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Contents v
Contents 0
CHAPTER 1
About this document 1
Publication history 1
CHAPTER 2
Introduction 3
Liquid Spectrum components 4
Planning Tool Calibrator 5
Channel Margin Gauge 5
Wave-Line Synchronizer 5
Bandwidth Optimizer 6
Key features 6
CHAPTER 3
Key features 8
MCP view 8
Minimum supported releases 8
Case example 9
CHAPTER 4
Key features 13
MCP view 14
CHAPTER 5
Key features 20
MCP view 21
CHAPTER 6
Key features 24
MCP view 24

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CHAPTER 7
List of terms 27

1
CHAPTER 1
About this document
This document provides an overview of Liquid Spectrum applications. Refer
to the following:
• Planning Tool Calibrator
• Channel Margin Gauge
• Wave-Line Synchronizer
• Bandwidth Optimizer
For detailed information on using Liquid Spectrum applications, refer to MCP
documentation.
Publication history
Issue 6
Updated to include RLS support for the Wave-Line Synchronizer application.
Issue 5
Removed references to Performance Meter and updated figures to align with
the latest product branding.
Issue 4
Updated to include additional product support for the Wave-Line Synchronizer
application.
Issue 3
Updated to include the Bandwidth Optimizer application.
Issue 2
Updated to include the Wave-Line Synchronizer application.
Issue 1
First release of this document.

2 About this document

3
CHAPTER 2
Introduction
Liquid Spectrum is a set of applications integrated within Ciena’s Manage,
Control and Plan (MCP) interface that enable you to deliver and manage a
programmable optical infrastructure that can be tuned to meet your unique
business requirements.
Liquid Spectrum combines Ciena’s programmable hardware with advanced

software applications so you can extract maximum value from network
investments.
Liquid Spectrum applications allow you to

• Make your network more efficient through the use of real-time data.
• Take advantage of Ciena’s flexible Photonics and modems to increase
capacity when required.
Figure 1 Liquid Spectrum
Channel Margin Bandwidth Wave-Line
Gauge Optimizer Synchronizer
Software Control
& Analytics Liquid
Planning Tool Photonic Performance
Calibrator Restoration
Gauge
Open APIs
Monitoring:
Programmable - OSNR and SNR
Infrastructure - CD/PMD
- BER and Latency
Note: Liquid Restoration and Photonic Performance Gauge will be

available in a future release.

4 Introduction
Liquid Spectrum components

On the programmable hardware side, Liquid Spectrum builds upon the
following advanced technology:
• WaveLogic Ai and WaveLogic 3 coherent optics.
— Variable bit-rate, software-configurable coherent optics can match
optimal channel capacity to available system margins for a specific
network path.
— WaveLogic Ai coherent optics enables operators to tune capacity
incrementally and take advantage of the higher baud-rate to maximize
capacity.
• WaveLogic Photonics, enabling a fixed or flexible grid Photonic layer.

— A flexible grid, reconfigurable Photonic layer provides the ability to
reroute channels of variable spectral occupancy across any path and
optical spectrum in the network.
— Flexible grid supports any combination of colorless, directionless, and
contentionless (CDC) flexibility.
• Efficient matching of client services to line capacity through the flexible

platform architectures of the 6500 and Waveserver platforms.
— 6500 and Waveserver platforms allow you to efficiently map a flexible
number of client signals to the variable line capacity.
On the software side, Liquid Spectrum includes:

• Ciena’s MCP to unify service and network management, control and
planning through a single interface.
The following Liquid Spectrum software applications are available from
MCP:
— Planning Tool Calibrator
— Channel Margin Gauge
— Wave-Line Synchronizer
— Bandwidth Optimizer
• Open Application Program Interfaces (API) and data models to allow for
better real-time network telemetry and measurement.

