Summary

This Recommendation describes characteristics and the construction of optical fibre cables for access networks. Such cables are required to have some additional performance characteristics (e.g., high fibre count, mid-span access) compared with cables for trunk systems. Characteristics, relevant to the appropriate performance of an optical access network cable, are described. Required conditions may differ according to the installation environment and, therefore, detailed conditions of experiments and tests need to be agreed between a user and a supplier on the basis of the environment where a cable is to be used.