| Sol No.: |
Navy SBIR FY2011.2 |
| Topic No.: |
N112-134 |
| Topic Title: |
In-Line Fiber Optic Signal Quality Fixture |
| Proposal No.: |
N112-134-0516 |
| Firm: |
Ultra Communications Inc
990 Park Center Drive, Suite H
Vista, California 92081 |
| Contact: |
Charlie Kuznia |
| Phone: |
(760) 652-0007 |
| Abstract: |
This program will develop technology to monitor the health of ship-board fiber optic networks. This technology will be embedded within the network to provide real-time detection and isolation of fiber faults. Fiber networks offer lightweight and high bandwidth networking, but can suffer from fiber breaks or contamination at fiber connector interfaces and transceivers. This technology will automatically identify and locate performance issues in the network. |
| Benefits: |
In-line optical network monitoring will reduce the costs of installation and maintenance of shipboard fiber optic networks. This technology will also increase the availability of Naval weapons systems by decreasing network 'down-time'. |