Introduction 5
Planning Tool Calibrator

The Planning Tool Calibrator helps to solve one of the problems of network
planning, inaccurate data, through the use of actual network data as input,
allowing you to:
• eliminate uncertainty in losses, resulting in better network stability and
availability
• remove excess loss, both in the network and in the modeling tool, resulting
in higher capacity and better network economics
Planning Tool Calibrator allows you to benefit from more accurate planning
using existing deployed hardware.
For more information, refer to Planning Tool Calibrator.
ATTENTION
The Planning Tool Calibrator application requires the MCP Plus license.
Channel Margin Gauge

Channel Margin Gauge displays real-time operating margin for services in a
network, helping to identify wavelengths that have more margin than they
require, and allowing you to turn this margin into capacity to support more
revenue generating services.
For more information, refer to Channel Margin Gauge.
ATTENTION
The Channel Margin Gauge application requires the MCP Plus license.
Wave-Line Synchronizer
The Wave-Line Synchronizer application synchronizes the settings between
interconnected modems and Photonic lines, accelerating service
provisioning, reducing manual provisioning steps, and eliminating associated
human errors.
For more information, refer to Wave-Line Synchronizer.

6 Introduction
Bandwidth Optimizer
The Bandwidth Optimizer application uses customer-defined service policies
to suggest the ideal capacity, hardware configuration, and spectral placement
for any channel, across any network path.
For more information, refer to Bandwidth Optimizer.
ATTENTION
The Bandwidth Optimizer application requires the MCP Plus license.
Key features
The following summarizes key features of the Liquid Spectrum solution.
• Uses advanced software applications to extract more value from deployed
network resources.
• Simplifies how optical networks are designed, built, and operated.
• Increases network efficiency by closely matching Layer 0 channel capacity
to available system margin.
• Introduces new levels of network visibility enabling optimal system
performance.

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CHAPTER 3
Planning Tool Calibrator
The Planning Tool Calibrator application helps to solve one of the problems of
network planning, inaccurate data, by using actual network data as input to
allow for more accurate planning results. Once equipment is deployed and
fibers are connected to the equipment, the Planning Tool Calibrator
application:
• determines actual fiber losses, reconciles the losses against planned
values, and uses the reconciled losses for future planning activities
• provides a list of fibers whose losses are higher than originally estimated
so that losses can be investigated and improved
• exports results to OnePlanner to enable more accurate wavelength
planning
Figure 2 Planning Tool Calibrator

8 Planning Tool Calibrator
Key features
The following summarizes the key features of the Planning Tool Calibrator
application.
• Provides measured fiber loss and plan reconciliation through the use of
actual network data.
• Captures data for determining fiber losses.
• Averages data over available time records.
• Provides filters to limit the list of fibers.
• Allows a planner to compare real-time data against reference data and
manually approve any updates to the fiber loss reference data set, that is,
reconcile the data.
• Provides flexibility in defining the reconciled loss for any fiber.
• Exports results from MCP to OnePlanner to increase accuracy of planning
cycle.
Fiber loss reconciliation allows you to display the measured and planned
characteristics for all deployed line fibers in the network.
MCP view
The Planning Tool Calibrator application is available within the Transport
infrastructure window.
From the MCP interface, select Network > Transport infrastructure to open
the Transport infrastructure window, then select the required OTS links to
retrieve a list of fibers. The list shows planned losses, measured losses, and
whether measured loss is outside the range of the planned value, including
margin. You can reconcile fiber loss manually by invoking an edit.
For details on using the Planning Tool Calibrator application, refer to MCP
documentation.
Note: The Planning Tool Calibrator application is only available with the
MCP Plus license. With the base license, you can retrieve a list of fibers
but cannot average losses or reconcile fiber losses.

Minimum supported releases

The following lists the minimum software releases that support Planning Tool
Calibrator:
• MCP Release 17.10
• 6500 Release 11.1
• Waveserver Release 1.5
• Waveserver Ai Release 1.0
• OnePlanner Release 5.5
Case example
The following example shows how the Planning Tool Calibrator can be used
in your network.
• From MCP, obtain a list of fibers, showing the fiber loss and planned loss
of each fiber in the network, and whether the loss is outside the planned
range.
Figure 3 Fiber list (note: partial screen output shown)
• If necessary, use the filtering or sorting capabilities to limit the display to

those fibers of interest. For instance, you can filter based on fiber loss
status or source, or planned loss status.

Figure 4 Fiber list filtered by planned loss status
• Edit the planned fiber loss for use in future network planning for selected
fibers.
Figure 5 Fiber selected for editing

• When editing the planned loss, you can:

— keep the current planned loss value
— use the measured loss
— offset from the measured loss
— manually set a loss value (for a single fiber)
Figure 6 Edit planned fiber loss for a single fiber
• Export reconciled losses to OnePlanner.

