1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
3.1 Terms defined elsewhere
3.2 Terms defined in this Supplement
4 Abbreviations and acronyms
5 Conventions
6 Features of existing optical fibre categories and their application
areas
6.1 Attenuation properties
6.2 Dispersion properties
6.3 Bending properties
7 Relationship between 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 in Question
5 of ITU-T Study Group 15 (Q.5/15)
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
V.1 Fibre
specifications
V.2 Fibre
cable specifications
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
VI.3 Documents available only in IEC and not in ITU-T