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Specification of
LAN EXTENDER

SPECIFICATION NO. RDSO/SPN/TC/82/2020

Revision 2.0

Number of Pages: 13

TELECOM DIRECTORATE
RESEARCH DESIGNS & STANDARDS ORGANISATION
Manak Nagar,
LUCKNOW-226011
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DOCUMENT DATA SHEET

Specification RDSO/SPN/TC/82/2020

Revision 2.0

Title of Document RDSO specification for LAN Extender

Author Director/Telecom-I/RDSO

Approved by Executive Director/Telecom/RDSO

Abstract This document specifies technical

specification of LAN Extender

DOCUMENT CONTROL SHEET

NAME ORGANIZATION FUNCTION LEVEL

Director/ Telecom-I RDSO Member Prepare

Executive Director/ RDSO - Approve

Telecom

REVISIONS
Version Chapter/ Revision Effective
Annexure Month/Year

RDSO/SPN/TC/ 82/2008 - FIRST ISSUE August 2008

RDSO/SPN/TC/82/2013, All pages SECOND ISSUE March 2013

Rev. 1.0
RDSO/SPN/TC/82/2020, All pages THIRD ISSUE October 2020
Rev. 2.0
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sr. No. Item Page No.

1. Scope 5

2. Technical Requirements 5

3. General Requirements 7

4. Test Procedures 9

5. Tests 10

6. Quality Assurance 11

7. Marking & Packing 11

8. Information To Be Furnished By The Purchaser 12

9. Documentation 12

10. Schematic Diagram- Figure -1 12

11. Test Setup – Figure -2 13

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I. SUMMARY:

This document covers the technical requirements of LAN (Local Area Network)
Extender to be connected to Indian Railways telecommunication network.

II. SOURCE:

1. Specification RDSO/SPN/TC/82/2008, Rev 0.0 have been prepared by RDSO,

Lucknow as per Railway Board letter No. 2006/Tele/TC/1 dated 28/07/2008.
2. Revision 1.0 of specification RDSO/SPN/TC/82/2013, Rev 1.0 have been prepared
by RDSO, Lucknow as per Railway Board letter No. 2010/Tele/9(3)/1, dated
15.03.2012.
3. Revision 2.0 of the specification RDSO/SPN/TC/80/2020, Rev 2.0 have been
prepared by RDSO, Lucknow as per DG/RDSO letter No. DG/Misc. dated
10.06.2020.

III. FOREWORD:
This specification requires the reference to the following specifications:
ITU-T Recommandation
Line Interface Protection
K.20/ K.21
ITU-T Recommandation Physical/Electrical Characteristics of
G.703/ V.35/ V.36 Hierarchical Digital Interfaces.
Physical/Electrical Characteristics of
IEEE 802.3
Hierarchical Ethernet Interface.
IEC 1000-4-2(2001), IEC 1000-4-4, IEC
Electromagnetic Compatibility
1000-4-3(2002), Class A of CISPR
(EMC) Standards.
22(2003), ISO 9001:2000.
IS 8437(1993)(equipment and IEC
publication 47-9-1 (1984), IS 13252
Safety Requirements
(1992) (equipment and IEC publication
95 (1986) & 215 (1987)9.
Specification for Environmental
QM 333/Issue March 2010 or latest
Testing of Electronic Equipments for
Transmission and Switching use.

Wherever, reference to any specifications appears in this document, it shall be taken

as a reference to the latest version of that specification unless the year of issue of the
specification is specifically stated.
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RESEARCH DESIGNS & STANDARDS ORGANIZATION

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
MANAK NAGAR, LUCKNOW

Specification of LAN Extender

Specification No: RDSO/SPN/TC/82/2020 (Revision 2.0)

1.0 SCOPE:
This specification lays down the technical requirements of LAN Extender to be
connected to Indian Railways telecommunication network. The local cable plant
network consists of mixed gauges most of which would be of 0.5/0.63/0.9 mm.
diameter copper cable. It shall be able to work satisfactorily over the copper cable
network of Indian Railways. The equipment shall have built in protective arrangement
for safety of the equipment.
This specification is applicable to all stand-alone or rack-mounted LAN Extenders.
The LAN extenders shall consists of a digital interface as defined in clause 2.1 and a
line interface as defined in clause 2.2. The schematic representation of LAN Extender
is shown in figure 1.