In OnePlanner, the Fiber Loss Reconciled column in the Fibers Grid
indicates whether the fiber loss has been reconciled with the measured
fiber loss using the Planning Tool Calibrator.


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CHAPTER 4
Channel Margin Gauge
The Channel Margin Gauge application displays real-time operating margin
for services in a network, allowing you to:
• identify channels where margins are lower than expected
• view channels that have excessive margin and potentially re-simulate
these paths at a new capacity, that is, upgrade these paths to a higher
transmission mode
Figure 7 Channel Margin Gauge
Key features
The following summarizes key features of the Channel Margin Gauge
application.
• Accesses and exposes actual performance signal-to-noise (SNR) margin,
using real-time data from the network, for deployed services.
• Extracts the current operating SNR margin for Optical Tributary Signal
(OTSi) Photonic services.
• Performs continuous time-series analysis with data smoothing and outlier
detection to determine the minimum expected margin or time-series lower
bound. The data is used to classify services into different bins (low, good,

14 Channel Margin Gauge
or upgrade candidate) based on their available SNR margin and

thresholds. Classification into the upgrade or low bins is performed only
after sufficient data is collected to allow confidence in the time-series
lower bound value.
• Displays SNR margin for WaveLogic 3 and WaveLogic Ai interfaces and
identifies services that could be upgraded to a higher transmission mode.
The application supports all WaveLogic 3 variants but only recommends
modulation upgrades from QPSK (100G) to 16QAM (200G), in order to
maintain alignment with other MCP management applications.
• Plots SNR margin data from the last seven days in a histogram view that
indicates whether the distribution is normal or tending closer to the
minimum/maximum threshold.
MCP view
The Channel Margin Gauge application is available within the Transport
services window. From the MCP interface, select Network > Transport
services.
Figure 8 Network > Transport services
For each OTSi service with a Photonic service class, SNR margin data is
displayed in a horizontal bar chart. If necessary, use the filtering or sorting
capabilities to limit the display to those services of interest. For instance, you
can filter based on the margin status, margin valid, or the planned viability
exceeded fields.
• The left edge of the bar indicates zero (0.0) SNR margin that aligns with
the modem’s signal fail threshold.
• The small line beyond the left edge of the bar indicates the signal’s
degrade threshold, beyond which a signal degrade alarm is raised for
modems.

• The dot on the bar indicates the time-series lower bound data point, which
is used to classify services into different bins.
• The right edge of the bar indicates 10.0 dB of SNR margin.
The bar is color-coded as follows:

• If the signal is in a good state, the bar is grey.
• If the signal is considered an upgrade candidate based on sufficient data
collection, the bar is green.
• If the SNR margin is low, the bar is red.
Figure 9 SNR margin details
From the list of OTSi services, you can select a service and click Details to
open a new window with the following additional details:
• Time-series analysis data
— Lower bound: used for upgrade/low bin classification
— Mean and upper bound: provided for information
• pre-FEC signal degrade threshold — a lower bound below this value
results in a low margin classification
• Upgrade threshold — a lower bound greater than this value indicates that
the service could be upgraded to the next higher transmission mode under
current line conditions (if applicable)
• Histogram of the last seven days of SNR values (if available)

Figure 10 OTSi channel margin details
In addition to the above, starting with MCP Release 18.06, the MCP
dashboard summarizes the state of Photonic services.
Figure 11 MCP dashboard with Channel Margin Gauge summary

For details on using the Channel Margin Gauge application, including

information on how to upgrade service capacity, refer to MCP documentation.
Note: The Channel Margin Gauge application is only available with the
MCP Plus license.

