Japan Govt Lab Succeeds in High-Speed Data Flow Test on Optical Fibers
Posted on: Tuesday, 24 August 2004, 06:00 CDT
Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese government-linked research institute said Tuesday that in cooperation with telecommunications operator KDDI Corp. , it has successfully tested high-speed data transmission on long-distance optical fibers.
On July 2, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and a KDDI research unit jointly tested data flow on 200-kilometer cables between Tokyo and Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, north of Tokyo, at a speed of 160 gigabits per second, the institute said.
Using next-generation technology, called optical time domain multiplexing, the two institutes achieved a data flow speed 16 times that of current optical fiber-based communications.
OTDM reduces the number of required light sources and simplifies network management.The technology enables users to download four digital versatile discs' worth of data in just one second over a 200- kilometer optical cable.
The practical launch of OTDM-based optical fiber communications is expected for around 2010. Oki Electric Industry Co. is also engaged in similar experiments.END
Related Articles
- Photos: Apple's iPhone Finds New Use in Treating Stuttering at Hollins Communications Research Institute
- Compushare Makes Key Management Appointments to Strengthen Focus on Technology Success for California Community Financial Institution Clients
- Critical Link Customizable CPU Platform Collects, Processes and Delivers Data at Processor Speeds Up to 1.2 GHz
- Asentria Introduces SiteBoss Series of Remote Site Controllers to Improve Management of Remote Data and Communications Equipment
- Wavecrest Selects Inphi(R) Corporation's Track-and-Hold Amplifiers for Signal Integrity Analysis Solutions; New GigaTrack(TM) Family Enables Testing of Serial Data Applications With Speeds Up to 12.5 Gbps
- LightPointe Introduces FlightStrata HD Optical Wireless Link to Speed High-Definition Television Broadcast Video and Embedded Audio
- CyOptics Collaborates With Cray Inc. To Demonstrate Unprecedented Optical Data Transmission Rates for Future Supercomputers; Project Targets Transmission Rates of Hundreds of Gigabits Per Second
- Big Bear Networks Solves Optical Impairment for High Speed Transmission With Its EDC-Based Solutions
- Broadcom Announces 10 Gigabit Optical Transceiver for High Speed SONET/SDH, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel Networks
- Lynx's Queller to Speak at Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications Conference in China
 |
 |
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds