Applications
Planning and design of the FTTH
network, fiber optic transmission,
today’s applications, fiber to the
home, fiber to the business/building,
drivers behind FTTx, the evolution
from POTS to fiber, FTTx origins and
evolution, TPON (telephony PON),
fiber to the curb, cable television and
radio frequency over glass
Bandwidth Issues
The demand for bandwidth,
technology in transition, analog
to digital video, SDTV and HDTV,
multimedia convergence for the IP
network, over the top video, next
generation 3D HDTV, IP video
delivery, telecommuting, interactive
technologies, high bandwidth users,
cloud computing, storage and
cell towers
Economics
Defining CAPEX and OPEX, FTTH and FTTB CAPEX
items, design impacts, who’s implementing FTTH?,
triple play network characteristics, cost comparisons,
migration path considerations, FTTH and FTTB OPEX
items, power, network management systems, mean
time between failure, maintenance issues, operations
software, interface software, quality of service, OPEX
and CAPEX costs
Theory and Fibers
The three big issues, attenuation, causes for intrinsic
and extrinsic losses, dispersion, fresnel reflection,
rayleigh backscatter, lightwave transmission, singlemode
fiber characteristics, single-mode fiber
with laser source, mode field diameter, ITU-T G.652
single-mode optical fiber, ITU-T G.652D single-mode
optical fiber, ITU-T G.657 single-mode optical fiber,
ITU-T G.655 single-mode optical fiber, smart grid and
energy management, future trends, ODN capabilities,
user density and solutions
FTTH Standards
System standards, TCP/IP, MPEG – IPTV, active
Ethernet, full service access network, ITU-T G.983
B-PON, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), ITU-T
G.984 G-PON, IEEE 802.3ah EPON, RF video overlay,
DOCSIS, radio frequency over glass, next generation
networks, ITU-T G.987 and G.988 10G-PON, WDM
options, 40 GbE and 100 GbE, telcordia generic
requirements, physical layer standards, ITU-T G.652,
G.655 and G.657, ITU-T G.671, outside plant standards,
North American codes, proper aerial route planning
and engineering, TIA-568 and TIA-569
Network Topologies
The physical topologies, point to point topologies, star
topology, PON star configurations, reach extender,
route redundancy, ring, mesh and bus topology
Network components
Active devices, typical transmitter types, optical return
loss and the ODN, erbium-doped fiber amplifiers,
photodetectors, OLTs and ONTs, fiber optic passive
devices, WDMs and PON systems, coarse, wide and
dense WDM, PON configurations for WDM, filters and
gratings, diplexers, triplexers and quadplexers, splitters,
planar lightwave circuits, optical bands and windows
and wavelength allocations
Cables
FTTx distribution and drop cables, outside plant cables,
high fiber count cables, aerial fiber optic cables, FTTx
drop cables, indoor/outdoor cables, FTTB/MDU
premises installations, distribution cables, plenum,
riser and LSZH cables, fiber optic cable cordage, fiber
and buffer color codes, cable handling and FTTx
installation disciplines
Cable Management
Fiber optic interconnect hardware, outside plant
cable management, patch panels, splice panels,
optical entrance enclosures, distribution panels, fiber
distribution hubs, pedestals, vaults and handholes,
splice closures, multiport service terminals, fiber
transition terminals, FTTB panels, cabinets for active
Ethernet, cable storage methods, hardened connector
slack storage, panel and closure issues
Cable and Fiber Termination
Managing termination costs, splicing for the FTTx
system, traditional splice scenarios, drop cable splicing,
extrinsic splice and connection attenuation, fusion and
mechanical splicing, ribbon splicing technology, pigtail
splicing, splice protection, main connector components,
fiber optic connector polishes, common FTTx
connectors, hardened connectors, small form factor
LC connectors, multifiber connectors, field terminable
FTTH connectors, fiber optic cleaning methods,
attenuators and terminators
Splitter Placement
FTTH planning, take rate, growth strategies for PON,
migration strategy, splitter flexibility, FTTH design
engineering, fiber management, rural applications, slack
storage, MDUs and MTUs, outdoor splitter and hub
location, centralized and distributed splitter in FTTB
Network Design
Designing FTTx systems, selecting transmission
protocol, proper aerial route planning and engineering,
active Ethernet P2P networks, growth strategies,
migration, FTTH PON design engineering, FTTH
outside plant design, splitter location, FTTH
home run management, FTTH centralized splitter
management, FTTH distributed topology, sales and
construction planning, project chronology, writing
OSP specifications, fiber management specifications,
fiber cable management, cable mid-entry planning and
specifying termination options
Fiber to the Building
High-rise MDU/MTU, medium-rise MDU/MTU,
low-rise MDU/MTU, horizontal MDU/MTU, FTTB
systems and design goals, FTTB MDU existing
infrastructure, telecommunications rooms and closets,
telecommunications enclosure, backbone hierarchical
star topology, FTTB MDU installation and termination,
cable structure and fiber counts, end user locations,
solutions to get cabling to each user, optical network
terminals and access points, aesthetics and
termination techniques
Loss Budgets
Impacts on signal quality, loss budgets for FTTP
networks, fiber, splitter and WDM specifications,
active components, active Ethernet, PON classes,
class B+ and C+ specifications, differential optical
path loss, PON loss budgets, B-PON specifications,
EPON specifications, G-PON specifications, XG-PON
specifications, 10GEPON specifications, RFoG loss
budgets, tapered loss budgets and reach extension
Test Disciplines
FTTH testing and troubleshooting, network test
and equipment, testing active Ethernet, testing PON
systems, testing FTTH/PON, optical loss test sets,
PON power meters, optical loss testing, optical power
measurements, OTDR testing, splitter signatures,
reflection testing, visual inspection, documentation,
visual laser testing requirements, troubleshooting with
a visual fault locator, troubleshooting PON and AE
systems, system test points, system related problems
and service activation testing
Network Trends
Describe the difference between XG-PON and NG-PON networks, Briefly explain the impact of 5G, Describe the basic principles behind optical transmission keys, Explain rogue ONT behavior and Identify steps involved when migrating to NG-PON