re: Nortel's Noisy With Optical Opportunityany ideas which Nortel customer is pushing for Anda integration? It seems too niche a feature to be included, say, at the expense of PBT?
re: Nortel's Noisy With Optical OpportunityProbably the real reason that they did not say anything about PBT with OME6500 is their marketing messaging is horrible.
re: Nortel's Noisy With Optical OpportunityWhere's PBT, Ryan asks.
Well, the omission of PBT from 6500 should not come as a really big surprise... for at least two possible reasons.
First, Nortel *does* know all the capabilities and possibilities of PBT, as well as all its flaws and limitations. For the latter, Nortel's strategy looks quite clear: Push the idea of PBT to IEEE-SA (as PBB-TE) and make someone else (that is, IEEE) figure out how it could work at all. Until they do, how can you include it anywhere?
Second, Nortel may be targeting a different market with the new 6500. What is PDH gateway in it for?
Well, the omission of PBT from 6500 should not come as a really big surprise... for at least two possible reasons.
First, Nortel *does* know all the capabilities and possibilities of PBT, as well as all its flaws and limitations. For the latter, Nortel's strategy looks quite clear: Push the idea of PBT to IEEE-SA (as PBB-TE) and make someone else (that is, IEEE) figure out how it could work at all. Until they do, how can you include it anywhere?
Second, Nortel may be targeting a different market with the new 6500. What is PDH gateway in it for?