Table of Contents - G.657 (08/2024) - Characteristics of a bending-loss insensitive single-mode optical fibre and cable

1	Scope
2	References
3	Definitions
	3.1	Terms defined elsewhere
	3.2	Terms defined in this Recommendation
4	Abbreviations and acronyms
5	Conventions
6	Fibre attributes
	6.1	Mode field diameter
	6.2	Cladding diameter
	6.3	Core concentricity error
	6.4	Non-circularity
	6.5	Cut-off wavelength
	6.6	Macrobending loss
	6.7	Material properties of the fibre
	6.8	Refractive index profile
	6.9	Longitudinal uniformity of chromatic dispersion
	6.10	Chromatic dispersion
7	Cable attributes
	7.1	Attenuation coefficient
	7.2	Polarization mode dispersion coefficient
8	Recommended value tables
Appendix I � Lifetime expectation in the case of small radius bending of single-mode fibre
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