IEC 60728-3:2017
(Main)Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services - Part 3: Active wideband equipment for cable networks
Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services - Part 3: Active wideband equipment for cable networks
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IEC 60728-3:2017 specifies the measuring methods, performance requirements and data publication requirements for active wideband equipment of cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services. This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition published in 2010. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) extension of upper frequency range limit for cable network equipment in the forward path from 1000 MHz to 1218 MHz (optional up to 1794 MHz);
b) extension of upper frequency range limit for cable network equipment in the return path from 85 MHz to 204 MHz;
c) integration and update of IEC 60728-3-1 content;
d) integration and update of the Technical Specification CLC/TS 50083-3-3 content;
e) deletion of specifications and test methods for obsolete analogue parameters;
f) additional normative references;
g) additional terms and definitions and abbreviations.
Réseaux de distribution par câbles pour signaux de télévision, signaux de radiodiffusion sonore et services interactifs - Partie 3: Matériel actif à large bande pour réseaux de distribution par câbles
L'IEC 60728-3:2017 spécifie les méthodes de mesurage, les exigences de performance et les exigences de publication des données caractéristiques des matériels actifs à large bande des réseaux de distribution par câbles pour signaux de télévision, signaux de radiodiffusion sonore et services interactifs.
Le présent document
• s'applique à tous les amplificateurs utilisés dans les réseaux de distribution par câbles;
• couvre la plage de fréquences de 5 MHz à 3 000 MHz;
• s'applique aux matériels unidirectionnels et bidirectionnels;
• spécifie les méthodes de mesurage de base des caractéristiques fonctionnelles du matériel actif qui permettent d'évaluer la performance de ces matériels;
• identifie les spécifications de performance qui doivent être publiées par les fabricants;
• définit les exigences de performance minimales pour certains paramètres.
L'IEC 60728-3:2017 annule et remplace la quatrième édition parue en 2010. Cette édition constitue une révision technique.
Cette édition inclut les modifications techniques majeures suivantes par rapport à l'édition précédente:
a) extension de la limite supérieure de la plage de fréquences pour les matériels de réseaux de distribution par câbles dans la voie descendante de 1 000 MHz à 1 218 MHz (en option jusqu'à 1 794 MHz);
b) extension de la limite supérieure de la plage de fréquences pour les matériels de réseaux de distribution par câbles dans la voie de retour de 85 MHz à 204 MHz;
c) intégration et mise à jour du contenu de l'IEC 60728-3-1;
d) intégration et mise à jour du contenu de la spécification technique CLC/TS 50083-3-3;
e) suppression des spécifications et des méthodes d'essai pour les paramètres analogiques obsolètes;
f) références normatives supplémentaires;
g) termes, définitions et abréviations supplémentaires.
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 7
1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 8
2 Normative references ...................................................................................................... 8
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms .......................................................... 9
3.1 Terms and definitions .............................................................................................. 9
3.2 Symbols ................................................................................................................ 12
3.3 Abbreviated terms ................................................................................................. 14
4 Methods of measurement .............................................................................................. 14
4.1 General ................................................................................................................. 14
4.2 Linear distortion .................................................................................................... 15
4.2.1 Return loss .................................................................................................... 15
4.2.2 Group delay variation .................................................................................... 15
4.3 Non-linear distortion.............................................................................................. 16
4.3.1 General ......................................................................................................... 16
4.3.2 Types of measurements ................................................................................. 16
4.3.3 Intermodulation .............................................................................................. 17
4.3.4 Composite triple beat ..................................................................................... 19
4.3.5 Composite second order beat ........................................................................ 22
4.3.6 Method of measurement of non-linearity for pure digital channel load ............ 22
4.3.7 Hum modulation of carrier .............................................................................. 30
4.4 Noise figure .......................................................................................................... 33
4.4.1 General ......................................................................................................... 33
4.4.2 Equipment required ....................................................................................... 33
4.4.3 Connection of equipment ............................................................................... 33
4.4.4 Measurement procedure ................................................................................ 34
4.5 Crosstalk attenuation ............................................................................................ 34
4.5.1 Crosstalk attenuation for loop-through ports .................................................. 34
4.5.2 Crosstalk attenuation for output ports ............................................................ 34
4.6 Measurement of noise power ratio (NPR) .............................................................. 36
4.6.1 General ......................................................................................................... 36
4.6.2 Equipment required ....................................................................................... 37
4.6.3 Connection of equipment ............................................................................... 37
4.6.4 Measurement procedure ................................................................................ 38
4.6.5 Presentation of the results ............................................................................. 38
