Maybe some clarification as to what you're asking for would help. You're mixing fiber, networks, and a MAN. Fiber is just the medium. It could be for IP switching or projecting a light show. Are you asking if there are diverse paths throughout a metro area? On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 2:30 PM Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG < nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
Hello folks,
Simple question: does "routed optical networks" have a clear meaning in the metro area context, or not?
Put differently: does it call to mind a well-defined stack of technologies in the control and data planes of metro-area networks?
I'm asking because I'm having some thoughts about the clarity of this term, in the process of carrying out a qualitative survey of the results of the metro-area networks survey.
Cheers,
Etienne
-- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale