Re: Passive Wave Primer

[TJ Trout <tj () pcguys us>]

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 <tony () wicks co nz> 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.
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> *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces+tony=wicks.co.nz () nanog org> *On Behalf Of *TJ
> Trout
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 14 October 2020 6:22 am
> *To:* James Jun <james.jun () towardex com>
> *Cc:* nanog <nanog () nanog org>
> *Subject:* Re: Passive Wave Primer
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> What is the difference between a normal wave and a alien wave?