Lecture: 3 hours
Independent Study: 1 hour
Prerequisite: Course ECS 252
Grading: Letter; one exam (40%), homework (30%), project (30%)
Catalog Description:
Optical networks. Enabling technologies. Multiplexing techniques. WDM. Broadcast
networks. Wavelength-routed networks. Network architectures. Protocols.
Network algorithms. Device-network interface. Optimization problems.
Goals:
Research and development on optical communication networks have matured
significantly to the extent that some of these principles are being moved
from the research laboratories to the formal (graduate) classroom setting.
However, our curriculum has no course to fill this emerging void. A number
of institutions have started offering such a course. Additionally, tremendous
growth of interest on this topic has been noticed at recent conferences,
in recent journal publications, and in industry activity. These observations
have led me to the decision to design and offer this course. The most unique
feature of this course will be its timeliness to fill a void in an important
and emerging networking topic. This course will better prepare our graduate
students not only to undertake research in this area but also to handle
industry jobs on this topic.
Expanded Course Description:
Research Project:
Students design a new network architecture, protocol or algorithm. Alternately,
they design a simulation platform to analyze an existing network architecture,
protocol or algorithm to demonstrate creativity while furthering the knowledge
in the field.
Textbook:
B. Mukherjee, Optical Communication Networks, McGraw-Hill, 1997
References:
Selected papers from the recent literature
Instructor: B. Mukherjee, D. Ghosal
Prepared by: D. Ghosal (October 2002)
Overlap Statement:
ECS 259 is an advanced graduate course in optical networking. Hence, it
does not overlap with any course per se.
10/02