What are OM and OS type fiber optic cables?
In ANSI/TIA-568.3-D, the TIA adopted the nomenclature for fiber found in the international standard ISO/IEC 11801. The multimode fiber is prefixed with “OM” and the singlemode mode “OS”.
The new designation in ANSI/TIA-568.3-D should alleviate some of the confusion associated with application support distance issues. Each “OM” has a minimum Modal Bandwidth (MBW) requirement.
Bandwidth and attenuation comparison between different OM fiber optic cables
Multimode Fiber | Overfilled launch bandwidth (MHz.km) | Laser Launch | Attenuations (dB/km) | ||||
Fiber Type | TIA Fiber Standard | Core diameter (um) | 850 nm | 1300 nm | 850 nm | 850nm | 1300nm |
OM1 | 492-AAAA | 62.5 | 200 | 500 | Not specified | 3.5 | 1.5 |
OM2 | 492-AAAB | 50 | 500 | 500 | Not specified | 3.5 | 1.5 |
OM3 | 492-AAAC | 50 | 1500 | 500 | 2,000 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
OM4 | 492-AAAD | 50 | 3500 | 500 | 4,700 | 2.3 | 0.6 |
OM5 | 492-AAAE | 50 | 3500 | 500 | 4,700 | 2.4 | 0.6 |
Attenuation refered to YOFC Multimode Fiber.
Maximum channel length comparison between different OM fiber optic cables
Fiber Mode | 100BASE | 1000BASE | 10GBASE | 40GBASE | 100GBASE | ||
850nm | 1300nm | 850nm | 1300nm | ||||
OM1 | up to 2000m | 275m | 550m | 33m | up to 300m | Not specified | Not specified |
OM2 | up to 2000m | 550m | 550m | 82m | up to 300m | Not specified | Not specified |
OM3 | up to 2000m | 550m | 550m | 300m | up to 300m | 100m | 100m |
OM4 | up to 2000m | 1000m | 550m | 550m | 400m* | 150m | 150m |
OM5 | up to 2000m | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | 400m* | 150m | 150m |
Attenuation comparison between different OS fiber optic cables
1310 nm | 1383nm | 1550 nm | |
OS1(EN50173-1:Ed.2: 2010) | 1.0 dB/km | 1.0 dB/km | 1.0 dB/km |
OS2(EN50173-1:Ed.2: 2010) | 0.4 dB/km | 0.4 dB/km | 0.4 dB/km |
OS1(ISO/IEC11801Ed.2.2:2010) | 1.0 dB/km | Not specified | 1.0 dB/km |
OS2(ISO/IEC11801Ed.2.2: 2010) | 0.4 dB/km | 0.4 dB/km | 0.4 dB/km |
OS2(ISO/IEC24702: 2006) | 0.4 dB/km | 0.4 dB/km | 0.4 dB/km |