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Cu7103 Optical Networks Syllabus

This document outlines the course units for an optical networks course. The 5 units cover: 1) optical system components including fibers, couplers, amplifiers and switches; 2) optical network architectures including SONET/SDH standards, MANs and WDM networks; 3) wavelength routing networks including node designs, routing and assignment, and testbeds; 4) packet switching and access networks including OTDM, broadcast networks and access architectures; 5) network design and management including transmission system engineering, wavelength stabilization, and network management functions. The course is intended to provide a practical perspective on optical networks.

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Cu7103 Optical Networks Syllabus

This document outlines the course units for an optical networks course. The 5 units cover: 1) optical system components including fibers, couplers, amplifiers and switches; 2) optical network architectures including SONET/SDH standards, MANs and WDM networks; 3) wavelength routing networks including node designs, routing and assignment, and testbeds; 4) packet switching and access networks including OTDM, broadcast networks and access architectures; 5) network design and management including transmission system engineering, wavelength stabilization, and network management functions. The course is intended to provide a practical perspective on optical networks.

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CU7103

OPTICAL NETWORKS

LTPC
3003

UNIT I
OPTICAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS
9
Light propagation in optical fibers Loss & bandwidth, System limitations, Non-Linear
effects; Solitons; Optical Network Components Couplers, Isolators & Circulators,
Multiplexers & Filters, Optical Amplifiers, Switches, Wavelength Converters.
UNIT II
OPTICAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURES
9
Introduction to Optical Networks; SONET / SDH standards, Metropoliton Area Networks,
Layered Architecture; Broadcast and Select NetworksTopologies for Broadcast
Networks, Media Access Control Protocols, Testbeds for Broadcast & Select WDM;
Wavelength Routing Architecture.
UNIT III
WAVELENGTH ROUTING NETWORKS
9
The optical layer, Node Designs, Optical layer cost tradeoff, Routing and wavelength
Assignment [RWA], Virtual topology design, Wavelength Routing Testbeds, Architectural
variations.
UNIT IV
PACKET SWITCHING AND ACCESS NETWORKS
9
Photonic Packet Switching OTDM, Multiplexing and Demultiplexing, Synchronisation,
Broadcast OTDM networks, Switch-based networks; Access Networks Network
Architecture overview, OTDM networks; Optical Access Network Architectures; Future
Access Networks.
UNIT V
NETWORK DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT
9
Transmission System Engineering System model, Power penalty - transmitter,
receiver, Optical amplifiers, crosstalk, dispersion; Wavelength stabilization ; Overall
design considerations; Control and Management Network management functions,
Configuration management, Performance management, Fault management, Optical
safety, Service interface.
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
REFERENCES:
1. Rajiv Ramaswami and Kumar N. Sivarajan, Optical Networks : A Practical
Perspective, Harcourt Asia Pte Ltd., Second Edition 2004.
2. C. Siva Ram Moorthy and Mohan Gurusamy, WDM Optical Networks : Concept,
Design and Algorithms, Prentice Hall of India, Ist Edition, 2002.
3. Biswanath Mukherjee, Optical Communication Networks, Mc-GrawHill c1997, First
Edition ISBN 0-07-044435-8.
4. P.E. Green, Jr., Fiber Optic Networks, Prentice Hall, NJ, 1993.
5. Rajiv Ramaswami and Kumar N. Sivarajan, Optical Networks : A Practical
Perspective, Harcourt Asia Pte Ltd., First Edition 2004.

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