Fiber Optic Installer’s Field Manual – 2nd Edition

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For hands-on help with fiber optic cabling, you can’t beat this practical guide. Inside, veteran fiber optics engineer Bob Chomycz provides fully illustrated answers to every question likely to arise on your job. You’ll find clear-cut information that speeds projects along and stops mistakes before they happen. Author: Bob Chomycz Publisher: McGraw-Hill ISBN: 0-07-181867-7 Purchase links mgh-logo amazon_logo

Table of Content

Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 The Fiber Optic Revolution 1.2 Basic Transmission 1.3 Advantages and Disadvantages 1.4 Applications Chapter 2 Properties of Light 2.1 Electromagnetic Spectrum 2.2 Light Propagation Chapter 3 Optical Fiber 3.1 Optical Fiber Composition 3.2 Multimode Fiber 3.2.1 Multimode Fiber Types 3.3 Single-Mode FIBER 3.3.1 Single-Mode Fiber Types 3.4 Light Transmission In Fiber 3.4.1 Fiber Core-Cladding Profiles 3.5 Optical Signal Loss 3.5.1 Bend Loss 3.5.2 Splice and Connector Loss 3.5.3 Loss Inherent to Fiber 3.5.4 Loss Resulting from Fiber Fabrication 3.5.5 Fresnel Reflection 3.6 Fiber Bandwidth Limiting Effects 3.6.1 Multimode Dispersion (Modal Dispersion) 3.6.2 Chromatic Dispersion 3.6.3 Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) 3.6.4 Nonlinear Effects 3.7 Matching Optical Fibers 3.8 Optical Fiber Specification Example Chapter 4 Fiber Optic Cables 4.1 Outdoor Cables 4.1.1 Loose Tube Cable 4.1.2 Figure 8 Cable 4.1.3 Armored Cable 4.1.4 Ribbon Cable 4.1.5 Loose Tube Cable Configuration 4.2 Indoor Cables 4.2.1 Tight-Buffered Cable 4.2.2 Distribution Cable 4.2.3 Breakout Cable (Fan Out Cable) 4.2.4 Fiber Optic Jumper (Patch Cord) 4.3 Other Cable Types 4.3.1 Self-Supporting Aerial Cable 4.3.2 Submarine Cable 4.3.3 Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) 4.4 Cable Rating 4.4.1 OFNP Cable 4.4.3 OFNR Cable 4.4.4 OFCR Cable 4.4.5 OFNG Cable 4.4.6 OFCG Cable 4.4.7 OFN Cable 4.4.8 OFC Cable 4.4.9 LSZH /  LS0H Cable 4.4.10 Outside Plant and Unmarked Cables 4.5 Cable Composition 4.6 Cable Crush Performance 4.7 Fiber Optic cable Specification Example Chapter 5 Fiber Optic Cable Procurement Chapter 6 Safety Precautions 6.1 Cutting and Stripping Cable 6.2 Optical Fiber Pieces 6.3 Laser Light 6.4 Cable Tension 6.5 Solvents and Cleaning Solutions 6.6 Fusion Splicer 6.7 Confined Spaces Chapter 7 Handling Fiber Optic Cable 7.1 Minimum Bend Radius 7.2 Pulling Tension 7.3 General Care Chapter 8 Outdoor Fiber Optic Cable Installation 8.1 Buried Installation 8.2 Cable Ducts 8.3 Duct Lubricant 8.4 Pulling Tape 8.5 Cable Installation in Ducts 8.6 Aerial Installation Chapter 9 Indoor Cable Installation 9.1 LAN Cable Installation 9.1.1 Horizontal Cabling 9.1.2 Backbone Cable 9.1.3 Work Area Cable 9.1.4 Telecommunication Closet 9.1.5 Equipment Room 9.1.6. Entrance Facility 9.1 Conduits and Cable Trays 9.2 Pull Boxes 9.3 Vertical Installations 9.4 Building Routes 9.5 General cable Installation Procedure Chapter 10 Fiber Optic Cable General Installation Guide Chapter 11 Splicing and Termination 11.1 Splice Enclosures 11.2 Splice Trays 11.3 Patch Panels 11.4 Splicing 11.5 Optical Fiber Termination 11.5.1 Field-Installable Connector 11.5.2 Pigtail Termination 11.6 Fiber Optic Cable Termination 11.6.1Termination