Design & Advanced Testing
of Fibre Systems
Gain a greater knowledge of design & testing
of fibre systems.
This 3-day course is designed for engineers already
installing fibre, to provide information and essential
experience on system design and advanced testing requirements,
for both multimode and singlemode fibre optic cabling
systems.
Delivered through a series of demonstrations and instructor-led
practical assignments, this course is designed to
provide a comprehensive insight into all aspects of
OTDR testing and the design requirements for modern
network architectures up to 10Gb Ethernet, popular
fibre-to-the-desktop systems as well as inter and
intra building solutions. Complex measurements of
fibre optic links are also covered, including through
multiple cross-connects and the storage, recall, analysis
and collation of the tests results.
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Duration
3 days
Who should attend?
Those already having achieved C&G 3466-02 or C&G
3466-03, and seeking to advance their OTDR testing
skills or Network designers & managers, project
managers & consultants and those involved in designing,
specifying & selling network architectures
Prerequisites
Delegates should have previous experience of using
cable test equipment
Course objectives
To consolidate previous practical fibre knowledge
& experience, and provide progression into fibre
cable systems design
Qualifications
BTEC units towards:
BTEC Advanced Certificate in Telecomms Installation
& Test
BTEC Professional Certificate in LAN Design &
Installation
BICSI CECs: 21 Installation & 21 RCDD CableNet
Certificate
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Course Content (80% Theory, 20% Practical)
Fibre design rules
• Ethernet 10Mb, 100Mb, Gigabit & 10Gb systems,
other common networking technologies in multi &
singlemode fibre
Fibre connector specifications
• Overview of modern fibre connectors including
ST, SC, LC & MTRJ
Fibre network designs
• Intra-building backbone systems, campus networks
& popular fibre-to-thedesktop designs
Heath & safety
• Procedures
Instrument capabilities
• Distance measurements, loss measurements (fibre,
bending, splicing & connectors)
Instrument limitations
• OTDR limitations & how to resolve various
issues
Measuring
• Measuring cable in different situations
Common problems
• Poor launch conditions, interfacing to bare
fibres, ghosts, saturations, mismatches & linearity
Operational procedure
• Operating the OTDR
Efficient operation
• Automatic configurations & macro facilities
Set-up & software routines
• PC emulation software & testing complex
systems of SM, MM, OTDRs.
Documentation & monitoring system
