Course: CSCE 953, Optical Communication Network, 3 credits, Section 001, Class #11662

Lecture: TR 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., 112 AVH.

Instructor: Byrav Ramamurthy (byrav@cse.unl.edu), 103 Schorr, 472-7791.

Office Hours: TR 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. or by appt.

Class account for handin: cse953

Class mailing list: cse953-ml@cse.unl.edu

Prerequisite: Course CSCE 462/862 or equivalent.

Grading: Letter; homework assignments (24%), pretest+quizzes (6%), midterm exam I (20%), midterm exam II (20%), final project (30%).

Course Description:

This course presents the state-of-the-art in the field of "Optical communication networks" which encompasses traditional networks operating on optical fiber as well as the next-generation networks such as wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) and optical time division multiplexed (OTDM) networks. The course will provide students with a fundamental understanding of optical network design, control, and management. The topics which will be covered in this course include: Optical network design, optical network modeling, routing and wavelength assignment algorithms, optical network simulation tools and techniques (including OPNET and SIMON simulators). An additional important focus this year will be on Optical grid/cloud networks and the emerging fields of Optical Burst Switching (OBS) and EPONs (Ethernet Passive Optical Networks).

Track Classification:

This course falls under the Systems track for the CS Graduate Program and under the the 3rd depth track (Computer Communications and Networking track) of the Computer Engineering Specialization of the Masters Program.

Course Handouts:

You can access the handouts via the World Wide Web; the URL is http://www-class.unl.edu/csce990/. The login is cse990 and the password will be announced in class.

Required (1) Optical WDM Networks (Optical Networks)

ISBN: 0387290559

Springer,

2006.

Recommended (1) Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective (Third Edition)x

The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking,

David Clark, Series Editor

2010

928 pages

USD 89.95, Hardcover

ISBN 978-0-12-374092-2

http://www.elsevierdirect.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780123740922

Recommended (2) Design of Optical WDM Networks - LAN, MAN and WAN Architectures

Kluwer Academic Publishers,

December 2000

ISBN 0-7923-7281-6

http://cse.unl.edu/~byrav/Kluwer2000/book.html

http://www.springer.com/computer/communication+networks/book/978-0-7923-7281-3

The course will also incorporate substantial material on current research topics (from conference papers and journal articles).

1. ``Fiber Optic Networks,'' P. E. Green, Jr.

2. ``Fiber-Optic Communication Systems,'' G. P. Agrawal

3. WDM Optical Networks - Concepts Design and Algorithms, C. Siva Ram Murthy and Mohan Gurusamy, Prentice-Hall PTR, 2002, ISBN 0-13-060637-5.

Articles from recent journals and conferences will be assigned throughout the semester. Relevant chapters from other textbooks will also be made available, as necessary.

Homework Assignments

There will be 3 homework assignments in this class. There will be at least one simulation and/or programming assignment. You will have around two weeks to turn in each homework.

Final Project

The final project is the most important part of this class! This is your opportunity to demonstrate your understanding of the subject material and your abilities as a researcher. You may team up with one other partner, if you choose to, in doing your projects. Naturally, a lot more will be expected from such collaborative projects! Your projects may be of any one (or more!) of the following types:

• Implementation of an optical network protocol or application in Java, C++, Perl, Tcl/Tk etc.,
• Simulation-based study of network characteristics (e.g., using SIMON, simulator),
• Mathematical analysis of network and protocol behavior, or
• Critical study of specific network-research issues.

The focus of the project is to stimulate creative thinking and originality! If you are not able to come up with a project on your own, you may choose from a list of projects which will be made available to you at a later date. You are encouraged to discuss project ideas with me early on in the semester!

Academic Integrity

All submitted work must be your own contribution and nobody else's! Collaboration in homeworks and exams are not allowed. Unless you are part of a team, collaboration in a project is also not allowed. You may, however, discuss project ideas with others before you turn in your project proposal. The department's academic integrity policy is at http://www.cse.unl.edu/ugrad/resources/academic_integrity.php.

Exams

Midterm exams, One in October 2010 and one in December (in class).

There will be no final exam for this class. But there will be project presentations during the Finals week.

Regrades

In general, papers/assignments to be considered for regrades must be turned in no later than one week after the graded papers/assignments were made available, not from when the student picked up her or his paper. Similarly, any misrecorded grades must be reported within a week of their posting, except as will be announced at the end of the semester. Note, that you may not (re)submit any material during the regrading process.

Questions?

Please send e-mail to me, byrav@cse.unl.edu

This document is available on-line at http://cse.unl.edu/~byrav/CSCE953/outline.html.