Outside
Plant Fiber Optics
Lesson 3: Fiber Optic Communications
Objectives: From this lesson you should learn:
The advantages optical fiber as a communications medium
How optical fiber is used in communications systems
Other uses for fiber optics
Why use fiber?
If
you already have a CFOT, this is a review of
material you have already covered.
Fiber has become the communications medium of choice for
telephones, cell phones, CATV, LAN backbones, security
cameras, industrial networks, just about every kind of
communications - now even all the way to the home. In this
lesson, you will learn why fiber is the medium of
choice for most communications networks and how many
of those networks use fiber.
If you are interested in specialized applications like
fiber to the home (FTTH), fiber to the antenna (cell
towers), etc., be sure to take the specialized Fiber
U applications programs like the Fiber
U FTTH self-study program.
Student Assignment:
Watch the video, read the references and take the quizzes
(Test Your Comprehension)
FOA YouTube Video
FOA
Lecture 1: Fiber Optics & Communications
(repeat from Lesson 1)
Online FOA Reference:
Fiber
Optic Communications
Book Chapter:
FOA
Reference Guide to Outside Plant Fiber Optics,
Chapter 3
Test Your Knowledge:
Online
Quiz
Take the Quiz at the end of Chapter 3 and check
your answers
Extra Credit Reading
Fiber
to the Home (FTTH)
- Next: Lesson
4: Fiber Optic Transmission Systems and
Components
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