University of Texas at Dallas

Erik Jonnson School of Engineering and Computer Science

 

EE7340: Optical Network Architecture and Protocols

 

Instructor: Dr. Marco Tacca

e-mail: mtacca@utdallas.edu

Home page: http://www.utdallas.edu/~mtacca

Office hours:

  • Monday 2.00PM to 3.00PM.
  • Wednesday 4.00PM to 5.00PM
  • Appointment upon request

TA: TBA

 

 

Textbook:

  • R. Ramaswami and K. N. Sivarajan, “Optical Networks: a Practical Perspective”, Morgan Kaufmann Publisher

 

Additional material:

  • B. Mukherjee “ Optical Communication Networks”, McGraw Hill
  • T.H. Wu, “Fiber Optic Survivability”
  • Raj Jain,” FDDI Handbook – High Speed Networking Using Fiber and Other Media”, Addison Wesley
  • Papers provided

 

Course Objective:

This course presents some of the basic concepts and applications of high speed networks, with particular emphasis on optical fiber based network architectures. The course will 1) define the concepts of first and second generation optical networks, 2) provide the basic concepts on optical devices for telecommunication applications, 3) describe standard solutions (SONET/SDH, FDDI), and 4) discuss state of the art network architectures.

 

Concept/Tools to be acquired in the course:

  • Basic concepts of optical devices for telecommunication applications
  • First Generation (FG) Optical Networks
  • SONET/SDH standards
  • FDDI standard
  • Protection techniques against faults in FG optical networks
  • Second generation (SH) optical networks
  • The lightpath concept and wavelength routing
  • Optical packet switching
  • Protection techniques against faults in SH optical networks

 

 

 

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of probability theory, graph algorithms, queuing theory, EE6340

 

 

Exam/Presentations:

Each student will be required to present during class time a collection of internationally published technical papers. A list of papers and possible choices will be made available on the instructor’s website.

 

Each student will have to pass two written exams: the first exam covers the topics discussed during the first half of the course and will be given after the 16th lecture. The second exam covers the remaining topics and will be given on Thursday, December 4 at 5PM. Presentations and written exams must be individually done.

 

Grading Policy:

The final grade will be determined using the following criteria:

  • Midterm: 30%
  • Final: 30%
  • Presentation 40%