ā All trainings are offered as virtual sessions or in-person, on-demand or public, at Excentis or on-site. Highly interactive and with ample Q&A time! Predefined or tailored to your needs. Default language in English, but we also offer trainings in Dutch, French and German.
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Early Bird:
- 10% discountĀ for registrations 60 days before the start
- 15%Ā discountĀ for registrations 90 days before the start
- 20%Ā discountĀ for registrations 120Ā days before the start
Volume:
- 10% discountĀ starting from 3 enrollments.
- 15%Ā discountĀ starting from 5 enrollments.
- 20%Ā discountĀ starting from 10Ā enrollments.
Who can take this course?Ā Everyone in the All Access Networks industryā
Prerequisites: Some experience with RF, basic electronics knowledgeā
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Training Overview
The Hybrid-Fibre-Coax (HFC) architecture has been adapted by many cable operators for internet, telephony and multimedia services. Understanding the performance of the individual components in an HFC network is important to estimate their impact on the communication signals in the return path (from customer to headend).
The course introduces the architecture and the basic components of the return path of an HFC network. Beside this, the attendee will get insight in modulations, multiple access techniques, analogue to digital, the different sources of interference, their influence on the communication signals, and some appropriate mitigation techniques. The audience is typical people starting in cable (engineering, network operations, management, ā¦)
- Understand the architecture of an HFC networkāāā
- Knowledge of the performance of basic components in the return path of an HFC networkā
- Understanding of sources of interference and of techniques āto reduce interferenceā
Course Overview
PART 1: INTRODUCTIONā
- What is an HFC network?ā
PART 2: SIGNALSā
- Down- and upstream Ā· Voltage, power and frequencies Ā· Analogue andĀ digital modulation techniques (focus on QAM), power and spectralĀ efficiencyā
PART 3: HFC NETWORK ARCHITECTUREā
- HFC and backbone Ā· Optical nodes Ā· Coaxial distribution plant Ā· multiple access techniquesā
PART 4: COMPONENTSāā
- Passive: coaxial cable Ā· splitter Ā· tapĀ· diplex filter Ā· optical fibreā
Active: amplifier Ā· NTU Ā· laser Ā· photo detector Ā· optical nodeā
PART 5: NOISE
- Internal interference: intermodulation Ā· thermal noise Ā· group delay Ā· amplitude flatness Ā· micro-reflections Ā· HUM modulation Ā· fibre-optic noise.ā External interference: ingress Ā· impulse noise āand the entry points Ā· Impact Ā· BER and SNRā
PART 6: RETURN PATH NOISE MITIGATIONā
- Hardware techniques: optimal network installation Ā· filtering of upstream components Ā· equalization of attenuation Ā· ā
improved home networkā. Software techniques: frequency hopping Ā· robust modulation techniques Ā· FEC Ā· interleavingā
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