GPON Advanced Design, Planning and Dimensioning
Course Overview
The evolution of FTTH technology cannot be overlooked in the telecommunications industry today. The global market for GPON is projected to reach USD 11.12 Billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 5.87% from 2023 to 2030, driven by the growing demand for bandwidth brought about by increasing Internet penetration rate and ‘triple-play’ services. FTTH GPON is also rapidly becoming the preferred choice among major operators – it is already the dominant technology choice in North America. Against this backdrop, next-generation technologies will be required in the access network to deliver ‘bandwidth hungry’ services to consumers.
This is an advanced level course designed to give participants an end-to-end insight into the concepts and technologies which support FTTH GPON systems. The course proceeds from considering the fundamentals principles of optical fiber transmission and PON (e.g., components, applications, best practice) to more complex concepts (e.g., enhanced transmission techniques, advanced functionalities, encapsulation). Participants will be taught how to design a GPON system including planning and dimensioning for several different real life FTTX scenarios. This course will also focus on GIS tools such as QGIS for planning and network dimensioning. The concepts and features of QGIS will be part of the hands-on workshop.
Target Audience
This course is designed for Managers, Engineers, Technicians, and Senior Telecommunications Planning Professionals who are involved in access networks and are responsible to plan, design, implement, or troubleshoot FTTX and GPON networks.
The course is also suitable for Consultants, Contractors, IT Professionals and System Engineers deployed in the NGAN environment.
Duration & Training Format
- Classroom: 5 days
- LIVE Virtual: 35 hours
- A minimum of 8 or more participants is required for a Classroom session to commence.
- A minimum of 6 or more participants is required for a LIVE Virtual session to commence.
- LIVE Virtual courses can be conducted for 5 hours or 7 hours daily. Please note that the number of training days will be extended if you opt for 5 hours daily.
Upcoming Course Dates
4 – 8 Aug 2025 (Mon – Fri), GMT +8
If you are keen on attending this course, please register your interest via our course enquiry form.
Key Benefits
Participants will learn the requirements of GPON networks in addition to exploring advanced topics. After the training, engineers will be able to design and plan GPON networks.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the end-to-end advanced concepts of FTTH GPON
- Comprehend the principles behind Optical Distribution Network (ODN) design
- Produce drawings of the architectures of Optical Line Terminating Equipment (OLTE), Optical Terminating Unit (ONU) and ODN
- Understand the concepts of ODN Design
- Appreciate the advantages of GPON over other PON solutions
- Design a PON Network using available dimensioning tools
- Plan GPON services to support the requirements of a large city
- Active OLT understanding
- Network cyber threats such as DDoS and ARP spoofing
- Complete QGIS exercises
Course Outline
- Optical Fiber Fundamentals
- Properties of Fiber
- Types of Fiber
- Impairments in Fiber
- ITU Standards
- FTTH Implementation and Testing
- GPON Best Practices
- Planning Guidelines
- Structured Cabling
- Power Feeding
- MPLS Concepts
- Backhauling of GPON Traffic
- Components for Future Access Networks
- Tunable Optical Networks
- Wavelength Router
- Arrayed Waveguide Gratings
- Applications in Access Networks
- Enhanced Transmission Techniques
- Advanced Functionalities
- Colorless vs Colored Network Units
- Rayleigh Backscattering
- Mitigation of Scattering Effects
- QGIS Hands-on Workshop
- Introduction to QGIS
- Working with Vector data
- Working with Raster Data
- CRS and Projection
- Exercises
- QGIS Advanced Concepts
- Data Import and Export
- Working with Plugins
- Cartography and Map Layout
- Introduction to Geoprocessing
- Geocoding and Reverse Geocoding
- Exercises
- Optical Line Terminal (OLT)
- Concepts and Function
- GPON/EPON OLT
- Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Technology
- QoS/SLA
- OLT Functions – Active
- OLT Core Parts
- OLT Service Parts
- OLT Public Parts
- Anti DDoS and Anti ARP Spoofing
- Types of OLT SFP
Note: A Certificate of Completion will only be issued upon achieving at least 75% attendance for the course.
Pre-requisites
- A basic understanding of Optical Networking and IP Fundamentals
- Knowledge of telecommunications (E1, SDH)
- A good understanding of data networking concepts
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