GENERAL
1.1 This specification covers the requirements of the optical fiber drop cable intended primarily for use
in aerial application of the outside plant network.
1.2 The drop optical fiber cable complies with the requirements of this specification and generally meets
any latest relevant ITU-T Recommendation.
1.3 This cable mainly design to apply for the last link in the optical network (FTTH) which terminates
the fiber from the optical terminal closure (SDP) or optical distribution point (ODP) to the premise
termination box at the customer place. Furthermore this specification also is able to apply for passive
optical network (PON) such as G-PON, GE-PON, etc by specifying attenuation at all three PON
transmission wavelengths: 1310 nm, 1490 nm and 1550 nm.
1.4 The fiber of the cable is the dispersion un-shifted fiber having low water peak attenuation for full
spectrum transmission range from 1285 nm to 1625 nm (including the extended band 1360 nm –
1460 nm).
1.5 The primary design consideration of the cable protects the optical fibers from environmental and
mechanical stresses.
1.6 The cable as this specification is designed for use installing in short cable length. The suitable
installed cable length should not be longer than 300 M.