GR 1209 CORE : ISSUE 4

Preface
                 Bellcore's Interactive GR Process
                 FA-TA-TR to GR
                 Transition Phase
                 Comments and Issues List Report Mechanism
                 GR-1209 Current Maturity Level, Status and Plans
                 Formatting Comments
                 Where and When to Submit Comments
1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose and Scope of Document
1.2 Requirements Terminology
1.3 Requirement Labeling Conventions
1.3.1 Numbering of Requirement and Related Objects
1.3.2 Requirement, Conditional Requirement, and
                 Objective Object Identification
1.4 Changes from TA-NWT-001209, Issue 2
1.5 Organization
2 General Information
2.1 General Product Description
2.1.1 Branching Component Classes
2.2 Branching Component Technology
2.3 Branching Component Applications
2.3.1 Fiber in the Loop Systems
2.3.1.1 Environmental Conditions
2.3.2 Interoffice and Loop Feeder Systems
2.3.2.1 Bidirectional Transmission
2.3.2.2 Steps for Converting to Bidirectional
                 Interoffice Transmission
2.3.2.3 Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
2.3.3 HFC Architecture for Video Distribution and
                 Telephony
3 General and Design Criteria
3.1 Documentation
3.1.1 General Documentation
3.1.2 Workcenter Information Package
3.2 Marking, Packaging and Shipping
3.3 Physical Design Criteria
3.3.1 Optical Fiber
3.3.2 Optical Connectors
3.3.3 Materials
3.3.3.1 Toxicity
3.3.3.2 Corrosion Resistance
3.3.3.3 Dissimilar Metals
3.3.3.4 Fungus Resistance
3.3.3.5 Flammability
3.3.4 Safety
3.3.5 Mounting
3.3.5.1 Central Office Location
3.3.5.2 Outside Plant Location
3.3.6 1x8 Splitter Closure Construction for FITL
3.4 Quality and Reliability Criteria
3.4.1 Reliability Assurance
3.4.2 Quality Technology Program
4 Performance Criteria
4.1 Environmental and Mechanical Criteria
4.1.1 Temperature-Humidity Aging
4.1.2 Temperature-Humidity Cycling
4.1.3 Water Immersion
4.1.4 Vibration
4.1.5 Flex Test
4.1.6 Twist Test
4.1.7 Side Pull
4.1.8 Cable Retention
4.1.9 Impact Test
4.2 Optical Criteria
4.2.1 Optical Bandpass
4.2.2 Insertion Loss
4.2.3 Uniformity
4.2.4 WDM Wavelength Isolation or Far-End
                 Crosstalk (FEXT)
4.2.5 Directivity
4.2.6 Reflectance
4.2.7 Polarization-Dependent Loss (PDL)
5 Performance Verification/Test Procedures
5.1 Environmental and Mechanical Testing
5.1.1 Temperature-Humidity Aging
5.1.2 Temperature-Humidity Cycling
5.1.3 Water Immersion
5.1.4 Vibration Test
5.1.5 Flex Test
5.1.6 Twist Test
5.1.7 Side Pull
5.1.8 Cable Retention
5.1.9 Impact Test
5.2 Optical Testing
5.2.1 Optical Bandpass
5.2.2 Insertion Loss
5.2.3 Uniformity
5.2.4 WDM Wavelength Isolation or Far-End
                 Crosstalk (FEXT)
5.2.5 Directivity
5.2.6 Reflectance
5.2.7 Polarization-Dependent Loss (PDL)
6 Passive Optical Component Code (POCC)
6.1 Structure and Format
6.2 Component Type Character
6.3 Fiber Type and Operating Wavelength
                 Region Character
6.4 Cable Type Character
6.5 Coupling Ratio and Wavelength Isolation
                 Characters
6.6 Application Character
6.7 Configuration Characters
6.8 Example
Appendix A: The Transfer Matrix
A.1 Definition of Terms
A.2 Example
References
                 Bellcore Documents
                 Other Related Document
                 External References
                 Ordering Information
Appendix B: Acronyms
Glossary

Defines generic criteria for passive optical components to help promote the satisfactory operation of such components in Network Operators single-mode fiber transmission networks and to permit economical planning and engineering of interoffice, loop feeder, FITL, HFC, and SONET Systems.