[187763] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Standard terminology for a dark fiber path?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Loftis)
Thu Feb 25 18:27:21 2016
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Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:27:17 -0800
From: Michael Loftis <mloftis@wgops.com>
To: Fletcher Kittredge <fkittred@gwi.net>
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IDK what elsewhere uses but strand or (less common) span is the common
term I've seen specifically for a passive piece of glass between two
points.
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Fletcher Kittredge <fkittred@gwi.net> wrote:
> What is the standard terminology for strands of dark fiber spliced together
> to form a continuous path between points A and Z?
>
> I have seen:
>
> - *fiber circuit* [but also seen used to denote a connection at the
> network layer over a physical fiber connection. This definition of circuit
> would include the dark fiber path, the transmitters and receivers and logic
> making up the data and network layers.]
> - *fiber loop *[ Does a loop define an electrical circuit with two
> physically separate positive and negative strands? In that case, is this a
> Bellhead remnant? ]
>
> I am particularly interested in last mile systems, but I don't see any
> reason that the term wouldn't be the same in the middle mile.
>
> thanks,
> Fletcher
>
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