PWE3 Introduction for

OptiX RTN 910/950

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Foreword
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In the OptiX RTN 910/950, all kinds of the services are

loaded by the MPLS tunnel.

How to encapsulate the different service frames into the

uniform MPLS tunnel?

How is the interconnection between OptiX RTN 910/950 to

other TDM or data communication networks ?

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

Describe the basic concepts of PWE3

Outline the typical PWE3 encapsulation format for TDM,

Ethernet and ATM services

Outline the PWE3 application scenarios of OptiX RTN 910/950

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Contents
1. PWE3 Overview
2. TDM Service to PWE3
3. ATM Service to PWE3
4. Ethernet Service to PWE3
5. PWE3 Application Scenarios

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Contents
1. PWE3 Overview
1.1 Basic Concepts
1.2 Functions of PWE3

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Position of PWE3
ATM E1

ATM E1

RNC

BTS

C STM-1
C STM-1

SDH

M
P
L
S

P
W
E
3

Eth.
Route
r

P
W
E
3

M
P
L
S

Eth.

SDH

Tunnel
OptiX RTN
950

OptiX RTN
950
PW label
Eth. packet

MPLS label
TDM frame

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ATM Cell

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Router

PWE3 Basic Concepts

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Pseudo-Wire Emulation Edge to Edge (PWE3)

AC: Attachment Circuit

Forwarder

PW: Pseudo Wire

PW signaling

CE: Customer Edge

PE: Provider Edge

CW: Control Word

VCCV: Virtual Circuit Connectivity Verification

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PWE3 Working Procedure

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Pseudo-Wire Emulation Edge to Edge (PWE3)

VPN1
Site1

CE1

VPN1
Site3

CE3

IP/MPLS
PE2

PE1
CE2

Forwarder

Forwarder

CE4

VPN2
Site1

VPN2
Site4

Tunnel
AC

PW
PW Signaling

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Emulated Service
PW Label
Tunnel Label
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Reference Model of PWE3

Network
Emulated Service
Pseudo Wire
PSN Tunnel
AC

AC
PE1

PE2
Tunnel

CE1

Custom
Edge 1

Provider
Edge 1

CE2

Provider
Edge 2

Native
Service

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Custom
Edge 2
Native
Service

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PWE3 Protocol Stack

PSN

PSN Tunnel,
PSN Tunnel,
PSN
PSN & Physical Tunnel PSN & Physical
Layers
Layers
Payload
Pseudo
Encapsulation
Wire

Payload
Encapsulation

Emulated
Emulated
Emulated
Service
Service
Service
(TDM, ATM,
(TDM, ATM,
Ethernet, etc)
Ethernet, etc)

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Tunnel Label

EXP S

TTL

PW Label

EXP S

TTL

Control Word
Emulated Service
...

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Functions of PW
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Functions of PW

Encapsulate the emulated service from CEs

Carry the encapsulated service to the transmit tunnel

Set up PW at the tunnel end

Perform PW-related QoS

Manage signaling, timing and sequence at the PW edge

Manage the status specified by the service and alarms

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PWE3 Advantage
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Generic label, which provides a uniform multi-service

network data transport platform and reduces the operating
cost

Investment protection, which provides the backward and

forward compatibility of network services

Private line emulation, which provides operators with

network services of great return.

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Summary
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The position of the PWE3 in services processing of OptiX

RTN 910/950

The concepts of PWE3

The service processing procedure of PWE3

The functions and advantages of PWE3

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Contents
1. PWE3 Overview
2. TDM Service to PWE3
3. ATM Service to PWE3
4. Ethernet Service to PWE3
5. PWE3 Application Scenarios

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E1 Service Types
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Unframed E1

Using all the time slots as a whole to transmit user data.

Framed E1

Time slot 0 used for signaling and frame delimiters

Time slot 1-31 can be used for transmit service data for
different users

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TDM Circuit Emulation

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SAToP

Structure-agnostic TDM over packet

Defined in RFC 4553

CESoPSN

Structure-aware TDM circuit emulation service over packet

switched network

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SAToP
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SAToP supports both unframed and framed E1 service

at UNI side
ETH header
Payload
Byte m

4 bytes

Tunnel Label

Byte m+1

4 bytes

PW Label

4 bytes

Control Word

PPP header

Payload

Payload

Byte m+nx32-1

CRC

FCS

UNI E1

NNI Interface

MPLS Tunnel

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SAToP Frame Format

Tunnel Label

EXP

TTL

PW Label

EXP

TTL

Control Word
RTP Header
Time Stamp
SSRC Identifier
E1 Frame 1
E1 Frame 2

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CESoPSN
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CESoPSN supports only the framed E1 service at UNI

side
ETH header
Payload
32
bytes
32
bytes

#1 E1 Frame

4 bytes

Tunnel Label

#2 E1 Frame

4 bytes

PW Label

4 bytes

Control Word

PPP header

32
bytes

#n E1 Frame

Payload

Payload

CRC

FCS

UNI E1

NNI Interface

MPLS Tunnel

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CESoPSN Frame Format

Tunnel Label

EXP

TTL

PW Label

EXP

TTL

Control Word
RTP Header
Time Stamp
SSRC Identifier
Time Slot 1

Time Slot 2

Time Slot 5
Time Slot 1
Time Slot 5

Time Slot 3

Time Slot 4

Time Slot N (Frame 1#)

Time Slot 2

Time Slot 3
Time Slot N (Frame 2#...)

