Summary

ITU-T Technical Report "Guide on the use of ITU-T L-series Recommendations related to optical technologies for outside plant� provides information on the background, development and uses of L-series Recommendations prepared by Working Party 2 of ITU-T Study Group 15.

These Recommendations are related to the design, construction, maintenance and operation of the optical fibre outside plant.

The items covered are related to the following areas:

���������� optical fibre cable characteristics, evaluation and installation techniques;

���������� construction of optical infrastructure;

���������� network design;

���������� network maintenance and operation, including disaster management;

���������� passive optical components.