Migration of elastic optical networks to the C + L-bands subject to a partial upgrade of the number of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers

• Published in: Journal of optical communications and networking Vol. 15; no. 11; pp. F22 - F35
• Main Authors: Hosseini, Soheil, de Miguel, Ignacio, Merayo, Noemi, Aguado, Juan Carlos, de Dios, Oscar Gonzalez, Barroso, Ramon J. Duran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway Optica Publishing Group 01.11.2023; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Amplifiers; C-band; Costs; Dark fibers; Doped fibers; Erbium; Heuristic methods; Impact analysis; Integer programming; L-band; Linear programming; Multiplexing; Operators; Optical communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Planning; Topology

Space division multiplexing (SDM) and band division multiplexing (BDM) are considered promising technologies to increase the capacity of optical transport networks. The progressive shortage of available dark fibers and the immaturity of multicore and multimode fibers for multichannel transmission in...