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This document discusses the need for measuring and characterizing LSP provisioning performance in GMPLS networks and defines standardized metrics to maximize understanding between service providers and network users.
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Label Switched Path (LSP) Dynamical Provisioning Performance Metrics in Generalized MPLS Networksdraft-xie-ccamp-lsp-dppm-00.txt Guowu Xie,SJTU Guoying Zhang, CATR MII Jianghui Han, IXIA Xueqing Wei, Fiberhome Jianhua Gao, Huawei
Motivations • Why need for measuring and characterizing LSP provisioning performance in GMPLS networks. • Requirements of dynamical provisioning capability in GMPLS Networks: interactive broadband multimedia services. • Let the requirement of applications and the provisioning capability of the network be mapped to each other • Essential to the GMPLS network maintenance and optimization. • Standardized metrics and the way to measure them precisely should be defined. • The objective is to maximize common understanding of LSP provisioning performance between the service providers and network users.
Methodology • GMPLS LSP performance measurement is similar to IP network: • GMPLS control plane is a packet switched network • the LSP setup/release delay is similar to the round-trip Delay in IP networks. • We use the structures and notions introduced and discussed in the IPPM framework document, [RFC2330] [RFC2679] [RFC2681], and we define the metrics according to GMPLS specific message exchange scenarios.
Outlines • Singleton definition of performance metrics • Unidirectional LSP Setup Delay • Bidirectional LSP Setup Delay • LSP Graceful Release Delay • Samples definition of performance metrics • pseudo-random Poisson process is used • Other models may be choosed • Statistics Performance • Min/Max/Median/Percentile • Variance
Outlines • Measuring these metrics is important for applications scheduling. • Longer LSP setup delay will incur higher overhead for the requesting application. • Also reflects the status of control plane. • For LSPs traversing the same route, longer setup delays may imply congestion in the control channel or high control element load.
Real Network Demonstration • China High Performance Broadband Information Network (3TNET) ----863 project Sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology. • Circuit-switched and packet-switched hybrid network to support large-scale interactive broadband streaming media. • Network Infrastructure: IP +ASON/GMPLS+DWDM • Services: VOD, DVB-IP, high speed Internet access • ASON/GMPLS network has some enhanced features of burst scheduling and multicasting, to provide dynamic and automated provisioning of end-to-end Ethernet connections to media server and IPTV head-ends. • Dynamic point-to-multipoint connections for IP head-ends • Periodic connection provisioning for media server, every 10 secs
Measured Performance in the Field Trial • Delay Variance observed at any load. Higher load will lead to higher variance and longer setup/release delay. Average setup delay 668 ms 99.9% setup delay less than 1000ms
Open Issues • time synchronization between the testing nodes • other circumstances, such as point-to-multipoint multicast LSP, LSP rerouting • Enhancement of MIBs: support monitoring of LSP provisioning metrics on GMPLS nodes, for maintenance/optimization. • Expect to receive feedbacks and suggestions!