4.7 Immunity to surge voltages ................................................................................... 39
4.7.1 General ......................................................................................................... 39
4.7.2 Equipment required ....................................................................................... 39
4.7.3 Connection of equipment ............................................................................... 39
4.7.4 Measurement procedure ................................................................................ 40
5 Equipment requirements ................................................................................................ 40
5.1 General requirements ........................................................................................... 40
5.2 Safety ................................................................................................................... 40
5.3 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) ..................................................................... 40
5.4 Frequency range ................................................................................................... 40
5.5 Impedance and return loss .................................................................................... 40
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5.6 Gain ...................................................................................................................... 41
5.6.1 Minimum and maximum gain .......................................................................... 41
5.6.2 Gain control ................................................................................................... 41
5.6.3 Slope and slope control ................................................................................. 41
5.7 Flatness ................................................................................................................ 41
5.8 Test points ............................................................................................................ 41
5.9 Noise figure .......................................................................................................... 41
5.10 Non-linear distortion.............................................................................................. 42
5.10.1 General ......................................................................................................... 42
5.10.2 Second-order distortion ................................................................................. 42
5.10.3 Third order distortion ..................................................................................... 42
5.10.4 Composite triple beat ..................................................................................... 42
5.10.5 Composite second order ................................................................................ 42
5.10.6 Maximum operating level for pure digital channel load ................................... 42
5.11 Hum modulation .................................................................................................... 43
5.12 Power supply ........................................................................................................ 43
5.13 Environmental ....................................................................................................... 43
5.13.1 General ......................................................................................................... 43
5.13.2 Transportation ............................................................................................... 43
5.13.3 Installation or maintenance ............................................................................ 43
5.13.4 Operation ...................................................................................................... 43
5.13.5 Energy efficiency of equipment ...................................................................... 44
5.14 Marking ................................................................................................................. 44
5.14.1 Marking of equipment .................................................................................... 44
5.14.2 Marking of ports ............................................................................................. 44
5.15 Requirements for multi-switches ........................................................................... 44
5.15.1 Control signals for multi-switches .................................................................. 44
5.15.2 Amplitude frequency response flatness .......................................................... 44
5.15.3 Return loss .................................................................................................... 44
5.15.4 Through loss .................................................................................................. 44
5.15.5 Isolation ......................................................................................................... 44
5.15.6 Crosstalk attenuation ..................................................................................... 44
5.15.7 Satellite IF to terrestrial signal isolation ......................................................... 45
5.16 Immunity to surge voltages ................................................................................... 45
5.16.1 Degrees of testing levels ............................................................................... 45
5.16.2 Recommendation of testing level degree ....................................................... 45
Annex A (normative) Test carriers, levels and intermodulation products ............................... 46
A.1 Two signal tests for second- and third-order products ........................................... 46
A.1.1 Intermodulation products with test signals at frequencies ƒ and ƒ ,a b
see Table A.1 ................................................................................................ 46
A.1.2 Signal levels .................................................................................................. 46
A.2 Three signal tests for third order products – Intermodulation products withtest signals at frequencies ƒ , ƒ and ƒ , see Table A.2 and Figure A.3 .............. 47
a b cAnnex B (informative) Test frequency plan for composite triple beat (CTB), composite
second order (CSO) .............................................................................................................. 48
Annex C (informative) Measurement errors that occur due to mismatched equipment .......... 50
Annex D (informative) Examples of measurement channels ................................................. 51
D.1 Operating frequency range 110 MHz to 1 006 MHz ............................................... 51
D.2 Operating frequency range 110 MHz to 862 MHz .................................................. 51
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D.3 Operating frequency range 258 MHz to 1 218 MHz ............................................... 51
Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 52
