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Project OART: WDM, EDFAs and mixed data rates in a real-world testbed

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10154732
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
  2. Pacific Bell, San Ramon, CA (United States)
Pacific Bell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and the University of California at Berkeley have established a joint fiber testbed located in the San Francisco Bay Area. The fiber to be used in the trial is representative of Pacific Bell`s current fiber plant. This ongoing project is a year long collaboration involving the wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) of data and video on a link using erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFA). Designated Project OART. for Optical Amplifier Reliability Trial, this project will provide the Network, Technology District of Pacific Bell a valuable testbed for gathering information and experience with future network designs that will use WDM, EDFs, and the simultaneous transmission of high-speed digital and video information. LLN`s interest in this link is driven by a need to evaluate various future means of interconnecting high performance users With high performance storage and computation sites over remote connections. The OART link will consist of a four channel WDM system on a pair of fibers over a link amplified by two pairs of EDFAs. Three wavelengths will be data communication channels transmitted between LLNL in Livermore and UCB in Berkeley at a distance of 98 km. A fourth channel of video will be carried from a Pacific Bell test facility in Concord on 73 km of fiber to a video lab at LLNL.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
10154732
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC--117400; CONF-9406169--1; ON: DE94012234
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English