Undersea Communications Technology

摘要

This introductory paper has two objectives. The first is to offer a high-level overview of AT&T's undersea cable technology, applications, products, and services, including installation and maintenance. This includes a relative historical cost analysis (dollars per Gbits/s per mile), as well as other high-level growth and deployment projections to the year 2000. The second objective is to provide an overview of the articles in this theme issue on undersea communications. Here, the reader will gain an understanding of the topics and their importance to undersea communications, as well as their placement within this issue.