NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA

END SEMESTER EXAMINATION, 2018

SESSION: 2018-19, AUTUMN SEMESTER
PROGRAMME: UG/PG
Dept. Code: EC, Course Code: EC419, Course Name: Computer Communication Network,
Course Code: EC6501, Course Name: Data Communication Networks,
Course Code: EC761, Course Name: Optical Communication and Networks
Full Marks: 50 Duration of Examination: 3 hours

This question paper contains two pages

Figures at the right hand margin indicate marks

All parts of a question should be answered at one place. Answer all the questions.
Q. No Marks
1. An NSFNet topology shown in Fig.1 is deployed using an optical fiber with diameter of 5+5
50μm cladding index of 1.447, core index of 1.468 operating at wavelength of 1310nm
2
( spectral width of 0.5nm. V d (bV )
 0.26 )
dV 2

a) Determine the End-to-End delay incurred due to modal dispersion and waveguide
dispersion for a source-destination pair (1, 3) under two distinct optical paths 1-2-3
and 1-5-3.

b) Estimate the Q-factor for the above two optical paths in an optical connection with
PMD of 2 ps/(km)1/2 and pulse broadening factor of 0.1 and determine the best
quality path for connection establishment.

Fig. 1 NSFNet Topology with one span is 70km

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2. Determine the number of modes and cut-off wavelength for an optical fiber of core diameter
4.2 μm, core index of 1.45 nm with fractional refractive index of 0.003 and operating at 2
1310 nm.

3. Explain details about PLI constraints in optical networking. What is hybrid impairment? 2+1+3
Derive the expression of bit-error probability based on hybrid impairments.

4. Calculate the number of FWM components generated if there are 10 operating wavelengths. 1+3
Determine the FWM power generated in an optical link of 70km with attenuation of
.2dB/km when three signals of with 3mw power each are mixing. Consider the non
–linear coefficient as 2.35 (w.km)-1, degeneracy factor of 6 and efficiency of 0.8.

5. What are the different window partitioning based wavelength assignment techniques used in
optical networking? What is the need of window partitioning? Explain in detail the Inner- 1+1+2
Outer Band (IOB) Scheme.

6. Determine the transmission data rate for an optical link of 70km with PMD coefficient of
2
0.2 ps/(km)1/2 and pulse broadening factor of 0.1.

7. An 120km optical fiber operating at 1310 nm having a core radius of 50 μm with refractive
index of 1.53 and a cladding refractive index of 1.50. Calculate the delay in the fiber link 4
due to modal dispersion.

8. What is an optical crosstalk? Explain details about the type of crosstalk incurred in optical
link? 2+2

9. Classify the type of wireless optical communication system. How reliable is a FSO Link? 1+1+2
What are the different parameters that affect the Link? Determine the attenuation due to a
heavy rain of 35mm/hr.

10. Explain the following

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a) OVPN/ON Layering Model

b) Blocking Probability

c) M/M/1 Queuing System

d) Wavelength Continuity Constraint (WCC)

e) Linear Crosstalk