Title :
First field demonstration of fault resilience in a regional undersea OADM network
Author :
Akhtar, A. ; Turukhin, A.V. ; Parsons, Emmeline ; Bakhshi, B. ; Cardoso, Jorge ; Vejas, M. ; Savidis, H. ; Derr, N. ; Kovsh, D. ; Golovchenko, E.A. ; Abbott, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Electron. SubCom, Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
For the first time an actual deployed regional OADM network is used to study the impact of cable cuts. It is shown that OADM networks can be designed to provide resilience to cable cuts.
Keywords :
marine communication; multiplexing; optical fibre networks; submarine cables; cable cuts; fault resilience; optical add-drop multiplexing; regional undersea OADM network; Optical fiber cables; Optical noise; Optical variables measurement; Q measurement; Repeaters; Signal to noise ratio; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
