Optical Communication and Networks
Get the full GTU study material, English & Gujarati textbook PDFs, syllabus curriculum, and solved previous year question papers.
English Book & Chapters
English Book Coming Soon
We are working hard to add this material. Stay tuned for updates!
Follow on Instagram for UpdatesGTU Previous Year Papers
Optical Communication and Networks Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Optical Communication and Networks (subject code 4716005) as prescribed for EACE · Semester 1 divides the course into 5 units, covering 39 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4716005)Unit 1 UNIT-I
- Introduction The Electromagnetic spectrum of fiber evolution of fiber optic system
- Elements of optical fiber transmission link
- Signal degradation of optical fibers
- Basics of optical sources
- Introduction to Optical Networks
- Telecommunications Networks Architecture
- Circuit Switching and Packet switching
- Optical Networks
- Optical Packet Switching
- Components: Multiplexers
- Wavelength Converters
Unit 2 UNIT-II
- Transmission System Engineering System Model
- Optical Amplifiers
- Wavelength Stabilization
- Overall Design Considerations
- IP and Optical backbone
- IP Routing table
- Protocol stack and Legacy Transport
- Internet transport network protocol stack
Unit 3 UNIT-III
- SDH and Optical Transport Networks (OTNs) SONET and SDH: SONET multiplexing hierarchy
- SDH multiplexing hierarchies Frame Wef-AY-2021-22 structure
- Functional Component
- problem detection
- Architecture of Optical Transport Networks (OTNs): Digital wrapper
- in-band and out-of-band control signalling
- Importance of Multiplexing and multiplexing hierarchies
Unit 4 UNIT-IV
- WDM network elements: Optical line terminals and amplifiers
- optical add/drop multiplexers
- OADM architectures
- reconfigurable OADM
- optical cross-connects
- Introduction to PON, GPON and AON
Unit 5 UNIT V
- NetworkManagement and Survivability - Network management functions
- optical layer services and interfacing
- performance and fault management
- configuration management
- optical safety
- protection in SONET/SDH & client layer
- optical layer protection schemes
Study on Android App:
