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APPLICATION SPECIFIC USAGE
APPLICATION SPECIFIC USAGE
H
H ApplicationSpecicUsage
H.1 Calculatingmaximumbercablelength
Maximumopticalberlengthisdeterminedbytwomajorfactors:opticallossand
bandwidthlimit.Thesetypesofopticalberperformanceandqualityaredenedinthe
ISO standard ISO/IEC 11801.
Calculatingbercablelengths
OMx/OCx = ISO/
IEC 11801
standard (optical
bertype)
For
wavelength
Optical
power
budget
Cable loss Coupler
loss.
ANSI/TIA/
EIA-568-A
BW Length
limit
OM1 = Multi Mode
62.5/125 µm
850 nm 8 dB -3.5 dB/km -0.75 dB 200 MHz*km
OM2 = Multi Mode
50/125 µm
850 nm 8 dB -3.5 dB/km -0.75 dB 500 MHz*km
OM3 = Multi Mode
50/125 µm
laser optimized
ber
850 nm 8 dB -3.5 dB/km -0.75 dB 2000 MHz*km
OM4 = Multi Mode
50/125 µm
laser optimized
ber
850 nm 8 dB -3.5 dB/km -0.75 dB 4700 MHz*km
OS1 = Single Mode
9/125 µm
1310 nm 10 dB -1 dB/km -0.75 dB N/A
OS2 = Single Mode
9/125 µm
1310 nm 10 dB -0.4 dB/km -0.75 dB N/A
Table shows worst-case speciîž’cations.