New optical splitter module with high reliability for FTTH in outside environments

56th IWCS Conference - Proceedings of the International Wire and Cable Symposium, Inc., IWCS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 249-253

  Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Azuma, Yuji ^a   Kozawa, Yutaka ^a  

^a NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aerial closure; Damp heat; Failure rate; FTTH; Insertion loss; Optical splitter; Outside environment; Outside plant; PLC; PON; Reliability; Splitter module; Temperature and humidity cycle

Indexed keywords

CABLES; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FIBERS; MAINTENANCE; MOISTURE; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PASSIVE NETWORKS; PLANT SHUTDOWNS; WIRE;

AERIAL CLOSURE; FAILURE RATE; FTTH; OPTICAL SPLITTER; OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT; OUTSIDE PLANT; PLC; PON; SPLITTER MODULE;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 55249108270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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