MAINS (Metro Architectures enablINg Subwavelengths)

1. MAINS (Metro Architectures enablINg Subwavelengths) WP4 Experimental validation of the MAINS concept Georgios Zervas (WPL, UEssex) MAINS 1st EC Technical Review Brussels, March 24th 2011

2. Contents • Brief WP4 Y2 summary • Objectives • activities and • results • Technical insight on Y2 results • TSON Node prototype • SLAE prototype (to be completed in Y3) • Virtual-PC over OPST Field Trial @ Primetel network • Year 3 plans

3. Main WP4 Year 2 objectives and plans for Year 3 [Y1] Identifying and purchasing the main required devices to support TSON. [Y1] Map TSON architecture (T2.2) to TSON implementation rules. [Y2] Design and implementation of TSON Node prototype ✓ [Y2] Field Trial of Virtual PC services over OPST on Primetel’s network. ✓ [Y2-Y3] Implementation of SLAE tool for sub-lambda (time) resource allocation. ✓ [Y3] TSON Network Test-bed. On-going  [Y3] TSON-OPST Transport/Data Plane Interworking. On-going  [Y3] TSON-OPST Interworking with extended GMPLS control plane. To start M28

4. Activities breakdown Y1/Y2 Y3 Y3 Y2

5. WP4 Year2 Gantt Chart M25 Implementation of sub-lambda assignment element M23 Implementation of TSON Nodes M28 OPST-TSON Interconnection Y2 M23 Field Trial of Virtual PC over OPST M33 GMPLS controlled OPST-TSON Testbed

6. Year 2 work summary: Objectives, activities and results • Objectives and activities carried out in T4.1 (M12 –M25) • Developing TSON Metro Node prototype for Edge and Bypass services • Layer 2 prototype system to deliver TSON services (Eth. parsing, allocation, aggregation, etc.) • Layer 1 prototype system to switch TSON data sets • Dynamic and programmable Layer 2 TSON reconfiguration • Sub-Lambda Allocation Engine (SLAE) tool ending in Year 3 (M25) • Activities carried out in T4.2 (M21- M23): • Field Trial demonstrating Virtual PC Service over OPST ring on Primetel’s network • Results • TSON Node (L2 and L1) prototype (T4.1, D4.1) • Field Trial of Virtual PC over OPST successfully performed (T4.2, D4.2) • SLAE prototype tool (T4.1, D4.5)

7. Deliverables

8. [D4.1 insight] Time-Shared Optical Network (TSON) Node Prototype • Software Platform to support : • Virtual PC application • Sub-wavelength enabled GMPLS Stack • Sub-lambda PCE for RWTA • Node interfaces • Layer 2 FPGA-based platform to support • 1x10GE and 2xTSON transceivers • Independent hardware sharing, and emulation. • Flexible time-slice aggregation, scheduling and optical data formatting • Software-Hardware defIned Network (SHINE) • Hitless reconfiguration from Packet-based (e.g. Ethernet) to TSON transport • Layer 1 optical nodes based on: • Only fast switches (PLZTs) for TSON support • Architecture on Demand (AoD) for flexible time and frequency allocation.

9. MAINS TSON Node FPGA developments summary For TSON Metro node with one ingress/egress node, totally 30.2K code lines. For TSON Metro node with two ingress/egress node, totally 48.6K code lines.

10. MAINS TSON Node FPGA developments summary(contd.)

11. MAINS TSON Node FPGA developments summary (contd.)

12. MAINS TSON Node FPGA developments summary(contd.)

13. [D4.5 insight] Sub-Lambda Allocation Engine Tool • Request from GMPLS CP: SLAE tool is being invoked by GMPLS: • Network topology matrix • Number of wavelengths per link • Number of time slices per each wavelength • Source node • Destination node • Bit-rate request • The number of path for KSP • Response back to GMPLS CP: • The assigned path • Assignment matrix (wavelength & time-slices)

