FTTH Planning
Course Code: TAT-320
Course Duration: 5 days
Course Objective(s):
To provide the participants with the knowledge and skills required for planning & design of a GPON/FTTH Network.
Expected Accomplishment(s):
After the training course, the participants will be able to:
- Identify the components and operation of GPON
- List the components and their variants used in the GPON/FTTH Network
- List different variants of optical power splitters and their uses
- Analyze the demand forecast and come up with the required planning solution
- Design & Plan a GPON / FTTH Network meeting the demands of the area as per Planning Guide lines and formulae.
- Apply the Formulae for Power Budget calculations
- Identify GPON/ FTTH- Outside Plant and Indoor implementation issues and come up with solutions
Who Can Benefit:
Professionals involved in planning fiber optic access networks will benefit from this course.
Prerequisite(s):
Participants should have a basic understanding of telecoms, networks and planning traditional access networks.
Course Outline:
GPON/FTTH- Introduction
- Why Optical Access?
- FITL Architectures
- What is FTTH:
- Drivers for FTTH
- PON Concept
GPON/FTTH- Components
- Types and specifications of fibers
- Optical Distribution Frames
- Optical Power splitters
- Fusion and Planar splitters
- FDT/ FDH
- Drop Boxes
- Sub ducts/Micro Sub ducts
- Closures
- OLT and ONT
GPON/FTTH- Planning & Design
- FTTH Implementation Techniques (Point to point, PON and AON)
- PON
- PON- Centralized Splitting
- PON –Distributed Splitting
- Feeder cable design
- Distribution cable design
- Indoor Cabling Design and splitter locations
- FTTH Planning Formulae and guidelines
- Calculating the number or required splitters as per the forecast
- Redundancy /protection considerations
- Indoor cabling and fixing issues and considerations
- Power Budget calculations
- Planning Documents and Drawings
GPON/FTTH- Case Study
- Comprehensive exercise on Planning & Design of GPON/FTTH Network
Delivery Method:
Training delivery methods will include instructor-led classes, and tutorial exercises.
