Hybrid drop cable
AssigneePrysmian S.p.A.
InventorsAlain Lavenne, Marta Garcia San Emeterio, Gonzalo Hernandez
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Abstract
A drop cable includes a transmission core, a strength member arranged alongside the transmission core and an outer sheath surrounding the transmission core and the strength member. The transmission core comprises two insulated conductors and an optical sub-core comprising six or more optical fibers, the optical sub-core and the insulated metallic conductors being stranded together and surrounded by a sleeve. Moreover, a diameter of the strength member is substantially equal to or higher than a diameter of the transmission core.
Claims20
A drop cable comprising:
- a transmission core;
- a strength member arranged alongside the transmission core;
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- an outer sheath surrounding the transmission core and the strength member,
- wherein the transmission core comprises two insulated metallic conductors and an optical sub-core comprising six or more optical fibers, the optical sub-core and the insulated metallic conductors being stranded together and surrounded by a sleeve, and
- wherein a diameter of the strength member is substantially equal to or higher than a diameter of the transmission core.
A radio access node comprising:
- a radio equipment comprising one or more antennas installed on a pole;
- and
- a base equipment comprising an enclosure installed at a base of the pole;
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- a drop cable coupling the radio equipment and the base equipment, the drop cable comprising
- a transmission core,
- a strength member arranged alongside the transmission core, and
- an outer sheath surrounding the transmission core and the strength member, wherein the transmission core comprises two insulated metallic conductors and an optical sub-core comprising six or more optical fibers, the optical sub-core and the insulated metallic conductors being stranded together and surrounded by a sleeve, and wherein a diameter of the strength member is substantially equal to or higher than a diameter of the transmission core.
A drop cable comprising:
- a transmission core, the transmission core comprising two insulated metallic conductors and an optical sub-core comprising six or more optical fibers, the optical sub-core and the insulated metallic conductors being stranded together and surrounded by a sleeve;
- a strength member arranged alongside the transmission core;
- and
- an outer sheath surrounding the transmission core and the strength member, wherein a diameter of the strength member is substantially equal to or higher than a diameter of the transmission core, wherein the optical sub-core comprises a sheath that surrounds a cavity containing the optical fibers.
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