An Alien wave comes in from an external source, for an example a customer has WDM optics in their kit. A normal wave the “customer” connects with a normal 10GE/100GE (or whatever is appropriate) and a line card on the OTN platform “grooms” that to the appropriate WDM channel.
From: NANOG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of TJ Trout Sent: Wednesday, 14 October 2020 6:22 am To: James Jun <[email protected]> Cc: nanog <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Passive Wave Primer What is the difference between a normal wave and a alien wave?
