LONG DISTANCE WORK – SPECIFICATION

Rev-3.0

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1. Introduction:

This document generated to provide a general overview for the design and implementation of
Long Distance Network. Kindly be informed that additional work apart from the one mentioned
in the guidelines can be applicable based on site conditions and this will be discussed and
agreed during the course of design. Further any changes needed as per the local authority
request will also be discussed and agreed up with design prior to implementation.

2. Construction standards:

2. 1 Trench:

2.1.1: Network inside and till city limits: Inside the city contractor shall perform the
normal metro standards for the design and implementation. Contractor’s design team shall
coordinate with ITC Design team to know what type ducts and trench will be designed and
installed.

Applicable trench and duct configuration is as under:

Trench Size Duct configuration Cable Type

(W x D)
20 x 65 cm 15, 12, 9, 6 or 3 Normal/Micro 144 or Micro 288 ducted
cable can be used
13 x 55 cm 1, 2 or 3 x 7ways 25/20mm duct Normal/Micro 144 or Micro 288 ducted
cable can be used

Contractor shall use primarily use Mini Manholes and in special case Round cover or 2 cover
ductile iron Handholes. Note all Manholes or Handholes will have HINGABLE covers.

2.1.2: Long distance:

City limit is generally the starting point of the long distance network. The long distance will be
directed buried, unless specified otherwise, in the soil area near the HIGHWAY.

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Contractor shall abide by the MOT permit (Designated route and location) to implement the
network. It is important to perform a thorough survey for the site and confirm the available
utilities. Proper tracing methods must be deployed to ensure we do locate all the utilities in
case there are no marking posts available.
The applicable trench sizes are mentioned below:

Applicable Trench Type Trench Size Duct Cable Type

UPL (W x D) Applicable
BB212 Main route – Soil 40 x 130 cm NA 144 Armored Direct
buried
BB213 Main route - Rock 40 x 90 cm NA 144 Armored Direct
buried
BB216 Culvert crossing (Soil) 40 x 250 cm 3 x 50 mm 144 Armored Direct
buried
BB215 + Culvert crossing (Rock) 40 x 150 cm 3 x 50 mm 144 Armored Direct
BB032 buried
BB216 Wadi Crossing (Soil) 40 x 250 cm 3 x 50 mm 144 Armored Direct
buried
BB217 Wadi Crossing (Rock) 40 x 180 cm 3 x 50 mm 144 Armored Direct
buried
BB212 Petrol Pump or Road 40 x 130 cm 3 x 50 mm 144 Armored Direct
Crossing (Soil) buried
BB213 Petrol Pump or Road 40 x 90 cm 3 x 50 mm 144 Armored Direct
Crossing (Rocky) buried
BB231 Installation using MOLE Depth 130 cm NA 144 Armored Direct
PLOUGH (Width is buried
dependent on the
trencher blade)

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 Soil Soil Rock Rock Sand Sand

30 cm 30 cm

Metallic Metallic
Metallic
Warning Tape Warning Tape
Warning Tape

90 cm 130 cm

Back fill Back Fill

30 cm

130 cm

70 cm Non Metallic
Warning Tape

20 cm
Non Metallic
Warning Tape Direct
Burried
Armoured
Cable
20 cm Sand BED for the Direct
cable protection 10 cm Burried
Armoured
Direct Cable
Burried
Armoured
Cable 40 cm
Sand BED for the
cable protection 10 cm
Trench with Mole
Main Trench (Rock) Plough
40 cm

Main Trench (SOIL)

2.1.2.1 : Main trench: The trench is dug as per the specification provided above. The armored
cable is installed with soft sand bed 10cm at the bottom and 20 cm at the top. It is preferred to
have two warning tapes with one on the top as metallic (for easy location by metal detector)
and one above the sand bed as nonmetallic as double layer protection.

Backfill material on top of the soil is usually the excavated material but without out big
boulders or rocks. That must be removed.

2.1.2.3: Mole plough is generally used in soft sand areas which stretches for kilometers
together.
The cable is installed along with the trench process.

2.1.2.4: Crossings: Diagrams below highlight the different scenarios that will be encountered
during the construction, where ducts will be needed to provide extra protection to the
network.

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 150cm

Culvert Crossing.

