SEA-ME-WE 4

Prepaired By Mohsin Iqbal

Abstract
The South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEAME-WE 4) project is the fourth project in the SEA-MEWE series. On 27th March 2004. In this presentation we will focus in basic construction and technological part of SEA-ME-WE-4. How our communication system benefited by using this route. How security section are maintaining in SEA-ME-WE-4.

Introduction
South East AsiaMiddle EastWestern Europe 4 This is an optical fiber communication system that carries telecommunication between South East Asia Middle EastWestern Europe. Cable System provides interfaces for connection in between terminal stations at several locations.

Countries

Bangladesh India Pakistan Sri-Lanka Thailand Malaysia Singapore United Arab Emirates

Sudan Egypt Italy Tunisia Algeria France Saudi Arabia

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Connecting Point
(SG1)Tuas to Mumbai (SG2) Mumbai to Suez (SG3) Suez to Cairo (SG4) Cairo to Marseille

Construction
This system was developed by 16 telecommunication companies. But main construction process was supervised by
Optical fibers
Protective core
Aluminum tube Polycarbonate Insulator

Alcatel Submarine Networks & Fujitsu.

The cable is approximately 18,800 KM long and provides the primary Internet backbone between South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Europe.

Stranded Steel Mylar Stranded Steel Polyethylene

INSIDE A SUBMARINE CABLE 6

Procedure . ..
For increased channel capacity in SEA-ME-WE-4 DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) WDM Dispersion, Attenuation, Scattering
Band O band E band S band C band L band U band Description Original Extended Srt Wvlength Conventional Long WVL Ultra Long WL WL Range 1260-1360 nm 1360-1460 nm 1460-1530 nm 1530-1565 nm 1565-1625 nm 1625-1675 nm

Conventional WDM Coarse WDM Dense WDM

systems provide up to 16 channels in the 3rd Transmission Window (C band around 1550 nm)of silica optical fibers. two (or possibly more) signals multiplexed onto a single fiber, where one signal was in the 1550 nm band, and the other in the 1310 nm band.
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DWDM Details
In DWDM wavelength between C band & L band. This will allow bi-directional communication using single fiber cable. Multiplex different wavelength of laser light

A DWDM consists
Optical Fiber DWDM Multiplexer Intermediate line repeater

Laser light

Optical Carrier

Amplifier Intermediate optical terminal

Two Fiber pairs used where both able to carry 64 carriers at 10Gbit/s Channel capacity 1.28 Tbit/s

DWDM De-Multiplexer

Optical supervisory channel 8

Intelligence gathering
Underwater cables, which cannot be kept under constant surveillance, have tempted intelligence-gathering organizations since the late 19th century. Frequently at the beginning of wars nations have cut the cables of the other sides in order to shape the information flows into cables that were being monitored. The most ambitious efforts occurred in World War I, when British and German forces systematically attempted to destroy the others' worldwide communications systems by cutting their cables with surface ships or submarines. During the Cold War the United States Navy and National Security Agency (NSA) succeeded in placing wire taps on Soviet underwater communication lines in Operation Ivy Bells.

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Operation Ivy Bells A joint USN(United States Navy) + NSA(National Security Agency) mission whose objective was to place wire taps or phone taps on Soviet underwater communication lines during Cold War.

World War I British and German forces attempted to destroy other worldwide communication by cutting their cables with surface ships or submarines .

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2008 Submarine Cable Disruption

23th January 2008 FALCON Cable was cut off. The FALCON cable system connects several countries in the Persian Gulf and India 30 January 2008 Internet services were widely disrupted in the Middle East and in the Indian subcontinent due to the damage in SEA-ME-WE-4 and FLAG telecom cable in the Mediterranean sea
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Causes Cable damage Anchors

Conspiracy

Advantages
SEA-ME-WE-4 is used to carry telephone, internet, multimedia, broadband data.

SEA-ME-WE 4 has a faster rate of data transmission at 1.28 Tbit/s against SEA-ME-WE 3's 10 Gbit/s
SEA-ME-WE 3 provides connectivity to a greater number of countries over a greater distance, but SEA-ME-WE 4 provides far higher data transmission speeds intended to accommodate increasing demand for high-speed internet access in developing countries

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Bibliography

Russian telecom newsletter www.seamewe4.com

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