Foam-Skin . 4 3.3 Insulation Dimensions, Colors, and Splices 4 3.4 Insulation Physical Requirements 5 3.4.1 Insulation Adhesion . 5 3.4.2 Elongation 5 3.4.3 Compression 5 3.4.4 Cold Bend 6 3.4.5 Shrinkba
21、ck . 6 3.4.6 Thermal Oxidative Stability 6 3.5 Twist Length and Color Coding 6 ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS: SECTION PAGE 4. CORE CONSTRUCTION 4.1 Core Assembly . 7 4.1.1 Cables with 25 Pairs or Less . 7 4.1.2 Cables with more than 25 Pairs . 7 4.1.3 Super-Units 8 4.2 Binder
22、s . 8 4.2.1 Binder Lay 8 4.2.2 Missing Binder . 8 4.2.3 Binder Shrinkback 9 4.3 Spare Pairs . 9 4.4 Fillers 9 4.5 Core Wrap 9 4.6 Self-Support (Figure 8) Cable . 10 4.6.1 Support Messenger . 10 4.6.2 Dimensions 10 4.6.3 Reinforced Self-Support 10 4.7 Flooding Compound . 10 5. INTERNAL SCREENS 6. SHI
23、ELDS 6.1 Shielding Systems 10 6.2 Shield Materials 11 6.2.1 8-mil Bare Aluminum Tape 11 6.2.2 8-mil Coated Aluminum Tape 11 6.2.3 5-mil Copper Tape . 11 6.2.4 5-mil Copper Clad Alloy Steel Tape 11 6.2.5 5-mil Copper Clad Stainless Steel Tape 11 6.2.6 6- and 7-mil 194 Copper Alloy Tape . 12 6.2.7 5-m
24、il C230 Copper alloy. 12 6.2.8 6-mil Bare Steel Tape 12 6.2.9 6-mil Coated Steel Tape 12 6.3 Shield Application . 13 6.3.1 Shield Corrugation . 13 6.3.2 Residue Forming/Corrugating Oil 13 6.3.3 Shield Overlap . 13 6.3.4 Shield Splices 13 ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 vii TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS: SECTIO
25、N PAGE 7. POLYETHYLENE INNER AND OUTER JACKET 7.1 Inner Jacket 14 7.1.1 Material and Test Requirements 14 7.1.2 Inner Jacket Thickness Requirement . 14 7.2 Outer Jacket . 14 7.2.1 Raw Material 14 7.2.2 Completed Cable Jacket Material Requirement . 15 7.2.3 Completed Cable Material Requirements . 15
26、7.2.4 Shrinkback . 16 7.2.5 Sheath Adherence - Bonded . 16 8. ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS 8.1 Measurement Precaution . 17 8.2 DC Resistance 17 8.3 DC Resistance Unbalance . 17 8.4 Mutual Capacitance 17 8.5 Pair-to-Ground Capacitance Unbalance . 18 8.6 Characteristic Impedance . 18 8.7 Return Loss 18 8.8
27、 Attenuation . 18 8.8.1 Attenuation at Elevated Temperatures 19 8.9 Delay and Differential Delay (Skew) . 19 8.9.1 Delay . 19 8.9.2 Differential Delay (Skew) 19 8.10 Crosstalk 19 8.10.1 Unit Crosstalk (NEXT) . 20 8.10.2 Unit Crosstalk (ELFEXT) . 20 8.10.3 Inter Unit Crosstalk . 21 8.10.4. Spare Pair
28、s 21 8.11 Insulation Resistance . 21 8.12 Conductor-To-Conductor DC Proof Test 21 8.13 Core-To-Shield DC Proof Test . 21 8.14 Core-To-Screen DC Proof Test 22 8.15 Shield Resistance . 22 8.16 Continuity of Metallic Cable Elements 22 ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 viii TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS: SECTION PAG
29、E 9. MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS 9.1 Cable Bend Test . 22 9.1.1 Cold Bend Test 22 9.1.2 Hot Bend Test 22 9.2 Cable Impact 22 9.3 Jacket Notch Test for Steel Shielded Cable . 22 9.4 Cable Torsion . 23 10. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 10.1 Identification and Marking. 24 10.1.1 Jacket Marking . 24 10.1.2 Length Ma
30、rking 24 10.1.3 Defective or Nonconforming Pair Marking . 25 10.1.4 Communication Cable Identifier . 25 10.2 End Sealing 25 10.3 Information Accompanying the Reel . 25 10.4 Pressurization . 26 10.5 Optional Requirements . 26 10.5.1 Physical Reel Protection 26 10.5.2 Pulling Eyes . 26 ANSI/ICEA S-98-
31、688-2012 ix TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS: PAGE TABLES Table 2-1: Nominal Conductor Diameter . 3 Table 2-2: Minimum Conductor Elongation . 4 Table 3-1: Insulation Colors . 5 Table 3-2: Minimum Compressive Strength 5 Table 3-3: Color Code 7 Table 4-1: Unit Binder Color Code . 8 Table 4-2: Spare Pair Col
32、ors . 9 Table 6-1: Tape Thickness 12 Table 6-2: Steel Composition . 12 Table 7-1: Inner Jacket Thickness . 14 Table 7-2: Outer Jacket Thickness 15 Table 7-3: Completed Cable Jacket Material Requirements . 16 Table 8-1: DC Resistance 17 Table 8-2: Return Loss Values 18 Table 8-3: Attenuation Constant
33、s 18 Table 8-4: Attenuation 19 Table 8-5: PS NEXT and PS ELFEXT . 21 Table 8-6: DC-Proof Test . 21 Table 10-1: Pulling Eye Load Factors 26 Table I: Specifications Referenced in This Standard 27 FIGURES Figure 1-A: Polyethylene Jacket Thickness Requirements for Self-Support (Figure 8) Cable - Option
34、A 29 Figure 1-B: Polyethylene Jacket Thickness Requirements for Self-Support (Figure 8) Cable - Option B 30 Figure 1-C Polyethylene Jacket Thickness Requirements for Reinforced Self-Support (Figure 8) Cable. 31 Figure 2: Forming of Steel Tape Overlap 32 Figure 5: Sample Preparation for Notch Test 33
