(Continuation of Question 4/6 and 6/6) The demand for broadband
access services has increased throughout the world in recent
years. Fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services constitute the most
promising approach to providing these services because of their
large transmission capacity and cost-effectiveness. The number
of FTTH subscribers is increasing rapidly, and a large number of
optical fibre cables are being installed daily to meet demand.
Therefore, the smooth construction, operation, and cost
effective technologies for the maintenance of this network plant
has increased considerably in importance. During the
installation and maintenance of optical fibre communication
networks, field engineers must first correctly identify a
specific fibre from a bundle of fibres to avoid the incorrect
cutting and/or connection of an optical fibre at a worksite.
Therefore, it is important to investigate functional
requirements for optical fibre identification, identification
procedures and methods that can be employed without a