School of Engineering and Technology, (SET)
 
AT77.18 : Optical Networks  3(3-0)
 
Course objectives:

To provide students with practical knowledge and research background in optical networks. The emphasis will be on problems at the network layer that are unique to optical networks.
 
Learning Outcomes:

Motivation for optical networking. Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. Routing and wavelength assignment for wavelength-routed networks. Distributed lightpath setup and release. Recovery from link and node failure. Traffic grooming for access networks. Multiple access control (MAC) for local networks. Optical burst switching (OBS) and optical packet switching (OPS).
 
Pre-requisite(s):

Consent of instructor

 
Course Outline:

I        Motivation for optical networking

II       Building blocks of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks

III     Wavelength-routed optical wide-area networks (WANs)
          1. Static dimensioning of optical WANs
          2. Routing and wavelength assignment (RWA)
          3. Network optimization with integer linear programming (ILP)
          4. RWA under physical constraints on transmission
          5. Recovery from link and node failures
          6. Roles of optical wavelength conversion
          7. Dynamic RWA for WANs
          8. Distributed lightpath setup and release

IV      Optical metro-area networks (MANs)
          1. Topology designs for MANs
          2. RWA for regular topologies
          3. Static traffic grooming
          4. Dynamic traffic grooming

V       Optical local-area networks (LANs)
          1. Topology designs for LANs
          2. Passive optical networks and their physical limits
          3. Multiple access control (MAC) for optical LANs
          4. Contention-based protocols
          5. Reservation-based protocols
          6. Packet scheduling algorithms with quality of service (QoS) awareness

VI      Alternative architectures for optical networks
          1. Optical packet switching (OPS)
          2. Optical burst switching (OBS)
          3. RWA and scheduling for OPS/OBS
          4. Roles of optical fiber delay lines (FDLs)
 
 
Learning Resources:

Textbook:

Lecture notes and handouts
 
Reference Books:

D.P. Bertsekas and R.G. Gallager
          Data Networks, Prentice Hall, 1992.

W.D. Grover
          Mesh-Based Survivable Networks, Prentice Hall, 2004.

G. Keiser
          Optical Fiber Communications, McGraw-Hill, 2000.

H. Kolimbiris
          Fiber Optics Communications, Prentice Hall, 2004.

B. Mukherjee
          Optical Communication Networks, McGraw-Hill, 1997.

R. Ramaswamy and K. Sivarajan
          Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective, Morgan Kaufmann, 2001.

A.B. Sharma, S.J. Halme, and M.M. Butusov
          Optical Fiber Systems and Their Components, Springer-Verlag, 1981.

T.E. Stern and K. Bala
          Multiwavelength Optical Networks: A Layered Approach, Prentice Hall, 1999.

D.P. Bertsekas and R.G. Gallager
          Data Networks, Prentice Hall, 1992.
 
Journals and Magazines:

IEEE Transactions on Communications
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology
IEICE Transactions
OSA Journal of Optical Networking
SPIE Optical Engineering
 
 
 
Evaluation Scheme:

The final grade will be computed from the following components:
Assignments             - (30%)
Mid-semester exam  - (30%)
Final exam                - (40%)
Closed-book examination is used in both mid-semester and final exams.
 
Instructor(s):
SECTION NAME