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BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 BSI Standards Publication Optical fibre cables Part 2-31: Indoor optical fibre cables — Detailed specification for optical fibre ribbon cables for use in premises cabling BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 National foreword This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN 60794-2-31:2013 It is identical to IEC 60794-2-31:2012 It supersedes BS EN 60794-2-31:2006 which is withdrawn The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee GEL/86, Fibre optics, to Subcommittee GEL/86/1, Optical fibres and cables A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract Users are responsible for its correct application © The British Standards Institution 2013 Published by BSI Standards Limited 2013 ISBN 978 580 71601 ICS 33.180.10 Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 28 February 2013 Amendments issued since publication Amd No Date Text affected BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 EN 60794-2-31 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPÉENNE EUROPÄISCHE NORM January 2013 ICS 33.180.10 Supersedes EN 60794-2-31:2006 English version Optical fibre cables Part 2-31: Indoor cables Detailed specification for optical fibre ribbon cables for use in premises cabling (IEC 60794-2-31:2012) Câbles fibres optiques Partie 2-31: Câbles intérieurs Spécification particulière pour les câbles fibres optiques en ruban utilisés dans le câblage de locaux (CEI 60794-2-31:2012) Lichtwellenleiterkabel Teil 2-31: LWL-Innenkabel Bauartspezifikation für LWL-Bandkabel zur Innenverlegung für anwendungsneutrale Standortverkabelung (IEC 60794-2-31:2012) This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2012-12-12 CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German) A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom CENELEC European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels © 2013 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members Ref No EN 60794-2-31:2013 E BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 EN 60794-2-31:2013 -2- Foreword The text of document 86A/1468/FDIS, future edition of IEC 60794-2-31, prepared by SC 86A, "Fibres and cables", of IEC TC 86, "Fibre optics" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 60794-2-31:2013 The following dates are fixed: • • latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the document have to be withdrawn (dop) 2013-09-12 (dow) 2015-12-12 This document supersedes EN 60794-2-31:2006 EN 60794-2-31:2013 includes the following significant technical changes with respect to EN 60794-231:2006: • incorporation of the OM4 cabled fibre performance category; • incorporation of the OS2 cabled fibre performance category; • incorporation of the B6_a1 and B6_a2 fibre categories as per EN 60793-2-50 Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IEC 60794-2-31:2012 was approved by CENELEC as a European Standard without any modification In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated: IEC 60794-1-1 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60794-1-1 IEC 60794-2 NOTE Harmonized as EN 60794-2 BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 EN 60794-2-31:2013 -3- Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their corresponding European publications The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application For dated references, only the edition cited applies For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies NOTE When an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD applies To be used together with the Annexes ZA of EN 60794-1-1, EN 60794-1-2, EN 60794-2 and EN 60794-230 Publication Year Title EN/HD IEC 60793-2-10 2011 Optical fibres EN 60793-2-10 Part 2-10: Product specifications - Sectional specification for category A1 multimode fibres 2011 IEC 60793-2-50 2008 Optical fibres Part 2-50: Product specifications - Sectional specification for class B single-mode fibres 2008 IEC 60794-1-2 - Optical fibre cables EN 60794-1-2 Part 1-2: Generic specification - Basic optical cable test procedures - IEC 60794-2-30 2008 Optical fibre cables EN 60794-2-30 Part 2-30: Indoor cables - Family specification for ribbon cables 2008 ISO/IEC 11801 - Information technology - Generic cabling for customer premises - EN 60793-2-50 - Year –2– BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 60794-2-31 © IEC:2012 CONTENTS Scope Normative references General requirements Particular requirements 4.1 4.2 Temperature cycling Transmission requirements 4.2.1 Attenuation of cabled fibre 4.2.2 Fibre bandwidth requirements Bibliography Table – Multimode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) Table – Single-mode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) Table – Minimum multimode fibre bandwidth (MHz×km) BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 60794-2-31 © IEC:2012 –5– OPTICAL FIBRE CABLES – Part 2-31: Indoor cables – Detailed specification for optical fibre ribbon cables for use in premises cabling Scope This part of the IEC 60794 series presents the detailed requirements specific to indoor optical fibre ribbon cables to ensure compatibility with ISO/IEC 11801 The requirements of the family specification IEC 60794-2-30 are applicable to cables covered by this standard The particular requirements detailed in Clause either define a specific option relative to the requirements of IEC 60794-2-30 or define additional requirements Normative references The following documents, in whole or in part, are normatively referenced in this document and are indispensable for its application For dated references, only the edition cited applies