Figure 1 – Basic arrangement of test equipment for evaluation of the ratio of signal to
intermodulation product ........................................................................................................ 18
Figure 2 – Connection of test equipment for the measurement of non-linear distortion
by composite beat ................................................................................................................. 21
Figure 3 – BER measurement test configuration ................................................................... 24
Figure 4 – CINR measurement test setup .............................................................................. 28
Figure 5 – Plot of CINR in dB curve (forward path) versus EUT channel output signal
level in dBµV ........................................................................................................................ 29
Figure 6 – Carrier/hum ratio .................................................................................................. 30
Figure 7 – Test set-up for local-powered objects ................................................................... 31
Figure 8 – Test set-up for remote-powered objects ............................................................... 31
Figure 9 – Oscilloscope display ............................................................................................ 32
Figure 10 – Measurement of noise figure .............................................................................. 33
Figure 11 – Measurement of crosstalk attenuation for loop through ports of multi-
switches................................................................................................................................ 36
Figure 12 – Characteristic of the noise filter .......................................................................... 37
Figure 13 – Test setup for the non-linearity measurement ..................................................... 37
Figure 14 – Presentation of the result of NPR ........................................................................ 39
Figure 15 – Measurement set-up for surge immunity test ...................................................... 40
Figure A.1 – An example showing products formed when 2ƒ >ƒ ....................................... 46
a bFigure A.2 – An example showing products formed when 2ƒ < ƒ ....................................... 47
a bFigure A.3 – Products of the form ƒ ± ƒ ± ƒ ...................................................................... 47
a b cFigure C.1 – Error concerning return loss measurement ....................................................... 50
Figure C.2 – Maximum ripple ................................................................................................ 50
Table 1 – Measurement parameters for full channel load ...................................................... 26
Table 2 – Notch filter frequencies ......................................................................................... 37
Table 3 – Example of return loss requirements ..................................................................... 41
Table 4 – Parameters of surge voltages for different degrees of testing levels ...................... 45
Table 5 – Recommendations for degree of testing levels ...................................................... 45
Table A.1 – Intermodulation products with two signals .......................................................... 46
Table A.2 – Intermodulation products with three signals ........................................................ 47
Table B.1 – Frequency allocation plan .................................................................................. 48
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International Standard IEC 60728-3 has been prepared by technical area 5: Cable networks
for television signals, sound signals and interactive services of IEC technical committee 100:
Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment.This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition published in 2010. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:a) extension of upper frequency range limit for cable network equipment in the forward path
from 1 000 MHz to 1 218 MHz (optional up to 1 794 MHz);b) extension of upper frequency range limit for cable network equipment in the return path
from 85 MHz to 204 MHz;c) integration and update of IEC 60728-3-1 content;
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d) integration and update of the Technical Specification CLC/TS 50083-3-3 content;
e) deletion of specifications and test methods for obsolete analogue parameters;f) additional normative references;
g) additional terms and definitions and abbreviations.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
100/2975/FDIS 100/2990/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in
the report on voting indicated in the above table.This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The list of all the parts of the IEC 60728 series, under the general title Cable networks for
television signals, sound signals and interactive services, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be• reconfirmed,
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INTRODUCTION
Standards and other deliverables of the IEC 60728 series deal with cable networks, including
equipment and associated methods of measurement for headend reception, processing and
distribution of television and sound signals and for processing, interfacing and transmitting all
kinds of data signals for interactive services using all applicable transmission media. These
signals are typically transmitted in networks by frequency-multiplexing techniques.
This includes for instance:• regional and local broadband cable networks,
• extended satellite and terrestrial television distribution systems,
• individual satellite and terrestrial television receiving systems,
and all kinds of equipment, systems and installations used in such cable networks, distribution
and receiving systems.The extent of this standardization work is from the antennas and/or special signal source
inputs to the headend or other interface points to the network up to the terminal input of the
customer premises equipment.The standardization work will consider coexistence with users of the RF spectrum in wired
and wireless transmission systems.The standardization of any user terminals (i.e. tuners, receivers, decoders, multimedia
terminals, etc.) as well as of any coaxial, balanced and optical cables and accessories thereof
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Part 3: Active wideband equipment for cable networks
1 Scope
This part of IEC 60728 specifies the measuring methods, performance requirements and data
publication requirements for active wideband equipment of cable networks for television
signals, sound signals and interactive services.This document
• applies to all amplifiers used in cable networks;
• covers the frequency range 5 MHz to 3 000 MHz;
NOTE The upper limit of 3 000 MHz is an example, but not a strict value.
