Macrobending occurs when an optical fiber is bent with a radius smaller than its supported minimum bend radius. The excessive bend can cause part of the optical signal to escape from the core, increasing attenuation and reducing the received optical power. This problem can appear after poor cable installation, improper storage, or routing the cable sharply around structural objects. Chromatic dispersion causes different wavelengths or spectral components of an optical pulse to travel at slightly different speeds, but it is not normally triggered by one tight physical corner. DSL crosstalk applies to copper pairs, while Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation controls upstream transmission opportunities in a PON. Correcting the cable routing and respecting the specified bend radius can remove or reduce the loss.

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