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Technology Stocks : Frank Coluccio Technology Forum - ASAP
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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (659)12/6/1999 12:38:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio  Read Replies (2) of 1782
 
Hi Ken,

Despite the "one box" appearance of many top end devices, there still actually exists two separate platforms joined together in a kludge-like manner. One slice of the box and its associated software is optically aware [governing internal laser outputs and receiver detection functions, internal dwdm path management, optical x-connect switching, etc.], while the other is electronically aware [concerned with the management of upper Layer 1 [typically Sonet or FC, and up the stack].

I can only surmise that what the author is saying is that as the integration between these two domains evolves within individual network elements (e.g., Tb routers and Optical x-connects) the software kernels which oversee these functions, namely the management of the optical and the electronic processes, will over time meld into one, in a seamless fashion. I'm open to other interpretations.

Regards, Frank Coluccio
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