Access Network Infrastructures for FTTx

This free course helps the student understand FTTx networks, PON and HFC transmission and the infrastructure components and architectures involved.

The objectives of this class are to:
Understand the infrastructure solutions that support Broadband Access.
Review the impact that fiber is having over copper in the broadband market with higher speeds and greater bandwidth.
Review the copper-based network technologies including CATV, DOCSIS, G.Fast.
Look at optical networks including HFC, RFoG and PON and learn where these are used today.
Understand the topologies and architectures of FTTx networks.
Discover the ways of connecting and splitting fibers in the field.
Consider loss budgets and contributors.
Learn about the latest advances in wave division multiplexing, and the fiber cables than can be used to support this.
Understand fiber cable characteristics, and what can impact signal quality.
Take a look at cost exercises and compare different network architectures.