35、 Figure A-1 Wicking Test Configuration 35 APPENDICES Appendix A: Wicking and Hygroscopicity Test Procedures . 34 Appendix B: Metallic Tape Splice Breaking Strength, Percent Retention 36 ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 x TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS: PAGE ANNEX Informative Annex A: Product Guide A-1 Informativ
36、e Annex B: ICEA Telecommunication Cable Standards B-1ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 xi ACRONYMS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS (Used in this Standard) ac - alternating current ANSI - American National Standards Institute ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials AWG - American Wire Gauge BB-ASW - broad
37、band aerial service wire CAS Chemical Abstract Service CUPP - capacitance unbalance pair to pair dc - direct current EIA - Electronics Industries Alliance ELFEXT - equal level far end crosstalk FEXT - far end crosstalk ft - foot, feet hrs - hours ICEA - Insulated Cable Engineers Association In - inc
38、h IO FEXT - input to output far end crosstalk k1, k2, k3 - coefficients to calculate the attenuation kHz - kilo- Hertz kV - kilovolt L - length of wire for which electrical results are reported lbf - pound-force NEXT - near end crosstalk NIST - National Institute of Standards and Technology OIT - ox
39、idative induction time PS ELFEXT power sum equal level far-end crosstalk PS NEXT power sum near-end crosstalk psi - pound force per square inch PVC - polyvinyl chloride s - second SI - International System of Units TIA - Telecommunication Industry Association TV - television attenuation per unit len
40、gth - density - Ohm - degree % - percentANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 xii (page intentionally left blank)ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 1 ICEA STANDARD FOR BROADBAND TWISTED PAIR CABLE AIRCORE, POLYOLEFIN INSULATED, COPPER CONDUCTOR TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS SECTION 1 GENERAL 1.1 PURPOSE: The purpose of this Standa
41、rd is to establish generic technical requirements that may be referenced by individual telecommunications cable specifications covering products intended for broadband outside plant use. The parameters covered provide material, construction, and performance requirements that are applicable to aircor
42、e, polyolefin insulated and jacketed cables of limited pair counts, including a variety of shield and jacket combinations. Because this Standard does not cover all details of individual cable design, it cannot be used as a single document for procurement of product. It is intended to be used in conj
43、unction with an individual product specification that provides complete design details for the specific cable type and designates the applicable performance requirements. Such individual cable specifications may be prepared either by the user or the manufacturer. The specification designated for pro
44、curement is at the option of the user. 1.2 SCOPE: This Standard covers mechanical and electrical requirements for aircore broadband twisted pair telecommunications cable with polyolefin insulated copper conductors. Broadband cables as described in this Standard are primarily intended to supply broad
45、band services from the remote switch to the customer premises. The remote switch in turn is normally supplied by fiber link from the central office. The reach of these systems is a function of the signal to noise ratio, deployed protocol and bit-rate, and may exceed 1000 m (3280 ft). These systems w
46、ill allow the simultaneous transmission of regular telephone services, computer, fax and several TV channels. The TV services may be interactive or may be High Definition TV. 1.3 OPTIONS AND INFORMATION: This Standard provides alternative choices for type of insulation, core assembly, color code, sh
47、eath design (shielding materials, single or double jackets, and jacket thicknesses and materials). One of the objectives of this Standard is to ensure compatibility with the Category 5e system requirements as specified in the TIA/EIA Standard 568-C.2 for commercial building telecommunications cablin
48、g, so that the standardized cables can be used as “Customer Owned Outside Plant Cables” or “Campus Cables”. These cables are intended to be installed aerially. When properly pressurized, they may also be installed in ducts or directly buried. ANSI/ICEA S-98-688-2012 2 This Standard is arranged in Se
49、ctions. Each Section covers one specific area of cable requirement and may be referenced as complete Sections or as individual paragraphs. Paragraphs in this Standard where the user may specify a particular option are listed below: 2.1 Conductor Size 3.2 Insulation Type 4.6 Self-Support (Figure 8) Cable 6.1 Shielding Systems 6.3 Shield Application 7.1 Inner Jacket 7.2.1 Outer Jacket (Material Type) 10.1.5 Length Marking 10.4 Pressurization 10.5.1 Physical Reel Protection 10.5.2 Pulling Eyes To assist the user in selection of options and to avoid pos
