Prepared By:

Abubaker Ahmed Elobied Ali

Use of GIS in effective planning

and management of fiber optics

cables

Outline

¥ Introduction

¥ Problem Statement

¥ Objective

¥ Methodology

¥ Literature Review

¥ Case study

¥ Conclusion

Introduction

GIS in fiber optics cables are used to play important roles in :

System operation & maintenance

System planning and expansion

System analysis and visualization

Problem Statement

Planning

o Optimal routes for cable infrastructure.

Engineering

o Network design & cost estimation

Management

o Maintenance and expansion network

Objective

To Develop GIS database for solving challenges of planning,

engineering and management of fiber optics cables

Methodology

1) Data

Road network

Business points

Buildings

Fiber optic cable routes

Fiber optic Network nodes

Figure 1.Field Surveys to Collect Fiber Optics Data

(C. Chang-Albitres. 2011).

CONT

2) Build GIS

Design Database

Design Tools

Build Database

Integrating fiber optics data into GIS

Implement in Your Management

Literature Review

Fiber optics is used to transmit voice, video and data

signals by light waves

Figure 2. Fiber Optic Cable (en.wikipedia.org)

CONT

Figure 3. Fiber optic cable construction

(http://www.telebyteusa.com)

CONT

Advantages of Fiber Optics

Large bandwidth

Low transmission loss

Small size and weight

Electrical Isolation

Signal security

:Main Advantages

Large bandwidth

Low loss

CONT

Today’s Scenario

More than 600 Million kms of fiber-optic cables have

been installed worldwide

More than 120 Million kms in Asia

More than 22,000km in Saudi Arabia

Figure 4. Submarine Cables in the world (en.wikipedia.org)

Figure 5. Fiber Optical cable in Saudi Arabia

(www.mobily.com)

Case study: The City of El Paso

Texas (April 2011)

Figure 6. Flood Damage and Destroyed Streets in the City

(2006) (C. Chang-Albitres. 2011).

Figure 7. Components of the Infrastructure Management

System for City of El Paso (C. Chang-Albitres. 2011).

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The objectives of GFOAMS to provide managers and

maintenance crews easy access to fiber optics information

The data is stored in three main layers:

Junction Boxes (splices connection points)

Conduit Runs (connecting point A to point B)

Cables carrying the information

GFOAMS Framework

Structure

The GFOAMS framework structure is composed of

three modules: inventory, documents and images.

Figure 8. GFOAMS Framework Structure

(C. Chang-Albitres. 2011)

Table1. Location Data (C. Chang-Albitres. 2011).

Table2. Summary of descriptive data

(C. Chang-Albitres. 2011).

GFOAMS Applications

Figure 9. Accessing Fiber Optics Documents and Photos

(C. Chang-Albitres. 2011).

Figure 10. Manage Fiber Optics Network (maintenance &operation)

(C. Chang-Albitres. 2011).

Figure 11. Planning & expansion of Fiber Optics

(C. Chang-Albitres. 2011).

Concluding Remarks

Due to uses GIS in Fiber Optics Network :

Provide managers easy access to fiber optics information

Quick responses for Maintenance

Decrease overall operating costs

Improves the performance of fiber optic network

MAIN References

1. C. Chang-Albitres, L. Quintana and R. Aldouri. GIS Fiber Optics Asset

Management System. Final Report. University of Texas at El Paso, TX,

2011.

• Hecht, J. Understanding Fiber Optics. 5th Ed. Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper

Saddle River, 2006.

• Alwayn, V. Fiber-Optic Technologies. Cisco Press, April

2004.http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=170740&seqNum=7