The newxt stage of work is the IBD(Inside Building) i.e.

the work from street cabinet to the Building

where connection is to be given. The cable used to connect the SC to the Telecom Box(TB) in the
Building. For this purpose mainly 144F cable is used. If more than one building has to be served from the
same SC the instead of drawing a cable the cable already drawn is terminated at some point in between
and a JC is introduced there. Then a few cores are separated from the rest and drawn to the other
building and the original cable then goes towards the initial building.
Once the cable reaches the building the cable starts climbing the building towards the upper floors. The
cable used for this climbing is called Breakout Cable. So either a 12F or 24F cable is used for climbing. In
the shaft of the building a Telecom Box (TB) is Installed. The cable joining the break out cable to the TB is
either a 24 Armoured or Unarmoured cable.
Telecom Box (TB)
A TB is a sort of a cabinet where the following articles are kept.
1. ONT with 4 ports installed by the Provisioning team
2. Patch Cord
3. SPLX
4. 24F splice tray
5. 1FDB
6. 4 or 2 pin USP or 1.5 amp usp which acts as a battery to the ONT and takes power fron an EB of
Sterlite installed with the meters on the ground floor.
7. Power Cable (EB-TB-UPS)
In a typical G+3 building only one TB is Installed on the ground floor. If the building has more floors then
TB is installed on the 1
st
,3
rd
,5
th
etc. floors according to the plan of the Build dept. Incase of opposition
to the Installation of TB by residents then a deviation Note is raised and then the TB is installed on
another floor.
Provisioning/ Home Drop.
Cable connection from ONT to Inside of homed is called home drop and is done by the provisioning
team. For this CAT5 E Cable which has copper cores is used. Othe materials used are:
Router
2 RJ plugs one connecting to the ONT and one to the router.
Cable used in the whole process should never run naked. It should be covered by:
HDPE Duct- Used in OSP and IBD
Flexible pipe which comes in the dimensions of 20mm; 25mm; 40mm - Used in Provisioning OSP
and IBD
PVC Conduit the dimensions of 25mm; 40mm - Used in IBD and Provisioning
GI pipe Used in OSP
Reason for use of cover.
Protection against Rat Bites and
Protection against Fibre cut..
Infrastructure In Ahmadabad
In Ahmadabad all structures served are G+3 Shops. Therefore from the street cabinet a cable is directly
dropped to the shop and he ONT id installed in the shop. There are no TBs. 1F cable is used. Incase the
shop is not yet built the cable is dropped upto the entrance of the shop because Sterlite has a contract
with the builder for providing services to the whole retail space exclusively.