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USACE / NAVFAC / AFCESA
UFGS-16713N (February 2003)
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Preparing Activity: NAVFAC
Superseding
UFGS-16713N (March 2001)
UNIFIED FACILITIES GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS
References are in agreement with UMRL dated 23 June 2005
Latest change indicated by CHG tags.
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SECTION 16713N
FIBER OPTIC (FO) OUTSIDE PLANT (OSP) MEDIA
02/03
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NOTE: This guide specification covers the
requirements for exterior cabling requirements for
fiber optic (FO) media and pathway systems to
support Navy communications systems at Navy shore
installations including piers and permanently
constructed buildings.
Comments and suggestions on this guide specification
are welcome and should be directed to the technical
proponent of the specification. A listing of
technical proponents, including their organization
designation and telephone number, is on the Internet.
Recommended changes to a UFGS should be submitted as
a Criteria Change Request (CCR).
Use of electronic communication is encouraged.
Brackets are used in the text to indicate designer
choices or locations where text must be supplied by
the designer.
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NOTE: This specification covers outside plant (OSP)
campus media for supporting Information Technology
Transfer systems to include voice, data, video,
imaging, security, and audio systems used by various
Navy platforms. Navy designs shall provide a
minimum of 12 fibers plus 25 percent spare capacity
service to each facility. Pier projects shall
provide a minimum of 16 fibers plus 25 percent spare
capacity to pier enclosures. Shore to ship media
may be government furnished umbilical assemblies
with pre-installed connectors to mate with shore
receptacle stations. Navy systems for
interconnection to Defense Information Systems
Agency (DISA) networks must be compatible with
MIL-STD-188-176. This guide specification is to be
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