CS 636 OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS - SPRING 2013
PROFESSOR
Dr. Constantine Coutras
Office: 163 William Street, 2nd Floor, Room 240
Phone number: (212) 346-1006
e-mail: ccoutras@pace.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00 - 12:30 and 2:30 - 4:30 and Thursdays 10:00 - 1:00
DESCRIPTION
This course studies Optical Communications and Networks. The key principles and building blocks of Optical Communications and Networks are studied in detail with the first part of the course focusing on Optical Communications and the second part of the course focusing on Optical Networks.
Topics on Optical Communications include: Light Propagation in Optical Fiber, Loss and Bandwidth, Chromatic Dispersion, Nonlinear Effects, Solitons, Couplers, Isolators and Circulators, Multiplexers and Filters, Optical Amplifiers, Transmitters, Switches and Wavelength Converters.
Topics on Optical Networks include: Client Layers of the Optical Layer (SONET/SDH, ATM, IP, Storage-Area Networks), WDM Network Elements, WDM Network Design, Control and Management, Network Surbivability, Access Networks, Photonic Packet Switching and Deployment Considerations.
PREREQUISITE
CS 633 Data Communications and Networks or Equivalent
REQUIRED TEXT
Optical Networks A Practical Perspective (Third Edition), by Rajiv Ramaswami, Kumar N. Sivarajan and Galen Sasaki, published by Morgan Kaufmann ($51.01 at Amazon.com)
GRADING
Homework: 10% (Late Homework is not accepted)
Term Paper: 10%
Midterm Exam: 40%
Final Exam: 40% (Cumulative)
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
01/29 Introduction to Optical Networks, Light Propagation in Optical Fiber: Geometrical Optics Approach
02/05 Light Propagation in Optical Fiber: Wave Theory Approach, Loss and Bandwidth, Chromatic Dispersion
02/12 Nonlinear Effects, Solitons, Couplers, Isolators and Circulators
02/19 Multiplexers and Filters, Optical Amplifiers
02/26 Transmitters, Detectors, Switches and Wavelength Converters
03/05 Client Layers of the Optical Layer (SONET/SDH, ATM, IP, Storage-Area Networks)
03/12 MIDTERM EXAM
03/19 WDM Networks: Elements and Network Design
04/02 WDM Networks: Network Design
04/09 Control and Management, Network Survivability
04/16 Network Survivability, Access Networks
04/23 Photonic Packet Switching
04/30 Deployment Considerations
05/07 FINAL EXAM