Certified Fiber to the Home Professional (online)

This course is focused on network designers, network planners, supervisors and project managers who will be involved in deploying and maintaining FTTH and FTTB networks. Students will gain a broad base of knowledge and familiarity with FTTH architecture, network design, deployment technology and operational skills.

This online training program is comprised of modules that allow the student to grasp key concepts at their own pace and gauge their mastery through knowledge questions, culminating in a 75-question practice exam. It is ideal for remote and international students, providing valuable training without the expense or inconvenience of travel.

Delivery Options

Online

Completion Time

The estimated completion time for this course is 32 hours. The maximum allotted time is four months from enrollment.

Additional Course Information

Benefits

Upon completing students will:

Have the necessary knowledge to successfully complete the CFHP certification exam available on the Fiber to the Home Council’s website. ($150)
Earn a Light Brigade and NCTI Letter or Completion

Outline

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

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