Section 27 13 23 – Optical Fiber Backbone Cabling
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.1 Related documents
A. (Refer to main specification)
1.2 SUMMARY
A. Section Includes Optical Fiber single mode and multimode cables with fiber counts from 2 through 144 fibers.
B. Products Installed but Not Furnished or Supplied Under This Section
1. Connectivity, including connectors, patch panels, shelves, furcation kits
2. Interconnect cables
3. Distribution Frames
4. Trays
C. Related Requirements:
1. Section 27 15 13, Communications Optical Fiber Horizontal Cabling
2. Section 27 13 23.13, Optical Fiber Splicing and Terminations
1.3 References
A. Abbreviations and Acronyms
1. AHJ: Authority Having Jurisdiction
2. BICSI: Building Industry Consulting Service International.
3. Cross-Connect: A facility enabling the termination of cable elements and their interconnection or cross-connection.
4. EMI: Electromagnetic interference.
5. LAN: Local area network.
6. NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
7. NRTL: Nationally Recognized Test Laboratory, e.g. UL or ETL
8. RCDD: Registered Communications Distribution Designer.
9. TIA: Telecommunications Industry Association
B. Reference Standards
1. ANSI/TIA-568-C.3, “Optical Fiber Cabling and Components Standard”
2. ANSI/ICEA S-83-596, “Standard for Optical Fiber Premises Distribution Cable”
3. ANSI/ICEA S-104-696, “Standard for Indoor-Outdoor Optical Fiber Cable”
4. BICSI “Information Technology Systems Installation Methods Manual”
5. TIA-569-B, “Commercial Building Standard for Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces”
6. ISO/IEC 11801, “Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises”
7. ISO/IEC 24702, “Information technology – Generic cabling – Industrial premises”
8. UL 1651, “UL Standard for Safety for Optical Fiber Cable”
9. NFPA 262, “Standard Method of Test for Flame Travel and Smoke of Wires and Cables for Use in Air-Handling Spaces”
10. UL 1666, “UL Standard for Safety for Test for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cables Installed Vertically in Shafts”
11. UL 444, “UL Standard for Safety for Communications Cables”
12. UL 1569, “UL Standard for Safety for Metal-Clad Cables”
1.4 backbone cabling description
A. Premises backbone cabling system shall provide cable and connectivity between communications equipment rooms, optical entrance facilities and data centers. A cabling system consists of backbone cables, intermediate and main cross-connects, mechanical or fusion spliced terminations, and patch cords or jumpers used for backbone-to-backbone cross-connection.
B. Indoor/Outdoor premises backbone cabling system shall provide cable and connectivity between communications equipment rooms, optical entrance facilities and data centers that are between buildings where the pathway leaves the building and traverses between buildings and enters another building. The distance traversed may be underground or may be aerial. A cabling system consists of backbone cables, intermediate and main cross-connects, mechanical or fusion spliced terminations, and patch cords or jumpers used for backbone-to-backbone cross-connection.
1.5 performance requirements
A. Backbone cables shall comply with the transmission standards in the current revision of ANSI/TIA-568.
B. Premises backbone cables shall comply with the requirements of the premises distribution requirements of the latest revision of ICEA-596
C. Indoor/Outdoor premises backbone cable shall comply with the requirements of the premises distribution requirements of the latest revision of ICEA-696
D. The premises and indoor/outdoor premises cables shall comply with the applicable safety requirements UL 444 and UL 1651.
E. Interlock armored backbone cables shall comply with the applicable safety requirements of UL 1569
F. Plenum backbone cables shall comply with the requirements of NFPA 262.
G. Riser backbone cables shall comply with the requirements of UL 1666.
1.6 ACTION SUBMITTALS
A. Product Data: For each type of product indicated.
B. Shop Drawings: For each area of installation.
1.7 INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS
A. Qualification Data: For qualified layout technician, installation supervisor, and field inspector.
B. Source quality-control reports.
C. Field quality-control reports.
D. Maintenance Data: For splices and connectors to include in maintenance manuals.
1.8 CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS
A. Field test reports in native tester file format to be submitted for warranty.
1.9 MAINTENANCE MATERIAL SUBMITTALS
A. Furnish 500 ft. of cable, packaged with protective covering for storage and identified with labels describing contents.