For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies NOTE They complete the normative references already listed in the generic specification (IEC 60794-1-1[1] and IEC 60794-1-2) and in the sectional specification (IEC 60794-2 [2]) or in the family specification (IEC 60794-2-30) IEC 60793-2-10:2011, Optical fibres − Part 2-10: Product specifications − Sectional specification for category A1 multimode fibres IEC 60793-2-50:2008, Optical fibres − Part 2-50: Product specifications − Sectional specification for class B single-mode fibres IEC 60794-1-2, Optical fibre cables – Part 1-2: Generic specification – Basic optical cable test procedures IEC 60794-2-30:2008, Optical fibre cables − Part 2-30: Indoor cables − Family specification for ribbon cables ISO/IEC 11801, Information technology − Generic cabling for customers premises General requirements The cable shall comply with the family specification (IEC 60794-2-30) and meet the requirements that are defined in it The optical fibre contained in the cables which are covered by this standard shall comply with one of the following standards and meet the normative requirements defined within them as applicable: • IEC 60793-2-50:2008, Annex A (Single-mode B1.1 fibre) ————————— Numbers in square brackets refer to the Bibliography BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 60794-2-31 â IEC:2012 ã IEC 60793-2-50:2008, Annex C (Single-mode B1.3 fibre) • IEC 60793-2-50:2008, Annex G (Single-mode B6_a1 and B6_a2 fibre) • IEC 60793-2-10:2011, Annex A (Multimode A1a.1, 50 àm core fibre) ã IEC 60793-2-10:2011, Annex A (Multimode A1a.2, 50 àm core fibre) ã IEC 60793-2-10:2011, Annex A (Multimode A1a.3, 50 àm core fibre) ã IEC 60793-2-10:2011, Annex B (Multimode A1b, 62,5 µm core fibre) To ensure compatibility with ISO/IEC 11801, optical performance level requirements are presented in terms of the performance classification codes for cabled optical fibre as follows: • OS1 Single-mode fibre, categories B1.1, B1.3 or sub-categories B6_a1 and B6_a2; • OS2 Single-mode fibre, category B1.3 or sub-categories B6_a1 and B6_a2 • OM1 Multimode fibre, model A1a.1 or sub-category;A1b • OM2 Multimode fibre, model A1a.1 or sub-category;A1b; • OM3 Multimode fibre, model A1a.2; • OM4 Multimode fibre, model A1a.3 NOTE These codes are informative from the perspective of the requirements defined in this detailed specification Particular requirements 4.1 Temperature cycling The cable shall meet the requirement of IEC 60794-2-30:2008, Table 2, Option c (–20 °C to +60 °C) The test shall be performed on a 50 m specimen No attenuation changes shall be allowed during the test (see IEC 60794-1-2 for definition of “no change in attenuation) 4.2 4.2.1 Transmission requirements Attenuation of cabled fibre Depending on the fibre category, the attenuation coefficient of the cabled fibre shall be less than the maximum values in Table for the multimode fibres and less than the maximum values in Table for single-mode fibres – for the wavelengths listed in the table The fibre category shall be agreed between customer and supplier Table – Multimode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) Fibre Attenuation coefficient at 850 nm Attenuation coefficient at 300 nm Performance codes IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.1 3,5 1,5 OM1 OM2 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.2 3,5 1,5 OM1 OM2 OM3 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.3 3,5 1,5 OM1 OM2 OM3 OM4 IEC 60793-2-10, A1b 3,5 1,5 OM1 OM2 BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 60794-2-31 © IEC:2012 –7– Table – Single-mode maximum cable attenuation coefficient (dB/km) Fibre Wavelengths nm Maximum attenuation coefficient Performance codes IEC 60793-2-50, B1.1, B1.3 ,B6_a1 , B6_a2 310, 550 1,0 OS1 IEC 60793-2-50, B1.3, B6_a1, B6_a2 310, 383, 550 0,4 OS2 4.2.2 Fibre bandwidth requirements There are no bandwidth requirements on single-mode fibre For cables containing multimode fibres, the uncabled fibre shall be specified at one of the performance levels defined in Table in terms of minimum bandwidth (MHz × km), wavelength, and type of measurement The fibre category and performance level shall be agreed between customer and supplier Table – Minimum multimode fibre bandwidth (MHz×km) Fibre Nominal core diameter µm Overfilled bandwidth at 850 nm Overfilled bandwidth at 300 nm Effective modal bandwidth at 850 nm Performance codes IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.1 50 200 500 na OM1 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.1 50 500 500 na OM2 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.2 50 500 500 000 OM3 IEC 60793-2-10, A1a.3 50 500 500 700 OM4 IEC 60793-2-10, A1b 62,5 200 500 na OM1 IEC 60793-2-10, A1b 62,5 500 500 na OM2 –8– BS EN 60794-2-31:2013 60794-2-31 © IEC:2012 Bibliography IEC 60794-1-1, Optical fibre cables – Part 1-1: Generic specification – General IEC 60794-2, Optical fibre cables – Part 2: Indoor cables – Sectional specification _ This page deliberately left blank NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards Institution (BSI) BSI is the national body responsible for preparing British Standards and other standards-related publications, information and services BSI is incorporated by Royal Charter British Standards and other standardization products are published by BSI Standards Limited About us Revisions We bring together business, industry, government, consumers, innovators and others to shape their combined experience and expertise into standards -based solutions Our British Standards and other publications are updated by amendment or revision The knowledge embodied in our standards 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