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E-Learning Course Provides an in-Depth Guide to Testing and Maintaining Passive Optical Networks and Includes Interactive Simulations of Test Equipment

Posted on: Friday, 7 July 2006, 09:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c39154) has announced the addition of E-Learning Course: Optical Fibre Principles to their offering.

"Optical Fibre Links" is designed for study by those who are involved in the installation, testing and maintenance of optical fibre links. The course provides an in-depth guide to testing and maintaining passive optical networks and includes interactive simulations of test equipment and video clips of the fusion splicing process.

Course Aim: After completing this course a trainee will be able to explain the basic principles of optical fibre transmission, describe the passive components of optical links including the construction of internal and external optical cables, connectors and splicing enclosures and carry out and interpret basic test measurements on optical fibre.

Pre-requisite: General school certificate in Physics or Physical science.

OptLink

-- is an interactive, e-learning course designed to run under Windows(TM) 95, 98, NT4, 2000 or XP.

-- provides an introduction to the principles of optical fibre transmission, describes the components of passive optical links and discusses the testing and maintaining of optical fibre links.

The OptLink course:

-- provides in-depth, authoritative practically-based technical training.

-- employs interactive simulations, photographs, video clips, hypertext links and question sessions to fully involve the trainee in the learning experience.

-- provides personalised training with each trainee able to make his/her on notes and place bookmarks. A record of progress and level of achievement is recorded for each trainee.

-- provides a structured assessed course and can also be used to browse for revision or reference.

-- includes a comprehensive, searchable technical glossary.

Target audience:

Technical personnel involved in the design, installation, testing or maintenance of optical fibre

The topics covered by this course are:

Optical Fibre principles: Shows the basic structure of an optical fibre and explains how infrared energy is propagated down the core of a fibre.

Optical fibre dispersion: Describes the causes and effect of dispersion.

Types of optical fibre: Describes the structure of different types of glass fibre (including multimode and single mode fibres) and compare their characteristics.

Optical fibre connections: Describes the features, characteristics and uses of different types of fibre connection including mechanical splices, demountable connectors and fusion splices.

Minimising optical loss: Demonstrates and explains the main causes of optical loss in a fibre transmission system and discusses methods of minimising those losses.

Optical power budgeting: Explains the significance of a "power budget" for an optical link, explains the meaning of the terms: receiver sensitivity, launched power, system margin and dispersion penalty and demonstrates the relationship of those parameters to a power budget.

Insertion loss measurement: Describes and demonstrates the use of an optical source and power meter to carry out an insertion loss measurement.

Principles and use of an OTDR: explains how an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

(OTDR) measures the loss of a fibre system and measures and locates fibre joints and connections. This section includes working simulations of an OTDR.

Fibre preparation: Describes and demonstrates the purpose and operation of the various tools used in preparing fibres and cables for jointing.

Fusion splicing: Explains how a fusion splice is produced between two fibres. This section includes a simulation of a typical fusion splicing equipment and demonstrations of the effects of incorrect arc current and incorrectly prepared fibre.

Optical cables: Explains the purpose of the fibre protection layers used in optical cables and describes the structure and functional components of typical internal and external optical cables.

Terrestrial cable systems: Describes the physical structure and function of the various components of a terrestrial cable system including primary and secondary flexibility points, distribution shelves and termination points.

Testimonial: "As a communications service provider based "off shore" we have found that the e-learning courses provide high quality and excellent content training to our engineers without the need to arrange expensive flights out of the island truly cost effective" - Bill Barker, training and development manager, Jersey Telecom

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c39154

Source: Business Wire

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