Ribbon vs. loose tube fiber cabling

Author

Smith, Trevor ; Bishop, Gary

Author_Institution

ADC, MN, USA

fYear

2006

fDate

5-10 March 2006

Abstract

In the distribution portion of the passive optical network (PON) for fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) architectures, the choice of fiber cabling ribbon vs. loose tube - can directly impact ease of installation and future performance. As is usually the case in these networks, specific architectural characteristics and particular applications may dictate the deployment of one type of cable over the other. However, ADC´s experience in developing and manufacturing FTTP network equipment has concluded that in most cases, ribbon cable provides a considerable performance advantage over loose tube in the distribution portion of the PON network. This document will focus on fiber density and hybrid design and will discuss in detail the fiber requirements of connectorized distribution.

Keywords

optical cables; optical fibre cladding; optical fibre subscriber loops; FTTP; connectorized distribution; fiber-to-the-premise; loose tube fiber cabling; passive optical network; ribbon fiber cabling; Costs; Manufacturing; Optical design; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Passive optical networks; Plastics; Power cables; Splicing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006

Print_ISBN

1-55752-803-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2006.215380

Filename

1636410