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 Soil Soil Rock Rock

Backfill soil 20 cm Backfill soil 20 cm

Metallic Metallic
Warning Tape Warning Tape

180 cm

Backfill by 35
cm rocks
250 cm
120 cm

190 cm

20 cm

20 cm Concrete 20 cm
Encasement

3 x 50mm 3 x 50mm
40 cm
Concrete 20 cm
Encasement

40 cm

Wadi Crossing Wadi Crossing

(SOIL) (Rock)

Wadi Crossing

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Note :
• Wadi crossing where the length of wadi is more than 50Mtrs we shall have to install
Handholes at the end. The HH can be round or two cover concrete cover as per site
requirement.
• For both Wadi and Culvert crossing the total depth of concrete encasement is that of
40cm.

Petrol pump or Road Crossing.

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2.2 Marker Post:

One of the important requirement for the project is marker post. It identifies the network and
provides details to the O&M team for future works. Marker posts are usually installed at a
distance of 150mtr. Gap for a route without any hindrance in line of site or without any bends
and curves.

Marker posts are installed to identify ,

1. Straight route
2. Bends and curves,
3. Change of route
4. Splice point / both sides of the concrete encasement (Handhole)

ITC uses both Concrete and Fiber glass marker posts. The selection of type to be used, will be
done during design stages.

Note: All Dimension in following drawings are in mm, unless specified otherwise.

2.2.1 Standard Concrete Marker post structure:

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 Standard Concrete Marker Post.

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Color for marker post: RAL 3028.
Color for stripe: RAL 1016 or any bright yellow.
Note: The number of marker lines used for various network locations.

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2.2.2 Fiber Glass Marker Post:

Construction notes:

• All dimensions in mm. Unless specified

otherwise.
• Concrete base shall be 3000PSI @ 28days
• Cement shall be sulphate resistant Type-V
confirming to ASTM C-150.
• In sandy area, an additional concrete
encasement shall be poured with 12.5cm
thick around marker port with height of
40cm.
• In rock area, depth shall be reduced to
400cm.
• Color BlueRED: -RAL
COLOR -Bright RAL30265010, Strip Yellow: RAL 1016

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2.3 Bridge Attachment:

Bridge attachment are important for the network building. It is primary option in building the
long-distance network especially for the areas such as WADI crossing. Following options make
BRIDGE ATTACHMENT as primary option for design and implementation:
• WADI is too deep,
• Length of the wadi is too long, for the connectivity,
• WADI which is susceptible to heavy flash floods and can cause damage to buried
network through it.

Prior to any design and implementation permission to use this is confirmed from the concerned
authority.

Give is a typical Bridge attachment diagram showing the needed connectivity.

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Following material are used for different long distance bridge attachment options:

Casing:

S. No. Number of 50mm Ducts Capacity. Duct Casing

1. 3 x 50mm HDPE- PE 100 SDR 17, 140/123mm (OD/ID)
2. 6 x 50mm HDPE- PE 100 SDR 17, 160/141mm (OD/ID)

Cable Tray:

S. No. Duct Casing Tray Size

1. HDPE- PE 100 SDR 17, 140/123mm (OD/ID) 100mm with thickness of 0.8mm
2. HDPE- PE 100 SDR 17, 160/141mm (OD/ID) 100mm with thickness of 0.8mm

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 Galvanized steel tray.

Cable Tray Holder. (Clamps)

The Holder is created using the angular steel rods with width of 10cm and thickness of 5mm,
with Minimum of 4 holes to fix Holder with the Bridge Wall using 20mm bolts. (Galvanized
Steel).

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 Cable Tray Holder – Clamp diagram.

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Some site pictures for reference:

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3. Cable Specification.

Armored 144 Fiber Optic Cable is used for the construction.