• applies to one-way and two-way equipment;
• specifies the basic methods of measurement of the operational characteristics of the
active equipment in order to assess the performance of this equipment;• identifies the performance specifications to be published by the manufacturers;
• states the minimum performance requirements of certain parameters.2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their
content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition
cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including
any amendments) applies.IEC 60068-1, Environmental testing – Part 1: General and guidance
IEC 60068-2-1, Environmental testing – Part 2-1: Tests – Tests A: Cold
IEC 60068-2-2, Environmental testing – Part 2-2: Tests – Tests B: Dry heat
IEC 60068-2-6, Environmental testing – Part 2-6: Tests – Test Fc: Vibration (sinusoidal)
IEC 60068-2-14, Environmental testing – Part 2-14: Tests – Test N: Change of temperature
IEC 60068-2-27, Environmental testing – Part 2-27: Tests – Test Ea and guidance: Shock
IEC 60068-2-30, Environmental testing – Part 2-30: Tests – Test dB: Damp heat, cyclic
(12 h + 12 h cycle)IEC 60068-2-31, Environmental testing – Part 2-31: Tests – Test Ec: Rough handling shocks,
primarily for equipment-type specimensIEC 60068-2-40, Basic environmental testing procedures – Part 2-40: Tests – Test Z/AM:
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IEC 60529, Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)
IEC 60728-2, Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services –
Part 2: Electromagnetic compatibility for equipmentIEC 60728-4, Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services –
Part 4: Passive wideband equipment for coaxial cable networksIEC 60728-5, Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services –
Part 5: Headend equipmentIEC 60728-11, Cable networks for television signals, sound signals and interactive services –
Part 11: SafetyIEC 61000-4-5, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) – Part 4-5: Testing and measurement
techniques – Surge immunity testIEC 61319-1, Interconnections of satellite receiving equipment – Part 1: Europe
IEC 61319-2, Interconnections of satellite receiving equipment – Part 2: Japan
IEC 62368-1, Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment – Part 1:
Safety requirements3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the following terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated
terms apply.ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following
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3.1 Terms and definitions
3.1.1
amplitude frequency response
gain or loss of an equipment
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 7
1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 8
2 Normative references ...................................................................................................... 8
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms .......................................................... 9
3.1 Terms and definitions .............................................................................................. 9
3.2 Symbols ................................................................................................................ 12
3.3 Abbreviated terms ................................................................................................. 14
4 Methods of measurement .............................................................................................. 14
4.1 General ................................................................................................................. 14
4.2 Linear distortion .................................................................................................... 15
4.2.1 Return loss .................................................................................................... 15
4.2.2 Group delay variation .................................................................................... 15
4.3 Non-linear distortion.............................................................................................. 16
4.3.1 General ......................................................................................................... 16
4.3.2 Types of measurements ................................................................................. 16
4.3.3 Intermodulation .............................................................................................. 17
4.3.4 Composite triple beat ..................................................................................... 19
4.3.5 Composite second order beat ........................................................................ 22
4.3.6 Method of measurement of non-linearity for pure digital channel load ............ 22
4.3.7 Hum modulation of carrier .............................................................................. 30
4.4 Noise figure .......................................................................................................... 33
4.4.1 General ......................................................................................................... 33
4.4.2 Equipment required ....................................................................................... 33
4.4.3 Connection of equipment ............................................................................... 33
4.4.4 Measurement procedure ................................................................................ 34
4.5 Crosstalk attenuation ............................................................................................ 34
4.5.1 Crosstalk attenuation for loop-through ports .................................................. 34
4.5.2 Crosstalk attenuation for output ports ............................................................ 34
4.6 Measurement of noise power ratio (NPR) .............................................................. 36
4.6.1 General ......................................................................................................... 36
4.6.2 Equipment required ....................................................................................... 37
4.6.3 Connection of equipment ............................................................................... 37
4.6.4 Measurement procedure ................................................................................ 38
4.6.5 Presentation of the results ............................................................................. 38
4.7 Immunity to surge voltages ................................................................................... 39
4.7.1 General ......................................................................................................... 39
4.7.2 Equipment required ....................................................................................... 39
4.7.3 Connection of equipment ............................................................................... 39
4.7.4 Measurement procedure ................................................................................ 40
5 Equipment requirements ................................................................................................ 40
