Self-supporting, metal free, optical cable for long-span, powerline use

摘要

The authors review the design, development and application of aparticular design of self supporting metal-free, optical cable for dataand telephony transmission, for use on power lines with long spans. Theauthors also describe significant advances in design and installationtechniques and report experimental and operational results which enhanceconfidence in this technology, which is of growing interest to overheadline and telecommunication engineers. It is concluded that this cabletype can be safely and economically operated on long-span, overheaddistribution lines