Fulle OPNET08 Presentation

Use of OPNET Software at Rochester Institute of Technology

Prof. Ronald Fulle

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Session 1020

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1020 Academic Instruction using OPNET software

Agenda

IntroductionOur ProgramsWe’ve Only Just Begun

• State of TransitionWhat We’ve DoneWhere We Think We’re Headed

How YOU Can Help!



Introduction

Professor Ron FulleRochester Institute of Technologyhttp://www.rit.edu/



Engineering Technology in CAST

College of Applied Science and Technology

The College of Innovation and OutreachTelecommunications Engineering Technology Program

• http://www.rit.edu/cast/ectet/



Full(e) Disclosure

Fairly new to OPNET

Highly Impressed with OPNET Transport Planner• Even More Impressed with Student Reaction to OPNET Transport Planner

Our Program in a State of Transition relative to Tools such as OPNET• Basically---we believe that we need to more extensively embrace them• Obstacle is Primarily Time related



Undergraduate BS Telecommunications Engineering TechnologyBSTET



Graduate MS Telecommunications Engineering Technology

OPNET GURU has been used in a beginning networking course



Selected MS TET Courses

Telecommunications Policy (0614-780)Telecommunications Network Protocols (4055-746) Fiber Optic Telecommunications Technology (0614-732) WAN/LAN Planning and Design (0614-774)

Next Generation Networks (0614-836) Wireless RF Telecommunications Systems (0614-864)



One New OPNET Academic Application

We’ve Introduced OPNET Transport Planner via the Planning & Design Course

Why is this Significant?



The Graduate AssignmentUsing OPNET Transport Planner

SP Guru Transport Planner enables network designers to create robust and cost-effective Wavelength Division Multiplexing optical networks. SP Guru Transport Planner's built-in network expertise provides capabilities for routing, grooming, and dimensioning networks to meet current and future traffic demands. You can create and test different "what-if" scenarios with varying topologies, traffic matrices, and configurations. Network managers can use SP Guru Transport Planner reporting features to compare the results of different scenarios, and thereby determine the most effective and least costly network designs to meet future demands.

Student Activities SP Guru Transport Planner is installed on the computers in the EDA

Lab Room 70-1350Familiarize yourself with this tool and documentationComplete the tutorial. Items 1—3 complete by 4/4/08



Assignment Continued

Create a project with two baseline scenarios and define it in “word” form and then use transport planner to design this project and the scenarios. Assume a growth of 20% traffic from your baseline and demonstrate how the tool addresses this after the baseline is complete. Creating this scenario is a high level creative endeavor. Considering utilizing a complete country’s geography as the location for your scenario’s infrastructure.

THE INITIAL PROJECT DEFINITION DUE: 4/10/08 Deliver the “word” case and Transport Planner baseline scenario before

and after growth. Provide to Professor and be prepared to sit down with Professor for about a half-hour to review this with him. Due by 4/24/08 in class. Submit hard copy in class.

Creating a Baseline Scenario Create a new project or scenario (see Creating a New Project or Scenario). Define the network topology. You can create and place nodes, then connect nodes with links, using

simple drag-and-drop operations as described in Defining a Network Topology. You can also import specific types of data from external files as described in Importing and Exporting Data .



Assignment Continued

Specify cable splitters and fiber routes (optional). You might want to specify cable splitters and fiber routes if you want to create a network that has

different topologies at different network layers. For more information, see Configuring Cable Splitters and Fiber Routes.

Specify the general properties of your network. After you create a new scenario, you need to set some properties that apply to the entire network

during the entire design cycle for that scenario: transparency mode, node types, and default equipment properties. For more information, see Network Properties.

Specify the equipment properties you want to use. SP Guru Transport Planner considers your equipment and cost parameters when you run design

operations such as routing, dimensioning, and grooming. You can use the default settings for these parameters or you can specify your own settings. For more information, see Equipment Properties.

Configure individual objects. You might want to set the properties of specific objects such as nodes and links. For example, you

might want to configure the equipment type used by a specific node. For more information, see Configuring Individual Objects.

Design the physical links. This operation places amplification and regeneration equipment along a link. Make sure you design

the links before you dimension your network. For more information, see Link Design. Create one or more traffic matrices.

• A traffic matrix specifies the level of traffic between every node pair in your topology. You usually specify a traffic matrix when you run an action such as routing; SP Guru Transport Planner then tries to set up the matrix—that is, to establish connections that accommodate the traffic between each node pair. For more information, see Creating Network Traffic.

Be sure to address routing, dimensioning, comparison of scenarios within the project and network evaluation. Please note that you are limited only by your imagination and the time that you devote to this tool and project. Your learning will be directly proportional to your time invested and your creativity.



The Graduate Assignment Using OPNET Transport Planner SummaryGraduate Students Create a Major Graduate Project/ProblemAnd Solve It Using OPNET Transport Planner

Why is this Significant • Forces students out of the “cook book” approach• Provides students with a Tool to Address Fiber Optic Networks• Helps to Build Their Confidence

One Result is that Thesis/Projects are Beginning to Include OPNET Transport Planner

Another Likely Result is that Students Will Take Tools Learned back Home



The Graduate Assignment Using OPNET Transport Planner SummaryGraduate Students Create a Major Graduate Project/ProblemAnd Solve It Using OPNET Transport Planner

Three Examples:• Getting to Know OPNET Transport Planner• Indian University Nationwide Terrestrial Network• China—A Nationwide Fiber Optic Network

http://www.rit.edu/cast/ectet/Opnet/OpnetProjects.html



Synthesis & Conclusion

OPNET Transport Planner is an Excellent Tool for Graduate Students Taking a Fiber Optics Course

It helps them to actually APPLY Some of the Theory

This is a True Confidence Builder

Students Seek Out Additional Outlets to Use OPNET Transport Planner



Please Help ME!

We’ll Transition OPNET Transport Planner to the Fiber Optics Course

Likely, Address the Wireless Course

Suggestions for another OPNET Design Tool for the Planning & Design Course Will Be Gratefully Welcomed!



Thank YOU!

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