IP NGN Carrier

Ethernet Overview

Mohammed Elkomy
SP Systems Engineer, Cisco

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 Agenda

ƒ IP NGN Carrier Ethernet Architecture Overview

ƒ Next Generation Carrier Ethernet Technologies
ƒ Ethernet Access Terminology and Services
ƒ Ethernet Transport over MPLS
ƒ Ethernet OAM

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 IP NGN Carrier
Ethernet Architecture

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 IP NGN Carrier Ethernet Design
Presence- IP
Video and Web Mobile
Data Center Based Contact
Gaming Services Apps
Application Telephony Center
Layer

Self Identity Policy Billing

Framework

Operational
Cisco Service
Architectural for User and

Layer
Service Service
Framework and Application-
Layer Exchange
Based
Functionality Framework
Control

Customer Access/ Intelligent Multiservice

Network Element Aggregation Edge Core
Layer
Carrier Ethernet
IP NGN
Network Layer VoD BNG DPI Billing
Physical
Instantiation Agg
Dist
Node Location
Node
Server
NMS
MSE
Access Aggregation Edge Core OSS/BSS

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 Next Generation Carrier
Ethernet Technologies

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 IPNGN Carrier Ethernet
Technology Overview
ƒ Multiple AAA DHCP, DNS EMS NMS Service and Performance Mgmt
Portal tree
spanning
ƒ Resilient
Ethernet protocol OAM Subsystem
ƒ Flexible service mapping
Business Access ƒ Carrier
Ethernet virtual Aggregation ƒ L2 transport
Ethernet Edge over MPLS Multiservice Core

)
oA
Corporate Ethernet ƒ VPLS

(C
connection infrastructure
Node

US
ƒ Security Aggregation
features ƒ Carrier Ethernet

DI
Node

RA
Residential
Standardisation
ƒ IP Unicast/Multicast VoD TV SIP
Distribution
STB Aggregation Node Content Network
Node BNG

Business
Aggregation Network Core Network
Corporate 2G/3G Node MPLS/IP Distribution Core IP / MPLS
Node
ƒ Ethernet adaptation
Residential
to MPLS and IP Content Network
DSL
Node ƒ Interworking VPLS
Aggregation
Node with MST/REP BNG
STB VoD TV SIP
ƒ Ethernet/MPLS OAM
Aggregation
Node
Business PON Node
Corporate
ƒ IPoDWDM integration

Residential
IPoDWDM
Optical Network
STB

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 Carrier Ethernet Cooks—
Who Does What?
Focus on the User-Perspective: Ethernet Services, UNI,
Traffic Engineering, E-LMI…
Building Ethernet-Access (and Beyond) Networks: Provider Bridges
802.1ad; Connectivity Management—OAM: 802.1ag, 802.1ah
Backbone Bridges, 802.1ak Multiple Registration Protocol, 802.1aj
Media Converters, 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging, etc.
L2VPN, PWE3 WG—Building the Network Core: VPWS, VPLS
SG15/Q12, SG13/Q3; Architecture of Ethernet Layer Networks,
Services etc.—from a Transport Perspective. E2E OAM
Ethernet to Frame-Relay/ATM Service Interworking
DSL/FttX/Broadband-Related Architecture and Transport Aspects
(TR-101), BRAS/BNG Requirements, Ethernet Aggregation/TR-59
Evolution, Subscriber Session Handling, IPv6, Connected Home…

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 Ethernet Access
Metro Ethernet Forum Services

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 MEF Concepts and Terminology
Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC)
CE CE CE
UNI UNI UNI

Point-to-Point Multipoint-to-Multipoint Rooted-Multipoint

UNI UNI
CE UNI CE UNI CE UNI
UNI
CE CE CE

ƒ Ethernet virtual connection

ƒ Conceptual visualization of an Ethernet service (business or
infrastructure service)
ƒ An association of two or more UNIs
ƒ Three types:
Point-to-point EVC (e-line)
Multipoint-to-multipoint EVC (e-LAN)
Rooted-multipoint EVC (e-tree)
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 MEF Concepts and Terminology
UNI Attributes
CE CE
All CE
CE-VLAN UNI UNI
subset CE- UNI
VLANs

UNI UNI
UNI UNI UNI
UNI
CE All-to-One CE Service CE
Bundling Bundling Multiplexing

ƒ Bundling: more than one CE-VLAN on a UNI mapped to an EVC

Selective double-tagging/QinQ
ƒ All-to-one bundling: all CE-VLANs on a UNI mapped to a
single EVC
Double-tagging/QinQ
ƒ Service multiplexing: support multiple EVCs over a UNI.
EVC selection is based on CE-VLAN value

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 Ethernet Transport
Carrier Ethernet Standards
Ethernet Transport over MPLS

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 L2 MPLS Transport
ƒ Two technologies for L2 transport over MPLS:
Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS)
Used for L2 point-to-point link over MPLS cloud
No MAC learning involved
Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS)
Used for multipoint L2 connections
Collection of pseudowires tied together by a Virtual Forwarding
Interface (VFI)
MAC addresses learned on VFI
Traffic forwarding based on destination MAC addresses
H-VPLS, an extension of VPLS
ƒ Can co-exist with L3VPNs (MPLS-VPNs/RFC2547bis)
ƒ Both L2 and L3 VPNs can leverage traffic engineering with
Fast Reroute (TE-FRR)
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 EoMPLS Overview
Tunnel VC Ethernet
Label Label PDU

Ethernet
Pseudowire Ethernet
PDU PDU
MPLS
Attachment Circuit Attachment Circuit
LDP LDP
P P
Aggregation Aggregation
Node Node Access Node
Access Node
FTTB CPE Targeted LDP FTTB CPE

ƒ MPLS in the aggregation network and core

ƒ Targeted LDP session between PEs to exchange VC label
ƒ Tunnel label is used to forward packet from PE to PE
ƒ VC label is used to identify L2VPN circuit
ƒ Attachment Circuit (AC) can be port-based or VLAN-based
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 MPLS TE Fast Re-Route (FRR)
ƒ Subsecond recovery
IP/MPLS against node/link failures
R1
ƒ Scalable 1:N protection
R8
ƒ Greater protection
R2 granularity
ƒ Cost-effective alternative
to optical protection
ƒ Bandwidth protection

Primary TE LSP

Backup TE LSP

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 VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Services)
MPLS
Access Aggregation Aggregation Access
Node Core Node
Node Node
VFI VFI

Attachment Virtual
Circuit VFI Aggregation Forwarding
Ethernet Port Node Instance
or VLAN

Eompls Virtual Circuit

(Pseudowire)

ƒ Attachment Circuit (AC)—connection to aggregation using an

Ethernet VLAN
ƒ Virtual Circuit (Pseudowire)—EoMPLS tunnel between PEs using a
full mesh
ƒ Virtual Forwarding Instance (VFI)—A virtual L2 bridge instance that
connects ACs to VCs (PWs); VFI=VLAN=broadcast domain

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 VPLS Traffic Forwarding Example
Site B
Data
Data SRC:
SRC: B
A DST:
DST: A
B Data SRC: B
A A
DST: B
Site A
Data SRC: B
A DST: A
B
B1

B2
Data SRC: A DST: B

Src MAC Interface

A LAN Port Data SRC: A DST: B

B VPLS B1

ƒ Initial traffic across all pseudowires; MAC address learned

ƒ Traffic sent to relevant pseudowires
ƒ On N-PE failure, pseudowires goes down, MACs flushed
ƒ MAC learning process again

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 How to Build the Ethernet Multipoint/
Multi-Edge Architecture? VPLS or…
IP Edge
EoMPLS PW

PW Bridge
Aggregation Node

ƒ VPLS = LAN emulation ƒ EoMPLS Pseudowire (PW)

ƒ Smells like a LAN, but is not serving as virtual bridge trunk
a LAN into a 802.1ad Bridge Domain
ƒ H-VPLS is just a scaling option, (BD)
retains full-mesh notion ƒ Idea divorces transport
protocols from service instance
identifier
ƒ Combining 802.1ah (PBB) with
MPLS pseudowires a future
option to scale the amount of
service instances
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 Next-Generation
Transport Requirements
Portal Subscriber Address Policy Carrier Carrier
Monitoring Billing Database Identity Services
Mgmt Definition Presence
Ethernet Mediation
Ethernet
Cost
IP/MPLS P2P
Residential Pt2Pt Yes Yes
Ethernet/
Policy Plane (per Subscriber)
Carrier
L2VPN/
Pt2MPt Yes No
AG Ethernet
Transport
Access Aggregation L3 Services
IP/MPLS
Service Edge
MPt2MPt Yes L3 Core
No
P2P Carr Eth
Business ATM Yes No
CPE Legacy
F/R Yes No
DSL/ P2P Single P2P and Services
NGN
Corporate
PON CableEthernetTier Multipoint TransportTDM Yes No
Hub and
Spoke
Ethernet + Broadcast
L3VPN Yes No
Mobile Ethernet
P2P or Ring +P2MP, IP TV, VoD, IP
FR/ATM Transport MP2MP Biz VPN, Unicast Yes No
Services
Only Services ATM/FR/TDM
E1/ATM Multicast Yes No

Ethernet Legacy Services NGN Application Others

QoS, OAM&P,
Point-to-Point ATM Efficient IP Multicast
TE, and Recovery
Point-to-MP Frame Relay Efficient VoD Delivery
Fast/Zero-Touch
Multipoint TDM Call Admission Control Provisioning

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 IP/MPLS Optical Integration—IPoDWDM
Working Switchover Protected Working Protect
Path Lost Data Path Path Path

SR LOF Near-Hitless
Port BER WDM Switch

BER
on Port
Router on
Router
FEC
Corrected Bits

Corrected Bits
FEC Limit FEC Limit
Trans-
ponder
Protection
FEC Trigger
Optical Impairments Optical Impairments
WDM WDM
Standard Protection Proactive Protection
pre-FEC FRR Fault Packet Loss (ms)
Highest Lowest Average
IP/Optical
Yes Integration Optical-Switch
Enables the Capability: 11.50 11.18 11.37
Yes Noise-Injection 0.02 0.00 0.00
ƒ To identify degraded link using optical data (per-FEC BER)
Yes Fibre-Pull 11.05 0.00 3.23
Yes PMD-Injection 0.08 0.00 0.02
ƒ Start protection (i.e., by signaling to the IGP) before traffic starts
No Optical-Switch 11.47 11.54 11.37
failing, achieving hitless protection in many cases
No Noise-Injection 7404.00 1193.00 4305.00
No Fibre-Pull 28.81 18.52 21.86
No PMD-Injection 129.62 122.51 125.90
MPLS FRR, IP FRR, IS-IS Fast Convergence: All Achieve Near Zero Outage for Slow Failures
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 Drivers for Ethernet OAM

ƒ OAM benchmarks
Set by TDM and existing WAN technologies

ƒ Operational efficiency
Reduce OPEX, avoid truck-rolls
Downtime cost

ƒ Management complexity
Large span networks
Multiple constituent networks belong to disparate
organizations/companies

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 Ethernet OAM
Building Blocks

Performance Fault
Performance Fault
Management Management
Management Management

Performance
Performance
Performance Fault
Performance
Management Fault
Management
Management
Management
Management
Management

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Configuration
Management

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Management
Management

Configuration
Configuration
Management
Management

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 Ethernet OAM
Building Blocks
ƒ IEEE 802.1ag
Connectivity Fault Management (CFM)
Also referred as service OAM

ƒ IEEE 802.3ah
ƒ Ethernet link OAM
Also referred as 802.3 OAM, link OAM, or Ethernet in the
First Mile (EFM) OAM

ƒ ITU-T Y.1731
OAM functions and mechanisms for Ethernet-based networks

ƒ MEF E-LMI
Ethernet local-management interface
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 Cisco Carrier Ethernet OAM
Protocol Positioning
Connectivity
Customer Access
E-LMI Core FaultAccess
Management Customer

Business Business
Backbone Backbone
Bridges Bridges
Provider Provider
Bridges Bridges

Residential MPLS Residential

OAM
Ethernet IP/MPLS
Link OAM

UNI NNI NNI NNI UNI

ƒ E-LMI—User to Network Interface (UNI)
ƒ Link OAM—any point-point 802.3 link
ƒ CFM—end-to-end UNI to UNI
ƒ MPLS OAM—within MPLS cloud
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 Carrier Ethernet Services

Ethernet Private Line (EPL)

ƒ Replaces a TDM private line Ethernet Private LAN (EP-LAN)
ƒ Dedicated UNIs for point-to-point connections ƒ Supports dedicated UNIs
ƒ Single Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) per UNI ƒ Supports transparent LAN services
ƒ The most popular Ethernet service due to its simplicity ƒ Supports multipoint Layer 2 VPNs

E-LINE Services E-LAN Services

Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL)

ƒ Replaces Frame Relay or ATM services
ƒ Supports service multiplexed UNIs (i.e., multiple
EVCs per UNI) Ethernet Virtual Private LAN (EVP-LAN)
ƒ Allows single physical connection (UNI) to customer ƒ Supports service-multiplexed UNIs
premise equipment for multiple virtual connections ƒ Supports multipoint Layer 2 VPNs
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 Ethernet Virtual Private Line (EVPL)
ƒ VLAN-based service
ƒ MEF Ethernet virtual MEF—EVPL
private line
ƒ MEF service attributes: UNI
UNI
Service multiplexing
Optional CE-VLAN CEN
ID preservation

ƒ Can be supported using DSL,

Ethernet and WiMAX access
ƒ Sample SP offerings: UNI

Branch office VPN

L3 VPN access
Internet access

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 Ethernet Private Line (EPL)
ƒ Port-based service
ƒ 802.1Q tunneling UNI
MEF—EPL
ƒ Control protocol tunneling
ƒ MEF service attributes:
UNI
No service multiplexing UNI
All-to-one bundling
CEN
CE-VLAN ID preservation
ƒ High degree of transparency
ƒ Supported with
Ethernet access
UNI
ƒ Sample SP offerings:
Data center
Business connectivity
Network consolidation

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 Ethernet Virtual Private LAN (EVPLAN)
ƒ Multipoint-to-multipoint
(e-LAN)
MEF—ELAN
ƒ VLAN-based service
ƒ MEF service attributes:
Service multiplexing
Optional CE-VLAN CEN
ID preservation

ƒ Can be supported using DSL,

Ethernet and WiMAX access
ƒ Sample SP offerings
MP branch office L2VPN
Concurrent IP VPN access
Disaster recovery

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 Ethernet Private LAN (EPLAN)
ƒ Port-based service
ƒ 802.1Q tunneling UNI
MEF—ELAN
ƒ Layer 2 protocol tunneling
ƒ MEF service attributes: UNI
UNI
No service multiplexing
All-to-one bundling CEN
CE-VLAN ID preservation
ƒ High degree of transparency
ƒ Can be supported only
with Ethernet access UNI

ƒ Sample SP offerings:
Campus LAN extension
Data center disaster recovery

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 Q and A

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 Thank You!

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