Séminaire "ALL OPTICAL NETWORKING"

PROGRAM

• Tuesday, 5 ^th April 2016 : 8h30 to 11h30 « Class room B1 »
• Monday, 11^th April 2016 : 13h00 to 16h00 « Class room Cisco 2 »
• Tuesday, 12^th April 2016 : 8h30 to 11h30 « Class room Cisco 2 »
• Monday, 18^th April 2016 : 13h00 to 16h00 « Amphi II »
• Exam on Tuesday, 26^th April 2016 : 9h00 to 11h00 « Amphi II »

LECTURERS: Pr. Nour Eddine BOUDRIGA and Dr. Walid ABDALLAH

ABSTRACT

The original goal of the all-optical networking was based on keeping the data signals entirely in the optical domain from source to destination to eliminate the so-called electronic bottleneck, and to provide transparency by allowing arbitrary signal formats, bitrates, and protocols to be transported. However, when all-optical networks were finally commercialized a decade ago, a modified reality has emerged; the search for transparency was replaced by the more pragmatic objective of reducing the network cost and energy consumption. Moreover, electronics were still present at some points along the optical data path, for mainly signal regeneration and traffic grooming. In addition, the concept of optical is still missing from the seen.

In this seminar, we review the evolution of all-optical networking. We describe the numerous benefits afforded by the technology, and its relative merits and drawbacks compared to competing technologies. We also present some the major techniques developed for all-optical networking and optical traffic engineering. The seminar will discuss the following issues:

• Introduction to optical networking
• Switching and routing in optical networks
• Optical buffering and grooming techniques
• Security, protection and vulnerability in optical networks.