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2014-2015 UMass Dartmouth Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

CIS 590 - Optical Networks

Credits 3
Requirements: Prereq: CIS 475 or permission of instructor
Analysis and design of optical network paradigms and architectures. Introduction to optical components, wavelength division multiplexing, evolution of optical networks, design and analysis of wavelength-routed networks, and optical packet-/burst-switched networks are addressed. Principles of network design, linear programming, protocol and algorithm design, discrete event simulation techniques, and queuing theory are also studied.
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