Scientific & Biomedical Microsystems, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N161-029

Description

Scientific & Biomedical Microsystems (SBM) proposes the development of a dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) application relying on channel based encoding combined with endpoint authentication to create high bandwidth density. Separate control channels allow for high reliability to be achieved and ongoing performance monitoring and fault localization to be aggregated. The DWDM approach to increasing optical fiber capacity has been industry standard in the telecommunications industry since the early 2000s. Numerous commercial implementations exist that can combing hundreds of independent optical channels. SBMs approach includes electrical to optical conversion and optical multiplexing to create a multiprotocol solution within a DWDM architecture similar to telecommunications standards. Additional redundancy and performance monitoring creates a robust and flexible solution allowing for significant performance improvements without substantial reconfiguration and infrastructure changes to existing cable plants.