Title :
Synchronous electronic networking of undersea lightwave systems: the impact on repeater and multiplex design and performance
Author :
Mallett, C.T. ; Walker, S.D. ; Fletcher, I.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Lab., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
The authors review network topology issues, the relative merits of asynchronous and synchronous operation, and some line-coding aspects. New experimental results for propagation delay variation in the UK-Belgium No.5 submarine system and high-speed regenerator burst-mode operation are presented. The conclusion drawn is that submarine networking is technically feasible, although measurement and specification of network jitter characteristics merit further study.<>
Keywords :
encoding; marine systems; optical communication equipment; optical links; UK-Belgium No.5 submarine system; asynchronous operations; high-speed regenerator burst-mode operation; line-coding; multiplex design; multiplex performance; network jitter; network topology; propagation delay variation; repeater design; repeater performance; submarine networking; synchronous electronic networking; synchronous operation; undersea lightwave systems; Hardware; Interleaved codes; Laboratories; Network topology; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Repeaters; Synchronization; Telecommunication traffic; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1988. ICC '88. Digital Technology - Spanning the Universe. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1988.13532
