Iran Optical Backbone Network: A Potential Hub for the Region

Sadegh Abbasi Shahkooh

Transmission Planning and Engineering Department, Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran, Room 525, Building No 2, Shariati Ave., Tehran, Iran.

Email: Shahkooh@TIC.ir, Tel: 88112545,  Fax: 88429507

The workshop will be focused on the introduction of Iranian optical backbone network which consists of about 31000 km of different types of optical fibre, using SDH and DWDM technology with advanced management system, upgradeable to support packet over SDH with next generation SDH features. This advanced network is ready to be connected to many countries such as: Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbayjan, Armenia, Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait and United Arab Emirate. This geographic position makes this network the best possible hub for the connection of different countries from east to west.

The workshop structure will be as follows:

1. Introduction to optical networks(Optical fiber, DWDM)
2. Introduction to SDH technology (Protection, Management system)
3. Rout plan for Iran optical network
4. Technologies used in the network
5. Capacity and Capabilities
6. Potential for connection of different countries

Faculty of Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Friday Sept. 9, 2005.

People with at least a BSc degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or related subjects. People responsible for the

Sadegh Abbasi Shahkooh received his BSc degree from K. N. Toosi University of  Technology and MSc degree from Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1991 and 1995, respectively, both in Electrical Engineering.

He has worked in Telecommunication Company of Iran for 5 years since 1993, then joined University of Bristol, United Kingdom, in 1999, where he completed his PhD degree on Wavelength Division Multiplexed optical networks in 2003. From 2003 he is working in Telecommunication Infrastructure Company of Iran as a responsible for the planning and engineering of the optical backbone network of Iran. He is now deputy director of Transmission planning and Engineering Department. He has published 2 journal papers and 6 conference papers on DWDM, optical packet switching and wavelength conversion.