Deploying and Managing IP over WDM Networks

Deploying and Managing
IP over WDM Networks......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 17
Preface......Page 21
Acknowledgments......Page 25
1.1.2 Current Trends......Page 27
1.1.3 Deployment of IP Over WDM......Page 28
1.2 Structure of the Book......Page 29
Appendix 1A: The Context of the WINMAN Project......Page 30
Appendix 1B: The WINMAN Consortium......Page 31
2.1 Introduction......Page 33
2.2 Requirements of IP- Based Services......Page 34
2.2.1 VPNs......Page 35
2.2.2 Application- Oriented Services: VoIP and MoIP......Page 37
2.3 Current Transport Networks......Page 41
2.4.1 OTN......Page 43
2.4.2 I2......Page 46
2.4.3 Next Generation Internet......Page 48
2.5.1 SDH and ATM Management Systems......Page 49
2.5.3 IP Management Systems......Page 50
2.5.4 The Market Perspective......Page 51
2.6 Summary......Page 53
References......Page 55
3.1 Introduction......Page 57
3.2 The IP/ MPLS Network Model......Page 58
3.2.1 MPLS- Based Applications......Page 60
3.3.1 Performance Management......Page 63
3.3.3 SNMP Management of IP/ MPLS Network Connectivity......Page 64
3.4 Policy- Based Management......Page 69
3.5 IP/ MPLS Management Tools......Page 70
3.5.1 SNMP- Based Tools......Page 71
3.5.3 PBNM Tools......Page 72
3.5.4 MPLS Tools......Page 74
3.6.2 TMF IPNM......Page 75
3.7 Summary......Page 76
References......Page 77
4.1 Introduction......Page 81
4.3 Optical Transport Network Modeling......Page 82
4.3.1 Functional Layers......Page 84
4.3.2 Optical Transport Services......Page 86
4.4.1 Configuration Management......Page 87
4.4.2 Fault Management......Page 89
4.4.3 Performance Management......Page 92
4.4.4 Management Interfaces......Page 95
4.5 Summary......Page 96
References......Page 97
5.1 Introduction......Page 99
5.2.1 IP Over ATM Over SDH for WDM Transmission......Page 100
5.2.2 IP Over ATM Directly on WDM......Page 101
5.2.3 IP Over SDH; Packet Over SONET......Page 102
5.2.4 IP Over SDL Directly Over WDM......Page 103
5.2.5 IP Over GbE Over WDM......Page 104
5.3 Control Plane Integration......Page 105
5.3.1 MPLambdaS ¨C Generalized MPLS......Page 106
5.3.2 The ASON/ ASTN Framework......Page 107
5.3.3 The OIF Forum Initiative......Page 109
5.4 The Management Plane Approach......Page 110
5.5 Summary......Page 111
References......Page 112
6.1 Introduction......Page 115
6.2.1 Business Roles and Actors......Page 117
6.2.2 Business Case......Page 119
6.2.3 Business Processes Addressed by WINMAN......Page 121
6.3 Requirements Specification......Page 122
6.3.1 Requirements Classification......Page 123
6.4.2 UCs Overview......Page 128
6.5 Summary......Page 145
References......Page 146
7.1 Introduction......Page 147
7.2.1 The Interdomain Network Management System......Page 148
7.2.2 The WDM- NMS......Page 150
7.2.4 The GUI......Page 151
7.2.5 Component Interaction Example: A Connectivity Service Provisioning Scenario......Page 152
7.3.1 Common Entities......Page 153
7.3.2 Mapping Between the Model Entities and the Managed Resources......Page 154
7.4.1 The Three- Tiers Concept......Page 156
7.4.2 The Northbound Interface......Page 158
7.5 The GUI......Page 159
7.5.1 Model- View- Controller Architecture......Page 160
7.5.2 GUI Functional Components......Page 161
7.6 Summary......Page 162
References......Page 163
8.1 Introduction......Page 165
8.2 Provisioning Manager......Page 166
8.4 NIM......Page 169
8.4.2 Querying the Inventory......Page 171
8.5 Policy Manager......Page 172
8.6 View Manager......Page 173
8.7 Northbound Interface Manager......Page 175
8.8.1 INMS Adaptations......Page 178
8.8.2 IP and WDM NMS Adaptations......Page 179
8.9 The GUI......Page 180
8.10 Summary......Page 184
References......Page 185
9.1 Introduction......Page 187
9.2.1 Network Management Platforms......Page 188
9.2.2 The Distributed Software Component Framework......Page 189
9.2.3 The Netrac Platform......Page 190
9.2.4 The WINMAN Implementation......Page 191
9.3.2 Windows......Page 192
9.4.1 Java Programming Language......Page 193
9.4.3 The WINMAN Implementation......Page 194
9.5.1 CORBA......Page 195
9.5.2 XML......Page 197
9.6.1 CORBA......Page 199
9.7 Connectivity Interface Protocols......Page 200
9.7.2 Multitechnology Network Management......Page 201
9.7.3 The WINMAN Implementation......Page 202
9.9.1 Hypertext Markup Language......Page 203
9.9.2 Java......Page 204
9.10 Policy- Based Management Tools......Page 205
9.10.2 The WINMAN Implementation......Page 206
9.11 Summary......Page 207
References......Page 208
10.1 Introduction......Page 209
10.2.1 Requirements on the Management Platforms......Page 210
10.2.2 Requirements on the Testing and Verification Tools......Page 212
10.2.3 Requirements on the IP Infrastructure......Page 214
10.2.4 Requirements on the WDM Infrastructure......Page 215
10.3.1 The IP Layer......Page 216
10.3.2 The WDM Layer......Page 217
10.3.3 Interconnection of the IP and WDM Nodes......Page 219
10.4.1 Adaptation of the WDM EMS......Page 220
10.4.2 Adaptation of the IP EMS......Page 221
10.5 Summary......Page 222
References......Page 223
11.1 Introduction......Page 225
11.3.1 Openness and Flexibility......Page 226
11.3.3 Scalability......Page 228
11.4 Evaluation of Functional Behavior......Page 229
11.4.2 Configuration Management/ Network Provisioning/ Create IP/ MPLS Path......Page 230
11.4.3 Configuration Management/ Network Provisioning/ ICS Provisioning......Page 231
11.5.1 Integrated Experiment for Validating the WINMAN Functionality......Page 233
11.5.2 Experiment Results......Page 238
11.5.3 Evaluation of the Results......Page 240
11.6 Summary......Page 241
References......Page 242
12.1 Introduction......Page 243
12.2 Network Studies......Page 245
12.2.1 Teletraffic Engineering for Modeling Dynamic Traffic and Dimensioning ASON......Page 246
12.2.2 ASONs and Their Potential Benefits......Page 247
12.2.3 Some Guidelines on Network Evolution......Page 250
12.3.1 Challenges in ASON Management......Page 252
12.3.2 The LION Management Approach......Page 253
12.3.3 Management Information Model......Page 254
12.4.1 Testbed Equipment......Page 258
12.4.2 Control Plane Architecture......Page 264
12.4.3 NNI Signaling for Soft- Permanent Connection Setup and Tear Down......Page 266
References......Page 267
13.1 Introduction......Page 269
13.2 The Outlook from the IST- OPTIMIST Project......Page 270
13.2.1 Technology Trends in Optical Technologies and Photonic Networking......Page 272
13.2.2 The Global Communication Network in More Detail......Page 274
13.2.3 Future Trends for Optical Components......Page 278
13.3.1 End- to- End Routing......Page 281
13.3.2 Dynamic Routing and Wavelength Conversion in the Optical Domain......Page 282
13.3.3 IP/ WDM Fault Management......Page 283
13.4.1 Adoption of Optical CP......Page 285
13.4.2 Possible Deployment Scenarios......Page 287
13.5 Summary......Page 289
References......Page 290
List of Acronyms......Page 293
About the Editors......Page 303
Index......Page 305