Advanced avionics optical network

Author

Abernathy, Greg

Author_Institution

L-3 PHOTONICS, Carlsbad, CA, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

20-22 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The following paper describes an advanced avionics optical network developed by L-3 PHOTONICS. This network is built around single mode fibers that carry traffic simultaneously in both directions, and on many wavelengths. As a result, it is protocol independent, scalable, and takes advantage of the rapid growth in commercial optical technologies. The technique of carrying many wavelengths simultaneously, known in telecommunications as dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM), when applied to military platforms such as aircraft, ships, unmanned and other vehicles, provides a cost effective, low weight, high speed, and high noise immune data distribution system.

Keywords

avionics; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; L-3 PHOTONICS; advanced avionics optical network; data distribution system; dense wavelength division multiplexing; protocol independent; single mode fibers; Aerospace electronics; High speed optical techniques; Military aircraft; Military communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Photonics; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics, 2005. IEEE Conference

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9111-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AVFOP.2005.1514130

Filename

1514130