Circuits in Fiber Plant Documentation: OSP Circuit Layout Records

Circuits in Fiber Plant Documentation: OSP Circuit Layout Records

By - October 1, 2018

A circuit layout record (CLR) is an end-to-end view of a linear connection between two endpoints, on one page. We have seen these before, as when we launched a CLR for a cable or a port, netTerrain tries to follow the path as far out as possible until it encounters no more connections or too…

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Circuits in Fiber Plant Documentation: Terminating and Patching Up OSP Circuits

Circuits in Fiber Plant Documentation: Terminating and Patching Up OSP Circuits

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In the previous blog, we started digging a bit deeper into the details of OSP circuits in netTerrain. This blog is also very technical: we will analyze how netTerrain terminates and patches up the circuits paths that we designed previously. Once you have your paths — with the correct hops, cables and strands — you…

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Circuits in Fiber Plant Documentation: Designing Optimum Circuit Paths

Circuits in Fiber Plant Documentation: Designing Optimum Circuit Paths

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When creating a new circuit in netTerrain, who decides which path it should take and how is that accomplished? There are basically three ways to define a path for a circuit — with decreasing levels of automation: (Most Automation) By having netTerrain choose the shortest path (Less Automation) By having netTerrain choose the shortest path…

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Circuits in Fiber Plant Documentation

Circuits in Fiber Plant Documentation

By - September 30, 2018

In an OSP project, a circuit can be many things: a service between two points A and Z on a map, an MPLS connection going over fiber, or really — any logical relationship between points that uses physical resources of the network. One thing is quite consistent in fiber plant layouts, however: circuits traverse from…

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