Since the 1980s, the single-core optical fiber cable has been the essential data transmission wiring media, with ongoing increases in deployments. Its use case has broadened, with transmission distances ranging from meters to 10000s km, including intrabuilding, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), terrestrial, and even submarine trunk lines. Currently, optical fiber cable deployment is strongly driven by cloud-based storage, X as a Service (XaaS), and worldwide data center (DC) functionality with the optical interconnection of massive servers on DC campuses. Hence, it is quite natural that the optical fiber cable industry has developed ultrahigh fiber count, high density, and small diameter optical fiber cable, e.g., 6912-fiber-count cable. With high-density cables, massive data capacity can be installed at one time while saving limited space in an underground duct. High-density cable designs have been developed not just by cable structure optimization but through the process of bundling fibers and the use of high-grade optical fibers. Moreover, many enabling technologies have been developed to support the deployment of ultrahigh fiber count cables, such as fiber identification, connectors, mass fusion splicing, and storage systems for fusion splicing points. In this article, state-of-the-art technologies and prospects for ultrahigh-count and ultrahigh-density optical fiber cables and enabling technologies are explained.

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超高光纤数和高密度电缆、部署和系统

自 1980 年代以来，单芯光纤电缆一直是必不可少的数据传输布线介质，并且部署不断增加。它的用例已经扩大，传输距离从米到 10000 公里，包括建筑物内、光纤到户 (FTTH)、地面，甚至海底干线。目前，光缆部署主要由基于云的存储、X 即服务 (XaaS) 和全球数据中心 (DC) 功能以及 DC 园区内大量服务器的光互连驱动。因此，光缆行业自然而然地开发出超高纤数、高密度、小直径的光缆，例如6912芯数光缆。使用高密度电缆，可以一次安装海量数据容量，同时节省地下管道中的有限空间。高密度光缆设计不仅通过光缆结构优化，而且通过捆绑光纤和使用高级光纤的过程来开发。此外，已经开发了许多支持技术来支持超高光纤数光缆的部署，例如光纤识别、连接器、大规模熔接和熔接点存储系统。在本文中，解释了超高支数和超高密度光缆的最新技术和前景以及使能技术。已经开发了许多支持技术来支持超高光纤数光缆的部署，例如光纤识别、连接器、大规模熔接和熔接点存储系统。在本文中，解释了超高支数和超高密度光缆的最新技术和前景以及使能技术。已经开发了许多支持技术来支持超高光纤数光缆的部署，例如光纤识别、连接器、大规模熔接和熔接点存储系统。在本文中，解释了超高支数和超高密度光缆的最新技术和前景以及使能技术。