Monitoring Implemented at New Zealand's Undersea Network by Southern Cross Cables on Shoreline
In an exciting development for the telecommunications industry, FiberSense and Southern Cross Cable Network (SX) are expanding their relationship, aiming to innovate and improve the awareness and resilience of submarine cable systems.
The partnership, which has already delivered a series of world firsts in subsea networks, is set to enter a new phase. By the end of September, FiberSense's Digital Marine subsea cable monitoring technology will be installed on all critical terrestrial links and out to the first repeaters of the SX network in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States West Coast.
SX's Dean Veverka has praised the seamless integration of FiberSense's service into a live traffic carrying fibre. The state-of-the-art implementation offers 24x7 monitoring of both shore-ends and the terrestrial network, providing "always on" coverage from cable landing station to first repeater.
The monitoring system, operated via the Marine Interface Unit, does not require an unused fibre core for monitoring, a significant advantage for the network. FiberSense has developed a proprietary coupling methodology to prevent the sensing signal from interfering with the operation of communications traffic.
The expansion covers SX's New Zealand shore-end infrastructure, with the first stage of the rollout plan involving the integration of the FiberSense DigitalMarine service. This expansion also includes the implementation of FiberSense's Digital Marine subsea cable monitoring capability.
The SX Network, comprising three diverse submarine communications cables, including the latest high-performance express route, Southern Cross NEXT, which provides data centre connectivity between Sydney, Auckland, and Los Angeles, will benefit from threat detection, prevention, and rectification time improvements due to the new technology.
Mark Englund, FiberSense Founder and CEO, stated that the partnership with SX is crucial for innovations in improved awareness and resilience for submarine cable systems. Future Fiber Technologies will install the FiberSense Digital Marine subsea cable monitoring system across the entire SX network in Australia, New Zealand, and the USA, with installation expected to be completed by mid-2024.
The new generation technology offers improved algorithms and techniques to detect seabed interaction events, greater accuracy in detecting cable exposures, better vessel identification through AIS integration, and class-leading levels of protection monitoring. This partnership is set to revolutionise the submarine cable monitoring industry, ensuring a more secure and reliable network for data transmission.
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