A history of transatlantic cables

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 42-48

  Hayes, Jeremiah ^a   Schwartz, Mischa ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Communication cables; History; Marine vehicles; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Repeaters; Underwater cables

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COMMITTEE MEMBERS; COMMUNICATION CABLES; CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY; MARCONI; MARINE VEHICLES; NEW ORLEANS; OPTICAL FIBER CABLES; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; PANEL DISCUSSIONS; REPEATERS; UNDERWATER CABLES; UNITED STATES;

BIOGRAPHIES; CABLES; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); ELECTRIC CABLES; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; TELEGRAPH; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS; TRANSMISSIONS;

HISTORY;

EID: 52649089124     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2008.4623705     Document Type: Article

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