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this is lecture 10
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fiber-optic Association lecture series on fiber optics
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this is our second lecture and fiber optic network design
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discussing planning the network
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once we determine the need for a fiber-optic network
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we now have to start doing the serious planning
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we have to decide what kind of communications equipment types
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her to be used where the links will be going
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how long will they be where the cable will be placed in
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where they an immediate spices and terminations will be done
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when testing is required documentation is necessary
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and what standards relevant to this particular
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project
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the next step is to establish the root of the lake
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determine the path from point A to point B
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their network will run how far it is
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and what obstacles rain its way I'm outside plant link we might do that
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satellite photos like we show here and on a premise islamic we would do it on a
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cab drawing a building
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then we wanted to determine the communication needs so we know what kind
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of equipment
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we were on on this network

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next we'll want to mapped the route map
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and great detail will review the prancer maps and survey the site
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in person we want to do it in person and take pictures so I have records that we
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can refer to
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later on in the planning process it's necessary to determine the exact cable
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path and links determine the location slices and termination
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what hardware going to be necessary to support caps
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we're going to Las page and we'll talk about that more in a minute
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and then we'll start looking at timing in the pool
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how long it will take us 20 components on the job site
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what special equipment we're going to need for installation
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an ally
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every project we're going to create documentation package
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it is impossible to overemphasize the importance
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I've documenting the project at the design level
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for estimating installation testing
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troubleshooting and restoration every part of the process
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depends I'm having very good
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documentation
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the communications equipment will be chosen to make the communication needs
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to the user
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whether they be at Alcoa cable TV company

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a utility the military all the needs can be quite different
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so the communications equipment must be carefully specified by
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the customer and then it will be looked at
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for compatibility with the cable plant
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designer should understand how fiber-optic data links work
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with the exception of fiber to the home which only uses 15 per
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most fiber-optic data links transmitted over 25 years
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and one in each direction for full-duplex transmission the
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transceivers a used to convert
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optical to electrical signals and vice versa
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they use lasers early days as transmitters and photodetectors
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to convert optical signals back to electrical signals and receiver
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as the transmitter sends a signal down optical fiber
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the signal amplitude is attenuated adding attenuation the optical fiber
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and reduced by the loss of connectors are spliced
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so what we're interested and is the amount of receiver power we have
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for any given away that performance Saturday link
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is going to be determined by its bearer rate for the number bits
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received in error and that is a function of received optical power
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it must have enough power for an adequate signal to noise ratio
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but not so much power that receivers overloaded
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for each network we know how much loss it can sustain overlaying

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so what we do is we calculate now
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it projected loss Mr Cable plan and compare it
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to the dynamic range I've the wake itself that way we know if we have
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adequate amount of power
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when we get to the receiver we call this a link power budget
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and we do it for every network we design for very long networks we may also have
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to consider chromatic dispersion
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for polarization mode dispersion warm even multimode fiber dispersion
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her missus links
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Google Fiber
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optic link requires a lot of hardware any outside planet splice closures and
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controlled environment policy region
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thoughts and pedestals any premises networks is
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wall rack mount a patch panels and wall outlets in cable trends
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the type of hardware we need
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and a location that hardware is a very very
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essential part every network design
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and it's one of the reasons that we said earlier it's important
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actually do a site visit you know exactly where everything is
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and you've got pictures to refer back to for your design project
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we're the fiber optic Association professional society a fiber optics
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for more information on designing fiber optic networks and other technical

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topics
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refer to the F away website particularly
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in the online fiber-optic reference guides
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that will give you technical information on every subject
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on fiber optics