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1. Modeling of CSMA Channel Access protocol OPNET was used
to design and simulate the CSMA/CD channel access protocol using Modeler. It was analyzed with the simulated results
of a channel interface to a multi-tap bus. 2. Modeling the
Behavior of an Optical Network We will develop a
behavioral model for an optical network. This will involve developing
detailed models of various building block equivalents including the Optical
Translator Unit, Optical Multiplexing unit, Optical Demultiplexing Unit,
Optical Amplifier, Dispersion Compensation Module, Receivers (O-E) and
Transmitters (E-O) and other pertinent hardware. These models will be
combined to create a blue-print of the performance of the optical network as
a function of several parameters including S/N ratio. 3.
Courses Using OPNET TLCM 521 is a
graduate course instructed by Dr. George Thomas. TLCM 521 has a course
title of TOPICS IN LIGHTWAVE NETWORKS. This is a 'selected topics'
course. After a quick tour of the basics, we will focus on several recent
advances in the field, using sources from current literature. A broad outline
of topics is as follows: Advanced Topics in High Capacity Networks Fiber
Optic Network Topologies -Wavelength Division Multiplexing -Wavelength
Routing and Multihop Networks -Multiaccess and Switching in All-Optical
Networks -Recent AdvancesAppropriate reference material from current
literature will be used and announced in class from time to time, including
the following: Optical Networks, R. Ramaswami and K. Sivarajan, Morgan
Kaufman, 1998 Optical Communication Networks, B. Mukherjee, McGraw-Hill, 1998
Lightwave Networks, (Chapter 7 of Broadband Networks), A. Acampora, Plenum
Press Grading Policy You will periodically be assigned to study several
selections from current research literature which amplify or apply the
principles discussed in class. You will be asked to either make presentations
in the class describing each of these assigned topics, or you may opt to do a
simulation project based on them and report your results to the class. TLCM 525 is an
advanced graduate course instructed by Dr. Wei Li. It is for students
interested in recent methods and research issues in the models and
performance evaluation of high-speed telecommunications networks. A
detailed descriptions, models and approaches to the performance analysis of
the advanced telecommunications networks will be discussed. It is
intended to build upon the introductory graduate course on advanced telecommunications
networks, but focuses on tools from queuing networks and their applications
to exploring the performance and optimization of various types of advanced
telecommunications networks. OPNET is available in the Networks Lab for use in your
simulations for all of the courses listed above. |
