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The data rate and performance of small form factor optical transceivers have developed tremendously over the past couple of decades, and the latest generation pluggable DWDM transceivers deliver very good reach performance without sacrificing router faceplate density. However, there are some risk areas to consider when swapping transponders for pluggables.
DWDM technology is getting closer to Shannon's limit, putting increased focus on other optical transport cost drivers, such as transmission fiber, optical amplifiers and design margins. Operational challenges also loom: how to maintain end-to-end management and avoiding organizational challenges associated with combining IP and optical teams.
This talk will briefly cover the opportunities and challenges with going to IPoWDM architectures, and make a case for how to maintain architectural and organizational separation between layers 1 and 3 by leveraging smart pluggable optics.
