ARSS cable is Anti-Rodent self supporting optical fiber cable for aerial installation. ARSS cable is with aramid yarn of high tensile and FRP strength member rod inside. And this optica cable is with corrugated steel tape armour to be anti-rodent. Outer sheath is made from HDPE for UV protection. Fiber optic cables can be installed externally on poles. ARSS fiber cable supports application such as 40/100Gbps Ethernet, IEEE802.3ae,10G Ethernet, IEEE802.3z, Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Ethernet,100BASE-F, 52/155/622Mbps and 1.2Gbps ATM, FDDI, Fiber channel and others. Applications • Adopted to outdoor areial self-supporting installation • Long-distance communication, trunk network, CATV & computer networks system, Telecom or outside plant campus backbone applications • Ethernet LAN Network, CCTV, Network Camera, PLC • Mechanically, rugged, cable design for : Aerial, duct • Anti-rodent cable ITU-T G.652D (Single Mode) optical fiber MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE TEST • Tensile loading Test TIA/EIA-455-33A and IEC 60794-1-2-E1A • Compression Test TIA/EIA-455-41A and IEC 60794-1-2-E3 • Repeated Bending Test TIA/EIA-455-104A and IEC 60794-1-2-E6 • Impact Test TIA/EIA-455-25B and IEC 60794-1-2-E4 • Cable Bending Test IEC 60794-1-2-E11B • Cable Twist or Torsion Test TIA/EIA-455-85A and IEC 60794-1-2-E7 • Temperature Cycling Test TIA/EIA-455-3A and IEC 60794-1-2-F1 • Water Penetration Test TIA/EIA-455-82B and IEC 60794-1-2-F5 TEMPERATURE RANGE For the cables covered by this specification, the following temperature ranges apply. - Operation Temperature : -40℃ to +70℃ - Installation Temperature : -40℃ to +70℃ - Storage/Shipping Temperature : -40℃ to +75℃

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Anti-Rodent Self Support (ARSS) Single Sheath
ARSS Cable 24B1.3
Cable Design
Technical data
Item Contents
No. of fiber
24
Fiber Model G.655 (B4)
Structure Type 1+6
Loose tube
Material PBT
Fiber counts/tube 6
Diameter (mm) 2.2
NO. 4
Filler rope
Material LDPE
Diameter (mm) 2.2
NO. 2
Central strength
member
Material FRP
Diameter (mm) 2.5
Water blocking Material Water blocking yarn & tape
Binder Material Polyester yarn
Peripheral strength
member
Material Aramid yarn

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Main Mechanical and Environmental Performance
Max allowable
tension (N)
Crush
(N/100mm)
Span (m)
3700 4400 200
Fiber & Loose Tube Color
No. 1 2 3 4 5 6
Color Blue Orange Green Brown Gray White
The properties of single mode optical fiber (ITU-T Rec. G.655)
Parameter Specification
MFD (1550nm) (8.0~11.0) ±0.6um
Cladding diameter 125±1.0um
Fiber diameter 235~255um, with UV coating, and colored to : 250±15um
Core/cladding concentricity error ≤ 0.6um
Coating/cladding concentricity error ≤ 12.0um
Cladding non circularity ≤ 1.0%
Cut-off wavelength ≤ 1450nm
Macro bend loss
Radius:30 mm;
Number of turns:100;
Maximum at 1550 nm ≤0.5 dB
Proof stress ≤0.69Gpa
Armoring Material Steel tape
Sheath
Material HDPE
Color Black
Thickness (±0.2 mm) 1.6
Ripcord Material Nylon
Number 2
Cable diameter（±0.5）mm 12.0
Cable weight（±15）kg 130

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Chromatic dispersion coefficient
Dmin(λ ): 1460-1550 nm 7.00 ((λ -1460) - 4.20
90
Dmin(λ ): 1550-1625 nm 2.97 ((λ -1550 ) + 2.80
75
Dmax(λ ): 1460-1550 nm 2.91 ((λ -1460) + 3.29
90
Dmax(λ ): 1550-1625 nm 5.06 ((λ -1550 ) + 6.20
75
Attenuation coefficient
1550nm: 0.22dB/km max after cabling
1625nm: 0.4dB/km max after cabling
Bending-loss performance of optical fiber
@1310nm&1550nm
≤0.05dB (100 turns around a mandrel of 50mm diameter)
PMD coefficient M:20 cables
Q:0.01%
Maximum PMDQ≤ 0. 2 ps/√km
Refractive Index 1310 nm:1.4677
1550 nm:1.4682
Zero-dispersion slope ≤0.092ps/nm2
·km
Main mechanical & environmental performance test
Item Test Method Acceptance Condition
Tensile Strength
IEC 794-1-2-E1
- Load: Tensile Strength
- Length of cable: about 50m
- Fiber strain 0.33%
- Loss change 0.1 dB @1550 nm
- No fiber break and no sheath damage.
Crush Test
IEC 60794-1-2-E3
- Load: 2200N/100mm
- Load time: 1min
- Loss change 0.1dB@1550nm
- No fiber break and no sheath damage.
Impact Test
IEC 60794-1-2-E4
- Points of impact: 3
- Times of per point: 1
- Impact energy: 5J
- Loss change 0.1dB@1550nm
- No fiber break and no sheath damage.
Temperature Cycling
Test
YD/T901-2001-4.4.4.1
- Temperature step:
+20o
C→-40o
C→+70o
C
→+20o
C
- Time per each step: 12 hrs
- Number of cycle: 2
- Loss change 0.1 dB/km@1550 nm
- No fiber break and no sheath damage.
Sheath marking
The optical fiber drop cable shall have sequentially numbered length marking at intervals of
approximately 1 meter. The starting number of ordering length for any coil shall begin whit zero
meter. The accuracy of the measurement of length marking shall be held within the limits of ±1%.
a) Manufacturer’s name
b) Type of wire
c) Year and month of manufacture
d) Length marking each meter along the wire