14. MAINS SLAE developments summary

15. TSON Node/Network Testbed EDFAs PLZT(4x4s, 2x2s) switches FPGA SFP+ (80Km WDM) TX/RX FPGA for L2 operation Back view: FPGA/(DE)MUX Servers (2x10GE NICs each) for network control & Virtual PC Services 2 FPGA L2 platforms

16. [D4.2 insight] Field trial of OPST ring demonstrating pc virtualization services • Field Trial and Setup • Setup Planned • Topology • Node specifications • Configuration • Deployment and Operational Aspects • OPST deployment • Service Integration • Network Interfaces • Performance Evaluation and Quality of Experience • Use case scenarios • Scalability tests

17. Field Trial: Virtual PC over OPST Ring on Field TrialPrimetel Setup Planned

18. Field Trial: Virtual PC over OPST Ring on Field TrialActual Topology Setup • LINK TO VIDEO COULD GO HERE

19. Field Trial: Virtual PC over OPST Ring on Field TrialIntune Configuration • Two virtualization servers are connected to Netgear switches, which in turn connect to Intune Beta nodes 1 and 3 in the symmetrical ring of 5 Km. span per segment. • The ring is formed by three Intune Beta nodes and one of them serves as a pass-through (node 2 in the picture). • The Netgear switches provide interface between the Server 1G ports and the 10G client interfaces on the InTune Beta nodes.

20. Field Trial: Virtual PC over OPST Ring on Field Trial OPST Deploymentat Primetel Nicosia HQ Figure 1: Two OPST nodes @ HQ Figure 2: Switches for Management over LAN Figure 3: 10Gbit XFPs for Optical Switch to OPST nodes Figure 4: Research Servers 2 & 3

21. Field Trial: Virtual PC over OPST Ring on Field TrialIntune Management System • A PC was also connected to the LAN to support configuration and management allowing for the following: • When the three-node ring were powered up, the power levels had to be calibrated optically. • Bit error test, where PRBS test data is generated before action data traffic is allowed on the ring. • MAC addresses configuration. • Master Node Selection and Service Mode Initialization. • Virtual Connections Setup.

22. Field Trial: Virtual PC over OPST Ring on Field TrialApplications Setup • A number of Virtual Machines were created on a single Laptop connected to the prototype network with real user interfaces. • With the Virtual Machine Application we were in position to create a number of Virtual Machines, shut them down, modify them and if necessary transfer them where necessary from one server to another. • Figure 1 (left) shows the login at MAINS Virtual PC Homepage • Figure 2 (right) shows the user friendliness of the application where on is able to indicate on a map the selected destination and hence server location. Server selection can be achieved through this interface. The orange smiley icon represents us, blue server is the selected server, and red servers are available servers

23. Field Trial: Virtual PC over OPST Ring on Field TrialUse Case Scenarios • Quality of Experience of Scenario 1: In this use case scenario, the user is accessing his virtual machine from local server on the same network and hence experiences optimum performance. • Quality of Experience for Scenario 2: In this scenario the user is accessing his virtual machine from remote server located approximately 11km away. The quality level experienced by the user was not much different to the first scenario with very minor jitter experienced due to the transport layer protocol. • Quality of Experience for Scenario 3: In this scenario, we tested the transfer of a virtual machine from a remote to a local server, while a mobile user changed its point of access from one location to another. The handover time experienced by the user on the application level was mainly due to the copying time of the virtual machine caused by the transport layer protocol.

24. Year 3 activities:TSON Network Testbed • TSON Network Testbed [ongoing work] • Connect multiple TSON Edge and Bypass Nodes together () • OPST-TSON Interworking [ongoing work] • OPST nodes to be hosted at Uessex and trial end-to-end OPST-TSON network ( • Vertical Integration of OPST and TSON with GMPLS [ongoing work] • Software integration among GMPLS-PCE-XML • Control-Transport Plane integration • Workshop/Demo at ECOC 2013 • Control Plane workshop organized by Juan Pedro Fernandez-Palacios • Remote demos • Control plane

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