OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION FRAMES

Rumy Cachimuel1
Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Quito, Ecuador.
bcachimuel@est.ups.edu.ec

ABSTRACT
The present document deals with the optical distribution  Splicing Modules
frames, a general concept of everything that covers this subject,
its different characteristics, its applications and different types  Patch modules
of ODF that exist in the market. The frames of optical  Modules combined
distribution are very useful in the field of optical fibers so a
brief investigation of the subject will be done to be able to have
knowledge of the same and to be able to understand the market
that one has in the act. Splicing Modules

Keywords: optical fiber, ODF, applications, types.
1. OPTICAL DISTRIBUTION FRAMES
Optical distribution frames, also known as ODF, are
basically frames in which the optical fibers to be distributed in
the most important network operators can be managed in a
more compact way.
For this with the advance of the technology the big
companies have seen that the clients demand a greater number
of resources and with it the need to expand their offices, for this
they need greater connectivity reason why it is necessary the
good administration of networks in the infrastructure.
In this case for the optical fibers has been constructed
optical distribution frames that as mentioned above can connect
a large amount of fiber in extremely small spaces, which will
make it more efficient with a reduction of space and excellent
administration in The infrastructure.[1]
Fig1. The Optical Distribution Frames assembly to the wall.
2. TYPES OF ODF
There is a wide variety of types of optical distribution
frames in the market for different architectural solutions
depending on the needs of the company.
There is now a great demand in the management of high
fiber qualities so it should be taken very Account which would
be the most convenient for each case, so we have the most used
types in the market. [2]
Flexibility is an important factor in the splice module
because it has the feature of being foldable making it more
useful as an optical distribution frame and has service cabinets
that have the capacity of 24 trays, each tray can support up to
24 fibers.
Patch modules
The patch module has the characteristic of being able to do
the distribution and connection of finished fiber, the capacity it
has is 12 inserts for each of the 12 connectors it has.
Combined modules
The great characteristic of the combined module is that it
contains in its module a splice section and another section of
patching, very useful for companies of great architecture.
The main applications that can be found for the optical
distribution frames are:
 Structured cabling.
 Last mile fiber optic technologies
 Technologies such as FTTX.
These applications in general are oriented to the ODF by its
infrastructure, which needs an administration of great capacity
and would be very help its distribution of correct way.[3]
3. CONCLUSIONS
The optical distribution frames are of great help for the
distribution of cables from one point to another where a large
amount of fiber needs to be managed and rendered more
flexible so that it can be interconnected from different places.
4. REFERENCES
[1] Normas para fibra óptica (página 2) - Monografias.com.
(n.d.). Retrieved June 16, 2017, from
http://www.monografias.com/trabajos69/normas-fibra-
optica/normas-fibra-optica2.shtml
[2] Opticak distibution frame. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.rdm.com
[3] Soluciones en Fibra -Cajas de Distribución de Fibra Óptica
(ODF) -UniFiberTM. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.lanpro.com/documents/sp/cablingsys/LPF18
5XCC_PFD_SPB01W.pdf