What pieces don't connect?
From the company's news release of 11/3/98:
The new technology, called SilkRoad Refractive
Synchronization Communication (SRSC®), has been
proven to convey as much as 200 gigabits (10^9) per
second of information through a fiber optic cable and
has the potential to transmit at 10 terabits (10^12) per
second, the capacity limit of the fiber cable itself.
SilkRoad President and Chief Executive Officer, Kevin
C. Doria, today unveiled the technology to business
executives, analysts and the media in New York City. In
a dramatic demonstration, 840 channels of satellite
programming were transmitted 100 kilometers over a
fiber optic cable at 93 gigabits per second using only a
single laser.
Current technologies, such as Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (WDM), are able to transmit information at
a rate of as much as 40 gigabits per second, but do so
through a complex process using multiple wavelengths
that requires many expensive lasers and other
equipment to generate the signals and keep them
stable over long distances. The commercial application
of such technologies has been questioned due to the
inherent costs associated with procuring and operating
such expensive infrastructure equipment. |
