The FLAG cable system

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 30-35

  Welsh, Thomas ^a,d   Smith, Roger ^a,b,e   Azami, Haruo ^a,f   Chrisner, Raymond ^a,c,g,h  

^a NYNEX ^*

^b Submarine Cable Associates

^c AT and T SSI

^d FLAG Project Management Office

^e BT Group   (United Kingdom)

^f KDDI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^g Allen and Hamilton

^h AT and T Submarine Systems

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADD DROP MULTIPLEXES; BACKGROUND BLOCK ERROR RATIO; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; ERRORED SECOND RATIO; FIBEROPTIC LINK AROUND THE GLOBE; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION CARRIER; SUBMARINE LINE TERMINATING EQUIPMENT; SYNCHRONOUS DIGITAL HIERARCHY; TRANSPACIFIC CROSSINGS;

BIT ERROR RATE; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL CABLES; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL PUMPING; RELIABILITY; SUBMARINE CABLES; SWITCHING; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; TRANSCEIVERS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0030084819     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.481241     Document Type: Article

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