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BICSI Field Guide 3 Fiber 2020

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ICT Installation Practices Field Guides: Volume 3 – Optical Fiber Cabling, 1st Edition

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BICSI 2020 156
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This guide focuses on in-the-field optical fiber cabling installation and maintenance techniques based on applicable codes, standards and industry best practices. Throughout its pages you will find everything likely to come up on the job site, from optical fiber cable classification, splicing, applications, performance specifications, length limitations, termination, troubleshooting, and much more.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
1 Optical Fiber Field Guide
2 Preface
5 WARNING
6 Acknowledgments
8 Icons, Abbreviations and Acronyms
10 Table of Contents
14 Figures
18 Tables
19 Examples
20 Steps
22 Optical Fiber Cabling Media
Optical Fiber Strands
23 Multimode
24 Singlemode
25 Cable Construction
26 Tight-Buffered Optical Fiber Cable
28 Loose-Tube Optical Fiber Cable
29 Ribbon Optical Fiber Cable
30 Air-Blown Optical Fiber Cable
Cabling Performance Classification
33 Optical Fiber Cable and Strand Color Codes
35 Cable Construction
36 Type CMP
Type CMR
37 Type CMG
Type CM
Type CMX
Type CMUC Undercarpet Wires and Cables
38 Bandwidth
Dispersion
39 Modal Dispersion
Chromatic Dispersion
40 Attenuation
Backbone Fiber Cabling
41 Backbone Fiber Cable Selection
Horizontal Fiber Cabling
43 Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling
44 Centralized Optical Fiber Cabling Distances
Pull-Through Method
Interconnection and Splice Methods
45 Passive Optical Networks (PONs)
48 Air-Blown Optical Fiber Tubes
Installation Conditions
Establishing Optical Fiber Pathway
49 Tube Couplers
Tube Management
50 Optical Fiber Cabling Hazards
52 Additional Considerations for Pulling Fiber Optic Cables
61 Testing Primary Tubes or Tube Bundles
Blowing Optical Fiber Cable
62 Terminate Cable
Perform Pre-termination Functions
65 Steps—Simplex, Zip Cord, and Breakout Cable Preparation
66 Steps—Multifiber Tight-Buffered Cable Preparation
Steps—Loose-Tube Cable Preparation
67 Terminate Cable and Fiber
Steps—Field Polished Connector Installation
68 Steps—Scribing and Polishing the Connector
74 Inspecting and Cleaning Optical Fiber Connectors
Inspection Tools
75 Microscopes
77 Inspection Practices
79 Cleaning Materials and Methods
Dry Wipes
Dry Swabs
80 Solvents with Wipes or Swabs
81 Cleaning Machines
Canned Air
Solvents
85 General Guidelines for Cleaning
87 Connectors
Single/Double Strand Connectors (Present Usage)
88 Array Connectors
90 Legacy-Style Connectors
Coupling of Optical Fibers
91 Optical Fiber Hardware
92 Optical Fiber Cable Splicing Examples
95 Optical Fiber Strand Preparation
96 Mechanical Splicing
98 Fusion Splicing
106 Testing and Troubleshooting Optical Fiber Cable
Test Equipment
109 Pre-installation Testing
110 Acceptance Testing
114 Configuration Testing
Preventive Maintenance Testing
115 Test Measurement Documentation
118 Test Scenarios and Considerations
119 Attenuation
122 Circuit Configurations
124 Optical Loss Test Set (OLTS)
125 Test Configuration Methods
126 Mode Filter
One Jumper Method Referencing
128 One Jumper Method Testing
Two Jumper Method Referencing
129 Two Jumper Method Testing
130 Three Jumper Method Referencing
131 Three Jumper Method Testing
132 Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
133 Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) Testing Procedures
134 Microscope and Interferometer
135 Radius of Curvature
136 Offset of Polish
Optical Fiber Height
138 Troubleshooting Optical Fiber Media
Troubleshooting Methods
141 Verifying the Problem
142 Isolating the Problem
143 Repairing the Problem
Testing the Repaired System
147 Typical OTDR Fault Presentations
Reflective Break
148 Non-reflective Break
149 Defective Splices
152 Index
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153 D
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154 I
L
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155 P
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156 T
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BICSI Field Guide 3 Fiber 2020
$16.25