MIL-STD-2042-2B(SH)
CONTENTS
PARAGRAPH PAGE
1. SCOPE................................................................... 1
1.1 Scope............................................................... 1
1.1.1 Applicability....................................................... 1
2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS.................................................... 2
2.1 General............................................................. 2
2.2 Government documents................................................ 2
2.2.1 Specifications, standards and handbooks............................. 2
2.2.2 Other government documents.......................................... 3
2.3 Non-Government publications......................................... 3
2.4 Order of precedence................................................. 4
3. DEFINITIONS............................................................. 5
3.1 General fiber optics terms.......................................... 5
3.2 Acronyms............................................................ 5
3.3 Allocated and not used fiber........................................ 5
3.4 Allocated and used fiber............................................ 5
3.5 Alternate channel................................................... 5
3.6 Authorized approval................................................. 5
3.7 BOF bundle.......................................................... 5
3.8 BOF cable........................................................... 5
3.9 BOF fiber........................................................... 5
3.10 BOF path............................................................ 5
3.11 BOF tube............................................................ 5
3.12 BOF tube coupler.................................................... 5
3.13 BOF tube routing box (TRB).......................................... 5
3.14 End user equipment.................................................. 5
3.15 Fiber optic cable plant............................................. 5
3.16 Fiber optic cable topology.......................................... 6
3.17 Fiber optic interconnection box (FOICB)............................. 6
3.18 Installing activity................................................. 6
3.19 Local cable......................................................... 6
3.20 Minimum bend diameter............................................... 6
3.21 Multicable penetrator (MCP)......................................... 6
3.22 Non-redundant channel (NRC)......................................... 6
3.23 Normal channel...................................................... 6
3.24 Optical fiber cable................................................. 6
3.25 Optical fiber cable component (OFCC)................................ 6
3.26 Outlet box.......................................................... 6
3.27 Spare fiber......................................................... 6
3.28 Trunk............................................................... 7
3.30 Tube furcation unit................................................. 7
3.31 Unused fiber........................................................ 7
4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.................................................... 8
4.1 Fiber optic equipment installation.................................. 8
4.1.1 Interconnection box and tube routing box selection.................. 8
4.1.2 Location............................................................ 8
4.1.3 Interconnection box mounting........................................ 8
4.1.3.1 Bonding, grounding, and shielding................................... 8
4.1.3.2 Holes drilled in beams.............................................. 9
4.1.3.3 Welding............................................................. 9
4.1.3.4 Fasteners........................................................... 9
4.1.3.5 Dissimilar metals................................................... 9
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