Measuring the resilience of the trans-oceanic telecommunication cable system

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-303

  Omer, Mayada ^a   Nilchiani, Roshanak ^a   Mostashari, Ali ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrastructure; Internet; Resiliency; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

CABLE NETWORKS; CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS; FLOW INFORMATIONS; INFRASTRUCTURE; MAN-MADE DISASTERS; NETWORK MODELS; RESILIENCY; SERVICE DELIVERY; SUBMARINE CABLE SYSTEM; TELECOMMUNICATION FIBERS; VALUE DELIVERY; VULNERABILITY;

INTERNET; SUBMARINE CABLES; TELECOMMUNICATION CABLES; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; TELEGRAPH;

ELECTRIC CABLES;

EID: 70349832936     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2009.2022570     Document Type: Article

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