1. EC1401
OPTICAL COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKS
Mrs.F.AROKIA MAGDALINE
LECT/ECE

2. OBJECTIVE: To learn the components of optical Netwoks
To understand the concepts of second generation networks
To learn the concepts of broadcast and select Networks, wavelength routing & high capacity networks

3. UNIT I OPTICAL NETWORKING COMPONENTS
First Generation Optical Networks
Second Generation Optical Networks
Couplers
Isolators & Circulators
Multiplexers & Filters
Amplifiers
Switches
Wavelength Converters

4. UNIT II SONET AND SDH NETWORKS
Integration of TDM signals
Layers
Framing
Transport overhead
Alarms
multiplexing
Network elements
Topologies
Protection architectures
Ring architectures
Network management

5. UNIT III BROADCAST AND SELECT NETWORKS
Topologies
Single hop
Multi-hop
Shufflenet multi-hop network
Media Access control protocols
Test beds

6. UNIT IV WAVELENGTH ROUTING NETWORKS
Node design
Issues in network design and operation
Optical layer cost tradeoffs
Routing and wavelength assignment
Wavelength routing test beds

7. UNIT V HIGH CAPACITY NETWORKS
SDM – TDM and WDM approaches
Application areas
Optical TDM networks
Multiplexing and demultiplexing
Synchronization
Broadcast networks
Switch based networks
OTDM test beds

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. SEMINAR TOPICS Isolators Circulators Layers Single-hop
Optical layer cost tradeoffs
Broadcast networks

11. ASSIGNMENT TOPICS Wavelength Converters Ring architectures
Synchronization
Media Access control protocols
OTDM test beds