2.0 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS:

2.1 Digital Interface:
2.1.1 The equipment shall support the following digital interface which should be plug- in
type or fixed DTE interface.
2.1.1.1 IEEE 802.3/Ethernet 10/100-Base-T-supporting bridging capability having
following minimum characteristics.

Interface : Ethernet
No. of ports : 4
Connector : RJ45
Speed : 10/100 Base-TX
MAC addresses level filtering.
Transparent Ethernet Bridge, Auto learning and aging.
Auto speed sensing and auto polarity detection.
2.1.2 The speed/s supported at digital interface shall be with any combination/s of
256Kbps between 256 Kbps to 15 Mbps (2W) and 512 Kbps to 30Mbps(4W).
2.2 Line Interface:

2.2.1 The LAN extender shall be required for interconnecting two LAN’s using conventional
underground telecom copper cable pair without degradation in the LAN performance.
2.2.2 The LAN extender shall work on single or multiple copper pairs supporting RJ11/
RJ45 for connecting copper cable pair. The number of pairs against highest bit rate of
digital interface and maximum distance of copper loop shall be specified.
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2.2.3 The LAN extender should support data rate on a single twisted pair & double twisted
pair 0.5 mm or higher dia. copper conductor (unloaded) on G.SHDSL based
technology as :
Distance 4W 2W
0.8 Km 30 Mbps 15 Mbps
3 Kms 10 Mbps 5 Mbps
5.5 Kms 4 Mbps 2 Mbps
8 Kms 512 Kbps 256 Kbps
Note: Four time slots of 64Kbps are bonded hence minimum speed will be 256 Kbps
for 2W and 512Kbps for 4W.
2.2.4 The line coding adopted shall meet all the requirements of this specification. The
vender shall provide the complete details for technology used at line interface.
2.2.5 The upper bound of the power spectral density at 2312 Kbps shall be better than to
as per following:

100 KHz : - 28 dB
250 KHz : - 28 dB
500 KHz : - 43 dB
700 KHz : - 45 dB

2.2.6 The line interface shall have a nominal impedance of 135 ohms with tolerance,
subject to minimum return loss of the equipment shall be better than 15 dB up to the
Nyquist frequency depending on maximum baud rate of the driver on line interface for
both transmitter and receiver.
2.2.7 The minimum longitudinal loss of the equipment shall be better than 45 dB up to the
Nyquist frequency (4Khz) depending on baud rate of the modem on line interface of
both transmitter and receiver.
2.2.8 The LAN extender shall have a minimum resistance to common earth of 5 Mega
Ohms on each limb.
2.2.9 The protection measures against over voltages and over currents as specified in ITU-
T rec. K.20 and K.21 or latest version shall be provided on line interface.

2.3 Tests and Loop-back Facilities:

2.3.1 Loop backs, pattern generation, configuration and status monitoring shall be through
switches or LCD and through SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and
TELNET using Ethernet Management port/Web interface.
2.3.2 The LAN Extender shall be able to activate loopback diagnostics as per ITU-T V.54
standard as given below:
(i) Local Analog Loop test (for self-test of modem).
(ii) Local Digital Loop test (to provide loop test to the remote modem on local loop).
(iii) Remote Digital Loop test (to take Loop test from the remote modem on local
loop) without requiring the manual assistance of any personnel at remote end.
2.3.3 Built in BERT (Bit Error Rate Tester) for test pattern generation and checking shall be
available.
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2.3.4 Embedded Operation Channel (EOC) for controlling and monitoring the remote
unit, without interfering with the data transmission in compliance with ITU-T
G.991.2 requirements shall be available.

2.3.5 The facility of remote rebooting/resetting should be provided in LAN extender so

that it can be rebooted from the NMS or through SNMP/Telnet, without the need
for sending a person to physically reboot, in case it hangs due to some reason.

