Demystifying Remote Fiber Testing and Monitoring 101

Topics covered:

• Centrally-operated OTDRs and how they work
• Lit (P2P/CWDM/ DWDM) and dark fiber-testing topologies
• Level 1 - Stand-alone and level 2 - Centrally managed test systems and their respective automated testing, alerting, mapping and reporting functions
• Leveraging your current geo-based, network-inventory management tool
• Creating a passive demarcation test point at the “endsite” (CWDM example)
• Reporting KPI trends (MTTR, TTR) and FO network availability