EC1401OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS

Mrs.F.AROKIA MAGDALINE

LECT/ECE

OBJECTIVE:

To learn the components of optical NetwoksTo understand the concepts of second

generation networksTo learn the concepts of broadcast and

select Networks, wavelength routing & high capacity networks

UNIT IOPTICAL NETWORKING COMPONENTSFirst Generation

Optical NetworksSecond Generation

Optical NetworksCouplersIsolators & CirculatorsMultiplexers & FiltersAmplifiersSwitchesWavelength

Converters

UNIT II SONET AND SDH NETWORKSIntegration of TDM

signalsLayersFramingTransport overheadAlarmsmultiplexingNetwork elementsTopologiesProtection

architecturesRing architecturesNetwork management

UNIT III BROADCAST AND SELECT NETWORKSTopologiesSingle hopMulti-hopShufflenet multi-hop

networkMedia Access

control protocolsTest beds

UNIT IV WAVELENGTH ROUTING NETWORKSNode designIssues in network

design and operationOptical layer cost

tradeoffsRouting and

wavelength assignment

Wavelength routing test beds

UNIT V HIGH CAPACITY NETWORKSSDM – TDM and WDM

approachesApplication areasOptical TDM networksMultiplexing and

demultiplexingSynchronizationBroadcast networksSwitch based

networksOTDM test beds

TEXT BOOKS

1. Rajiv, Ramaswami and Kumar Sivarajan, “Optical Networks: A practical perspective”, 2nd Edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2001.

2. Keiser G., “Optical fiber communication systems”, McGraw-Hill, 2000.

 

REFERENCES

1. Vivek Alwayn, “Optical Network Design and Implementation”, Pearson

Education, 2004.2. Hussein T. Mouftab

and Pin-Han Ho, “Optical Networks: Architecture and Survivability”, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.

Isolators CirculatorsLayersSingle-hopOptical layer cost

tradeoffsBroadcast

networks

ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

Wavelength Converters

Ring architecturesSynchronizationMedia Access

control protocolsOTDM test beds