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ICTOPN4117A
Prepare activity plans and specifications for a fibre to the x installation
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Technical cable supervisors apply the skills and knowledge in this unit when planning the installation activities for the deployment of broadband Access Networks using optical technologies.
FTTx services can be underground or aerial and may include hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) installations. Optical access networks with FTTx installations provide services in Next Generation Networks (NGN) using emerging technologies.
NGN services include internet protocol TV (IPTV), video on demand (VoD), interactive TV, mesh networks and cloud computing.
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to prepare the activity plans and specifications required by field technical staff to deploy a fibre to the x (FTTx) installation for optical access networks.
Planning involves provisioning underground and aerial cable work, construction of fibre enclosures and providing specification details for installation and construction teams.
Optical networks and FTTx are part of strategies by service providers using wave division multiplexing (WDM) to deliver very high speed broadband capacity through the Access Network for the National Broadband Network (NBN) initiative.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement but users should confirm requirements with the relevant federal, state or territory authority.
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