DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION,

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA

END SEMESTER (AUTUMN) EXAMINATION, 2016
PROGRAMME: PG (Open Elective)
Subject: Optical Communication and Networks (EC-761)
Full Marks: 50 Duration of Examination: 3 hours

This question paper contains two pages

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All parts of a question should be answered at one place. Answer all the questions.
Q. No Marks
1. What are the physical layer impairments encountered in WDM/DWDM network? 5
Explain about any three impairments.
2. Determine the transmission data rate for an optical link of 120km with polarization 3
mode dispersion coefficient of 0.2 ps/(km)1/2 and pulse broadening factor of 0.1.
3. Determine the four-wave-mixing power generated in an optical link of 70km with
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attenuation of 0.2dB/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.
4. Calculate the number of four-wave-mixing components generated if there 8 number
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of operating wavelengths are available.
5. How can inner-outer band with random wavelength assignment technique reduce the
crosstalk as compare to the existing middle-outer band wavelength assignment 5
technique?
6. Determine the link margin of an free space optics (FSO) system in a heavy rain of 25 5
mm/hr precipitation separated with a distance of 271m having transmitter power of
12dBm, receiver sensitivity of -50dBm and the angle of divergence of the beam is
4mrad. What will be the status of the FSO Link?
7. Derive the Q-factor due to the impact of hybrid crosstalk and propose an optical 6
connection selection mechanism based on the Q-factor.
8. An 70km optical fiber operating at 1310nm having a core radius of 50μm with
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refractive index of 1.53 and a cladding refractive index of 1.50. Calculate the delay
in the fiber link due to modal dispersion.
9. Why delay of a connection is of a major concern in optical network connection
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selection? Explain the method of delay estimation in optical network connection.

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10. Explain the following
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a) Optical network layering model
b) Four-Wave-Mixing
c) Polarization Mode Dispersion
d) FSO Communication
e) LiFi communication
11. Design and explain a practical FSO/LiFi transceiver module. 5