ThecharacteristicofEDFAinWDMsystemisanalyzed.ThesimulationsystembasedonthearchitectureoftheChinaInformationNetwork(CAINONET)isintroduced,andtheinfluenceofnoisefigure,gainunflatnessandoutputpowerofEDFAontheBERperformanceandscaleofnetworkisinvestigated.Moreover,theinfluenceofnoisefigureisstudiedwithdifferentcrosstalk.Meanwhile,itisindicatedthatitisimportanttoapplythe"nodeisolationprinciple"intheopticalnetwork.Theresearchresultscanprovidethevaluablereferenceforthepracticalconstructionofallopticalnetwork.