IEEE Bombay Section

Date : 10 January 2001, Wednesday
Venue: IIT Computer Science Lecture Theatre, IIT, Powai, Mumbai.

This tutorial will deal with various aspects of the design of WDM-routed lightwave networks with sparse wavelength conversion. In particular, we will introduce wavelength division multiplexing, and need and role of wavelength conversion, the effects of a variable number of converters in a network and addressed the problem of placing wavelength converter optimally. We will also discuss the impact of conversion on routing and performance of the network. We will discuss alternatives for wavelength conversion. In particular, we will concentrate on links with multiple fibers and how they reduce or remove the need for wavelength conversion. We will also study the cost of alternatives.

• Wavelength Routing
• Role of Wavelength Conversion
• Converter Placement on a Path
• Routing with Wavelength Converters
• Optimal Wavelength Converter Placement
• Multi-fiber Links as Alternatives
• Cost Impacts
• Local faculty will cover the following introductory topics:
  • Introduction to Optical Networking
  • SONET/SDH
  • Introduction to WDM

C. Vitae of Dr Somani
Dr. Arun K. Somani is currently David C. Nicholas Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He earned his MSEE and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from the McGill University, Montreal, Canada, in 1983 and 1985, respectively. He worked as Technical Officer at ECIL, Hyderbad from 1973 to 1974, Scientific Officer for Govt. of India, New Delhi from 1974 to 1982. >From 1985 to 1997, he was a faculty member at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, where he was a Professor of EE and CSE from 1995 onwards. Professor Somani's research interests are in the area of fault tolerant computing, computer communication and networks, wireless and optical networking, computer architecture, and parallel computer systems. He has taught courses in these areas and published more than 150 technical papers. He has served on several program committees of various conferences in his research areas including Infocom, OptiComm, and SPIE, was the General Chair of IEEE Fault Tolerant Computing Symposium, Technical Program Chair of IEEE Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, Tutorials Chair for IEEE ICC and FTCS. He is currently serving as an Associate Editor of IEEE Translations on Computers and an Editor of a Microprocessors and Microsystems. He has edited several special issues for various IEEE and other journals. He is a Fellow, distinguished speaker, and distinguished tutorial speaker of IEEE.

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