144 Fiber Direct Buried Metallic Armoured Fiber Optic

Cable-Ver.2

CONSTRUCTION PARAMETERS
Cable Construction
S.N Cable Element
and relevance
144 Fiber, Single Mode,
1 Fiber Count and Type
G.652-D

2 Loose Tube Positions (Max) 12

Polybutylene
3 Loose Tube Material
Terephthalate (PBTP)

4 Loose Tube Filling Material Thixotropic Jelly

5 Central Strength Member FRP

Flooded with waterproof

7 Core Filling Compound
gel to fill the interstices
To secure buffer tube to
8 Binder Thread / Tape
CSM
To warp elements of.
Core Wrap Cable core and also
prevent water leakage
High Strength Aramid
9 Peripheral Strength Member
Yarn
UV Resistant HDPE with
10 Inner sheath consistent thickness of
1.2mm minimum
Armoured Corrugated
11 Armouring Steel Tape (Both side
polymer coated).
UV Resistant HDPE with
12 Outer Sheath Material consistent thickness of
1.6 mm Black.
13 Rip Cord beneath each sheath (each layer) 2

14 Fiber Color Coding IEC 304

Blue, Orange, Green,

Brown, Grey, White,
15 Fiber Sequence and Color Coding
Red, Black,
Yellow,Violet,Pink,Aqua,
Blue, Orange, Green,
Brown,Grey,White, Red,
16 Loose Tube Sequence and Color Coding
Black,
Yellow,Violet,Pink,Aqua,
Engraved Hot foil
17 Printing on Outer Sheath
printing
"Fiber Count,Type"
"Manufacturer"-'YOM'
18 Printing Text
ITC NETWORK 'SQL'
meters

19 Loose Tube Diameter (mm) (Nominal) 2.0 mm

20 Outside Cable Diameter (mm) 18 +/- 1 mm

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 21 Cable Drum Length (km) (Nominal) +/- 5% 6 Km

MECHANICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS

Test Conditions and
S.N Test Parameter
Specified Limits
4,000 N (IEC 60794-1-
21 Tensile Strength
21-E1)
6,000 N (IEC 60794-2-
22 Crush Strength
21-E3)
2kg x 1m x3 different
23 Impact Test point impacts (IEC-
60794-1-E4)
15 x Outer diameter of
24 Bending Radius with load
Cable
10 x Outer diameter of
25 Bending Radius without load
Cable
3-meter sample, 1meter
height for 24 hours
26 Water Penetration Test
duration (IEC-60794-1-
2-F5)
-10°C to +70°C (IEC-
27 Temperature Operating Range
60794-1-2-F1)

OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS

S.N Test Parameter Specified Limits

Single Mode G.652-D

28 Fibre Type complaint to bending of
G.657A
Corning, Fujikura,
Tiahan and OFS are
29 Fiber Supplier
approved optical fiber
manufacturers by ITC

30 Cabled Attenuation @ 1310 nm (dB/km) <=0.34

31 Cabled Attenuation @ 1550 nm (dB/km) <=0.22

32 Chromatic Dispersion @ 1285~1330 (ps/(nm.km)) <=3.5

33 Chromatic Dispersion @ 1550 (ps/(nm.km)) <=18

<=0.1 (measured on
34 Polarization Mode Dispersion ((ps/(sqrt.km))
cable drum)
Test results as
mentioned below shall
Factory Drum Test Results Documentation
be submitted for each
drum for all fibers.

35 a) Attenuation Coefficient at 1310nm, 1550nm, 1625nm, Fiber Length, Chromatic Dispersion, Polarization Mode Dispersion

b) Results of Sheath Thickness and Water Penetration test for each cable drum

c) Type Tests (Mechanical) for each lot shall be submitted along with shipment

Legend: CSM: Central Strength Member, HDPE: High Density Polyethylene, YOM: Year of Manufacture, SQL:
Sequential length marking in meters

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4. Splicing works:

All Splicing works will be done inside the chambers, either Mini MH or Handholes. Based on site
conditions. Further modular Manholes can also be considered if Contractor is able to present a good
reliable solution.

Note covers for all Manholes / Handholes will be Hinged with locking mechanism. Concrete covers
might also be considered in special cases based on approval from ITC.

5. Cable Loop in MH:

Following standard will be maintained for the cable loops inside the Mini MHs and Round cover HH.

Item Splice Point (Mtr.) Pass through (Mtr.)

MH – TYPE A 15 + 15 15
Mini MH Type 2 10 + 10 10
Handhole round cover 8+8 8

Note# The loop length mentioned in the Splicing column is the cable distance between duct exits till
entry to the closure. Additional 1.5 mtr cable will be left inside the closure from both sides for splicing
and looping works.

6. WARNING TAPE: Metallic.

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Note: For NON METALLIC TAPE, the writing details will be same as mentioned for METALLIC Ones.

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