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PRELIMINARY Optical Power Budget
8.5 Optical Power Budget
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Unison uses SC/APC connectors. The connector losses associated with mating to
these connectors is accounted for in the design and should not be included as ele-
ments of the Optical Power Budget. The reason is that when the Optical Power Bud-
get is defined, measurements are taken with these connectors in place.
The Main Hub/Expansion Hub link uses one fiber strand and its
Optical Power Budget is:
Uplink: 5.5 dB @ 1550 nm
Downlink: 7 dB @ 1310 nm
The following figure shows what is to be included when calculating Optical Power
Budget losses.
Figure 1 Losses to be Included in Optical Power Budget
Main
Hub
Expansion
Hub
Mated SC/APC Connectors
To be included in Optical Power Budget
MH
EH
Equipment Room
OSP POE
Equipment Room
ISP Cable ISP CableOSP Cable
SMF Jumper
FDP SC/APC Bulk Head
Fusion Splice
OSP POE
OSP = Outside Plant
ISP = Inside Plant
POE = Point of Entry