[157499] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Inter-domain OTN, does it happen in the real world?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adrian Farrel)
Wed Oct 24 13:23:17 2012
From: "Adrian Farrel" <adrian@olddog.co.uk>
To: "'Will Orton'" <will@loopfree.net>, <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <20121023230702.GA27902@loopfree.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:22:52 +0100
Reply-To: adrian@olddog.co.uk
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Will, I think you also need to consider the case where one operator runs more
than one network.
This can happen because of acquisition or administrative structure.
I regret it might also happen because of vendor equipment compatibility/lock-in
issues.
Cheers,
Adrian
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Orton [mailto:will@loopfree.net]
> Sent: 24 October 2012 00:07
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Inter-domain OTN, does it happen in the real world?
>
> Reading about OTN networks, I see that "IrDI" is specified to handle the case
> where one OTN network needs to connect to another natively with OTN signals.
>
> Is this done in the real world? Does OTN network operator A ever go to OTN
> network operator B and say, "I'd like to buy a OTU2 from city X to city Y on
your
> long haul network (at buildings J and K where we can connect simply with
> short-distance SMF/1310 signals), and what TCM levels can you give me?"
>
> I understand this in the case of lit 10GbE-WANPHY, LAN, and OC-192, but are
OTU
> "lit" signals bought and sold wholesale this way too? Is there generally a
price
> premium over the more normal client signals?
>
> -Will Orton
