Systems Issues In Terrestrial Fiber Optic Link Reliability

James L. Spencer; Barry R. Lewin; T. Frank S. Lee

doi:10.1117/12.963236

15 January 1990 Systems Issues In Terrestrial Fiber Optic Link Reliability

James L. Spencer, Barry R. Lewin, T. Frank S. Lee

Proceedings Volume 1174, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments III; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963236
Event: OE/FIBERS '89, 1989, Boston, United States

Abstract

This paper reviews fiber optic system reliability issues from three different viewpoints - availability, operating environment, and evolving technologies. Present availability objectives for interoffice links and for the distribution loop must be re-examined for applications such as the Synchronous Optical Network (SONET), Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH), and analog services. The hostile operating environments of emerging applications (such as FTTH) must be carefully considered in system design as well as reliability assessments. Finally, evolving technologies might require the development of new reliability testing strategies.

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James L. Spencer, Barry R. Lewin, and T. Frank S. Lee "Systems Issues In Terrestrial Fiber Optic Link Reliability", Proc. SPIE 1174, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments III, (15 January 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963236

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