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Integrated Project IST NOBEL Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership Antonio Manzalini Telecom Italia (TILAB). IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership”. What is the NOBEL main goal ?
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Integrated Project IST NOBEL Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership Antonio Manzalini Telecom Italia (TILAB)
IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership” • What is the NOBEL main goal ? • To carry out analysis, feasibility studies and experimental activities on innovative solutions and technologies for intelligent IP/optical networks • Why this goal ? • There is the need to solve core and metro networking bottlenecks such as: architectures for interworking and interoperability, solutions for provisioning differentiated QoS/QoP services, efficient management & control, multi-layer resilience and resource optimization, flexible provisioning of new and advanced network services…
IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership Consortium: Telecom Italia (TILAB), T-Systems, Telefonica, France Telecom, BT, Telia-Sonera, Telenor, Alcatel(3), Cisco, Ericsson(2), ACREO, Lucent, Marconi(2), Pirelli Labs, Siemens, AGH, CTTC, HHI, IMEC, NTUA, Politecnico of Milano, Scuola Sup. S.Anna, UCL, Univ. Budapest, Univ. Stuttgart, UPC Prime Contractor: Telecom Italia (TILAB) Project Leader: A. Manzalini Duration: 2 years Starting date: 1st January, 2004 Total man-months: 1950 Total costs: 24.5 M€ EC grant to the budget: 13.7 M€
NOBEL is aiming at bringing innovation in core and metro networks for BB4A services
DXC OXC IP Router Distributed Intelligence IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership” mechanisms to guarantee end-to-end service quality efficientcore networking and trasmission Multi-service management efficient aggregationof access traffic for metro PoPs multi-serviceintegration Management System efficientmetro networking Automatic Provisioning Multi-layer Traffic Engineering Multi-layer resilience Multi-layer resilience Example: IP/optical network scenario
VC4 VC4 VC4 VC4 VC4 VC3 VC2 VC12 VC11 VC3 -256c -4c -16c -64c IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership” IP ATM VC Ethernet MAC MPLS ATM VP LOVC Layers Interworking SDH GMPLS HOVC ODUk (k=1, 2, 3) OTN OCh Domains Interoperability Example: network layers for IP/Optics (under consideration in Nobel)
IP Management Plane FCAPS ATM VC Ethernet MAC MPLS ATM VP LOVC Discovery Routing Signalling VC4 VC4 VC4 VC4 Control Plane VC4 VC3 VC3 VC2 VC12 VC11 -4c -16c -64c -256c HOVC ODUk (k=1, 2, 3) Generalised Transport Plane OCh IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership” Example: functional levels (under consideration in Nobel)
IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership” • Main objectives • To define drivers, requirements, scenarios, architecture and solutions for core and metro optical networks • To study advanced traffic engineering and resilience techniques • To make techno- and socio-economic analysis • To identify solutions for advanced packet/burst switching • To define solutions for network management and control • To identify solutions and technologies for physical transmission • To define multi-service/multi-layer node architectures and to prototype the implementation of selected node functionalities • To assess existing technologies, components and sub-systems • To integrate a main test bed and to start validating project results with experimental activities
IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership” Nobel test-bed
IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership” to complete and enhance development activities and to make experimental validation over field trial(s) to carry out analysis, feasibility studies and experimental activities on solutions and technologies for intelligent and flexible optical Networks (core and metro) supporting broadband services for all NOBEL First Phase (1 CallBroadband for All) NOBEL Second Phase (3 Call) Companion Project (2 Call Research Networking test-beds) Y1 2004 Y2 2005 Y3 2006 Y4 2007 to integrate and validate, in the context of user-driven large scale test-beds, state-of-the-art ASON/GMPLS networking as an enabler of the future upgrade of European Research Infrastructures
IST NOBEL - “Next generation Optical network for Broadband European Leadership • Conclusions • NOBEL is focused on bring innovation in core and metro networks for enabling B4all services • The NOBEL Consortium consists of a large number of European (global) players of the telecom industry, network operators and research institutes • NOBEL intends to contribute to Standards and Fora (ITU, IETF, OIF, TMF…) in order to create a consensus view on a common European network vision with advanced and innovative solutions for B4all Contact: antonio.manzalini@telecomitalia.it