Title :
A modular Gigabit Ethernet backbone for NEPTUNE and other ocean observatories
Author :
Maffei, Andrew ; Chave, A. ; Bailey, John ; Bradley, Albert ; Garcia, X. ; Gelman, Haywood ; Lerner, S. ; Sonnichsen, Frederick
Author_Institution :
Woods Hole Oceanogr. Instn., MA, USA
Abstract :
Ethernet is the most popular technology used for local area networks (LANs). Recently, Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) technology has successfully competed with SONET and other legacy alternatives such as ATM and frame relay for metropolitan area network (WAN) implementations. This paper describes a modular ocean observatory node design resulting from design activities of the NEPTUNE observatory data communications team. Internal node modules based on Gigabit Ethernet, point-to-point wave division multiplexing (WDM) and TCP/IP (Internet) protocol technologies are employed to define communications building blocks used in the design of the NEPTUNE regional scale ocean observatory communications system and are also applicable to coastal, buoyed and autonomous observatory nodes.
Keywords :
data communication; local area networks; marine communication; transport protocols; wavelength division multiplexing; Internet protocol; LAN; NEPTUNE observatory data communications team; TCP/IP protocol; autonomous observatory nodes; buoyed observatory nodes; coastal observatory nodes; local area networks; modular Gigabit Ethernet backbone; ocean observatories; ocean observatory communications system; point-to-point wave division multiplexing; wave division multiplexing; Asynchronous transfer mode; Ethernet networks; Frame relay; Local area networks; Marine technology; Metropolitan area networks; Observatories; Oceans; SONET; Spine;
Conference_Titel :
Scientific Use of Submarine Cables and Related Technologies, 2003. The 3rd International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo, Japan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7775-3
DOI :
10.1109/SSC.2003.1224140
