Atlanta Fiber System Experiment: Results of the Atlanta Experiment
The work
| Authors | R. S. Kerdock; D. H. Wolaver |
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| Editors | |
| Type | article |
| Year | 1978 |
| Citekey | kerdock1978atlanta |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Bell System Technical Journal |
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| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1857--1879 |
Identifiers
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1978.tb02131.x |
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| OpenAlex | W2098310206 |
| ISSN | 0005-8580 |
Access
| Landing page | https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-7305.1978.tb02131.x |
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| Free full text | https://archive.org/download/bstj57-6-1857/bstj57-6-1857.pdf |
Abstract
In the Atlanta System Experiment, a digital lightwave transmission system operating at 44.736 Mb/s was tested in an environment approximating field conditions. The system included a cable with 144 fibers pulled into a duct, lightguide cable splices, single-fiber connectors, a fiber distribution frame, optical regenerators employing avalanche photodiodes and GaAlAs lasers, and terminal equipment for interfacing to the standard DS3 signal format. A number of experiments were conducted to evaluate and gain experience with this digital lightwave transmission system. These included fiber crosstalk, fiber dispersion, timing jitter, system recovery, and dc powering. In this paper the configuration of the Atlanta lightwave system is briefly described, and experimental results are reported.
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@article{kerdock1978atlanta,
title = {Atlanta Fiber System Experiment: Results of the Atlanta Experiment},
author = {R. S. Kerdock and D. H. Wolaver},
year = {1978},
journal = {Bell System Technical Journal},
publisher = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)},
volume = {57},
number = {6},
pages = {1857--1879},
issn = {0005-8580},
doi = {10.1002/j.1538-7305.1978.tb02131.x},
}
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