Global Marine Technology Update by Andy Bax
Global Marine is a participant and sponsor at the Submarine Communications 2006 conference taking place at Lisbon, Portugal. Andy Bax, Head of Submarine Network Systems for Global Marine, is delivering a speech at 9:10 on Thursday 30th March, and participating in the panel discussion later that morning. The 2-day European conference and networking event dedicated to telecom connectivity delivered by submarine cable, is taking place in Portugal’s capital city. Andy, now based in Florida, was thrilled to be invited to speak on Day 2. His speech is entitled “ Key Considerations When Deploying New Technologies and Applications in Submarine Communications” and he will be examining the key factors that newer optical fibre technologies need to ensure longer reaches, wider bandwidths and higher speeds. Andy will also be evaluating the cost considerations involved in the deployment of new technology, including the initial costs of deployment, maintenance and operational costs and upgrade capability and the costs involved. He will also assess the ability of new technologies and applications to improve the resilience of networks. Andy said “Considering the capabilities of today’s terrestrial networks - delivering vast amounts of capacity over greater distances with a high degree of performance and reliability submarine networks, by comparison, lag far behind. In an ideal world the cost effective benefits and functionality of the terrestrial network should be seamlessly integrated into a submarine network much simpler than what is available today.” There will also be an opportunity for Andy to reference Global Marine’s recent acquisition of Red Sky Systems. Global Marine announced that it had purchased the assets and Intellectual Property of Red Sky Systems during PTC2006 in January. Red Sky technology enables a simple integration of terrestrial and submarine networks and, through this technology, Global Marine will be able to offer network operators a more cost-effectiveand uncomplicated means of running or upgrading their networks relative to traditional submarine solutions. When combined with industry standard subsea components the unique Red Sky Optical Line Interface (OLI) allows network managers to operate subsea networks using industry standard applications common to terrestrial networks. Also making the short trip from the UK to Portugal will be Chris Brooks, Sales Director, Jonathan Annals and John
Neal, Strategic Account Directors and Paul Deslandes, Key Accounts Manager. Andy Bax leads the team responsible for providing turnkey regional submarine networks on a global scale. He has spent the past 10 years in the submarine telecommunications industry as both an engineering and operations leader in the organisations where he has worked. Andy has a proven track record in deploying submarine and terrestrial technology in order to get the most out of an expensive network infrastructure. Global Marine Systems Limited Proven technology eliminates significant complexity and cost from deployment and maintenance of subsea network, and allows subsea networks to be managed as a terrestrial network. A state of the art optical transport solution specifically for regional submarine networks has been developed.
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This system delivers rapid deployment of initial service at lowest capital cost. Final capacity of up-to 64 wavelengths x 10Gb/s is anticipated allowing low cost, low capacity, in service, upgrades throughout the system lifetime as traffic grows. A specifically designed solution for the Regional Operator, fundamentally re-defines the way telecommunications systems are deployed. And the benefits? Ease of operation, smallest footprint and low
cost maintenance enables carriers to dramatically reduce operational costs which is vital to sustaining competitive capacity offering.
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Main features •
Flexible modular architecture
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Rapid, In service upgrades at minimum growth cost
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Simplified management through existing Network Management Systems
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2.5 to 40G transmission speeds
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Can provide up to 64 DWDM wavelengths per fibre pair
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Continuous end-to-end performance monitoring analogous to terrestrial network
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Reduced footprint/ power consumption can be situated in city POP
Optical Line Interface •
Complete OLI system fits in a 2200mm x 600mm x 300mm ETSI cabinet
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Transparent interface to terrestrial SDH/ SONET network
Trademark Repeater •
Size: Smallest size 86mm diameter x 35mm length
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Depth rating: 8000 m
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Power requirement: 4000 V (max)/-0.62 A- fully surge protected
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Weight: Approx 10Kg (non incl. of marine housing)
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