Next Generation Transport and Access Networks

Recommended Prerequisites

Fundamentals of Communication Systems, Digital Communication Systems, Information and Coding Theory.

Teaching Methods

In the theoretical classes the topics proposed are presented in detail, using audiovisual resources and trying to involve the students through the discussion of the exposed subjects.

In the laboratory classes the practical aspects associated with the transmission of signals over the different studied technologies are analyzed.

Learning Outcomes

To provide the knowledge that enables future engineers to use/manage the different transport and access networks technologies which are, or might be, in service in telecommunication networks. The study of the emerging technologies for transport and access networks should also aid the integration in research and development teams in this area, particularly in the ones that exist in our country.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Architecture of transport networks

- OTN

- MPLS

- Carrier Ethernet

Wideband access technologies 

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 25.0%
Synthesis work: 25.0%
Exam: 50.0%

Bibliography

Huub van Helvoort, Next Generation Optical Transport SDH/SONET/OTN, Wiley/IEEE Press, 2009.

Kasim, A., Delivering Carrier Ethernet - Extending Ethernet Beyond the LAN, McGraw-Hill, 2007.

Ina Minei, Julian Lucek,  MPLS-Enabled Applications: Emerging Developments and New Technologies, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2011. 

Leonid G. Kazovsky, Ning Cheng, David Gutierrez, Shing-Wa Wong, Broadband Optical Access Networks, 1st Edition, Wiley, 2011.

Stamatios V. Kartalopoulos, Next Generation Intelligent Optical Networks - From Access to Backbone, Springer, 2008.

Marcus K. Weldon, The Future X Network - A Bell Labs Perpective, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2016

Artigos sugeridos pelo professor/documents and papers suggested by the professor