CNC 602: Optical Communication Networks

Offered Under: M.Sc. in Computer Networks & Communications (CNC)
Description

Optical signal coding, multiplexing and de-multiplexing. Time-domain medium access (TDM (SONET) and TDMA), wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM and WDMA). Optical networks, add-drop multiplexing (OADM), switching and routing technologies, Dispersion management. Optical clock and timing recovery. Optical amplification, wavelength conversion, transport, and network architecture & protocols.  Broadband triple-play concepts. Optical Access, metro and long-haul network topologies.  All-optical networks.


Prerequisites:
  • None

Course Type Major
Credit Hour 3
Lecture Hour 45
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