Without Enclosure 11.6.2 Termination in a Splice Enclosure 11.6.3 Patch Panel Termination Chapter 12 Patch Cords and Connectors 12.1 Patch Cords 12.2 Optical Fiber Connectors 12.2.1 Legacy Connectors 12.2.2 Obsolete Connectors 12.2.3 Small Form Factor (SFF) Connectors 12.2.3 Specialty Connectors 12.3 Connector Polish 12.4 Cleaning Connectors 12.5  Connector Inspection Chapter 13 Optical Fiber Power Loss and Measurement 13.1 Loss 13.2 Measurement Equipment 13.3 Patch Cord Losses 13.4 Fiber Optic Cable Span Loss Measurement 13.5 DWDM and CWDM Channel Loss and Power Measurement 13.6 Optical Return Loss (ORL) Measurement Chapter 14 The OTDR and OSA 14.1 The OTDR 14.1.1 Test Equipment For OTDR Measurement 14.1.2 Typical OTDR Measurement Method 14.1.3 Reading OTDR Events 14.1.4 Determining Event Location 14.1.5 OTDR Ghosts 14.2 The OSA Chapter 15 Fiber Optic Installation Tests 15.1 Fiber Optic Cable Test 15.1.1 Reel Test 15.1.2 Splice and Installation Test 15.1.3 Acceptance Test 15.1.4 Acceptance Criteria 15.2 Bit Error Rate Test 15.3 Receiver Sensitivity (Threshold) Test 15.4 Fiber Characterization Chapter 16 Lightwave Equipment 16.1 Fiber Optic Transceivers 16.1.1 Transmitter 16.1.2 Receiver 16.1.3 Connecting Laser Transceivers to Multimode Fiber 16.1.4 Pluggable Transceivers 16.2 Optical Modem/Media Converter 16.3 Multiplexer System 16.4 Optical Amplifier 16.4.1 EDFA Amplifier 16.4.2 SOA Amplifier 16.4.3 RAMAN Amplifier 16.4.4 Amplifier Common Specifications 16.5 Optical Regenerator Chapter 17 WDM and Other Passive Optical Equipment 17.1 Cross-Band WDM 17.2 CWDM 17.3 DWDM 17.4 WDM Parameters 17.5 Optical Coupler 17.4 Optical Switch 17.5 Optical Attenuator 17.6 Optical Isolator Chapter 18 SONET/SDH 18.1 SONET Architecture 18.1.1 Linear Architecture 18.1.2 Ring Architecture Chapter 19 Ethernet over Fiber 19.1 Common Ethernet Standards Chapter 20 Fiber System Deployment 20.1 Office Environment 20.2 Industrial Environment 20.3 Fiber Optic Modem Deployment 20.3 Ethernet 20.4 FDDI Chapter 21 Maintenance 21.1 Non Service Affecting Maintenance 21.2 Service Affecting Maintenance 21.3 Sparing Equipment Chapter 22 Emergency Cable Repair Chapter 23 Network Documentation 23.1 Installation Documentation 23.2 Maintenance Documentation Chapter 24 Troubleshooting Chapter 25 Design Fundamentals 25.1 Cable Selection 25.2 Optical Budget Calculation 25.3 Optical Modulation Amplitude (OMA) 25.4 Multimode Fiber LAN Planning 25.4 Single-Mode Fiber Planning 25.5.1 Polarization Mode Dispersion 25.5.2 Chromatic Dispersion 25.5 Optical Fiber Topologies Chapter 26 Personnel Chapter 27 Dark Fiber Leasing 27.1 Dark Fiber Lease Considerations APPENDIX A Symbols, Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms APPENDIX B Fiber Bands and WDM Channel Assignments B.1 Fiber Bands B.2 WDM Channel Assignments APPENDIX C Useful Formulae APPENDIX D Units and Measurement Accuracy D.1 Units D.2 Measurement Accuracy APPENDIX E Fiber Types APPENDIX F-1 10 Mbps to 1 Gbps Transceivers APPENDIX F-2 10G Transceivers (Standard IEEE 802.3) APPENDIX F-3 40G Transceivers (Standard IEEE 802.3) APPENDIX F-4 100G Transceivers (Standard IEEE 802.3) APPENDIX G Standards APPENDIX H MoP APPENDIX I Fiber Cable Color Codes APPENDIX J Fiber Optic Records   APPENDIX K WDM Summary APPENDIX L ITU-T G.709 OTN Summary INDEX