Development of a Seafloor Cabled Observatory Communications System

这份授予伍兹霍尔海洋研究所的主要研究仪器奖为开发一种先进的网络通信系统提供了资金，该系统将在深海光纤电缆观测系统中实施。该项目的目标是利用商用现货（COTS）数据网络技术，开发一个强大的系统，能够在数百公里长的天文台网络电缆上以多Gbit/s速率进行双向分组通信，并包括用于海底观测和实验的众多节点。开发工作包括制造和湿测试一个容错的海底通信和控制节点。该项目由美国国家科学基金会地球科学理事会海洋科学部、计算机与信息科学与工程理事会高级网络基础设施和研究部以及极地项目办公室共同审查和支持。伍兹霍尔海洋研究所及其行业合作伙伴思科系统公司将为项目总成本的34%提供成本分担支持

0079720ChaveThis Major Research Instrumentation award to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution provides funds for development of an advanced network communications system for implementation in a deep-ocean fiber-optic cable observatory system. The goal of the project is to develop, using commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) data networking technology, a robust system capable of two-way packetized communications at multiple Gbit/s rates over an observatory network cable several hundred kilometers in length, and including numerous nodes for seafloor observations and experiments. The development effort includes fabrication and wet testing of a fault tolerant seafloor communications and control node. The project was reviewed and supported collaboratively at NSF by the Division of Ocean Sciences in the Directorate for Geosciences, the Division of Advanced Networking Infrastructure and Research of the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, together with the Office of Polar Programs. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and their industry partner, Cisco Systems, Inc., will provide cost-share support for 34% of total project costs.***