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The New Technologies Made Drop Optical Fiber Cable

“Fly” into the Ordinary People's “Digital Family”

R ecently, the draft of the revision project of the The current version of YD/T 1997.1 “Drop Optical Fiber

communication industry standard YD/T 1997.1 “Drop Cables for Telecommunication Part 1: Bow-type Optical Fiber
Optical Fiber Cables for Telecommunication Part 1: Bow- Cables” is the 2014 version, and it has been 7 years since.
type Optical Fiber Cables” was reviewed and approved at With the development of FTTH and the network upgrade to
the 78th meeting of the Cable Working Group(WG3) of the FTTH, some new product structures derived from the older
Transport & Access Network Technical Committee(TC6) ones due to the complex application environment. On account
of the China Communications Standards Association. of different application environments and extremely product
This standard was spearheaded by FiberHome, and differences among manufacturers, the standard was revised,
several enterprises, testing institutions and operators also and the specifications for the new bow-type optical fiber cable
participated in the discussion and drafting. It will play a were added also:
role in regulating and guiding in the design, production
and testing of the new generation of Bow-type optical Fig 2 Schematic diagram of fiber optic cable entry scenario
cables, and also further promote China’s FTTH (Fiber to
the Home) upgrade to FTTR (Fiber to the Room).

Fig 1 Conferencing

1) Invisible Bow-type drop optical fiber cable: the invisible
bow-type drop optical fiber cable is a new bow-type cable
for indoor wiring. The cable has invisible optical fiber unit,
and it can be installed in the corridor and has no destructive
The Bow-type optical fiber cable is named for its butterfly-like effect on room decoration. Invisible Bow-type drop optical
cross-sectional appearance, and it’s the predominant product in fiber cable is the preferred optical cable product for existing
FTTH construction for its advantages of small outer diameter, building’s FTTR (fiber to the room) network transformation.
light weight, low cost, reliable performance, easy laying, etc.
With the continuous advancement of FTTH construction, the 2) Bow-type Optical Fiber Cable for 5G: The 1.6mm*2.1mm
demand for butterfly optical cables has also increased year 5G bow-type optical fiber cable is a small-size bow-type
after year. The quantity of domestic operators' centralized optical cable that derived from the existing 5G construction.
procurement increased by 270% from 2.03 million core The optical cable is combined with the power conductors
kilometers in 2013 to 7.518 million core kilometers in 2019. to form an optical and electrical hybrid cable. It is the
On April 17, 2021, 16 ministries and commissions including mainstream product used in the current 5G construction.
the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development
jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the 3) Parallel Structure Bow-type Drop Optical Fiber Cable,
Development of Digital Homes and Improving the Quality of Long-span Weather-Resistant Bow-type Drop Optical Fiber
Living". The digitalization of homes will be further developed, Cable: These two kinds of drop optical fiber cables can satisfy
and bow-type optical cables will also be more widely used. some niche markets. The TV signals and data signals are

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