IEC 60794-2-31:2012 presents the detailed requirements specific to indoor optical fibre ribbon cables to ensure compatibility with ISO/IEC 11801. The requirements of the family specification IEC 60794-2-30 are applicable to cables covered by this standard. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 2005. It constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
- incorporation of the OM4 cabled fibre performance category;
- incorporation of the OS2 cabled fibre performance category;
- incorporation of the B6_a1 and B6_a2 fibre categories as per IEC 60793-2-50. Keywords: indoor optical fibre ribbon cables, OM4, OS2, B6_a1, B6_a2