1.10 QUALITY ASSURANCE
A. Installer Qualifications: Cabling Installer must have on staff personnel certified by BICSI.
1. Layout Responsibility: Preparation of Shop Drawings, Cabling Administration Drawings, and field testing program development by an RCDD.
2. Installation Supervision: Installation shall be under the direct supervision of Level 2 Installer, who shall be present at all times when Work of this Section is performed at Project site.
3. Testing Supervisor: Testing supervisor shall be currently certified by BICSI as an RCDD to supervise on-site testing.
B. Testing Agency Qualifications: BICSI certified.
C. Testing Agency's Field Supervisor: Currently certified by BICSI as an RCDD to supervise on-site testing
D. Electrical Components, Devices, and Accessories: Listed and labeled as defined in NFPA 70, by a qualified testing agency, and marked for intended location and application.
E. Telecommunications Pathways and Spaces: Comply with TIA-569-B.
1.11 DELIVERY, STORAGE, AND HANDLING
A. Temperature Preconditioning: Cables shall be at room temperature prior to installation.
B. Cables shall be stored in a dry environment.
1.12 PROJECT CONDITIONS
A. Environmental Limitations: Do not deliver or install cables and connecting materials until wet work spaces are completed and dry, and temporary HVAC system is operating and maintaining ambient temperature and humidity conditions at occupancy levels during the remainder of the construction period.
1.13 COORDINATION
A. Coordinate layout and installation of telecommunications pathways and cabling with Owner's telecommunications and LAN equipment and service suppliers.
