Re: 10/2-3 Ethernet & SDN Expo (ESDN) Live ChatRob Adams, Transmode, is talking about the benefits & drawbacks of color and colorless reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer (ROADMs) in the network.
Re: 10/2-3 Ethernet & SDN Expo (ESDN) Live ChatMetro Packet Optical market has taken longer than expected to ramp up but is happening now, Heavy Reading says.
Re: 10/2-3 Ethernet & SDN Expo (ESDN) Live ChatCan you build carrier-size networks from open source components, or does openness have its limits and proprietary elements their place? Chris Janz, Ciena: "The idea that you can build carrier networks with nothing but COTS hardware and free wire is absurd."
Re: 10/2-3 Ethernet & SDN Expo (ESDN) Live ChatTony Kourlas of Alcatel-Lucent says to get maximum benefit of SDN, you need to implement it as a whole, at all layers.
Re: 10/2-3 Ethernet & SDN Expo (ESDN) Live ChatCiena's Chris Janz says packet optical network design is intersecting with SDN to allow a future in which the packet optical network automatically adapts to dynamic service loads. This is what the OPn test bed Steve Alexander mentioned in his keynote yesterday is all about.
Re: 10/2-3 Ethernet & SDN Expo (ESDN) Live ChatGetting operational issues ironed out will help wholesale deliver the end-to-end quality and visibility it needs, says Ben Edmond of Global Capacity.
Re: 10/2-3 Ethernet & SDN Expo (ESDN) Live ChatTDM circuits are declining substantially as Ethernet takes over, especially since DS-3 is now being priced higher than 100 Meg interfaces, says Gina Nomellini of One Source Networks.
