Undersea fiber optic networks: past, present, and future

Author

Kerfoot, Frank W. ; Marra, William C.

Author_Institution

Tyco Submarine Ltd. Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

16

Issue

7

fYear

1998

fDate

9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1220

Lastpage

1225

Abstract

Undersea lightwave transmission systems have made tremendous progress in both capacity and network architecture since their introduction in the mid 1980s. Capacities have grown from 280 Mb/s in the first systems to 40 Gb/s or more for the fourth-generation systems being installed today using wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). Network architectures have progressed from simple point to point links to fully redundant rings and complex trunk and branch architectures. Both technology and market opportunities indicate that this rapid growth will extend well into the future

Keywords

network topology; optical cables; optical fibre networks; submarine cables; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; 280 Mbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; WDM; capacity; fourth-generation systems; fully redundant rings; market opportunities; network architecture; point to point links; trunk and branch architecture; undersea fiber optic networks; undersea lightwave transmission systems; wavelength division multiplexing; Circuits; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Repeaters; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Underwater cables; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.725191

Filename

725191