Additional information on tunnels and pole line design. Cabling Includes enhanced information on splicing components and procedures. Covers the ICEA cable coding plan and its usage. Updated reference section on copper, fiber, and coaxial cables, including typical performance specifications. New section with cable splicing graphics.
New graphics show optical fiber splice closure and splice trays.
Air Pressure Systems Includes additional information on the design of buried and underground air pressure systems, as well as the use of nitrogen bottles as buffers. New graphics showing buried cable leaving underground and underground to aerial interface. This section covers methods of property descriptions, including rectangular grid system, state coordinate system, and metes and bounds. Includes basic real estate ownership, such as easement, license, life estate, and title transfer. Includes butterfly drawings.