[157483] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Inter-domain OTN, does it happen in the real world?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Bedard)
Tue Oct 23 21:26:16 2012
In-Reply-To: <20121023230702.GA27902@loopfree.net>
From: Phil Bedard <bedard.phil@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:25:56 -0400
To: Will Orton <will@loopfree.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Most telcos can provide an OTU2 client interface but there is no peering, th=
ey are just mapping directly to a wavelength or to OTU3/4. So it's transpar=
ent service.=20
Phil
On Oct 23, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Will Orton <will@loopfree.net> wrote:
> Reading about OTN networks, I see that "IrDI" is specified to handle the c=
ase=20
> where one OTN network needs to connect to another natively with OTN signal=
s.
>=20
> Is this done in the real world? Does OTN network operator A ever go to OTN=
=20
> network operator B and say, "I'd like to buy a OTU2 from city X to city Y o=
n your=20
> long haul network (at buildings J and K where we can connect simply with=20=
> short-distance SMF/1310 signals), and what TCM levels can you give me?"
>=20
> I understand this in the case of lit 10GbE-WANPHY, LAN, and OC-192, but ar=
e OTU=20
> "lit" signals bought and sold wholesale this way too? Is there generally a=
price=20
> premium over the more normal client signals?
>=20
> -Will Orton
>=20
>=20
