Virtual laboratory for optical communication engineering education

Author

Yi Yang ; Zhongyin Xiao ; Jian Cui ; Xin Lin

Author_Institution

Univ. Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Donghua Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2012

fDate

3-5 Jan. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Virtual laboratories which can overcome some limitations of conventional hands-on experiments have been adopted as a complement or in substitution of laboratory sessions. This paper presents the design and implementation of virtual labs for optical communication engineering education intended. This work has been done from the commercial OptiSystemTM and OptiPerformerTM platform. The virtual labs provide the students a learning platform covering the fundamentals to system design. The survey results show that the virtual lab has great utility for optical communication engineering education.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; optical communication; telecommunication engineering education; OptiPerformerTM platform; OptiSystemTM platform; hands-on experiments; learning platform; optical communication engineering education; system design; virtual laboratory; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Laboratories; Optical fiber communication; System analysis and design; Training; e-Learning; optical communication engineering education; virtual laboratory component;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology Enhanced Education (ICTEE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kerala

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0725-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTEE.2012.6208667

Filename

6208667