1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions
4 Abbreviations and acronyms
5 Conventions
6 ITU-T
G.65x-series Recommendations
7 Features of existing optical fibre
categories and their application areas
7.1 Attenuation properties
7.2 Dispersion properties
7.3 Bending properties
8 Relationship between fibre parameters and interface parameters
8.1 Relationship between PMD and DGD
8.2 Transmission limitation due to dispersion properties
9 Unspecified fibre parameters and their test methods
9.1 Non-linear coefficient
9.2 Effective area Aeff
9.3 Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) power rating
9.4 Raman gain coefficient
9.5 Microbending loss
10 Optical fibre properties for operation and maintenance
10.1 Properties of cut-off wavelength under the deployment
conditions
10.2 Properties of chromatic dispersion and PMD
10.3 Splice loss
10.4 Input power limitation and safety aspects
10.5 Reliability of optical fibre cable
10.6 Optical loss properties due to hydrogen
10.7 Environmental test conditions for fibres
10.8 Optical fibre cable network maintenance
Appendix I – Standardized criteria
I.1 Criteria for revising 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 Recommendation available only in ITU-T and not in IEC
VI.4 Documents available only in IEC and not in ITU-T
Appendix VII – Examples of cable cut-off wavelength (λcc)
measurement on cabled/uncabled single-mode fibres
VII.1 Introduction
VII.2 Experiment design
VII.3 Measurement data and analysis
VII.4 Conclusion