The following lists the minimum software releases that support the Channel
Margin Gauge application:
• 6500 Release 11.1


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CHAPTER 5
Wave-Line Synchronizer
The Wave-Line Synchronizer application synchronizes the settings between
interconnected modems and Photonic lines, accelerating service
provisioning, reducing manual provisioning steps, and eliminating associated
human errors. The Wave-Line Synchronizer application eliminates the Data
Communications Network (DCN) requirements required to run Service and
Photonic Layer Interoperability (SPLI) between transponders and Photonic
lines.
When the expected far-end address (FEA) is set on a 6500 CMD Tx

adjacency facility, the Wave-Line Synchronizer application discovers the
proper type of transmitter and autoprovisions basic configuration information,
such as the transmitter type, wavelength, nominal power, transmission mode
(for WaveLogic Ai interfaces), line system type, Tx blanking, wavelength
spacing, centering range, centering mode, and path dispersion. On RLS,
when the link between the CMD and transponder is provisioned, the Wave-
Line Synchronizer application starts synchronizing parameters between the
CMD and transponder.
Starting with MCP 3.0, upon a new install, the Wave-Line Synchronizer
application is disabled by default (since SPLI is always enabled and cannot
be disabled). On lower releases, the Wave-Line Synchronizer application is
always enabled.

20 Wave-Line Synchronizer
Figure 12 Wave-Line Synchronizer
Key features
The following summarizes key features of the Wave-Line Synchronizer
application.
• Synchronizes provisioning between transponders and 6500/RLS Photonic
lines. When the expected far-end address (FEA) is set on the 6500 CMD
Tx adjacency facility, or a link between the transponder and CMD on RLS
is provisioned, Wave-Line Synchronizer autoprovisions basic
configuration information on the transponder, including the wavelength,
frequency, Tx power, transmission mode (for WaveLogic Ai interfaces), Tx
blanking, line system type, wavelength spacing, centering range,
centering mode, and path dispersion.
• Supports Fixed and Flexible Grid networks.
• Supports configurations between 6500 or RLS Photonic lines and 6500,
WaveServer, or 5400 transponders.
• Starting with MCP 3.0, the Wave-Line Synchronizer application is disabled
by default and is enabled using the Configuration window. On lower
releases, the Wave-Line Synchronizer application is always enabled.

MCP view
Starting with MCP 3.0, the Wave-Line Synchronizer application is disabled by
default and can be enabled from the Configuration Window. From the MCP
interface, select System > Configuration. On lower releases, the Wave-Line
Synchronizer application is always enabled.
When enabled, and on the 6500 Photonic line, the Wave-Line Synchronizer
application is applied to Photonic services when the following conditions are
met:
• The expected far-end address (FEA) is set on the CMD port.
• The Auto Discovered (AUTODISC) parameter on the 6500 Photonic line is
set to Auto (this is the default setting).
• The Sync Provisioning (SYNCPROV) parameter on the 6500 Photonic line
is set to Auto (this is the default setting).
• A planned Photonic service exists on the 6500 and has allocated a CMD
port.
• The modulation is set, for WaveLogic 3 interfaces.
When enabled, and on the RLS Photonic line, the Wave-Line Synchronizer
application is applied to Photonic services when the following condition is met:
• A link is created between the transponder and CMD port.

22 Wave-Line Synchronizer
When the above conditions are met, Wave-Line Synchronizer autoprovisions

the following.
• On the 6500 CMD: Tx Type, transmission mode, minimum transponder
power, and maximum transponder power
• On the RLS CMD: tx-proxy state, transmission mode, minimum
transponder power, and maximum transponder power
• On the transponder: wavelength, frequency, Tx power, transmission mode
(for WaveLogic Ai interfaces), Tx blanking, line system type, laser
centering range, laser centering mode, wavelength spacing, and path
dispersion
For information on provisioning Photonic services, refer to MCP

documentation.

The following lists the minimum software releases that support the Wave-Line
Synchronizer application:
• 6500 S-Series Release 11.1
• 6500 T-Series Release 12.0
• RLS Release 1.1
• 5400 Release 4.3
Note 1: Flexible Grid networks are supported starting with MCP Release
18.06.
Note 2: 5400 is supported starting with MCP Release 3.0.
Note 3: RLS is supported starting with MCP Release 4.2.

