Strategies for Upgrading an Operator's Backbone Network Beyond the C-Band: Towards Multi-Band Optical Networks

Telecommunication networks are becoming the central linking institution of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. To cope with the associated capacity and connectivity challenges, transportation networks may explore the -neglected so far- remaining transmission bands in the second and third low attenuati...

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Main Authors: Dimitris Uzunidis, Evangelos Kosmatos, Chris Matrakidis, Alexandros Stavdas, Andrew Lord
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9336212/