On the energy impact of transmission reach for 100G IP-over-WDM translucent optical networks

We investigate the power consumption of IP-over-WDM networks for 100G coherent systems when varying optical reach values. Benefits of optimal reach depends on the slope of the reach-related consumption function. We also show that “greening” transponders has a linear-like impact on the reduction of network power consumption.

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