Lesson 3: Fiber Optic Communications
Objectives: From this lesson you should
learn:
The advantages of optical fiber as a communications medium
How optical fiber is used in communications systems
Other uses for fiber optics
Why use fiber?
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.
For those interested in more detail on how networks work,
we recommend FOA
Lectures 34-36 below which discuss how networks work and
how bandwidth is allocated in networks.
Student Assignment:
Watch the videos, read the references and take the quizzes
(Test Your Comprehension)
YouTube Video:
FOA
Lecture 1: Fiber Optics & Communications
(repeat from Lesson 1, review telecom, CATV and LANs)
Highly
recommended: FOA Lectures 34-36
FOA
Lecture 34, Networks
FOA
Lecture 35 Network Architectures
FOA
Lecture 36 Network Bandwidth
Online FOA
Reference:
Fiber
Optic Communications
Networks
Book Chapter:
FOA
Reference Guide to Fiber Optics,
Chapter 3
Test Your Knowledge:
Optional - Extra Credit Reading/Viewing
Optical
LANs Video FOA
Lecture 30, OLANs, Optical LANs
Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Video: FOA
Lecture 25: FTTx
Fiber
in Premises Networks Video: Premises
Cabling Lecture 9: Fiber Optics
Fiber
or Copper? Video: FOA
Lecture 24: Copper, Fiber or Wireless?
Fiber
For Wireless Networks
Data
Centers
- Next: Lesson
4: Fiber Optic Transmission Systems and
Components
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