• DocumentCode
    1061494
  • Title

    Design Considerations for Long-Haul Lightwave Systems

  • Author

    Jacobs, Ira

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel,NJ, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1986
  • fDate
    12/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1389
  • Lastpage
    1395
  • Abstract
    The following design considerations for long-haul lightwave systems are reviewed: outage and error rate requirements, terminal architecture, regenerator span design and performance specification, capacity upgrade alternatives, and broad-gauge economic factors.
  • Keywords
    Optical fiber communication; Circuits; Coaxial cables; Costs; Delay; Error analysis; Jacobian matrices; Optical fiber cables; Repeaters; Space technology; Vents;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSAC.1986.1146493
  • Filename
    1146493