ZXR10ZSRV2HardwareDescription
bersandmultimodeopticalbers.Theusermayselectoneinaccordancewiththe
particularsituation.
lMultimodeopticalber:Transmitssignalsbyusingmultiplemodesoflight(for
short-distancetransmission).
lSingle-modeopticalber:Transmitssignalsbyusingasinglemodeoflight(for
long-distancetransmission).
Eachopticalberiscomposedofthebercore,claddinglayer,bufferlayer,strengthening
layer,andtheouterjacket.Forthephysicalcross-sectionalareaofabercable,see
Figure10-7.
Figure10-7OpticalFiberCross-sectionalArea
Thebercoreistheopticaltransmissioncomponentlocatedatthecore.Itismadeof
siliconorglass.Thechemicalcompositionsofabercorearepartiallydifferentfromthose
ofthecladdinglayer,sothatthelightenteringataspeciedangleisreectedcontinuously
bythebercoreandcladdinglayer.Therefore,lightremainsinthebercoreduringthe
wholetransmissionprocess.
OpticalFiberConnectors
Selectionofopticalberconnectorsdependsontheoperatingenvironmentanddevices.
TheZXR10ZSRV2routerusesthefollowingtypesofopticalberconnectors:
lLCconnector
lSCconnector
lFCconnector
Connectorsatthetwoendsoftheopticalbercanbeofthesametypeordifferenttypes.
Fortheconnectorpairingandusage,refertoTable10-9.
Table10-9OpticalFiberConnectorPairingandUsage
Device-end
Connectortype
Opposite-end
Connectortype
CableTypeCableUsage
LCFC
Single-mode
indooropticalber
Connectionbetweenadevice
interfacelinecardandODF
10-8
SJ-20150204153047-004|2015-03-30(R1.0)ZTEProprietaryandCondential