Course Curriculum

1. Fiber Optic Link 

• Fibre optics and  its working principle
• Advantages/application
• Optical power and Loss measurement
• Optical wavelength/ Windows/Bands
• Attenuation/Dispersion
• Dispersion Vs Bandwidth
• BW of optical communication

2. Optical sources (Transmitters  and Detectors)

• Semiconductor Light Sources
• LED/Laser  Sources and Safety Handling Precautions
• Coupling of source to fiber
• Optical detectors PIN and APD
• Receiver noise
• Receiver block diagram

3. Fiber Optics Cable construction and its features

• Parts of OF cable
• Core/Cladding/Coating
• Filler/buffer/tensile Strength/jacket
• Types of fibers ITU T G652, G654, G655 ,G-657
• Construction of 12/24/48/96 F cable
• Pig tail, patch cord
• Ribbon/Submarine Cable/armored/unarmored cable
• Cable Termination Methods
• Bend Radius Specifications

4. Connectors and couplers

• Types of Fiber Optic Connectors
• Single-Fiber Connectors
• Connector Termination, FDF etc
• Attenuators

5. Splicing and termination

• Splicing Equipment
• Different types of splicing
• Fusion Splicers/Splice Requirements
• Splicing Procedures
• Cable preparation
• Fusion Splicing/Pigtail splicing/ribbon cable splicing (demo)

6. Planning of OF cable route and  pipe/Cable Laying  procedure

• Planning and surveying  aspects of  OF cable route
• Planning of  Long distance /Metro Optical network
• Laying procedure and protection
• Laying Specifications /Minimum Bend Radius
• Pulling Eye/Pull box
• Splice Straight/Branch  Enclosures
• Installation Methods
• Duct /Direct Burial /Aerial
• Documentation OF Cable diagram /OFFSET diagram

 7. Test Equipment and Link/Cable Testing  

• Continuity Test using Light Source and Optical Power Meter
• OTDR setup/Display /Testing and Trace Analysis
• Documentation
• OTDR Fault Localization Techniques
• Restoration Practices

8 . Optical communication Systems

• Multiplexing/FDM/TDM/WDM and its advantages & limitation
• PCM/PDH                                        
• DTA (G 821 analysis) and alarm monitoring      
• 8 MBps/34 Mbps/140 Mbps Familiarisation                         
• Power/dynamic range measurements
• Setting up the 8/34 Mbps link over patch cord with attenuator and testing
• Hands on practical

09. Link Engineering for an Optical system

• Power budgeting
• Rise time budgeting
• ITU specification
• Receiver sensitivity
• G.957 spec for STM-1

10. SDH  

• SDH and its advantages
• Mapping and multiplexing
• SDH network devices and its function/Protection
• Point to point linking of 2/34 Mbps
• Ring formation STM-1
• Hands on practical

11. NG-SDH/MADM

• NG-SDH advantages and its features
• Connectivity/configuration
• Features  of  NG-SDH  like MADM/RPR/PSPP/MSSP
• Hands on practical  on MADM-16 

12. DWDM

• WDM and its advantages
• Types of  WDM
• Window in DWDM
• DWDM network components and its function
• Features  of  WDM
• Field visit

13.  Fibre Access network

• Introduction to FTTH and its advantages
• FTTH components and  its function
• FTTH architecture
• Type of  PON
• G PON and GE PON
• Hands on practical  on GEPON

14.  New Trends in fiber communication

• OTN
• IP over WDM
• IP over NG SDH/RPR/MSPP/MSSP
• Submarine cabling
• Free Space Optics

17. Safety and precautions

• Basic Safety
• Handling Fiber
• Site /Maintenance personnel safety
• Earthing /Trenching