Thanks for the explanation, I always thought 'waves' were 'alien waves' I guess, I thought you had to coordinate the channel and you used wdm optics, I didn't realize they normally are provisioned with ethernet to a OTN then get channelized, good info.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 11:36 AM Tony Wicks <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > >
