FOCON/34-fiber optical network for voice and data

Author

Jathe, Peter ; Albert, Roland

Author_Institution

Deutsche System-Tech., Germany

fYear

1990

fDate

30 Sep-3 Oct 1990

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

291

Abstract

A family of fiber-optic local area networks (LANs) intended to meet future requirements for naval and land-based applications was developed. High-speed transmission, flexibility, the ability to transmit data, voice and narrowband video and an excellent survivability were the main aims envisaged. The first product of this family was FOCON/8 (fiber optical communication network-8 Mb/s) which has been installed on the new M-frigates of the Royal Dutch Navy. Based on the experience gained from FOCON/8, an even more sophisticated system, FOCON/34 (fiber optical communication network-34 Mb/s) is under development

Keywords

data communication systems; local area networks; military computing; optical links; video signals; voice communication; 34 Mbit/s; FOCON/34; M-frigates; Royal Dutch Navy; data; fiber optical communication network; fiber-optic local area networks; narrowband video; survivability; voice; Circuit topology; Electric breakdown; High speed optical techniques; Narrowband; Network topology; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical network units;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1990. Proceedings., 15th Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2109-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1990.128671

Filename

128671