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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix
1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose and Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.2 Target Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.3 Structure and Use of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.4 Requirements Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.5 Requirement Labeling Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.5.1 Numbering of Requirement and Related Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.5.2 Requirement, Conditional Requirement, and Objective Identification . . . 14
1.6 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.7 Reasons for this Reissue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2 General Information
2.1 General Product Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.1 Characteristics of Optical Fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.1.2 Characteristics of Fiber Optic Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.1.2.1 Characteristics of Fiber Optic Bundles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.1.2.2 Characteristics of Fiber Ribbons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.1.2.3 Characteristics of Fiber Optic Loose Buffer Tubes . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.1.3 Characteristics of Optical Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.1.4 Classification of Optical Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.1.5 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.2 Engineering of Optical Fiber Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.3 Upgrading to Meet Future Capacity Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.4 Optical Fiber Compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.5 General OSP Cable Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.5.1 General Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.5.2 Aerial applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.5.3 Duct applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.5.4 Cable Blowing or Jetting in Duct Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.5.5 Splicing/Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.5.6 Reel Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Appendix A: References
A.1 Telcordia References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1
A.2 External References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A1
A.3 To Obtain Additional Reference Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A6
A.4 Telcordia Reference Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7
A.4.1 Contact Telcordia Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A7
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A.4.3 Web Sites for Generic Requirements Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . A8
A.4.4 Licensing Agreements for Telcordia Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A8
Appendix B: Acronyms
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