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CHAPTER 6
Bandwidth Optimizer
The Bandwidth Optimizer application enables long-term bandwidth and
capacity planning for a network and improves spectrum utilization. For a
single source and destination, the application uses customer-defined service
policies to suggest the ideal capacity, hardware configuration, and spectral
placement for any channel, across any network path. The Bandwidth
Optimizer application automates spectral assignment and the selection of
modulation formats, enabling the minimum set of equipment required to
guarantee performance.
The Bandwidth Optimizer application supports configurations where all

channels are co-routed, grouped in the same sub-network connection group
(SNCG), and use the same Regen location.
Figure 13 Bandwidth Optimizer

24 Bandwidth Optimizer
Key features
The following summarizes key features of the Bandwidth Optimizer
application:
• Takes as user input the capacity demand between a single source and
destination and outputs several viable route options with available
transponders. Each option includes the maximum available capacity for
the route, the number of modems required, the capacity per modem, and
the spectral efficiency.
• Allows the user to select an option to deploy or to commit an option for
future deployment.
MCP view
The Bandwidth Optimizer application is available when creating a Photonic
service.
If you have the MCP Plus license, during creation of the service, an additional
option is available to specify the total capacity (multiple services can be
created).
By default, the system is set to maximize the capacity per modem; however,
you can manually specify a value in 100 Gb/s increments.
Based on the options selected for the service, MCP outputs several viable
route options. Each option includes the maximum available capacity for the
route, the number of modems required, the capacity per modem, and the
spectral efficiency. Routes are listed according to their maximum spectral
efficiency.
Refer to the following figures for examples.
Figure 14 Entering the endpoints for the Photonic service

Figure 15 Defining capacity
Figure 16 Available route options
Consider the following:

• If capacity demand exceeds the available bandwidth or there are no viable
routes, MCP fails the request.
• All channels are co-routed and grouped in the same sub-network
connection group (SNCG) if possible.
• The application supports a single transmission mode per modem for a
given capacity request.
To create a Photonic service, select Network > Transport services from the
MCP interface. For details, refer to MCP documentation.

The following lists the minimum software releases that support the Bandwidth
Optimizer application:
• 6500 Release 11.1

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CHAPTER 7
List of terms
ADJ
Adjacency
API
application program interface
CDC
colorless, directionless, and contentionless
BER
bit error ratio
DCN
data communications network
FEC
forward error correction
MCP
Manage, Control and Plan
OTSi
Optical Tributary Signal
Pre-FEC BER
The estimated BER before FEC attempts to fix errored bits
PM
performance monitoring
ROADM
reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer
SNC
sub-network connection

28 List of terms
SNCG
sub-network connection group
SNR
signal to noise ratio
SPLI
Service and Photonic Layer Interoperability

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6500 / RLS / Waveserver / Waveserver Ai Liquid Spectrum

6500 / RLS / Waveserver / Waveserver Ai Liquid Spectrum

6500 / RLS / Waveserver / Waveserver Ai Liquid Spectrum

6500 / RLS / Waveserver / Waveserver Ai Liquid Spectrum

6500 / RLS / Waveserver / Waveserver Ai Liquid Spectrum

Liquid Spectrum combines Ciena’s programmable hardware with advanced

Liquid Spectrum applications allow you to

Note: Liquid Restoration and Photonic Performance Gauge will be

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Liquid Spectrum components

• WaveLogic Photonics, enabling a fixed or flexible grid Photonic layer.

• Efficient matching of client services to line capacity through the flexible

On the software side, Liquid Spectrum includes:

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Planning Tool Calibrator

For more information, refer to Planning Tool Calibrator.

Channel Margin Gauge

For more information, refer to Channel Margin Gauge.

For more information, refer to Wave-Line Synchronizer.

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For more information, refer to Bandwidth Optimizer.

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• If necessary, use the filtering or sorting capabilities to limit the display to

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Figure 4 Fiber list filtered by planned loss status

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• When editing the planned loss, you can:

• Export reconciled losses to OnePlanner.

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or upgrade candidate) based on their available SNR margin and

Figure 8 Network > Transport services

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The bar is color-coded as follows:

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Figure 10 OTSi channel margin details

Figure 11 MCP dashboard with Channel Margin Gauge summary

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For details on using the Channel Margin Gauge application, including

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When the expected far-end address (FEA) is set on a 6500 CMD Tx

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Figure 12 Wave-Line Synchronizer

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When the above conditions are met, Wave-Line Synchronizer autoprovisions

For information on provisioning Photonic services, refer to MCP

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