CSA T568.3-1-05 (R2010)

2. SCOPE

2.1 Applicability

This Addendum specifies minimum requirements for this optical fiber telecommunications cable used within a commercial building and between buildings in a campus environment.

In addition to the requirements specified in this Addendum, this cable shall meet all of the requirements of ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.3 and any of its respective addenda.

This addendum provides requirements for multimode cable with higher performance over other multimode cable specified in ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B.3 and recognizes advances in cabling and optical transceiver technology, particularly technologies based on vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).