Achieving connection between connectors requires three basic principles = - ANS-- Core
alignment
- Physical contact
- Pristine connector interface
AHJ - ANS-Authorities having jurisdiction
Air blown fiber = - ANS-- Blow special fibers in to tubes
- Easy upgrades
Anatomy of a fiber - ANS-- Core
- Cladding
- Coating
APC - ANS-Angle polish connector
Aramid yarn = - ANS-Protects fibers from stress
Attenuation [insertion loss] = - ANS-Light pulses traveling along fiber are subjected to loss due
to absorption or scattering of the light
Attenuation = - ANS-The decrease in magnitude of transmission signal strength between points,
expressed in decibel as the ratio of out put to input signal
Attenuation Intrinsic
scattering
Absorption = - ANS-1. Impurities in the glass
2. Water peak absorption
3. Core size variations
4. Variation in the core, cladding interface
5. Concentricity
6. Micro bends
Absorption accounts for 3-5% of fiber attenuation
Attenuation loss = - ANS-- Expressed in decibels per kilometers
- Impacts the ability of the signal to reach the receiver with sufficient power
, Back reflection = - ANS-Light from the cleaved or polished end of a fiber caused by the
Difference of refraction
Backbone fiber bend radius at rest = - ANS-10 times
Bandwidth = - ANS-A measure of the amount of information on optical fiber is capable of
transporting
- Described in terms of megahertz - kilometer
- Increase length or the wavelength of the light source decreases the bandwidth
BICSI - ANS-- Building
- Industry
- Consulting
- Service
- International
Bit-error rate [BER] = - ANS-The fraction of data bits transmitted that are received in error
Bracing of wall mounted rack = - ANS-Must be supported to the:
- Wall
- Cable tray
- Ladder rack
Buffer = - ANS-A protective coating applied directly on the fiber
Cable reference = - ANS-Does not work with all cable plants
Chromatic dispersion = - ANS-Spreading of pulse in a optical cable
Cladding = - ANS-Coating over the core of the fiber that traps light into the core
Code - ANS-Addresses the safety of persons, property and the environment associated with the
ITS cabling Installation
Core = - ANS-The center of the optical fiber through which light is transmitted
Couplers/adapters = - ANS-To create a mated pair
CWDM = - ANS-Coarse wave division multiplexing
dBm = - ANS-Optical power referred to as 1 milliwatt of power
Definition of transmission - ANS-The movement of information in the form of electrical or optical
signals from one point to another through a transport medium