ADN 405T - Optical Networks  
 

Indicative contents

  • Introduction to Fiber Optics: Why Fiber Optic Communication, Concept of Modes, Types of Fibers-SMF, MMF, Different types of Losses-Radiation, Scattering, Micro-bending Loss, Concept of Dispersion-Modal, Material, Wave-guide Dispersion, Types of Single mode fibers
  • All optical Networks: Laser & Detectors, Multiplexing techniques- TDM & FDM, Primary & Higher order multiplexing, Optical Transmission link , Optical-communication infrastructure, The Emergence of the Optical Network, Overview of the All-Optical Network, Components of the All-Optical Networks Multiplexers/Demultiplexers, Routers, and Cross-Connects, wavelength routed networks, optical Switches
  • SONET and SDH:
    What are SONET and SDH standards, Broadband networks, data rates, Typical Example of SONET/SDH frames (STM-1, STM-4, STM-16, STM-64) with reference to the product, Configuration of SONET & SDH equipment, Virtual Tributaries
  • Synchronization, Timing and Alarm:
    Network Synchronization, Timing Stability, Clock Application, Jitter and wander SConcept of DWDM & its Fundamentals, WDM, CWDM, DWDM, Systems for DWDM Networks, Elements of WDM Link, Regenerator, Optical, DWDM Network Design, Advances in DWDM Networking, Technologies to achieve High Speed TDM+WDM latest Experiments in DWDM Standards for DWDM ITU-T
     

Module Resources

  • Essential reading
    1. Course Notes.
  • Recommended Reading
    1. Gerd Keiser: Optical Fiber Communication, Third edition, McGraw Hill, 2000
    2. Govind P. Agrawal: Fiber-Optic Communication Systems, Wiley, August 1997
    3. Debra Cameron, Optical Networking, Wiley, December 2001
    4. Katsunari Okamoto: Fundamentals of Optical Waveguides (Optics and Photonics Series): Academic Press, 2000.
    5. Rajeev Ram swami and Kumar Sivarajan: Optical Networks: A practical perspective, Harcourt Asia-Morgan Kaufman Publishers, 2002
    6. Mynbaev, Djafar K; Scheiner, Lowell Fiber - Optic Communications Technology, Pearson, 2001.
    7. Siva Rama Murthy.C, Guruswamy.M, WDM Optical Networks Concepts, Design and Algorithms, Pearson, 2003
    8. Black, Uyless Optical Networks Third Generation Transport Systems, Pearson, 2002
    9. Walter J. Goral ski, SONET and SDH, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill Publishers, 2002.
    10. Peter Tomsu and Christian Schmutzer, Next Generation Optical Networks: The Convergence of IP Intelligence and Optical Technologies, Pearson Publications, 2001