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Performance Comparison of Translucent C-band and Transparent C+L-band Network

Pedro, J. M.

Performance Comparison of Translucent C-band and Transparent C+L-band Network, Proc OSA Optical Fiber Communications - OFC, San Diego, United States, Vol. , pp. - , June, 2021.

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Abstract
We compare transparent and translucent network design in terms of capacity, energy consumption, and cost. Results show that exploiting extra spectrum bands is more beneficial than deploying additional regenerators in the C-band.