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Requirements for Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Usage and Extensions for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON) (draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-ason-reqts-04.txt). Dimitri Papadimitriou, Editor Alcatel dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel.be. Adrian Farrel Olddog Consulting adrian@olddog.co.uk.
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Requirements for Generalized MPLS (GMPLS) Usage and Extensions for Automatically Switched Optical Network (ASON)(draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-ason-reqts-04.txt) Dimitri Papadimitriou, Editor Alcatel dimitri.papadimitriou@alcatel.be Adrian Farrel Olddog Consulting adrian@olddog.co.uk Jerry Ash AT&T gash@att.com Lyndon Ong Ciena lyong@ciena.com John Drake Calient jdrake@calient.net
Outline(draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-ason-reqts-04.txt) • brief review of problem statement & requirements for GMPLS signaling extensions for ASON • ‘you read the draft’ • changes from 01 to 04 version • next steps
Problem Statement for GMPLS Extensions for ASON • problem statement • extend GMPLS signaling [RFC 3471/RFC 3473] • must meet FULL functional requirements of ASON architecture in GMPLS • provide call & connection management [G.7713] • must be BACKWARDCOMPATIBLE with current GMPLS RFCs • ASON architecture includes • automated control plane supporting both call & connection management [G.8080] • control plane applicable to different transport technologies (e.g., SDH/SONET, OTN) & networking environments (e.g., inter-carrier, intra-carrier) • multiple reference points of information exchange • between administrative domain & user • between administrative domains & areas within administrative domain • between controllers within areas
Requirements forGMPLS Extensions for ASON • need to support ASON functionality in GMPLS • soft permanent connection capability • call & connection separation (includes calls without connections & adding/removing connections to/from calls) • call segments • extended restart capabilities during control plane failures • extended label association • crankback capability • additional error cases
Changes from 01 to 04 Version • Introduction • refine reference point terminology (UNI, E-NNI, I-NNI) • ASON model distinguishes reference points (representing points of protocol information exchange) • between an administrative domain & a user a.k.a. user-network interface (UNI) • between administrative domains a.k.a. external network-network interface (E-NNI) • between areas of the same administrative domain & between controllers within areas a.k.a. internal network-network interface (I-NNI) • terminology section: add UNI term • review of author list
Changes from 01 to 04 Version • Section 4: Requirements for Extending Applicability of GMPLS to ASON • definition of GMPLS [RFC 3473] compliant UNI: • ‘any User-Network Interface (UNI) that is compliant with [RFC 3473] is considered, by definition, to be a GMPLS UNI and must be supported’ • [GMPLS-OVERLAY] & [GMPLS-VPN] meet definition of GMPLS UNI • refine agnosticism criteria wrt UNI implementation for GMPLS support of ASON requirements • ‘support of GMPLS-ASON signaling protocol requirements must be strictly independent of & agnostic to any UNI & not be constrained by implementation specifics of the UNI [G.8080, G.7713]’
Changes from 01 to 04 Version • refine interworking aspects of non-GMPLS address space/signaling mapping • end-to-end signaling should be facilitated regardless of administrative boundaries & protocols within the network • includes both GMPLS control domains & non-GMPLS control domains • I-D addresses ASON support within a GMPLS control domain & between GMPLS control domains • I-D does not restrict use of other protocols within a control domain • mapping of non-GMPLS protocol signaling requests & support of non-GMPLS address formats are responsibility of non-GMPLS control domain
Changes from 01 to 04 Version • add Section 5: Backward Compatibility • following comment at IETF-57 & discussion on list • section defines backward compatibility wrt GMPLS signaling extensions for ASON: • in a network where some nodes support GMPLS signaling extensions for ASON & some do not, it must be possible to set up conventional connections per [RFC 3473] between any pair of nodes & traversing any set of nodes • use of GMPLS signaling extensions for ASON to set up calls must not perturb existing conventional connections • transit nodes in the path of a connection that do not need to participate in the new ASON-related functions must be able to pass call setup information onwards, unmodified • transit or egress nodes called upon to participate in the ASON-related functions, but not supporting the functions, must be able to reject calls by pre-existing GMPLS signaling mechanisms in a way not detrimental to the network
Next Steps • no open issues at this point • authors feel this I-D is ready for WG last call • draft-ietf-ccamp-gmpls-ason-reqts-04.txt • progress GMPLS signaling extensions for ASON • progress GMPLS routing requirements & protocol extensions for ASON