Glossary

Base Transceiver Station, the 2G radio equipment at a RAN site

Initial jumper connecting onto an BTS/NodeB towards the main feeder cable, diplexor, MRC, UCU etc

A protective layer or tube applied to a fiber-optic strand. This layer of material, usually thermoplastic or acrylic polymer, is applied in addition to the optical-fiber coating, which provides protection from stress and handling. Fabrication techniques include tight or loose-tube buffering as well as multiple buffer layers. In tight-buffer constructions, the thermoplastic is extruded directly over the coated fiber. In loose-tube buffer constructions, the coated fiber

Used to provide protection and isolation for optical fiber cable. Usually hard plastic tubes, with an inside diameter several times that of a fiber, which holds one or more fibers.

Cable in a traditional cabling system that is inside a building and that will not withstand exposure to the elements. Also referred to as premises cable.

An ISO/IEC 11801 term that describes a location where the building backbone cable terminates and where connections to the campus backbone cable may be made.

The location in a building where a trunk cable between buildings is typically terminated and service is distributed through the building. Also the location where services enter the building from the phone company and antennas.

A nonprofit association concerned with promoting correct methods for all aspects of the installation of communications wiring. More information can be found on their website at www.bicsi.org.

Also known as Panel Mount.

A group of individual fibers packaged or manufactured together within a single jacket or tube. Also a group of buffered fibers distinguished from another group in the same cable core.

An assembly of two or more cables continuously bound together to form a single unit prior to installation.

In general, a physical or logical layout of network devices in which all devices must share a common medium to transfer data.

A data frame header in transit.

The ability of a station to isolate itself optically from a network while maintaining the continuity of the cable plant.

A binary