OTA058001 ASON Features and Application Introduction

ISSUE 1.0

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Objectives
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Understand the standards of ASON Grasp the structure of ASON Grasp the networking characters of ASON Grasp the service characters of ASON

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Chapter1 Background of ASON

Demand Technology Development

Chapter2 System Structure of ASON Chapter3 Networking Character of ASON Chapter4 Service Character of ASON

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Challenges Traditional ON Facing

NML Center Sub-network

DCN

Sub-network

iManager T2000
ADM

DXC

Too many layers for NMS and ON (Optical Network) Networking expansibility End to end service configuration and protection Real-time management function is poor

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Demand of Service

Data

Data Voice

Voice

Broadband data service and leased line service are increasing rapidly and the capacity of network is getting larger.

Data service has the paroxysmal attribute.

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Demand Catalyze New Form of ON

Expansibility of network Flexible service grooming Reduction of operation cost Real-time network management Rapid service supply Bursting data service Increasable service supply
ASONAutomatic Switching Optical Network

ASON ASON

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Chapter1 Background of ASON

Demand Technology Development

Chapter2 System Structure of ASON Chapter3 Networking Character of ASON Chapter4 Service Character of ASON

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Technology Development of ASON

MPLS: (Multi-Protocol Label Switch)
At 1996IETF brought the suggestion of MPLS forward. MPLS protocol can provide the package flow control function called Traffic Engineering to the data network.

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Technology Development of ASON

GMPLS, Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching

The GMPLS was brought forward by IETF at 2000. Compared with MPLS, GMPLS has been improved further: (1Generalization of label mapping (2Bidirectional transportation (3Enhanced signaling ability (4Integrated routing ability

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ASON Standard Bodies

Built the Forum for ITU-T and IETFhad finished UNI1.0,studying UNI2.0, E-NNI

From bottom to top, invent GMPLS protocoland finished RSVPTE,CR-LDP,LMP,OSPF-TE,IS-IS

From top to bottom, focus on network mode and framework, draw up ASON/ASTN.

IETF: Internet Engineering Task Force OIF: Optical Internetworking Forum ITU: International Telecommunication Union
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ITU-T ASON Framework

G.807 G.807
General requirement

G.8080 G.8080

Network framework

G.7712 G.7712
DCN

G.7713 G.7713
Call connection management

G.7714 G.7714
Automatic discovery

G.7715 G.7715
Routing

G.7716 G.7716

G.7717 G.7717

Link management Connection probative control

G.7713.1 G.7713.1
PNNI

G.7713.2 G.7713.2
GMPLS RSVP-TE

G.7713.3 G.7713.3
GMPLS CR-LDP

G.7714.1 G.7714.1
Automatic discovery protocol base on SDH/OTN

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ITU-T ASON Recommendations

Rec. No.
G.7712 G.7713 G.7713.1 G.7713.2 G.7713.3 G.7714 G.7714.1 G.7715 G.7715.1 G.7716 G.7718 G.7718.1 G.8080

Title
Architecture and Specification of Data Communications Network Distributed Call and Connection Management (DCM) DCM - PNNI Implementation DCM - RSVP-TE Implementation DCM - CR-LDP Implementation Generalized automatic discovery techniques Protocol for automatic discovery in SDH and OTN networks Architecture and Requirements for Routing in the Automatic Switched Optical Networks ASON routing architecture and requirements for link state protocols Control plane initial establishment, reconfiguration, and recovery Framework for ASON Management Protocol neutral Information Model for ASON Management Architecture for the automatically switched optical network

Next Ver.
4Q 2006 05/2005 02/2006 02/2006 02/2006 05/2005 02/2006 02/2006 4Q 2006 02/2006 02/2006 05/2005 02/2006

Last Ver.
3/2003 12/2001 3/2003 3/2003 3/2003 11/2001 4/2003 6/2002 2/2004 N 12/2004 N 11/2001

