CONTENTS

 1     Scope        
 2     References             
 3    
Definitions
 4     Abbreviations         
 5     Fibre attributes      
        5.1     Mode field diameter
        5.2     Cladding diameter    
        5.3     Core concentricity error        
        5.4     Non-circularity          
        5.5     Cut-off wavelength   
        5.6     Macrobending loss   
        5.7     Material properties of the fibre         
        5.8     Refractive index profile         
        5.9     Longitudinal uniformity of chromatic dispersion          
       5.10     Chromatic dispersion coefficient       
 6     Cable attributes     
        6.1     Attenuation coefficient          
        6.2     Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) coefficient          
 
7     Table of recommended values        
Appendix I – Information for link attributes and system design    
        I.1               Attenuation       
        I.2               Chromatic dispersion    
        I.3               Differential group delay (DGD)  
        I.4               Non-linear coefficient   
        I.5               Tables of common typical values            
Bibliography