Table of Contents

 1     Scope            
 2     References   
 3     Definitions   
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms  
 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     Tables 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