Summary - G.9730.2 (08/2024) - Scientific monitoring and reliable telecommunication submarine cable systems

Recommendation ITU-T G.9730.2 identifies the capabilities and features of fibre optical submarine telecommunication cable systems equipped with scientific monitoring sensors along the length of the undersea optical cables (i.e., SMART cables). It describes at a high-level the characteristics and requirements of a scientific monitoring and reliable telecommunication (SMART) cable system (e.g., no interference between telecommunications and sensing functions, reliability of each function, operations and maintenance, general attributes of a power and communication interface).