2.4 Performance Test:

2.4.1 The equipment shall be able to work over two wire/Four Wire copper loops without
any repeater measured in any 15 minute interval for the full length of the loop. For two
wire: 0.8 Km at 15 Mbps, 3 Kms at 5 Mbps, 5.5 Kms. at 2048 Kbps and 8 Kms. at
256 Kbps. For two wire: 0.8 Km at 30 Mbps, 3 Kms at 10 Mbps, 5.5 Kms. at 4 Kbps
and 8 Kms. at 512 Kbps.

2.4.2 Environmental / Climatic Test:

2.4.2.1The equipment shall meet the following climatic and environmental
equirements:
SN TEST REFERENCE
1. Cold test Category –B2 of QM-333
2. Dry heat test -- do --
3. Damp heat test (Cyclic) -- do --
4. Rapid temperature cycling test -- do --
5. Damp heat test (Steady state storage) -- do --
6. Vibration test -- do --
7. Drop and topple test -- do --

2.4.3 The LAN extender shall work satisfactory in temperature range of 0 to 45ºC.

2.5 The following items shall be specified in the Type Approval Certificate:
2.5.1 Digital interface supported in the equipment as per Clause 2.1.
2.5.2 Whether single pair, 2 pair or multiple pair working as per Clause 2.2.2.
2.5.3 Highest bit rates of the digital interface supported as per Clause 2.1.2.
2.5.4 Maximum distance of copper loop over which highest bit rate can be driven for each
of the digital interfaces as per Clause 2.2.1.
2.5.5 MAC addresses range of the manufacturer for supporting Ethernet interface as per
the requirement of Clause 2.1.1.1.

3.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

3.1 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC):
The LAN extender shall conform to the EMC requirements as per the following
standards and limits indicated therein: B test certificate and test report shall be
furnished from test agency. The test agency for EMI/EMC compliance shall be
accredited one and details of accreditation shall be submitted.
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3.1.1 Conducted and radiated emissions:- To comply with Class A of CISPR 22 (2003)
“Limits and methods of measurement of radio disturbance characteristics of
information Technology Equipment”.
3.1.2 Electrostatic discharge:- To comply with IEC 61000-4-2(2001) “Testing and
measurement techniques of Electrostatic discharge immunity test” under following
test levels:
3.1.2.1 Contact discharge level 2 (+4kV)
3.1.2.2 Air discharge level 3 (+8kV)

3.1.3 Fast transients common mode burst:-To comply with IEC 61000-4-4(1995 with
amendment 1 (2000) and Amendment 2 (2001)) “Testing and measurement
techniques of electrical fast transients/burst immunity test” under level 2 {1kV for DC
power lines; 1kV for signal control lines).
3.1.4 Immunity:- IEC 61000-4-3(2002) “Radiated RF electromagnetic field immunity test”
under Test level 2 (Test field strength of 3 V/m) for general purposes in frequency
range 80 MHz to 1000 MHz and under test level 3 (10 V/m) for protection against
digital radio telephones in frequency ranges 800 MHz to 960 MHz and 1.4 GHz to 2.0
GHz.
3.1.5 Surges Common and differential mode :- To comply with IEC 61000-4-5 (2001) “Test
& Measurement techniques for Surge immunity tests” under test levels of
0.5 kV for line to line coupling and 1 KV for line to earth coupling.
3.1.6 Radio frequency common mode:- To comply with IEC 6100-4-6(2001) “Immunity to
conduct disturbances, induced by radio frequency fields” under the test level 2 (3 V
rms); Clamp injection method for DC lines and Signal control lines.
Note: For tests for checking compliance to above EMC requirements, the method of
measurements shall be in accordance with corresponding relevant Euro Norms or the
above IEC/CISPR standards subject to the condition that frequency range and test
level are met as per above mentioned sub clauses 3.1.1 to 3.1.6. The details of IEC
/CISPR and corresponding Euro Norms are as under:

IEC/CISPR Euro Norm

CISPR EN5 5022
IEC61000-4-2 EN61000-4-2
IEC61000-4-3 EN61000-4-3
IEC61000-4-4 EN61000-4-4
IEC61000-4-5 EN61000-4-5
IEC61000-4-6 EN61000-4-6

