Course Description
Recommended Course Book
R. Ramaswami and S. N. Kumar, Optical Networks: A Practical Perspective, 2 nd edition, ISBN: 1-55860-655-6, Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, 2002.
(A few copies of the book are available in TKK’s Electrical Dept. Library and Main Library.)
Other Useful Reference Books Available at TKK Libraries
- B. Mukherjee, Optical WDM Networks, Springer, New York, 2005.
- T. E. Stern, K. Bala, Multiwavelength Optical Networks A Layered Approach, Addisson-Wesley, Reading, 1999.
- G. Keiser, Optical Communications, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2000/2003.
- S. Shepard, Optical Networking Crash Course, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
- R. J. Bates, The Future of Optical Networking, New York, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
- K. A. Dutta, N. K. Dutta, M. Fujiwara, WDM Technologies: Passive Optical Components, Academic Press, Amsterdam, 2003.
- S. V. Kartalopoulos, Next Generation SONET/SDH: Voice and Data, IEEE Press, Piscataway, 2004.
Online Journal Articles Accessible from the TKK Network
- P. Bayvel, “Future high-capacity optical telecommunications network,” Phil. Trans. R.
- Soc. Lond. A, vol. 358, no. 1765, pp. 303-329, January 2000.
- “Special issue on WDM-based network architectures”, IEEE Journal of Selected Areasin Communications, vol. 20, no. 1, January 2002.
- “Special issue on Advances in Metropolitan Optical Networks”, IEEE Journal of Selected Areasin Communications, vol. 22, no. 8, January 2004.
- “Special issue on Optical networking testbeds: experiences, challenges, and future directions: part II,” IEEE Communications Magazine, November 2005.
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