Re: MPLS and Carrier Ethernet, Oh My!

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 12/28/24 00:31, Mike Hammett wrote:

> *nods* for PtP, I agree. As a buyer (and a seller) waves, waves, 
> waves. As a seller, it's less stuff for me to manage. As a buyer, I 
> don't have to trust you on oversubscribing a wave because you can't. 
> You can oversubscribe the hell out of an Ethernet circuit, though.
>
> Waves are much harder in a PtMP environment, especially with cross 
> connect costs.

That is a problem OpenXR has been designed to fix:

https://openxropticsforum.org

Infinera have already started shipping product:

https://www.infinera.com/innovation/xr-optics/

Mark.