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network:fibers [2019/05/31 11:35] – created niziaknetwork:fibers [2024/03/13 08:39] (current) niziak
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 ===== Multimode MM ===== ===== Multimode MM =====
-  * OM1 + 
-  * OM2 +Core diameter 50 or 62,5 micron. 
-  * OM3 +Lower cost of LED sources and lasers operation at 850nm and 1300nm. 
-  * OM4+  * OM1 62.5/125um (up to 622Mbit / 10Gbit @33 meters) - obsolete 
 +  * OM2 50/125 um (up to 622Mbit / 10Gbit @82 meters) - popular 
 +  * OM3 50/125 um (850nm laser optimized up to 10Gbit/s / 10 Gbit @300 meters) 
 +  * OM4 50/125 um (850nm laser optimized up to 100Gbit/s / 10 Gbit @550 meters)
  
 ===== Single Mode SM =====  ===== Single Mode SM ===== 
 +
 +Wavelength 1310 or 1550 nm.
 +
   * OS1 ITU-T G.652A or ITU-T G.652B   * OS1 ITU-T G.652A or ITU-T G.652B
-    * tight-buffered construction, which is usually used for indoor applications, such as campus or data center+    * Indoor (tight-buffered construction)
     * max att 1.0 db/km     * max att 1.0 db/km
     * max distance 1km     * max distance 1km
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   * OS2    * OS2 
 +    * Outdoor (loose-tube design)
     * are only compliant with ITU-T G.652C or ITU-T G.652D standards.     * are only compliant with ITU-T G.652C or ITU-T G.652D standards.
     * which  means OS2 is explicitly applied to the low-water-peak fibers. These low-water-peak fibers are usually used for CWDM (Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing) applications.     * which  means OS2 is explicitly applied to the low-water-peak fibers. These low-water-peak fibers are usually used for CWDM (Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing) applications.
-    * is loose-tube design 
     * appropriate for outdoor cases like street, underground and burial     * appropriate for outdoor cases like street, underground and burial
     * max att 0.4db/km.     * max att 0.4db/km.
     * max distance 10 km     * max distance 10 km
  
 +  * G.652D
 +    * full spectrum fibers (no high loss in 1360 – 1460 nm)
 +    * suitable for WDM
 +
 +====== Transmit Window ======
 +  * 850 nm - I (MM)
 +  * 1300 nm - II (MM)
 +  * 1310 nm - II (SM)
 +  * 1550 nm - III (SM)
 +  * 1625 nm - IV
 +
 +====== cable color =====
 +
 +  * Yellow - single mode
 +  * White - for end user home installation - single mode
 +  * Orange - multimode OM1/OM2
 +  * Turquoise - multimode OM3
 +  * Turquoise / Violet - multimode OM4
  
 ====== Connector ====== ====== Connector ======
  
 +Square Connectors:
 +  * ST - obsolete - looks like RF BNC connector. Push and rotate to lock.
   * SC - bigger (more popular, older)   * SC - bigger (more popular, older)
   * LC - smaller, half size of SC (Lucent, less popular, license fees)   * LC - smaller, half size of SC (Lucent, less popular, license fees)
 +    * popular for SFP adapters as full fuplex pairs with plastic lock mechanism
 +  * E2000
 +
 +
 +Fiber polishing:
 +  * APC (Angled Physical Contact) - face of fiber is filed by 8 or 9 degree. Less attentuation. (-70dB)
 +    * Marking (plug) color: GREEN.
 +  * UPC/PC (Ultra Physical Contact) - polished diagonally (-40dB). 
 +    * Marking (plug) color BLUE or BEIGE.
 +
 +===== Pigtails =====
 +
 +End user:
 +  * green rectangle plugs - FO SM SC/APC-SC/APC SIMPLEX
 +
 +End user (Orange):
 +  * green rectangle plugs and yellow cable - single mode, APC polishing