Tie Cable definition
Examples of Tie Cable in a sentence
If the number of fibres requested in the Tie Cable is less than 48, the Tie Cable to the Footprint will consist of a connectorised fibre pigtail rather than an OFDF.
Accordingly, at the LFC’s relevant Central Office, the termination point for the purposes of the Connection, and the network demarcation point between the LFC Network and the Service Provider’s equipment (as defined in the Central Office and POI Co-location Service Description), is usually the LCA connector or splice on the end of the Tie Cable that terminates on the OFDF on the Service Provider’s Footprint.
Service Provider supplied Tie Cable, a length of cable advised by the LFC will be delivered to the LFC with sufficient lead-time to enable installation to proceed.
After the Tie Cable is terminated at both the MOFDF shelf and the Service Provider's Footprint OFDF shelf, the LFC and the Service Provider will jointly carry out end to end testing.
Where requested by the Service Provider, the LFC will install a Tie Cable from one Service Provider Footprint to another service provider or third party backhaul provider Footprint provided under the Central Office and POI Co-location Service.
If the number of fibres requested in the Tie Cable is less than 48, the Tie Cable to the Footprint may consist of a connectorised pigtail to the Service Providers equipment rather than to an OFDF in the Footprint.
To use the Central Office and POI Co-location Service in conjunction with the Direct Fibre Access Service and/or Bitstream Services and equipment co-located in their Footprint in the Central Office, a Service Provider will need to have a Tie Cable between the MOFDF and their Footprint.
More detail on the Tie Cable service is in the Central Office and POI Co- Location Service Description and Operations Manual.
Where required, the LFC will provide a Tie Cable between the MOFDF and the Service Provider’s LCA connector on the Service Provider’s OFDF in its Footprint at the LFC Central Office.
At the LFC Central Office, the termination point for the purposes of the Connection, and the network demarcation point between the LFC Network or Tie Cable service and the Fibre Patching Service, is usually, a splice or LCA plug on the MOFDF or Line IODF.