Development of a Seafloor Cabled Observatory Communications System

0079720查维授予伍兹霍尔海洋研究所的这项重大研究仪器奖为开发先进的网络通信系统提供资金，用于深海光纤电缆观测系统。 该项目的目标是利用商用现货数据联网技术，开发一个强大的系统，该系统能够在几百公里长的观测网络电缆上以多Gbit/s的速率进行双向分组通信，并包括许多海底观测和实验节点。开发工作包括容错海底通信和控制节点的制造和湿测试。该项目在NSF由地球科学局海洋科学处、计算机和信息科学与工程局高级网络基础设施和研究处以及极地方案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，将为项目总费用的34%提供费用分摊支助。

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.***