EE 693F Optical Networks: Lecture Information

There will be 30 lectures to be held on monday and wednesday from 8am-915pm. Below is a list of lecture information. The lectures and narrated powerpoint slides can be downloaded in pdf here. The pdf version will be posted before the lectures. We may also have on-line broadcats of the narrated powerpoint presentations once we get the server fully operational.

The lecture information below includes a short description, reading assignments, homework assignments, lecture notes (or links to the lecture notes), and links to narrated powerpoint presentations.

This list will be updated all the time.

Lectures

Course Organization

• Description: Class organization is discussed in a narrated powerpoint presentation.
• Dates: None. No class time will be spent on this. If you have any questions, please email or call me.
• Required reading: None
• Optional reading: None
• Homework assignments: None
• Lecture notes in pdf: Pdf version of the presentation.
• Narrated powerpoint: Narrated powerpoint slides (zipped). Please download to test if this will be an adequate alternative to lectures.

Introduction

• Description: Overview of the material covered in this course. The course will focus on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology.
• Dates: (1 lecture) Aug. 27
• Required reading: Textbook Chapter 1.
• Homework assignments: None
• Lecture notes in pdf: 8/27 (mon).
• Narrated powerpoint: Narrated powerpoint slides (zipped).

Technology

• Description: This covers the basic theory of optical signal propagation through optical fiber. Undergraduate electro-magnetic theory background is helpful here.
• Dates: (3 lectures) 9/5, 9/7, 9/10.
• Required reading: Textbook Chapter 2.
  • 9/5: pp. 25-43, but skip the subsection on "Wave Equations" (pp. 34-36).
  • 9/7: pp. 43-59.
  • 9/10: pp. 59-78, but skip Section 2.6 on "Soliton Pulse Propagation".
• Homework assignments:
  • Due 9/12 (wed): Textbook problems 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6.
• Lecture notes in pdf: [9/5], [9/7], [9/10]
• Narrated powerpoint zipped: [9/5], [9/7] [9/10]

Components

• Description: In this part of the course, we discuss how to use technologies to manipulate optical signal phenomena (covered in Chapter 2) to create useful communication devices.
• Dates: (4 lectures)
• Required reading: Textbook Chapter 3.
  • 9/12: pp. 83-106.
  • 9/17: pp. 106-126.
  • 9/19: pp. 126-146.
  • 9/24: pp. 146-166.
• Optional reading:
• Homework assignments:
  • Due 9/19 (wed): Textbook problems 2.9, 2.10, 2.13, 2.14, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, and 3.5.
  • Due 9/26 (wed): Textbook problems 3.11, 3.13, 3.14, 3.19, 3.20 but only the FP filter (don't do MZI or AOTF). Problem 3.18 is optional and will not be graded but the solutions will be given.
• Lecture notes (pdf): [9/12], [9/17], [9/19], [9/24].
• Power point lectures (zipped): [9/12], [9/17], [9/19], [9/24].

Modulation and Demodulation

• Description: Here we will discuss how optical signals are sent and received on a line system. This involves signal formats, different noise sources, and how to deal with noise.
• Dates: (1 lecture)
• Required reading: (9/26) Textbook Chapter 4.
• Optional reading:
• Homework assignments:
• Lecture notes in pdf: [9/26], [10/1].
• Powerpoint lectures (zipped): [9/26]. [10/1].

Transmission System Engineering

• Description: This will cover the challenges and solutions to building WDM line systems.
• Dates: (3 lectures)
• Required reading: Textbook Chapter 5.
  • 10/8: pp. 203-217.
  • 10/10: pp. 217-234
  • 10/12: pp. 235-249.
• Homework assignments:
• Lecture notes in pdf: [10/8], [10/10], [10/12].
• Broadcasts of recorded lectures: [10/8], [10/10], [10/12]

First Generation Optical Networks

• Description: This is where we begin discussing networking. First generation optical networks switch data streams electronically, as we do today. We will discuss current network systems that use optical line systems. We wil cover SONET/SDH and Fiber Channel, and briefly cover ESCON, HIPPI, FDDI, ATM, and IP.
• Dates: (2 lectures)
• Required reading:
  • 10/15, pp. 265-278.
  • 10/17, pp. 278-286.
  • References (optional):
    • Tutorial on Fiber Channel from the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab.
    • Gigabit Ethernet References from Ohio State University.
    • SONET Tutorial from the International Engineering Consortium.
    • Tutorial on Storage Area Networks by Dothill.
    • Cisco Tutorial on Ethernet
• Optional reading:
• Homework assignments: Homework 4 (due 10/24, wed). 4.5, 4.7, 5.1, 5.2, and 5.8.
• Lecture notes in pdf: [10/15], [10/17].
• Narrated powerpoint: [10/15], [10/17], [10/22], [10/24]

Local Area and Access Networks

• Description: Local area and access networks are related because they either access a hub or share common communication channels. In addition, they usually cover short to moderate distances.
• Dates: (2 lectures)
• Required reading: Textbook Chapter 12, and Chapter 7 but only pp 291-300.
• Optional reading:
• Homework assignments:
• Lecture notes in pdf: See the lecture above on 10/24.
• Broadcasts of recorded lectures: See the lecture above on 10/24.

Second Generation Optical Networks

• Description: We will focus on network architectures proposed for wide area and metropolitan area networks. We will cover some performance modeling and optimization algorithms.
• Dates: (2 lectures)
• Required reading: New textbook Chapters 7 and 8, though you can skip Section 8.5.2 on Online RWA in Rings.
• Optional reading:
• Homework assignments: Textbook problems 5.12, 6.1, 6.4, 7.1 and 7.4. Due 11/7 wed.
• Lecture notes in pdf:
• Broadcasts of recorded lectures: [10/29], [10/31], [11/5]. [11/7]. [11/14]. [11/19].

Control and Management

• Description: Different management issues will be covered, but a bulk of the time will on protection and recovery from failures. In particular, SONET/SDH type of protection will be covered.
• Dates: (2 lectures)
• Required reading: New Textbook Chapters 9 (for 11/21 and 11/23). and 10 (for 11/23 and 11/26).
• Optional reading:
• Homework assignments: Homework 6 was emailed to you as a PDF file.
• Lecture notes in pdf:
• Broadcasts of recorded lectures: [11/21]. [11/23]. [11/26]. [12/3].

Photonic Packet Switching

• Description: We will discuss optical packet switching architectures including Optical Burst Switching. We will discuss the constraints to implement packet switching.
• Dates:
• Required reading: Chapter 12 in the new book which will be made available.
• Optional reading:
• Homework assignments:
• Lecture notes in pdf: None since the narrated powerpoint is available and you can get pdf versions from it.
• Narrated powerpoint lectures: [12/5].

Optical Networks and the Internet

• Description: We will spend around 4 lectures on the topic of the Internet Protocol (IP) and optical networks. Currently, my plan is to cover Generalized MPLS in two lectures, Resilient Packet Rings in one lecture, and Constrained Label Distribution Protocol (CR LDP) in another lecture. But this can change.
• Dates: (4 lectures)
• Required reading: None
• Optional reading:
  • A GMPLS Web Site with links and tutorials.
  • A tutorial from Calient (a OXC company)
  • Another tutorial from Calient
  • Powerpoint presentation by Nortel Network folks
• Homework assignments: None
• Lecture notes in pdf: [12/10], [12/12].
• Broadcasts of recorded lectures: