Network Performance Assessment of C+L Upgrades vs. Fiber Doubling SDM Solutions
Emanuele Virgillito, Rasoul Sadeghi, Alessio Ferrari, Giacomo Borraccini, Antonio Napoli, Vittorio Curri
Abstract
We investigate on the network capacity enabled by C+L optical line systems (OLS) vs. fiber doubling showing that at optimal power, C+L OLS doubles the traffic of C-only with very-low penalty with respect to fiber doubling.
Topics & Concepts
FiberOptical fiberComputer sciencePassive optical networkLine (geometry)MathematicsTelecommunicationsPhysicsWavelength-division multiplexingOptoelectronicsMaterials scienceGeometryComposite materialWavelengthOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Optical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems