From MPLS to GMPLS:

Adopting an evolution approach to Intelligent Core Networking

Mark.Vanderhaegen@alcatel.com SEEREN Training Workshop Thessaloniki, 19 February 2003

Introduction Sound business .......Network Challenges

1980s Voice 1990s

Services

Mobile Services
2000s Broadband

Services New Differentiated Services Unit Cost Leadership Time to market

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Introduction Traditional Network Architecture

SML SML SML SML Leased Lines
IP Services : High Investment/ Marginal Profit

Internet Layer 3 NML EML IP router

VPN FR switch

Voice

Legacy Services : Sound Revenues/ Operational Cost

Layer 2

Voice exchange ATM switch ATM switch

Packet Unfriendly Transmission Layer

Layer 1

NML EML

TDM transport SONET/SDH Digital ADM and DCS

Cumbersome Service Provisioning

Layer 0

NML EML

DWDM terminal multiplexers

NML: Network Management Layer

Fragmented Network Management

SML: Service Management Layer

EML: Element Management Layer

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Introduction Future Proven Architecture

SML SML SML SML Leased Lines Voice
Convergence on Enhanced IP layer

Internet

VPN

Voice

Service Layer

NML EML

Business Enhanced Routing Platform

IP/MPLS

IP

FR

Consolidation on Mediating ATM layer

Multiservice Switching Platform IP, MPLS, DiffServ ATM, MPLS, IP GMPLS Control Plane

Managed Optical Transport Layer

Transport Layer

TDM transport NML EML

TDM

Intelligent Optical Networking

Optical cross connects Optical add drop multiplexers DWDM terminal multiplexers

Fragmented Integrated Service / Network Network Management Management

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Intelligent Optical Networking

Key Concepts

Intelligent Optical Networking A New Networking Paradigm

Traditional Provisioning

Optical Internetworking

IP network using MPLS-TE Optical circuits controlled by TMN no co-ordination between IP and Optical domain Evolution of transmission networks in a way that is beneficial to the creation and provisioning of services Automatically controlled transport networks New role for transport management Distributed connection control model
ADM DWDM Mux/Demux SONET DWDM

IP TE

OXC with embedded routers

Intelligent Optical Networking

setup request GMPLS or O-UNI OXC OADM Switching Protection

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Intelligent Optical Networking Value Proposition

Enhanced Bandwidth Brokering Automated Provisioning Simplified Operations Unified Provisioning (Multitechnology) Differentiated Circuit O-VPN

G-MPLS Value Proposition

Standardized Way to Handle Connections Network Consolidation Cross-Domain TE Cross-Domain Protection/ Restoration

New Services O-SLA

Instant Circuit: Bandwidth on Demand

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Intelligent Optical Networking Control plane requirements

It should be sufficiently flexible to accommodate different service models, depending on the service provider business model

Peer and Overlay (hybrid) instead of Peer-vs-Overlay Parallel evolution of UNI and peer operation standards

It should be applicable to all circuit switched networks, e.g. OTN, SONET/SDH, and PDH It should support legacy services and multiple client types (IP, ATM, ) It should facilitate network interoperation and integration between networks with different data plane technologies A consensus has emerged in the industry on utilizing IP-based protocols for the optical control plane.

signaling and routing mechanisms developed for IP traffic engineering applications could be adapted to support provisioning and restoration of lightpaths in optical networks. Leverages operational experience with MPLS-TE
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Intelligent Optical Networking MPLS Evolving

Current: > Service enabling the edge IP-VPN L2 VPN > Business enabling the core MPLS-enhanced network resilience MPLS-enhanced QoS > Infrastructural optimization traffic engineering hierarchical core design Past: > Enhance forwarding performance of router networks

1999 Enhanced Network Resilience

1998 Traffic Engineering Virtual Private Networks

1996-1997 Forwarding Performance

MPLS Standardization Activities

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Intelligent Optical Networking MPLS Evolving GMPLS Promising

Future: Network Convergence > Convergence of data and IP > Data/transport interworking with GMPLS Current: > Service enabling the edge IP-VPN L2 VPN > Business enabling the core MPLS-enhanced network resilience MPLS-enhanced QoS > Infrastructural optimization traffic engineering hierarchical core design Past: > Enhance forwarding performance of router networks
2000-. Unified Control Plane for Non-Packet and Packet Networks

1999 Enhanced Network Resilience

1998 Traffic Engineering Virtual Private Networks

1996-1997 Forwarding Performance

MPLS Standardization Activities

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Intelligent Optical Networking GMPLS Control Plane

Based on extensions to well-known IETF signaling and routing protocols Based on TE extensions to MPLS

GMPLS extends IGP routing protocols that were already extended for TE

extended to disseminate non-Packet Switch static and dynamic characteristics e.g., link descriptor (encoding and transmission rate), available and reservable bandwidth, protection and restoration related characteristics (link protection type, SRLG), Proprietary algorithms for distributed and centralized computation Is essentially a constraint-based routing problem

Path computation

GMPLS extends RSVP-TE and CR-LDP

Introducing the new LMP protocol

IP Control Channel configuration and maintenance Neighbour discovery

Link Verification (incorrect wiring detection) Link Property Correlation (Link bundling - TE Link)

Fault Management Service Discovery

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Intelligent Optical Networking G-LSP establishment

PATH/Label request message

Generalized label request

LSP encoding type (e.g., SONET, SDH, ) Payload type (client layer) Requested local protection on each link (1+1, 1:N) requested concatenation and transparency (only for SONET/SDH) may be completed by first optical node (e.g., Overlay model) extended to support unnumbered interfaces and labels as abstract nodes

ERO object

Requested bandwidth Upstream label

Only in case of a bi-directional LSP establishment

Suggested label / label set restrictions

Generalized label object
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RESV/Label mapping message

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Intelligent Optical Networking GMPLS The Standard Story

ITU-T IETF - MPLS/CCAMP MPLS
CR-LDP IGP-TE (Area) RSVP-TE

Optical MPS SDH,G.709,etc. OIF LMP

GMPLS CR-LDP

1998-2001

GMPLS Phase 1 G.ason

OIF UNI-1 OIF NNI OIF UNI-2 G.7712 G.7713 G.7714 G.7715 G.7716 G.7717

GMPLS IGP-TE (Area) GMPLS RSVP-TE

GMPLS P&R (protection)

GMPLS Phase 2

GMPLS IGP-TE (Multi)

2002-2004

Alcatel Involvement : Trying to align everything

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Intelligent Optical Networking

Alcatels Evolutionary Approach
Data Management Alcatel 5620
O-UNI

GMPLS Proxy and Management

DWDM and Optical Transport and Systems Alcatel Alcatel 1355 BOND No. 1 Worldwide
Alcatel 1354 TM
O-NNI

Alcatel 7770 OBX

Vendor B

Non-GMPLS Subnet
Alcatel LambdaGate
O-UNI

GMPLS
Alcatel LambdaGate
O-NNI

O-UNI

Alcatel LambdaGate

O-UNI

O-UNI

Vendor A

Alcatel 7670 RSP

Alcatel 7670 RSP

Alcatel 7770 OBX

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Business Enhanced IP Services Layer

Key Concepts

Business Enhanced IP Services Layer A New Networking Paradigm

Managed optical internetworking

Automated and fast provisioning Cross layer traffic engineering Coordinated protection and recovery

> >

IP V6 Enabled

Dual stack IPv4/IPv6 Tunneling of IPv6 over IPv4 network

Smart investing
Scalable and Flexible Platform Scalable Performance Scalable Links

Local IPv6 network wide-area IPv4 network IPv6 network (e.g. 6Bone) Local IPv6 network IPv4 Internet

Proven carrier grade networking

Redundant Hardware Architected Modular Software with ACEIS TM High availability routing

Local IPv6 network

wide-area IPv6 network

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Business Enhanced IP Services Layer Value Proposition

Multimedia Web Hosting E-Mail Whats Next? TeleChoice quote: Although IP services have been a high-growth area for most service providers, IP service businesses are almost universally operated at a loss. The problem has been compounded with increasing broadband adoption, with broadband users representing exponential increases in IP traffic load without representing corresponding increases in revenue.

Connectivity: Creation of the Internet Focus On Global Coverage Focus on Capacity

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Profitability?

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Business Enhanced IP Services Layer Control plane requirements

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Routing problems are well understood Unreliable control protocol is the most important and least resilient for IP routing lots of FUD high availability, hot/warm standby, GR, etc. (FUD = Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) Failures not isolated to the node requires long distance restoration, not local IP control complexes designed to recover from, not prevent failure Perception that reliability is expensive can achieve significant CAPEX reduction over todays model dual router solution has proliferated because of inherent unreliability
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Business Enhanced IP Services Layer Non Stop Routing

>
Alcatel gets serious about IP

Routing problems are well understood Unreliable Alcatel to smooth out IP network delays control protocol is the most important and least resilient for IP routing lots of FUD high availability, hot/warm standby, GR, etc. Failures not isolated to the node requires long distance restoration, not local IP control complexes designed to recover from, not prevent failure

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Perception that reliability is expensive can achieve significant CAPEX reduction over todays model Alcatel Un-Veils non-stop Alcatel Unveils New Routing Technology Routing Architecture dual router solution has proliferated because of inherant unreliability
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Business Enhanced IP Services Layer Alcatels Evolutionary Approach

> > >

One architecture One hardware One software

Line

Tier 1 Operator Core PoP Up to 2 Tb/s

Line

Line Line Line Switch

Line
Small Core PoP High Speed Edge 120 Gb/s per shelf

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Conclusions Sound business .......Network Challenges and Solutions for the

1980s Voice 1990s

Services

Mobile Services
2000s Broadband

Services New Differentiated Services Carrier-grade Business Services Unit Cost Leadership Smart and Scalable Investment Time to market Fast and Automated Provisioning
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