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IETF GMPLS Framework

Signaling RFC 3471 (GMPLS) RFC 3471 (GMPLS) Signaling Functional Signaling Functional Description Description RFC3472 (GMPLS) RFC3472 (GMPLS) (CR-LDP) Extensions (CR-LDP) Extensions

Draft-IETF-CCAMP-LMP Draft-IETF-CCAMP-LMP Link management

RFC3473 (GMPLS) RFC3473 (GMPLS) (RSVP-TE) Extensions (RSVP-TE) Extensions

Draft-IETF-CCAMPDraft-IETF-CCAMPGMPLS-Architecture GMPLS-Architecture
GMPLS Framework

Draft-IETF-CCAMPDraft-IETF-CCAMPLMP-WDM LMP-WDM

Draft-IETF-CCAMPDraft-IETF-CCAMPGMPLS-Routing GMPLS-Routing Routing Draft-IETF-CCAMPDraft-IETF-CCAMPOSPF-GMPLSOSPF-GMPLSExtensions Extensions Draft-IETF-CCAMPDraft-IETF-CCAMPGMPLS-SONET-SDH GMPLS-SONET-SDH

SDH/SONET Support

Draft-IETF-CCAMPDraft-IETF-CCAMPSDH/SONET-Control SDH/SONET-Control

Draft-IETF-CCAMPDraft-IETF-CCAMPGMPLS-SONET-SDHGMPLS-SONET-SDHExtensions Extensions

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OIF Framework
UNI Requirement ENNI Requirement

OIF2000.155 OIF2000.155

OIF2002.229 OIF2002.229

OIF2000.125.07 OIF2000.125.07 UNI 1.0 OIF2003.248 OIF2003.248 UNI 1.0T2 OIF2003.293 OIF2003.293 UNI 2.0

OIF2003.179 OIF2003.179 ENNI 1.0 signaling regulation

OIF2002.378 OIF2002.378 ENNI 1.0 layer routing

OIF2002.023 OIF2002.023 Base on OSPF layer routing DDRP

OIF2002.163 OIF2002.163 Base on ISIS layer routing

Huawei had participated in interconnect test of UNI 1.0 from OIF organization Huawei is participating in the research for cross-domain multi-layer routing

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Chapter1 Background of ASON Chapter2 System Structure of ASON

ASON System Structure ASON Protocol Structure

Chapter3 Networking Character of ASON Chapter4 Service Character of ASON

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ASON Logical Structure

GMPLS OCC OCC

Control Plane
OSPF OCC OCC

NMI OCC

CCI

Management Plane

Switch

Switch Switch

NMI

Transport Plane
CSPF

Switch Switch

OCC: Optical Connect Control Switch: Switching Equipment CCI: Connect Control Interface

OSPF: Open Shortest Path First CSPF: Constrained Shortest Path First NMI : Network Management Interface
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ASON Network Application

Distributed ASON Centralized ASON
ASON Software

ASON Software

NMS ASON Software

NMS

A E

D A E

ASON Software
B C B C

ASON Software

ASON Software

The Merits of the Distributed ASON:

Rapid Speed Restoration, Low risk Powerful Network Security Reliable
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Architecture of ASON NE
NMS

Signaling Protocol RSVP-TE

Routing Protocol

OSPF-TE

Link Management Protocol

LMP

Communication and control unit of NE

Control Link Management Link Transport Link Control Link

Line Interface

Cross-Connect Unit

Line Interface

Management Link Transport Link

The NE with ASON function ,which is based on the traditional network elements, has transplanted the intelligent software module
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HuaWeis Network Based on ASON

E-NNI UN I

carry 1

carry 2

carry 3

UNI

Between carries E-NNI protocolRSVP-TE E-NNI route BGP

Internal Data External Data Link Link E-NNI

UNI signalingRSVP-TE

Domain1

Domain2

HuaWeis strategy

Inside Domain I-NNI signalingRSVP-TE I-NNI routing OSPF-TE

Between Domains E-NNI signalingRSVP-TE E-NNI routing DDRP

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Chapter1 Background of ASON Chapter2 System Structure of ASON

ASON System Structure ASON Protocol Structure

Chapter3 Networking Character of ASON Chapter4 Service Character of ASON

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ASON Software Structure

NMS/Command Line
Qx/CL1/SNMP

SOCKET interface

Configure/alar m interface

ASON
software

IP stack protocol

Transport plane software

Software Operation Platform

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ASON Protocols
GMPLS (Routing, Signaling, Link Management)
OSPF (routing) Flood and gather topology for calculating service path RSVP-TE (signaling) Establish and then maintain the service path LMP (link management) Discover the neighbors and links

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Relationship between ASON Protocols

Routing Protocol (OSPFCSPF) Path calculationSignaling Protocol (RSVP-TE) route distributioncollection demand and calculation LSP automatic creation deletionmaintenance
Fault Control link positioning information information

Service link information

Link Management Protocol (LMP) neighbor discoveryfault positioninglink source management

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LMP
LMP is a protocol being standardized by the IETF. Its functionality includes:

Link Connectivity Verification:

Supports the discovery of topological links between adjacent OXCs or PXCs

Link Parameter Correlation:

Supports the exchange of link parameters between adjacent NEs

Control Channel Management:

Allows the health of the control channel(s) between two adjacent NEs to be monitored

Link Fault Localization:

Allows the localization of faults occurring in topological links between PXCs

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LMP
Control Channel Maintenance
Control channels between NEs carrying IP packets can be realized in two ways: In-fiber Control Channel: D4~D12 Out-of-fiber Control Channel: Dedicated DCN

NodeA Config Config Config ConfigAck/ConfigNack

NodeB

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LMP
Link connectivity verification
Given that each link supports a packet-based communication channel, initial neighbor discovery is performed through the exchange of LMP messages over the channel

NodeA Begin Verify Begin VerifyAck

NodeB

Test TestStatusSuccess/Failure TestStatusAck Test TestStatusSuccess/Failure TestStatusAck End Verify End VerifyAck
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...

LMP
Link Property Correlation

NodeA LinkSummary LinkSummary LinkSummary

NodeB

LinkSummary/Ack/Nack

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LMP
LMP control channel

Node A

#1
Data Link

#6 #8

Node B 10.168.168.2

10.168.168.1 #2

Node A automatic discovery

Local Node ID Local Interface ID Far-end Node ID Far-end Interface ID #6 #8

10.168.168.1 10.168.168.1

#1 #2

10.168.168.2 10.168.168.2

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OSPF Protocol
Collecting and distributing network link information to generate the route Information of transport plane and control plane

TA

Router

LSDB
Router

TB TAs LSA TBs LSA TCs LSA

A 2

B 5

2
Router

5 TC 3
Router

C 3 D

TD

TDs LSA

(1)Network topology
A 2 C 3 D 1 B

(2)LSDB of each equipment (3)Map with metric and direction from LSDB
A 2 C 3 D D 1 B A 2 C 3 D 1 B A 2 C 3 1 B

(4)Each equipment calculates to get a spanning tree by taking itself as the root

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RSVP-TE
RSVP is designed to be a protocol to reserve resources along a preexisting path, RSVP-TE is RSVP with traffic engineering extensions: The usage of the Path and Resv messages to demand and assign labels for LSP establishment

The ability to specify an explicit route when establishing or rerouting an LSP

The ability to specify bandwidth and other parameters when establishing an LSP

The ability to associate related LSPs

A new Hello protocol for maintaining the adjacency between RSVP peers

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LSP Creation ProcedureRSVP-TE

Crossconnect created, note the source

Create VC4 Service

Order one VC4 of one port

Ordered too

Path Mess

Path Mess

Path Mess

B
Resv Mess

C
Resv Mess

D
Resv Mess

Completed

Me too

Create opposite direction service

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RSVP-TE
LSP establishing procedure
A
PATH mess ACK mess PATH mess ACK mess

C
Upward-Link

RESV mess RESV mess ACK mess PATH mess ACK mess PATH mess ACK mess ACK mess

Downward-Link

Opening Alarm Monitoring

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RSVP-TE
LSP deletion procedure
A
PATH mess ACK mess PATH mess ACK mess

Closing Alarm Monitoring

PATH ERR mess PATH ERR mess ACK mess ACK mess

LSP deletion

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ASON Procedure
Resource and Topology Discovery
1NE boots the NE software first, and then the ASON software.

The ASON software synchronizes the configured information 2ASON software generates TE link information and verify the TE linksLMP

3ASON software gets the Local Interface Message from OSP platform.

4Receives the other nodes information and generates network-wide resource topology mapOSPF

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ASON Procedure
Service establishmentRSVPTE
1The source node receives the demand and calculates the best route based on the network topology. 2The source node creates the cross connect. 3The source node sends service establishment demand to the medium nodes to complete the procedure by exchanging signaling protocol.

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Questions

Which three planes does ASON have? What is the main protocol ASON uses? Whats the working procedure of ASON NEs?

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Chapter1 Background of ASON Chapter2 System Structure of ASON Chapter3 Networking Character of ASON Chapter4 Service Character of ASON

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Resource Automatic Discovery

T1
1000km 200km

T4

700km

D A
200km

400km

E
800km

I F

C
200km

T2 B
200km 100km

H T3

Every node can search the neighbor NE automatically; Every NE can build the topology by itself.

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Topology and Resource Automatic Discovery

NodeID4 NodeID1

NodeID6

NodeID5 NodeID2

NodeID3

Control channel is D4-D12 or out-band DCN

Hello messageincluding Node ID

LSA message

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End2End Service Configuration

R1 R4

E D A C F I

R2 B G R3 H

Select Source & Destination Confirm bandwidth/class/restriction about service Set up the connection for service

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Steps of Circuit Setup

Setup circuit by RSVP- TE
A N1 N3

From A to B setup VC4 Bidirectional circuit with re-routing restoration

A N1

Select which circuit

N2

N4

N5

N3 B N4

N2 A N1 N4

N5

N3 B

N2

N5

Get the topology of transport network by LMP and OSPF-TE The first node N1 calculate the best circuit by CSPF with the constraint condition
B

Setup LSP by RSVP-TE with the calculated circuit, meanwhile download cross-connect configuration data. Internal Use 41

Choose the Best Route

T1
1000km 2*VC4 available 400km 5*VC4 available 200km 4*VC4 available

T4

700km 2*VC4 available

E
800km 1*VC4 available

D A

I F

C
200km 4*VC4 available

T2

200km 4*VC4 available

200km 4*VC4 available

100km 6*VC4 available

H T3

Find the best route based on some limiting factors

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Chapter1 Background of ASON Chapter2 System Structure of ASON Chapter3 Networking Character of ASON Chapter4 Service Character of ASON

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SLA: Service Level Agreement

Diamond Level Gold Level Sliver Level Copper Level Iron Level

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Diamond Level Service

T2000 NMS

Working path Protection path

Permanent 1+1 protection: the service can always be protected within 50 ms

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Gold Level Service

VR: the best balance between BandwidthUse-Factor and Protection-Time

VR 1

VR 2

The first failure inside one VR results in automatic protection within 50 ms The next failures inside the same VR result in rerouting within several hundred milliseconds Gold Service can use unprotected links when there is no available M:N resource.
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Silver Level Service

Provide real time rerouting protection

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Copper Level Service

Fiber Broken Circuit Broken

Provide no protection service

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Iron Level Service

Gold

Iron Service Lost

Iron

Iron Service Restored

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SLA
Diamond Service Level Protection & Restoration Protection Scheme Description Protection & Restoration
SNCP

Gold

Silver

Copper

Iron

Protection & Restoration

Virtual Ring

Restoration

No protection/ No restoration

Can be occupied
Virtual

Rerouting

Provide permanent protection for service when network resource is utilizable

Performs protection most of the time, if protection is invalid, restoration works

Real-time restoration of service, no need of standby resource

Service is broken if it is occupied by high level service

Index

Protection time <20ms

Protection time 50ms Restoration time1s

Restoration time<1s

Bandwidth Utilization Cost Service Application Internal Use

Low

Medium

High

Very High

Very High

Very High

High

Medium

Low

Very Low

Bank/negotiable securities/Leased line

PSTN/GSM

IP data service/Internet

Temporary service

Temporary service

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Flexible Routing Policy

T2000
Minimum of Traffic Shortest Hops

banlance distance

1000km Available 64 VC4

500km 32 VC4

1500km 4 VC4 1000km 64 VC4

1500km 8 VC4

1000km 8 VC4

1000km 8 VC4

1000km 8 VC4

10G Link

2.5G Link

Routing policy: Hops, Fibers distance, Traffic balance and SRLG (Shared Risk Link Group) Different policy will result in different service path
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Optimize the Service Path

T2000

Optimize this path

Optimizing the service path is very useful when you adjust or extend networks.

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Path Correlation

In NE

Non-In NE

Ensure the generation of 1+1 services after previous correlative services disabled, and the main and backup route are supposed to be totally different from each other Enable the End2End service configuration could be completed through In NE and Non-In NE in the same NMS
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Service Tunnel
T2000

Merge VC12

VC4 Tunnel VC12 Service

Carry VC12 service over VC4 Tunnel Reroute VC4 Tunnel and hence VC12 is restored.
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Migrate from PC to SPC

T2000

PC

SPC

Signaling

Hitlessly update the traditional network to ASON PC: Permanent Connection SPC: Soft Permanent Connection
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Coexistence
T2000

1:1

Traditional MSPRing ASON Network

Traditional MSPRing

ASON node Traditional node

1:1

One NMS manage both ASON and Traditional networks. MSPRing, 1:1 can pass through ASON nodes and Traditional nodes at the same time.
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Application Model IOverlap

IP/ATM/TDM transport plane

O-UNI

O-UNI
O-NNI

O-UNI

O-UNI

O-NNI

ASON transport and control plane

O-NNI O-NNI

ASON equipments have different transport and control plane with traditional equipments, which has only transport plane. They two connect with each other through UNI.

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Application Model IIPeer

GCC

GCC GCC

GMPLS Control plane

GCC

GCC

GCC GCC GCC

CCI CCI

CCI

CCI

CCI

CCI

CCI CCI

IP/ATM/TDM

ON equipment

Equipments have uniform GMPLS control plane

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Spreading
Client

Aggregation

Long-haul/Backbone

Long-haul/Backbone layer firstmaking a domain to perform end2end service configuration, Mesh networking and restoration Aggregation layer implements ASON and operate with long-haul/backbone layer to expand the range of end2end service providing Client layer joins in to provide dynamic bandwidth service Toll
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Glossary
ASON/ASTN :Automatic Switching Optical (Transmission) Network OCS OSPF IS-IS CSPF LMP RSVP-TE CR-LDP UNI/NNI BGP DDRP
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:Optical Core Switching :Open Shortest Path First :Intermediate System- Intermediate System :Constrained Shortest Path First :Link Management Protocol :Resource Reserved Protocol----Traffic Engineering :Constrained Route---Label Distribution Protocol :User-Network Interface/Network-Network Interface :Border Gateway Protocol :Domain-Domain Route Protocol
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Summary

Background of ASON

Summary

System Structure of ASON Networking Character of ASON Service Character of ASON

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