5.1 General requirements ........................................................................................... 40
5.2 Safety ................................................................................................................... 40
5.3 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) ..................................................................... 40
5.4 Frequency range ................................................................................................... 40
5.5 Impedance and return loss .................................................................................... 40
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5.6 Gain ...................................................................................................................... 41
5.6.1 Minimum and maximum gain .......................................................................... 41
5.6.2 Gain control ................................................................................................... 41
5.6.3 Slope and slope control ................................................................................. 41
5.7 Flatness ................................................................................................................ 41
5.8 Test points ............................................................................................................ 41
5.9 Noise figure .......................................................................................................... 41
5.10 Non-linear distortion.............................................................................................. 42
5.10.1 General ......................................................................................................... 42
5.10.2 Second-order distortion ................................................................................. 42
5.10.3 Third order distortion ..................................................................................... 42
5.10.4 Composite triple beat ..................................................................................... 42
5.10.5 Composite second order ................................................................................ 42
5.10.6 Maximum operating level for pure digital channel load ................................... 42
5.11 Hum modulation .................................................................................................... 43
5.12 Power supply ........................................................................................................ 43
5.13 Environmental ....................................................................................................... 43
5.13.1 General ......................................................................................................... 43
5.13.2 Transportation ............................................................................................... 43
5.13.3 Installation or maintenance ............................................................................ 43
5.13.4 Operation ...................................................................................................... 43
5.13.5 Energy efficiency of equipment ...................................................................... 44
5.14 Marking ................................................................................................................. 44
5.14.1 Marking of equipment .................................................................................... 44
5.14.2 Marking of ports ............................................................................................. 44
5.15 Requirements for multi-switches ........................................................................... 44
5.15.1 Control signals for multi-switches .................................................................. 44
5.15.2 Amplitude frequency response flatness .......................................................... 44
5.15.3 Return loss .................................................................................................... 44
5.15.4 Through loss .................................................................................................. 44
5.15.5 Isolation ......................................................................................................... 44
5.15.6 Crosstalk attenuation ..................................................................................... 44
5.15.7 Satellite IF to terrestrial signal isolation ......................................................... 45
5.16 Immunity to surge voltages ................................................................................... 45
5.16.1 Degrees of testing levels ............................................................................... 45
5.16.2 Recommendation of testing level degree ....................................................... 45
Annex A (normative) Test carriers, levels and intermodulation products ............................... 46
A.1 Two signal tests for second- and third-order products ........................................... 46
A.1.1 Intermodulation products with test signals at frequencies ƒ and ƒ ,a b
see Table A.1 ................................................................................................ 46
A.1.2 Signal levels .................................................................................................. 46
A.2 Three signal tests for third order products – Intermodulation products withtest signals at frequencies ƒ , ƒ and ƒ , see Table A.2 and Figure A.3 .............. 47
a b cAnnex B (informative) Test frequency plan for composite triple beat (CTB), composite
second order (CSO) .............................................................................................................. 48
Annex C (informative) Measurement errors that occur due to mismatched equipment .......... 50
Annex D (informative) Examples of measurement channels ................................................. 51
D.1 Operating frequency range 110 MHz to 1 006 MHz ............................................... 51
D.2 Operating frequency range 110 MHz to 862 MHz .................................................. 51
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D.3 Operating frequency range 258 MHz to 1 218 MHz ............................................... 51
Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 52
Figure 1 – Basic arrangement of test equipment for evaluation of the ratio of signal to
intermodulation product ........................................................................................................ 18
Figure 2 – Connection of test equipment for the measurement of non-linear distortion
by composite beat ................................................................................................................. 21
Figure 3 – BER measurement test configuration ................................................................... 24
Figure 4 – CINR measurement test setup .............................................................................. 28
Figure 5 – Plot of CINR in dB curve (forward path) versus EUT channel output signal
level in dBµV ........................................................................................................................ 29
Figure 6 – Carrier/hum ratio .................................................................................................. 30
Figure 7 – Test set-up for local-powered objects ................................................................... 31
Figure 8 – Test set-up for remote-powered objects ............................................................... 31
Figure 9 – Oscilloscope display ............................................................................................ 32
Figure 10 – Measurement of noise figure .............................................................................. 33
Figure 11 – Measurement of crosstalk attenuation for loop through ports of multi-
switches................................................................................................................................ 36
Figure 12 – Characteristic of the noise filter .......................................................................... 37
Figure 13 – Test setup for the non-linearity measurement ..................................................... 37
Figure 14 – Presentation of the result of NPR ........................................................................ 39
Figure 15 – Measurement set-up for surge immunity test ...................................................... 40
Figure A.1 – An example showing products formed when 2ƒ >ƒ ....................................... 46
a bFigure A.2 – An example showing products formed when 2ƒ < ƒ ....................................... 47
a bFigure A.3 – Products of the form ƒ ± ƒ ± ƒ ...................................................................... 47
a b cFigure C.1 – Error concerning return loss measurement ....................................................... 50
Figure C.2 – Maximum ripple ................................................................................................ 50
Table 1 – Measurement parameters for full channel load ...................................................... 26
Table 2 – Notch filter frequencies ......................................................................................... 37
Table 3 – Example of return loss requirements ..................................................................... 41
Table 4 – Parameters of surge voltages for different degrees of testing levels ...................... 45
Table 5 – Recommendations for degree of testing levels ...................................................... 45
Table A.1 – Intermodulation products with two signals .......................................................... 46
Table A.2 – Intermodulation products with three signals ........................................................ 47
Table B.1 – Frequency allocation plan .................................................................................. 48
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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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CABLE NETWORKS FOR TELEVISION SIGNALS,
SOUND SIGNALS AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES –
Part 3: Active wideband equipment for cable networks
FOREWORD
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rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 60728-3 has been prepared by technical area 5: Cable networks for
television signals, sound signals and interactive services of IEC technical committee 100: Audio,
video and multimedia systems and equipment.This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition published in 2010. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:a) extension of upper frequency range limit for cable network equipment in the forward path
from 1 000 MHz to 1 218 MHz (optional up to 1 794 MHz);b) extension of upper frequency range limit for cable network equipment in the return path from
85 MHz to 204 MHz;c) integration and update of IEC 60728-3-1 content;
d) integration and update of the Technical Specification CLC/TS 50083-3-3 content;
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f) additional normative references;
g) additional terms and definitions and abbreviations.
The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
100/2975/FDIS 100/2990/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in the
report on voting indicated in the above table.This document has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
The list of all the parts of the IEC 60728 series, under the general title Cable networks for
television signals, sound signals and interactive services, can be found on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
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INTRODUCTION
Standards and other deliverables of the IEC 60728 series deal with cable networks, including
equipment and associated methods of measurement for headend reception, processing and
distribution of television and sound signals and for processing, interfacing and transmitting all
kinds of data signals for interactive services using all applicable transmission media. These
signals are typically transmitted in networks by frequency-multiplexing techniques.
This includes for instance:• regional and local broadband cable networks,
• extended satellite and terrestrial television distribution systems,
• individual satellite and terrestrial television receiving systems,
and all kinds of equipment, systems and installations used in such cable networks, distribution
and receiving systems.The extent of this standardization work is from the antennas and/or special signal source inputs
to the headend or other interface points to the network up to the terminal input of the customer
premises equipment.The standardization work will consider coexistence with users of the RF spectrum in wired and
wireless transmission systems.The standardization of any user terminals (i.e. tuners, receivers, decoders, multimedia terminals,
etc.) as well as of any coaxial, balanced and optical cables and accessories thereof is excluded.
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CABLE NETWORKS FOR TELEVISION SIGNALS,
SOUND SIGNALS AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES –
Part 3: Active wideband equipment for cable networks
1 Scope
This part of IEC 60728 specifies the measuring methods, performance requirements and data
publication requirements for active wideband equipment of cable networks for television signals,
sound signals and interactive services.This document
• applies to all amplifiers used in cable networks;
• covers the frequency range 5 MHz to 3 000 MHz;
NOTE The upper limit of 3 000 MHz is an example, but not a strict value.
• applies to one-way and two-way equipment;
• specifies the basic methods of measurement of the operational characteristics of the active
equipment in order to assess the performance of this equipment;• identifies the performance specifications to be published by the manufacturers;
• states the minimum performance requirements of certain parameters.2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
For undated references...
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