Cayman-Jamaica fiber system: the longest 2.5 Gbit/s repeaterless submarine link installed

Author

Brandon, E. ; Gladston, A. ; Blondel, J.-P.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Submarine Networks, Nozay, France

fYear

1997

Firstpage

60

Abstract

Recent laboratory repeaterless experiments have been demonstrated at 2.5 Gbit/s over distances of up to 511 km and 529 km using advanced techniques such as forward error correction (FEC) and remotely pumped amplification. In this paper, we describe the utilization of these techniques, in the longest repeaterless 2.5 GBit/s link actually installed for commercial service. The Cayman-Jamaica fiber system is a repeaterless optical submarine cable system that has been laid between the Cayman islands and Jamaica

Keywords

forward error correction; optical cables; submarine cables; telecommunication network reliability; 2.5 Gbit/s; 350 km; 511 km; 529 km; Cayman islands; Cayman-Jamaica fiber system; Gbit/s repeaterless submarine link installation; Jamaica; a; commercial service; forward error correction; laboratory repeaterless experiments; remotely pumped amplification; repeaterless GBit/s link; repeaterless optical submarine cable system; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Repeaters; Stimulated emission; Underwater vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

1-55752-480-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1997.719690

Filename

719690