3.2 Safety Requirements:

3.2.1 The operating personnel shall be protected against shock hazards as per IS 8473
(1993) –Guide on the effects of current passing through the human body (equivalent)
to IEC publications 479-1(1984).
3.2.2 The equipment shall conform to IS 13252 (1992) –Safety of information technology
equipment including electrical business equipment (equivalent to IEC publication 95
(1986) and IEC 215 (1987)). Safety requirements of radio transmitting equipments
(for Radio equipments only).
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3.3 Other Requirements:

3.3.1 The LAN extender hardware/software shall not pose any problem due to changes in
date and time caused by events such as changeover or millennium/century, leap year
etc. in the normal functioning.
3.3.2 Wherever, the standardized documents from ITU-T, IETF, FR forum etc. are
referred, the latest issues and number with the amendments and addendum shall be
applicable.
3.3.3 LAN extender shall be capable of operating on built in AC 230 V + 10%, 50 Hz as well
as DC 48 V (in range of 40 Volts to 60 Volts DC) but not simultaneously. Type of
power supply (AC or DC) shall be specified by purchaser at the time of procurement.
3.3.4 Indications for diagnostics shall be provided. The LAN extender should have the
indications for at least PWR (Power), DATA (Transmit/Receive Data), TEST (To
indicate test mode), SYNC (Status of DSL line / Ethernet), ALARM / Error.
3.3.5 The supplier / manufacturer shall manufacture the equipment locally in India with
international quality standards ISO 9001 for which the manufacturer shall be duly
accredited. The quality plan describing the quality assurance system followed by the
manufacturer shall be submitted.

4.0 TEST PROCEDURES:

4.1 Check up the digital interface for physical and electrical specifications from document.
The following tests should be taken for the digital interface for which the LAN
extender has been offered for interface approval:
4.1.1 Ethernet Interface:
a). The Ethernet testers supporting the electrical 10/100 Mbps interface should be used.
The testers should be connected at the Ethernet interfaces of the both LAN
extenders. The tests should also be taken for transmitting the data transparently
without any errors.
b). Alternatively the following method can be adapted for electrical Ethernet interfaces:
i). Connect PC’s Ethernet Port to the LAN extender’s Ethernet port.
ii). Configure the PC’s Ethernet/ LAN Port for 10/ 100 Mbps speed and also
parameters of all the other layers required for the connectivity and working with
the LAN extender.
iii). Connect and configure the other PC’s as per above steps no. i) & ii) to the
other LAN extender.
iv). The LAN extenders should be configured for bridge mode connection for end
to end connectivity.
v). Ping the other end PC’s IP address. The same can be tested using FTP or
other way.
4.2 i). Vendor should have testing arrangement to test return loss, power spectrum
density & resistance to earth.
ii). The details for the line coding used at line interface shall be asked.

iii). The resistance to Earth shall be maggered at 100 V.

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iv). The protective devices built inside the equipment shall be tested for safety of
the equipment.
4.3 The LAN extender shall be connected back to back and it should be checked that
modems provide all the loops supported by the product. The loops shall be checked
from both ends.
4.4 The performance tests should be taken connecting LAN extenders in back to in the
set-up as shown in Figure 2 for all the speeds and the interface as per clause 2.1 of
interface requirements.
4.5 The certificates for compliances of EMC requirements shall be submitted from
accredited lab.
4.6 The certificates for compliances of IS 8437 (1993) and IS 13252 (1992) requirements
shall be submitted from accredited lab.
4.7 i. Check-up that the latest standards of ITU-T, IETF etc., are supported
and implemented.
ii. Power supply requirements for all the components (working range, protection
against short circuit & overload) should be confirmed from literature.
4.8 Check up for proper documentation for the equipment.

4.9 Visual Inspection: LAN extender shall be visually inspected to ensure compliance
with the requirement of clause 2 & 3 of this specification. The visual inspection shall
broadly include:
4.9.1 System Level Checking:
i) Constructional details.
ii) Dimensional check.
iii) General workmanship.
iv) Configuration.
v) Mechanical polarization of cards.
4.9.2 Card Level Checking:
i) General track layout.
ii) Quality of soldering and component mounting.
iii) Conformal Coating.
iv) Legend printing.
v) Green or Black masking.
4.9.3 Module Level Checking:
i) Indications and displays.
ii) Mounting and clamping of connectors.
iii) Proper housing of cards.