PART 2 - PRODUCTS
2.1 Multimode fiber, OM4, 50/125 micron, tight buffered, SINGLE UNIT PREMISES distribution, RISER
A. Manufacturers:
1. Superior Essex, Inc.
B. Description
1. Product Name: 50 Micron MMF TeraFlex 10G/550, Single Unit Tight Buffered Riser Distribution Cable
2. Part Numbers and Fiber Count
a. 43006NG01, 6 Fibers
b. 43012NG01, 12 Fibers
c. 43018NK01, 18 Fibers
d. 43024NK01, 24 Fibers
C. 50 Micron OM4 Multimode Fiber Requirements
1. 50 Micron Nominal Core Diameter
2. 125 Micron Nominal Cladding Diameter
3. Coating Diameter of 250 ± 10 microns
4. Numerical Aperture of 0.200 ± 0.015
5. Nominal Group Refractive Index of 1.479
6. Minimum Proof Strength (On-line) of 100 kpsi (0.69 GPa)
7. Maximum Core/Cladding Concentricity Error of 1.5 microns
8. Maximum Cladding Non-Circularity of 1.5%
9. Maximum Coating/Cladding Concentricity Error of 12 microns
10. Minimum Laser Effective Modal Bandwidth (by DMD Mask)
a. 4,700 MHz-km at 850 nm
b. 500 MHz-km at 1300 nm
D. Cable Performance Requirements
1. Maximum Room Temperature Attenuation
a. 3.5 dB/km at 850 nm
b. 1.5 dB/km at 1300 nm
2. 900 Micron Tight Buffer Diameter
3. Riser-rated flame retardant PVC
4. Aqua jacket color per TIA-598-C
5. Comply with UL 444
6. Comply with UL 1666
7. Comply with UL 1651
8. Comply with ICEA S-83-596.
9. Comply with ANSI/TIA-568-C.3.
10. Comply with ISO/IEC 11801 OM4 Designation
11. Listed as OFNR by an NRTL acceptable to the AHJ
12. UL Certified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
13. Third party verified Health Product Declaration (HPD)
14. RoHS/RoHS 2 compliant materials
15. 10GBASE-SX Protocol Support for up to 550 meters at 850 nm
16. 10GBASE-SX Protocol Support for up to 300 meters at 1300 nm
E. Cable Print Legend
1. The cable shall be printed in both feet and meters
2. The cable shall have “Made in USA” printed on the jacket
2.2 Multimode fiber, OM4, 50/125 micron, tight buffered, SINGLE UNIT PREMISES distribution, plenum
A. Manufacturers:
1. Superior Essex, Inc.
B. Description
1. Product Name: 50 Micron MMF TeraFlex 10G/550, Single Unit Tight Buffered Plenum Distribution Cable
2. Part Numbers and Fiber Count
a. 44006NG01, 6 Fibers
b. 44012NG01, 12 Fibers
c. 44018NK01, 18 Fibers
d. 44024NK01, 24 Fibers
C. 50 Micron OM4 Multimode Fiber Requirements
1. 50 Micron Nominal Core Diameter
2. 125 Micron Nominal Cladding Diameter
3. Coating Diameter of 250 ± 10 microns
4. Numerical Aperture of 0.200 ± 0.015
5. Nominal Group Refractive Index of 1.479
6. Minimum Proof Strength (On-line) of 100 kpsi (0.69 GPa)
7. Maximum Core/Cladding Concentricity Error of 1.5 microns
8. Maximum Cladding Non-Circularity of 1.5%
9. Maximum Coating/Cladding Concentricity Error of 12 microns
10. Minimum Laser Effective Modal Bandwidth (by DMD Mask)
a. 4,700 MHz-km at 850 nm
b. 500 MHz-km at 1300 nm
D. Cable Performance Requirements
1. Maximum Room Temperature Attenuation
a. 3.5 dB/km at 850 nm
b. 1.5 dB/km at 1300 nm
2. 900 Micron Tight Buffer Diameter
3. Plenum-rated flame retardant PVC or PVDF jacket
4. Aqua jacket color per TIA-598-C
5. Comply with UL 444
6. Comply with UL 1651
7. Comply with NFPA 262
8. Comply with ICEA S-83-596.
9. Comply with ANSI/TIA-568-C.3.
10. Comply with ISO/IEC 11801 OM4 Designation
11. Listed as OFNP by an NRTL acceptable to the AHJ
12. UL Certified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
13. Third party verified Health Product Declaration (HPD)
14. RoHS/RoHS 2 compliant materials
15. 10GBASE-SX Protocol Support for up to 550 meters at 850 nm
16. 10GBASE-SX Protocol Support for up to 300 meters at 1300 nm
E. Cable Print Legend
1. The cable shall be printed in both feet and meters
2. The cable shall have “Made in USA” printed on the jacket
2.3 Multimode fiber, OM4, 50/125 micron, tight buffered, MULTI-UNIT PRemises distribution, RISER
A. Manufacturers:
1. Superior Essex, Inc.
B. Description
1. Product Name: 50 Micron MMF TeraFlex 10G/150, Multi-Unit Tight Buffered Riser Distribution Cable
2. Part Numbers and Fiber Count
a. 43018NG01, 18 Fibers
b. 43024NG01, 24 Fibers
c. 43036NG01, 36 Fibers (6-fiber subunits)
d. 43036NE01, 36 Fibers (12-fiber subunits)
e. 43048NG01, 48 Fibers
f. 43072NG01, 72 Fibers
g. 43096NG01, 96 Fibers
h. 43144NG01, 144 Fibers
3. Cable Subunit Configuration
a. Cables with 18 – 24 fibers shall have 6-fiber subunits
b. Cables with 36 fibers shall have 6 or 12-fiber subunits
c. Cables with 72 – 144 fibers shall have 12-fiber subunits
d. Subunits shall contain 900 micron tight buffered fibers that are color coded according to ANSI/TIA-598-C
e. Subunits shall be aqua per ANSI/TIA-598-C
f. Subunits shall be numbered “Unit 1,” “Unit 2,” etc.
