DIN/V
D
VDE desig
d
nation of OFC
O
data c om ca
ables
General
G
l
The
T German S
Standardisattion Institutes
s DIN and V DE use a set of code lettters for the ddesignation of
o cables. Forr
Optical
O
cabless, the relevan
nt standard is DIN 0888. Variants of the
t designations are useed by institutions like
Deutsche
D
Tele
ecom and th
he German Railways.
R
Like
ewise some special (new
wer) designattions are a de facto
in
ndustry stand
dard.
In
n the following
g section the meaning of th
hese codes is e
explained.
Cable
C
de
esignattion, refference
e DIN/V
VDE
Abbreviation
A
English
German
Explanation
/
Kurzzeichen
K
Product des
signation
Produktbeze
eichung
A-
Outdoor ca
able
Aussenkabel
J--
Indoor cable
Innenkabel
U-
Universal cable
c
I/O cable
e
Not part off the VDE 088
88
V
Secondary buffering
Tight bufferr or semitight buffer
b
Universalkab
bel
Faserart
Vollader
VDE make no distinction
n
between th
he different
variants off buffer
W
Filled loose tube w. 1 fibre
e
Hohlader, ge
efüllt
D
Filled loose tube w. severral fibres
Bündelader, gefüllt
F
Jelly filling between the tubes
Füllmasse zu
ur Füllung derr
Verseilhohlrä
äume in der Kabelseele
K
Q
Swellable ta
ape
Quellvlies
S
Metal eleme
ent in the cable core
Metallenes Element
E
in derr Kabelseele
Sheathing
Äußere Umh
hüllung
(Z
ZN)
Yarn reinforrcement
Nichtmetallis
sche
Zugentlastungselemente
Always in combination
c
with the sh
heath e.g.
(ZN)(L)2Y
(L
L)
Aluminium tape
Alu Schichte
enmantel
Always in combination
c
with the sh
heath e.g. (L)2Y
B
Armouring
Bewehrung
SR
Armouring with corrugate
ed steel
Bewehrung aus Stahlwelle
enmantel
Y
PVC sheath
h
PVC Mantel
2Y
Y
PE sheath
PE Mantel
4Y
Y
PA sheath
PA Mantel
9Y
Y
PP sheath
PP Mantel
11Y
PUR sheath
h
PUR Mantel
H
Halogenfre
ee, fireretardant sheath
Halogenfreie
er, flammwidriiger Mantel
Number off fibers
Anzahl der Fasern
F
n
Number of fibers
Anzahl der Fasern
F
nxm
Number of tubes x numb
ber of fibers
in each tub
be
Anzahl der Bündeladern
B
x Anzahl der
Fasern je Bü
ündeladern
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DIN/V
D
VDE desig
d
nation of OFC
O
data c om ca
ables
Type of fibe
ers and transm
mission
properties
Bauart
Examples
E
Single mod
de fibers
Einmodenfas
ser
E9/125
G
Multimode fibers
Gradientenfa
aser / Mehrmo
odenfaser
E10/125
nn
Modefield diameter
d
in µm
m for single
Felddurchme
esser in µm be
ei
G50/125
mode fiberrs or core diam
meter in µm
Einmodenfas
sern oder Kerndurchmesse
or
for multi mode
m
fiber
in µm bei Me
ehrmoden faser
G62,5/125
/ mmm
Cladding diiameter in µm
m
Manteldurchmesser in µm
m
oo
oo
Attenuation
n coefficient in
n dB/km
Dämpfungsk
koeffizient in dB/km
d
2,8B600
Wavelength
h
Wellenlänge
0,55F1200
B
850 nm forr multi mode fibers
f
850 nm bei Mehrmodenfasern
0,38F3
F
1300 nm fo
or multi mode
e fibers
1300 nm bei Mehrmodenffasern
or
F
1310 nm fo
or single mode
e fibers
sern
1310 nm bei Einmodenfas
0,25H18
H
1550 nm fo
or single mode
e fibers
sern
1550 nm bei Einmodenfas
pp
Bandwidth in MHz x 1 km
m for multi
Bandbreite in MHz x 1 km
m bei
mode fiberrs
Mehrmodenffasern
Dispersion in ps/(nm · km) for
Dispersion in
n ps/(nm · km
m) bei
single mode fibers
Einmodenfas
sern
Various
Diverses
LG
G
Stranding in
i layers
Lagenverseilung
rrr
Sheath colo
or
Farbkurzzeic
chen
Example
E
es
Designation
D
Explanation
J-V(ZN)H
J
1 E9
9/125 0,38F3 0,25H18
Indoor cable
e with tightly buffered
b
fiberr and with halo
ogenfree
sheathing an
nd yarn reinfo
orcing under t he sheath. Th
he cable has 1
fiber, which is a single mo
ode fiber. The
e cable has an attenuation
value of <= 0.38 dB/km at
a 1310 nm. A
At this wavele
ength the
dispersion is
s (less than) 3 ps/km · nm. The values at 1550 nm is
0.25 dB/km and 18 ps/km
m · nm respecctively.
A-DQ(ZN)B2Y
A
Y 12 G50/125 3.0B3500 1.0
0F500
Outdoor cab
ble with loose tube and swe
ellable dry watter blocking,
polyethylene
e sheathing. Yarn
Y
reinforcem
ment under th
he sheath, of
type and am
mount as to co
onstitute an arrmouring laye
er. The cable
has 12 fibers which is multimode. The cable has an attenuation of
o
km at 850 nm; and a bandw
width of >= 3500
3
MHz · km
m
<= 3.0 dB/k
at 850 nm. At
A 1300 nm th
he values are 1.0 dB/km an
nd 500 MHz ·
km respectiv
vely.
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