Terrestrial cable

A terrestrial cable is a communications cable which crosses land, rather than water. Terrestrial cable may be subterranean (buried) or aerial (suspended from poles), and may be fiber or copper. ^{[1] [2]} The term "terrestrial cable" is principally used to distinguish it from submarine cable, ^[3] although some overlap exists between the two. ^[4]

Major terrestrial cable systems include the Europe-Persia Express Gateway and the family of Eurasia terrestrial cable networks. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Telephone lineman suspending aerial communications cable from a pole, 1940.

Mixed fiber and copper communications cables carrying telephone, television, and Internet, 2017.

Subterranean cables being buried in a trench, 2021.

Fiber-optic communications cable being buried in protective duct, 2016.

Fiber-optic communications cable being installed in a manhole, 2011.

Portable fiber splicing hut working above a manhole, 2007.

See also

• Aerial cable
• Utility pole
• Undergrounding
• Direct-buried cable
• List of terrestrial fibre optic cable projects in Africa

References

1. "Outside Plant Technologies for Public Networks". ITU-T Outside Plant Handbooks. International Telecommunication Union. 1991.
2. "Long-Haul Fiber Networks". Optical Communications. Corning. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
3. Bartnikas, Ray; Srivastava, K. D. (2000). "Terrestrial and Underwater Optical Fiber Cables". Power and Communication Cables. Wiley-IEEE Press. doi:10.1109/9780470545546.ch17. ISBN   9780470545546.
4. "Marinized Terrestrial Cables". ITU-T Outside Plant Handbooks. International Telecommunication Union. 2002.
5. "The Eurasia Terrestrial Cable Network". Submarine Cable Networks. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
6. Ruddy, Michael (November 2013). "Broadband Infrastructure in North Asia and Central AsiaNorth Asia and Central Asia" (PDF). Terabit Consulting.
7. Chen, Hui; Liin, Xiaoyu; Jiao, Youjing (August 2019). The Operation of Cross-Border Terrestrial Fibre-Optic Networks in Asia and the Pacific (PDF). United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.

External links

• Eurasia terrestrial cable networks
• The Operation of Cross-Border Terrestrial Fibre-Optic Networks in Asia and the Pacific