ECS 259: Optical Networks

Subject
ECS 259
Title
Optical Networks
Status
Active
Units
4.0
Effective Term
2016 Fall Quarter
Learning Activities
Lecture - 3.0 hours
Independent Study - 1.0 hours
Description
Optical networks. Enabling technologies. Multiplexing techniques. WDM. Broadcast networks. Wavelength-routed networks. Network architectures. Protocols. Network algorithms. Device-network interface. Optimization problems.
Prerequisites
ECS 252
Enrollment Restrictions
Pass One and Pass Two open to Graduate Students in Computer Science only.

Summary of Course Content
Part I: Introduction
1. Optical Communication Networks: Principles and Challenges
2. Enabling Technologies

Part II: Broadcast (Local) Networks
1. Single-Hop Networks
2. Single-Hop Case-Study: IBM RAINBOW Protocol
3. Multihop Networks
4. Multihop Case Study: GEMNET
5. Channel-Sharing and Multicasting

Part III: Switched (Wavelength-Routed) Networks
1. Elements of Virtual Topology Design
2. Virtual Topology: LP, Cost, Reconfiguration
3. Routing and Wavelength Assignment (RWA)
4. Wavelength Conversion
5. Wavelength-Routed Networks: Case Studies and Prototypes

Part IV: Potpourri
1. Multi-Wavelength Ring Networks
2. All-Optical Cycle Elimination
3. Optimizing Amplifier Placements in an Optical LAN/MAN
4. Optical TDM Networks



Illustrative Reading
Textbook:

B. Mukherjee, Optical Communication Networks, McGraw-Hill, 1997

References:

Selected papers from the recent literature



Potential Course Overlap
ECS 259 is an advanced graduate course in optical networking. Hence, it does not overlap with any course per se.

Course Category

Graduate