Cabling

Andrew Oliviero is involved in the development of optical fiber cabling standards in TIA, IEC, ISO, and IEEE. He was involved in the development of the ANSI/TIA-568-C standard and has held the Chair position of TIA's Fiber Optic LAN Section in 2007. Andrew holds a B.S.E and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Massachusetts. Bill Woodward has served three terms as chairman of the Electronics Technicians Association and is a principal electrical engineer based in Chesapeake, Virginia. Bill is also the committee chairman of the ETA fiber optic installer (FOI), fiber optic technician (FOT), and fiber optic designer (FOD) certification programs.

1. Introduction to Data Cabling. 2. Cabling Specifications and Standards. 3. Choosing the Correct Cabling. 4. Cable System and Infrastructure Constraints. 5. Cabling System Components. 6. Tools of the Trade. 7. Copper Cable Media. 8. Fiber-Optic Media. 9. Wall Plates. 10. Connectors. 11. Transmission Equipment. 12. Ubounded (Wireless) Media. 13. Cabling-System Design and Installation. 14. Cable-Connector Installation. 15. Cable-System Testing and Troubleshooting. 16. Creating a Request for Proposal. 17. Cabling @ Work: Experience from the Field. 18. History of Fiber Optics. 19. Principles of Fiber Optic Transmission. 20. Basic Principles of Light. 21. Optical Fiber Construction and Theory. 22. Optical Fiber Characteristics. 23. Safety. 24. Fiber Optic Cables. 25. Splicing. 26. Connectors. 27. Fiber Optic Light Sources. 28. Fiber Optic Detectors and Receivers. 29. Passive Components and Multiplexers. 30. Passive Optical Networks (PON). 31. Cable Installation and Hardware. 32. Fiber Optic System Design Considerations. 33. Test equipment and Link/Cable Testing. 34. Troubleshooting and Restoration.