The first Transpacific optical fiber submarine cable system

Author

Niiro, Yasuhiko ; Ejiri, Yoshihiro ; Yamamoto, Hitoshi

Author_Institution

Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1989

Firstpage

1520

Abstract

The authors describe the laying and test results of the KDD (Kokusai Denshin Denwa Co.) portion of the Third Transpacific Submarine Cable System (TPC-3), which is the first long-haul optical-fiber undersea cable in the Pacific. The system is an OS-280M optical-fiber submarine cable system, which operates at a 1.3-μm wavelength and has two fiber pairs of 280 Mb/s. The total cable length of the KDD portion of the TPC-3 is approximately 4000 km, and there are 73 repeaters including one deep-sea branching unit. Issues discussed are system design, integration development, the transmission line model and level diagram, and system margin. The successful operation of the integrated system is reported

Keywords

cable laying; cable testing; optical cables; optical links; submarine cables; 1.3 micron; 280 Mbit/s; 4000 km; KDD; OS-280M; Pacific; TPC-3; Transpacific optical fiber submarine cable system; cable laying; cable testing; deep-sea branching unit; integration development; level diagram; long-haul optical-fiber undersea cable; repeaters; system design; system margin; transmission line model; Marine technology; Oceans; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Power cables; Power system reliability; Repeaters; Research and development; Underwater cables;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1989. ICC '89, BOSTONICC/89. Conference record. 'World Prosperity Through Communications', IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1989.49933

Filename

49933