Network Capacity and Energy Consumption: Transparent C+L-band vs Translucent C-band
Pedro, J. M.
; Costa, N.
Network Capacity and Energy Consumption: Transparent C+L-band vs Translucent C-band, Proc IEEE Photonics Conf. - IPC, Conference Online, Vol. , pp. - , October, 2021.
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Abstract
The capacity and energy consumption of a transparent C+L-band network is
compared to a translucent C-band. Although exploiting L-band needs doubling amplifiers, it is shown that C+L upgrade is more beneficial than deploying additional regenerators.
