1
Scope
2 References
3 Defined terms
4 Abbreviations and
acronyms
5 Definitions
6 Features
of existing optical fibre categories and their application areas
6.1 Attenuation properties
6.2 Dispersion properties
6.3 Bending properties
7 Relationshipbetween fibre parameters and interface parameters
7.1 Relationship between PMD and DGD
7.2 Transmission limitation due to dispersion
properties
8 Unspecified fibre parameters and their test
methods
8.1 Non-linear coefficient
8.2 Effective area Aeff
8.3 Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) threshold
8.4 Raman gain coefficient
8.5 Microbending loss
9 Optical
fibre properties for operation and maintenance
9.1 Properties of cut-off wavelength under the
deployment conditions
9.2 Properties of chromatic dispersion and
polarization mode dispersion
9.3 Splice loss
9.4 Input power limitation and safety aspects
9.5 Reliability of optical fibre cable
9.6 Optical loss properties due to hydrogen
9.7 Environmental test conditions for fibres
9.8 Optical fibre cable network maintenance
Appendix I Standardized
criteria
I.1 Criteria for revising the optical fibre
Recommendations
I.2 Guideline
for conducting measurement round robins for optical fibres and cables
Appendix II – Optical fibre cable structures
Appendix III – Fibre optics hardware and passive components
Appendix IV – Construction and installation practices
Appendix V – Status of optical fibre and cable specifications in ITU-T and
IEC
Appendix VI – Comparison of ITU-T Recommendations and IEC documents
concerning test methods
VI.1 Test methods for single-mode
fibres
VI.2 Test methods for multimode fibres