Title :
Undersea Transmission-System Reliability with Laser-Diode Standby-Redundant Optical Repeaters
Author :
Aida, Kazuo ; Amemiya, Masaki
Author_Institution :
Cable Transmission Section; Yokosuka Electrical Communication Laboratory; Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Public Corporation; POBox 8; Take, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-ken, 238-03 JAPAN.
Abstract :
This paper presents reliability evaluation formulae for a system having a series of replaceable standby redundancy units. By using this formula, this paper evaluates the reliability of an undersea transmission system with laser-diode redundant repeaters.
Keywords :
Diode lasers; Failure analysis; Maintenance; Optical design; Optical devices; Redundancy; Reliability theory; Repeaters; Time series analysis; Underwater vehicles; Laser diode; Redundant repeater; Transmission system; Undersea; Unit replacement;
Journal_Title :
Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TR.1984.5221894