BoSSNET

NEW IDEAS
• First wide area transparent optical network
testbed which exploits modern commercially
available fiber optic cable plants
Albany, NY Boston, MA
Poughkeepsie
, NY
• Increase transparent capacity (bit-rate-
Bridgeport, CT distance product) through the exploitation of
Newark, NJ New York, NY
Trenton, NJ
non-conventional waveforms, nonlinear pulse
Philadelphia, PA propagation, and advanced optical node
Baltimore, MD
Wilmington, DE
technology

Washington, D.C. • Demonstrate wide area optical networking

and
broadband DoD applications that exploit
IMPACT network SCHEDULE
transparency
• Determine data rate and distance limits Year 1 Year 2 Year 3
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
of transparent, unrepeated fiber optic Phase 1
Order Equipment
networking Fiber Install
Avail. for Apps.
Equipment Install
Connectivity
System Testing
• Reduce cost of wideband point-to-point Phase 1 Link Operational
terrestrial communications Phase 2
Order Equipment
Fiber Install
• Provide an infrastructure for wide area Equipment Install
System Testing
all-optical network research Phase 2 Link Operational
Phase 3
Experiments
• Provide an infrastructure for broadband Final Report
collaborative applications
MIT Lincoln Laboratory