5.0 TESTS:
The test procedure shall be as specified in ITU -T or IEC and approved by the testing
authority.
5.1 TYPE TESTS:
5.1.1 Two sets of LAN extender shall be offered for type tests so as to completely test the
requirement of this specification as per Clauses 2 & 3 and test procedures mentioned
in Clause 4.
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5.1.2 If any one of the equipment fails in any of the type tests, the inspecting authority or
his nominee at his discretion, may call for another equipment/ card(s) of the same
type and subject it to all tests or the test(s) in which failure occurred. No failure shall
be permitted in the repeat test(s). After successful completion type tests, these items
are to be submitted to RDSO.
5.1.3 Any other test to be specified by testing authority at the time of type approval shall
also be carried out.

5.2 ACCEPTANCE TESTS:

5.2.1 The following shall constitute the acceptance tests which shall be carried out by the
inspecting authority for the purpose of acceptance on 20% of the lots (minimum 2
numbers of LAN extenders) offered for inspection by the supplier:
i) Digital Interface Test (Clause 4.1)
ii) Insulation Resistance Test (Clause 4.2 (iii))
iii) Performance Test (Clause 4.4)
iv) Visual inspection (Clause 4.9)
5.2.2 Any other tests shall be carried out as considered necessary by the inspecting
authority.

5.3 ROUTINE TESTS:

5.3.1 The following shall comprise the routine tests and shall be conducted by
manufacturer on every LAN extender and the test results will be submitted to the
inspection authority before inspection.
i) Digital Interface Test (Clause 4.1)
ii) Insulation Resistance Test (Clause 4.2 (iii))
iii) Performance Test (Clause 4.4)
iv) Visual inspection (Clause 4.9)
5.3.2 Any other tests shall be carried out as considered necessary by the inspecting
authority.
6.0 QUALITY ASSURANCE:
6.1 All materials & workmanship shall be of good quality.
6.2 Since the quality of the equipment bears a direct relationship to the manufacturing
process and the environment under which it is manufactured, the manufacturer shall
ensure Quality Assurance Program of adequate standard.
6.3 Validation and system of monitoring of QA procedure shall form a part of type
approval. The necessary plants, machineries and testing equipments required for
production & quality assurance as per Scheduling of Technical Requirements (STR)
shall be available with the manufacturer.
7.0 MARKING & PACKING:
7.1 The following information shall be clearly marked at a suitable place on each
equipment:
i) Name and Address of the manufacturer.
ii) Month & Year of the manufacturing.
iii) Serial number of Equipment.
iv) Specification number.
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7.2 The equipment and its sub-assemblies shall be packed in Florafoam boxes and the
empty spaces shall be filled with suitable filling material. Before keeping in the
Florafoam box, the equipment shall be wrapped with bubble sheet. The equipment
shall be finally packed in a wooden case of sufficient strength so that it can withstand
bumps and jerks encountered in a road/rail journey.

8.0 INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED BY THE PURCHASER:

8.1 Power Supply requirement against (AC or DC) (To be specified by the
clause no. 3.3.3 purchaser).

9.0 DOCUMENTATION:
The supplier shall provide the complete operation, maintenance and installation
manuals in English for the product under test.

10.0 SCHEMATIC DIADGRAM OF DIGITAL INTERFACE AND LAN EXTENDER:

Single/Multiple
LAN
Extender Copper Pair/s

PC/Data Terminal Digital Line

Equipment (DTE) Interface Interface

FIGURE - 1
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11.0 TEST SET-UP FOR PERFORMNCE TESTING OF LAN EXTENDER:

Tester/PC
(Supporting Tester/PC
the Data (Supporting
Interface, LAN Extender LAN the Data
for which under test Extender Interface,
the LAN under test for which
Extender is the LAN
offered) Extender is
offered)
Digital Line Digital
Interface Interface Interface

FIGURE – 2

12.0 All the provisions contained in RDSO’s ISO procedures laid down in Documents No.-
QO-D-8.1-11 dated 01.07.2020 (titled “Vendor-Changes in approved status”) and
subsequent versions/amendments thereof, shall be binding and applicable on the
successful vendor/vendors in the contracts floated by Railways to maintain quality of
products supplied to Railways.”

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