Optical Networking

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Lectures

Homework/Assignment

Suggested Readings

8/24

Welcome/ Syllabus /

8/31

Lecture 1 - Introduction to optical Communications

9/7

9/14

Lab 1*

9/21

Complete the simulation assignment

9/28

10/5

Submit an abstract

10/12

Midterm Exam *

10/19

Lab 2 *

Lab 1 is due

10/26

11/2

11/9

11/16

Submit first draft of your paper for review / Lab 3 starts

Lab 2 is due

11/23

Thanksgiving - No CLASS

11/30

Return your review.

12/7

Student Presentation *

12/14

Final Exam *

Lab 3 is due

* Must be present unless slip from work/Doctor is provided.

Important Dates and Events

Resources
EEE Computer Society Digital Library. http://library.ccsu.edu/find/articles/ The collection includes online access to 22 society magazines and transactions, and more than 1,700 selected conference proceedings. - This is a trial version. IEEE Communications Society's Professional Videos: Video Text-To-Speech (TTS) -- A very interesting Demo. Try it out. William Stallings's Home Page Useful Links	MATLAB Resources Check the web, review suggested projects/Become familiar with MATLAB/ Get the textbook Official MATLAB site also has lots of interesting tutorials MATLAB Help. Here is a good tutorial: Tutorial Learn about MATLAB Instructions for starting MATLAB Using MATLAB To generate Signals and Waveforms LabVIEW http://www.ni.com/swf/presentation/us/labview/aap/default.htm - This is very good Book to teach yourself Labview
Applets and Project Ideas
	Research Paper Topics Optical burst/packet switching Power Efficient Optical Networks EPON Grooming GMPLS Optical buffering OTN Linear Programing

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