Chapter 5: Specifications
5.4CABLE SPECIFICATIONS
The FDDI Physical Layer Medium Dependent (PMD), Twisted Pair Physical Layer Medium Dependent
Multimode Fiber | 62.5 ∝m nominal | |
Core diameter: | ||
Cladding diameter: | 128.0 | ∝m maximum |
| 122.0 | ∝m minimum |
Cable attenuation: | ≤ 2.5 dB/km typical | |
Single Mode Fiber | 8.7 ∝m +/- 0.5 ∝m | |
Core diameter: | ||
Cladding diameter: | 127.0 | ∝m maximum |
Cable attenuation: | ≤ 0.5 dB/km typical |
5.4.1Multimode Fiber Optic Cable Length
The PMD FDDI standard specifies the following:
Maximum total cable length: | 100 km (62 miles) — dual ring |
| 200 km (124 miles) — wrapped |
Maximum multimode cable length |
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between adjacent nodes: | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
5.4.2Single Mode Fiber Optic Cable Length
The
Maximum total cable length: | 100 km (62 miles) — dual ring |
| 200 km (124 miles) — wrapped |
Single mode cable length |
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between adjacent nodes: | 40 km (24 miles) maximum |
| 25 km (15 miles) typical |
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