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Time Slot 4

CES Service Application

E1

PE1

BTS1
PW

PE3

BSC

IP/MPLS
C STM-1

PW
E1

E1

PW
PE2

BTS2

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Questions
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List the difference between SAToP and CESoPSN.

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Contents
1. PWE3 Overview
2. TDM Service to PWE3
3. ATM Service to PWE3
4. Ethernet Service to PWE3
5. PWE3 Application Scenarios

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ATM Service Encapsulation

PSN Transport Header

4 bytes

Pseudo Wire Header

4 bytes

Control Word (ATM)

4 bytes

ATM Service Payload

The types of encapsulation supported by the OptiX RTN

910/950:
No.
PW Type

Indication

0x0003

ATM transparent cell transport (V1R2)

0x0009

ATM n-to-one VCC cell transport

10

0x000A

ATM n-to-one VPC cell transport

12

0x000C

ATM one-to-one VCC Cell Mode

13

0x000D

ATM one-to-one VPC Cell Mode

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N-to-One Cell ATM Mode

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The encapsulation format of a single cell is required (fast

encapsulation), the encapsulation format of multiple cells is
optional.
PSN Transport Header PWE3
Pseudo Wire Header in PWE3

0 0 0 0

Flags

Res

Length

VPI

Sequence Number
VCI

PTI

PTI

Payload (48 octets)

VPI

VCI
Payload (48 octets)

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One-to-One ATM Cell Mode

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One PW can carry one VPC/VCC

The format can be the single cell format or multiple cells

encapsulation
PSN Transport Header in PWE3

PSN Transport Header in PWE3

Pseudo Wire Header in PWE3

Pseudo Wire Header in PWE3

0 0 0 0

Resvd

Sequence Number

M V RES PTI

0 0 0 0

Resvd

M V RES

Sequence Number

VCI
Payload48 octets
Payload48 octets
M V RES PTI

C
M V RES

Payload48 octets

PTI

VCI

Payload48 octets

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VCI

PTI

Contents
1. PWE3 Overview
2. TDM Service to PWE3
3. ATM Service to PWE3
4. Ethernet Service to PWE3
5. PWE3 Application Scenarios

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Ethernet Service Encapsulation

0000

Tunnel label

EXP 0

TTL

PW label

EXP 1

TTL

Reserved

Sequence Number

Ethernet Payload
( Variable length )

Control words, which are only sorted (165535).

The equipment support the modes without control words or with control
words.

The control words can be set at the PEs on the two ends through
signaling or manual configuration.

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Contents
1. PWE3 Overview
2. TDM Service to PWE3
3. ATM Service to PWE3
4. Ethernet Service to PWE3
5. PWE3 Application Scenarios

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TDM Service Emulation

Abis
TDM
Line Interface

Network Interface

PWE3

Line Interface

MPLS
Abis

Abis

TDM

TDM

E1

PWE3

PPP/
ML-

MAC

E1/ch

GE

E1
E1

Idle TS
suppression

---

STM-1
PSN

---

PoC1

PoC3
E1/POS/GE/ch STM1

BSC
MSP

-Idle TS
suppression
TS# 1-8
--

idle timeslot
regenerated
--

STM-1

1+1/1:1 APS
--

--

TS# 1-6

TDM

E1

TS# 1-9

Abis

PPP
HDLC
POS/E1

2G BTS

CESoPSN
SAToP

Tunnel

Idle TS
suppression

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ATM/IMA Service Emulation

Line Interface

Network Interface

lub UP

lub UP

lub UP

AAL2

AAL2

AAL2

ATM

ATM

ATM

IMA

PWE3

PWE3

lub UP
AAL2

N:1 ATM PWE3

Encapsulation

ATM
STM-1

MPLS

E1
3G Node B

Line Interface

E1

1+1/1:1 APS

---

E1
E1

STM-1
PSN
PoC1

PoC3
E1

E1/POS/GE

E1
E1
Tunnel
3G Node B
Legend
EF
AF
3
BE

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RNC

Ethernet Service Emulation

lub UP
Line Interface
lub UP
802.1Q
Eth

lub UP

802.1Q

802.1Q

Eth

Eth

PWE3

PWE3

MPLS
---

3G Node B

Network Interface

Line Interface

lub UP
802.1Q
N:1 Eth PWE3
Encapsulation

Eth

1+1/1:1 APS
GE/FE
GE

PSN
PoC1

PoC3

E1/POS/GE
Tunnel
Legend
EF
AF
3
BE

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RNC

Summary
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PWE3 basic concepts

TDM Service to PWE3

ATM Service to PWE3

Ethernet Service to PWE3

PWE3 Application

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