DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION,

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA

END SEMESTER (AUTUMN) EXAMINATION, 2017
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

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. Classify and explain the type of physical layer impairments encountered 5
in WDM/DWDM network?
2. An optical fiber of length 140km with a delay of 0.2 ps/ (km)1/2 due to 5
polarization mode dispersion is having a pulse broadening factor of 0.1
i. Calculate the transmission data rate of the system

ii. Estimate the Quality factor with end to end delay of 100ps

3. Determine the delay due to modal dispersion for an optical fiber with a
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core diameter of 8µm operating at a wavelength of 1310 nm (refractive
index of n1 =1.425 and n2 = 1.417).

4. Explain the delay due to fiber composition. Calculate the delay for an
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optical fiber with fiber material dependent composition constants as af
=1.30907, bf =1.04683 and cf =0.01025 operating at a wavelength of
1550nm.

5. How reliable is a FSO Link? What are the different parameters that
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effect the Link? Determine the attenuation due to a heavy rain of
35mm/hr.

6. A free space optical link is with transmitter power of 20 dBm, receiver

sensitivity of 40 dBm and geometrical attenuation of 25 dB is operated 5
under atmospheric attenuation of 32 dB. Determine whether the optical
link is available or lost.

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7. Determine the attenuation due to fog for a 2 km FSO link operating at a 5
wavelength of 1550nm under a low visibility of 1.2km.

8. What is an optical crosstalk? Explain the type of crosstalk incurred in 5

optical link?

9. Explain in detail about four-wave mixing in WDM/DWDM system and 5

suggest any wavelength assignment technique to overcome the effect.

10.Explain about LiFi communication? Design a practical FSO/LiFi

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transceiver module.