IMPORTANT ABBREVATIONS

M.I.C.E- MECHANCIAL (SHOCK, VIBRATION). INGRESS (WATER, DUST). CLIMATIC. ELECTROMAGNETIC

PoE- POWER OVER ETHERNET (is a technology for wired Ethernet local area networks (LANs) that
allows the electrical current necessary for the operation of each device to be carried by the data
cables rather than by power cords)

CCTV- CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVEISION

SONET- SYNCHRONOUS OPTICAL NETWORK

OTDR- OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER

GRAPHICAL DISPLAY OF POWER AND DISTANCE IS CALLED AN OTDR TRACE

ACCURATETLY MEASURE THE LENGTH OF A FIBER, DISTANCE OF A FAULT, COMPUTE LOSS FROM
SPLICES, DETECT BENDS AND HIGH LOSS EVENTS