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18.2.4 Meshed Rings
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18.2.4 Meshed Rings
The meshed ring topology (
) does not use hubbed nodes; only amplified and passive OADM
nodes are present. Protected traffic can be provisioned between any two nodes; however, the selected
channel cannot be reused in the ring. Unprotected multihop traffic can be provisioned in the ring. A
meshed ring must be designed to prevent amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) lasing. This is done by
configuring a particular node as an anti-ASE node. An anti-ASE node can be created in two ways:
•
Equip an OADM node with 32MUX-O cards and 32DMX-O cards. This solution is adopted when
the total number of wavelengths deployed in the ring is higher than ten. OADM nodes equipped with
32MUX-O cards and 32DMX-O cards are called full OADM nodes.
•
When the total number of wavelengths deployed in the ring is lower than ten, the anti-ASE node is
configured by using an OADM node where all the channels that are not terminated in the node are
configured as “optical pass-through.” In other words, no channels in the anti-ASE node can travel
through the express path of the OADM node.
For more information about OADM nodes, see the
“17.1.3 OADM Node” section on page 17-4
. For
more information about anti-ASE nodes, see the
“17.1.5 Anti-ASE Node” section on page 17-10
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