Delivery: Online
Estimated Length: 4 seat hours
Price: $270
Course Type: Fiber-only course
Special Offer: Buy the Fiber-Optic Fundamentals Course bundle and save 40% on the individual course prices. This bundle includes all four courses in the Fundamentals discipline.
Unlock the future of fiber-optic communications with the NCTI® Fiber-Optic Fundamentals IV: Architectures course. Dive deep into the critical components of fiber-optic networks, focusing on passive optical networks (PON) and cutting-edge technologies that are revolutionizing high-speed broadband delivery. As fiber-optic networks evolve, mastering network elements, topologies, and next-generation technologies is essential for efficient deployment and scalability.
Key Learning Objectives:
– Understand the structure and components of fiber-optic networks, including OLTs, ONUs, splitters, and amplifiers.
– Explore PON architectures like GPON, XGS-PON, and NG-PON2, and their role in high-speed data transmission.
– Analyze network topologies such as star, ring, bus, and mesh, and their impact on performance and scalability.
– Grasp the principles of next-generation technologies and prepare for advancements in fiber-optic communication.
Who Should Enroll:
This course is ideal for technicians and professionals seeking to deepen their understanding of fiber-optic network architectures and the advanced technologies shaping modern, high-speed optical networks.
Course Benefits:
– Gain expertise in PON design considerations and network elements.
– Learn to identify and explain P2P and P2MP network topologies.
– Receive an industry-recognized NCTI certificate of graduation.
Delivery Options:
This course is delivered online, with lessons and final exams available online.
Completion Time:
Estimated completion time is 4 hours, with a maximum of four months from enrollment.
Recommended Prerequisite:
Fiber-Optic Foundations III: Splicing and Termination
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- Explain PON design considerations and elements, ODN elements, and fiber-optic cable categories in a PON.
- Describe PON considerations regarding attenuation in the network.
- Describe how OLTs, FDHs, splice closures, FATs, MSTs, ONUs, and ONTs operate in a PON.
- Identify and explain P2P and P2MP network topologies.
- Explain the structure and advantages of star, ring, bus, and mesh topologies.
- Explain the fundamental structure, advantages, and disadvantages of the centralized split, distributed split, distributed star, and home-run topologies.
- Describe PON access architecture characteristics and wavelength allocations.
- Describe the BPON wavelength allocation structure.
- Define GPON and explain its operation.
- Describe the difference between GPON and EPON.
- Describe NGA network architecture requirements.
- Describe point-to-point access architecture benefits.
Course Outline:
1. Fiber-Optic Network Elements and Topologies
PON design considerations, PON elements, common fiber-optic network topologies, and PON topologies
2. PON and Next-Generation Technologies
PON generation technologies and next-generation access
Equip yourself with the knowledge to excel in the evolving world of fiber-optic communications. Enroll today and become a leader in network architecture and technology innovation!