C. 50 Micron OM4 Multimode Fiber Requirements
1. 50 Micron Nominal Core Diameter
2. 125 Micron Nominal Cladding Diameter
3. Coating Diameter of 250 ± 10 microns
4. Numerical Aperture of 0.200 ± 0.015
5. Nominal Group Refractive Index of 1.479
6. Minimum Proof Strength (On-line) of 100 kpsi (0.69 GPa)
7. Maximum Core/Cladding Concentricity Error of 1.5 microns
8. Maximum Cladding Non-Circularity of 1.5%
9. Maximum Coating/Cladding Concentricity Error of 12 microns
10. Minimum Laser Effective Modal Bandwidth (by DMD Mask)
a. 4,700 MHz-km at 850 nm
b. 500 MHz-km at 1300 nm
D. Cable Performance Requirements
1. Maximum Room Temperature Attenuation
a. 3.5 dB/km at 850 nm
b. 1.5 dB/km at 1300 nm
2. 900 Micron tight buffer diameter
3. Riser-rated flame retardant PVC jacket
4. Aqua jacket color per TIA-598-C
5. Comply with UL 444
6. Comply with UL 1651
7. Comply with UL 1666
8. Comply with ICEA S-83-596.
9. Comply with ANSI/TIA-568-C.3.
10. Comply with ISO/IEC 11801 OM4 Designation
11. Listed as OFNR by an NRTL acceptable to the AHJ
12. UL Certified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
13. Third party verified Health Product Declaration (HPD)
14. RoHS/RoHS 2 compliant materials
15. 10GBASE-SX Protocol Support for up to 550 meters at 850 nm
16. 10GBASE-SX Protocol Support for up to 300 meters at 1300 nm
E. Cable Print Legend
1. The cable shall be printed in both feet and meters
2. The cable shall have “Made in USA” printed on the jacket
2.4 Multimode fiber, OM4, 50/125 micron, tight buffered, MULTI-UNIT PRemises distribution, plenum
A. Manufacturers:
1. Superior Essex, Inc.
B. Description
1. Product Name: 50 Micron MMF TeraFlex 10G/150, Multi-Unit Tight Buffered Plenum Distribution Cable
2. Part Numbers and Fiber Count
a. 44018NG01, 18 Fibers
b. 44024NG01, 24 Fibers
c. 44036NG01, 36 Fibers (6-fiber subunits)
d. 44036NE01, 36 Fibers (12-fiber subunits)
e. 44048NG01, 48 Fibers
f. 44072NG01, 72 Fibers
g. 44096NG01, 96 Fibers
h. 44144NG01, 144 Fibers
3. Cable Subunit Configuration
a. Cables with 18 – 24 fibers shall have 6-fiber subunits
b. Cables with 36 fibers shall have 6 or 12-fiber subunits
c. Cables with 72 – 144 fibers shall have 12-fiber subunits
d. Subunits shall contain 900 micron tight buffered fibers that are color coded according to ANSI/TIA-598-C
e. Subunits shall be aqua per ANSI/TIA-598-C
f. Subunits shall be numbered “Unit 1,” “Unit 2,” etc.
C. 50 Micron OM4 Multimode Fiber Requirements
1. 50 Micron Nominal Core Diameter
2. 125 Micron Nominal Cladding Diameter
3. Coating Diameter of 250 ± 10 microns
4. Numerical Aperture of 0.200 ± 0.015
5. Nominal Group Refractive Index of 1.479
6. Minimum Proof Strength (On-line) of 100 kpsi (0.69 GPa)
7. Maximum Core/Cladding Concentricity Error of 1.5 microns
8. Maximum Cladding Non-Circularity of 1.5%
9. Maximum Coating/Cladding Concentricity Error of 12 microns
10. Minimum Laser Effective Modal Bandwidth (by DMD Mask)
a. 4,700 MHz-km at 850 nm
b. 500 MHz-km at 1300 nm
D. Cable Performance Requirements
1. Maximum Room Temperature Attenuation
a. 3.5 dB/km at 850 nm
b. 1.5 dB/km at 1300 nm
2. 900 Micron tight buffer diameter
3. Plenum-rated flame retardant PVC or PVDF jacket
4. Aqua jacket color per TIA-598-C
5. Comply with UL 444
6. Comply with UL 1651
7. Comply with NFPA 262
8. Comply with ICEA S-83-596.
9. Comply with ANSI/TIA-568-C.3.
10. Comply with ISO/IEC 11801 OM4 Designation
11. Listed as OFNP by an NRTL acceptable to the AHJ
12. UL Certified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
13. Third party verified Health Product Declaration (HPD)