BS 7718:1996

Committees responsible
Foreword
Code of practice
Introduction
1 Scope
2 References
3 Definitions and symbols
4 Optical fibre safety
5 Installation specification
6 Quality plan
7 Cabling component acceptance
8 Optical cable and closure installation
9 Jointing and termination
10 Final cabling acceptance (stage II) tests
11 Documentation
12 Maintenance and repair
Annexes
A (normative) Acceptance test and inspection methods
B (informative) Guidance notes
Tables
A.1 Typical wavelength correction values
A.2 Connector end-face regions
B.1 Optical power budget correction factors
B.2 Typical data for optical fibre designs
Figures
A.1 OTDR testing of optical fibre elements
A.2 Fibre optic span configurations
A.3 OTDR tests on fibre optic spans
A.4 Configuration A: optical loss measurement
A.5 Configuration B: optical loss measurement
A.6 Configuration C: optical loss measurement
A.7 Connector end-face region definitions
A.8 Chip defects
A.9 Crack defects
B.1 Optical power budget
B.2 Launched power
B.3 Received power
B.4 Optical loss within a fibre optic span
B.5 Attenuation coefficient and wavelength
B.6 Direct connection to transmission equipment
B.7 Patch panel closure
B.8 Pigtailed closure
B.9 Closure applications
List of references

Recommendations for design, workmanship and quality assurance requirements for the installation of fibre optic cabling used to provide a communication path between two or more points.