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Optical and FTTH Measurement FUNdamentals!

By Steve Harris – This article hit on the highlights of the FO tools and measurements. It is our recommendation you keep building your FO knowledge with our online broadband fiber installer (BFI) training and professional certification programs. Having the SCTE fiber optic certification will make you stand out in the crowd.

What are Optical Signals?

By Steve Harris – Light is EM energy waves that travel through free space at about 3 x 108 m/s. To harness the power of light for transmitting information, a channel or wave guide in the form of optical fiber is used to transmit information over an access network.

Time is Now, to Accelerate your Fiber Skills

By Steve Harris – From the activities in our industry, it is clear the path will include fiber optics. Our HFC access networks are here to stay with new architectures.

Inside Single-Mode Fiber G.657

By Steve Harris – For long-reach applications in the transport and access applications, cat A provides two sub-categories: A1 and A2. The G.657.A1 allows a 10 mm minimum design radius, while the G.657.A2 allows a 7.5 mm minimum design radius. These are both improvements over 15 mm to 30 mm in G.652.

Deciphering the OM Fiber Designation

Steve Harris – OM5 leverages four short wavelength division multiplexing (SWDM) channels of 25 Gbps each to achieve higher 100 Gbps, 200 Gbps and 400 Gbps transmissions over MMF.

How Do We Use Optical Power Budgets?

By Steven Harris – Now that we understand the dBm and mW values, let’s return to the budget. A budget equation will take into account the various forms of loss that will be experienced in a fiber optic network.

Optical Dispersion

By Steven Harris – It is important to collaborate with our vendor community, the SCTE·ISBE standards programs and stay well-educated in the area of fiber optics with SCTE·ISBE offered resources.

Fiber Optic Performance for Ethernet Networks

By Steven Harris – It is important for service and business technicians to remain current with industry trends, service and performance verification.

The ODN Packs a Punch for Smart Cities

By Steven Harris – The ODN is ideal for backhauling data or delivering services for smart cities. The ODN supports the delivery of PONs like E/GPON over a tree, bus or ring topology.

The Digital HFC — A Path to 10G

By Steven Harris — Seasoned telecommunication professionals are well aware of the improvements digital video offered over analog video in the network. Operators leveraged Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) digital video and RF quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM).