This reports the total received optical power at the OTS (optical line/section) level -- the combined power of every wavelength multiplexed onto this fiber, not just one channel. Because this reading is a cumulative, non-resettable running figure tracked only from a single start reference rather than any fixed bin, this line-wide aggregation is what makes the value move when an amplifier, a whole fiber span, or a large group of channels is affected, which is how you distinguish a line-wide problem from a single-wavelength one. For example, a total OTS receive power that drops several dB while individual OCh readings on this line stay proportionally similar points to an EDFA or fiber-span issue upstream of the whole multiplex, not one transponder, accumulated since this row's single start reference, with no periodic reset.