The TPC-5 Cable Network

Author

Barnett, W. Christopher ; Takahira, Hitoshi ; Baron, James C. ; Ogi, Yoshihiro

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., USA

Volume

34

Issue

2

fYear

1996

fDate

2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

36

Lastpage

40

Abstract

The TPC-5 Cable Network (TPC-5 CN) will be the first self-healing trans-Pacific ring network. It consists of a ring of undersea cables connecting six network nodes at six cable landing sites. The TPC-5 CN brings together a unique blend of technology to achieve the architectural robustness and transmission performance needed by network users. Among the technologies used in the TPC-5 CN are erbium doped fiber optical amplifiers (EDFAs), 5 Gb/s line terminating equipment (LTE), line monitoring equipment (LME), synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) STM-16 add/drop multiplexers (ADMs) with four-fiber-ring automatic protection switching capability, and network management equipment (NME). The article describes the operation of each of these technology and how this equipment is collectively integrated to achieve the performance and functionality of the TPC-5 CN

Keywords

fibre lasers; multiplexing; multiplexing equipment; network topology; optical cables; optical fibre networks; submarine cables; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication switching; 5 Gbit/s; ADM; EDFA; SDH; STM-16 add/drop multiplexers; TPC-5 Cable Network; architectural robustness; automatic protection switching; cable landing sites; erbium doped fiber optical amplifiers; line monitoring equipment; line terminating equipment; network management equipment; network nodes; self-healing trans-Pacific ring network; synchronous digital hierarchy; transmission performance; undersea cables; Add-drop multiplexers; Doped fiber amplifiers; Erbium; Joining processes; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Robustness; Stimulated emission; Synchronous digital hierarchy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.481242

Filename

481242