Ultra-high-bit-rate networking: From the transcontinental backbone to the desktop

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 90-95

  Cotter, David ^a,b,c,d,e   Lucek, Julian K ^a,f   Marcenac, Dominique D ^a,f,g  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Physics   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g ACTS KEOPS Project

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTONIC DEVICES; TRANSCONTINENTAL BACKBONE;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031118988     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.570724     Document Type: Article

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