Table 9 Cable Plant Specifications: 50-Micron Multimode (500 m, 100 MB/sec) Non-OFC Operation

Specification

Units

Value

 

 

 

 

 

Fiber type

 

Multimode; graded index

 

 

 

 

 

Fiber core

micron

50 (nominal)

 

 

 

 

 

Fiber Bandwidth (1 km)

MHz

> 500 @ 850nm

 

 

 

 

 

Fiber Dispersion

Ps/nm

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

Return loss of cable plant with receiver connected

dB

> 12

 

 

 

 

 

Return loss of each individual connector or splice

dB

> 26

 

 

 

 

 

Cable plant loss

dB

< 6

 

 

 

Table 10 Cable Plant Specifications: 62.5-Micron Multimode (175 m, 100 MB/sec)

 

Non-OFC Operation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specification

Units

Value

 

 

 

 

 

Fiber type

 

Multimode; graded index

 

 

 

 

 

Fiber core

micron

62.5 (nominal)

 

 

 

 

 

Fiber Bandwidth (1 km)

MHz

> 160 @ 850nm

 

 

 

 

 

Fiber Dispersion

Ps/nm

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

Return loss of cable plant with receiver connected

dB

> 12

 

 

 

 

 

Return loss of each individual connector or splice

dB

> 26

 

 

 

 

 

Cable plant loss

dB

< 6

 

 

 

 

 

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