1 tequila ws, amsterdam, 25-26 january 2001 inter-operator interfaces for end-to-end ip qos equip...

1Tequila WS, Amsterdam, 25-26 January 2001

Inter-Operator Interfaces for End-to-End IP QoS

EQUIPInter-Operator Interfaces for End-to-End IP QoS

István Cselényi, Niklas Borg ~ Telia Research AB, SwedenPéter Haraszti ~ eircom, Ireland

Hamid Gharib ~ British Telecom (BTexaCT), UK Petra Schmid ~ Telekom Austria, Austria

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Tequila WS, Amsterdam, 25-26 January 2001

EQUIP - Eurescom P1008Participants• BT, eircom, Telefónica, Telekom Austria, Telia

Timing• February 2000 - March 2001

Scope• technical and business models• metrics and measurements• interfaces

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Project Objectives

• To produce specifications of the technical and business models, processes and interfaces needed to support automated inter-domain IP QoS management

• To capture requirements and possibilities for service performance and traffic measurements

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Project Results

1. State of the art study ~ project report, Q2 ‘00

2. Management scenarios and requirements ~ project report, Q3 ‘00

3. Measurement metrics and methodologies ~ technical information, Q4 ‘00

4. Interface and process specifications ~ technical specification, Q1 ‘01

Just an appetiser...

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Background• Interconnected IP network operators trading

managed IP QoS, end-to-end• Bi-lateral Service Level Agreements (SLA)• QoS implemented in each operator’s domain

– IETF IntServ, DiffServ, MPLS or combination(s)

• IP QoS scenarios– basic IP QoS cross-connection, – VPN and – VoIP

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Roles and InterfacesTrading Roles

– seller– buyer

Responsibilities– IP Network Domain– Service Provider– Service Customer– Service Customer’s

Client

Interaction– Logical relationship between roles– Physical interfaces, protocols

Trade the components of IP QoS services just as in e-commerce

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Service Customer

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BB/OSSBB/OSS

Service ProviderService Provider

IPND A

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IPND T

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IPND Z

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Logical interface

Multi-Operator Trading Model

Service Customer ClientIP Network Domain

Service Provider

Physicalinterface

Service Customer

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Management Interconnect Models (1)

Access (ingress) Access (egress)TransitServicecustomer

Business, Service& Network

ManagementFunctions


ManagementFunctions


ManagementFunctions

SLASLA

Cascade

Servicecustomer

client

Only provider – provider SLAs are shown.

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Servicecustomer

client


ManagementFunctions


ManagementFunctions


ManagementFunctions

SLASLA

Star


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Servicecustomer

client

Hub

NetworkManagement

FunctionsNetwork

ManagementFunctions

NetworkManagement

Functions

SLASLASLA

‘I-operator’Customer

servicemanagement

functions


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Interface Points (1)• Business perspective

business relationship between seller/buyer

– service management

• Network perspectivephysical interfaces between systems

– configuration

– performance management

• Plane-wise– control / management / user planes

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IPND T

BB/OSSBB/OSS

ManagementPlane

BB/OSS

Access (ingress)

IPND A

Access (egress)Transit

Router Network Ctrl. IF

Protocol transfer

•IP Packet forwarding

•Business Management•Service Management•Network Management•Network Element- Management B B

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Service Provider

•Routing•Signaling•Shaping•Marking•Policing•CAC•Metering

ControlPlane

UserPlane IPND T

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Interface Points (2)

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Service Provision Processes

• identification

• advertisement

• (re)negotiation

• activation/configuration

• maintenance/monitoring/reporting

• deactivation

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Buyer/(Customer)

(B)

Seller/(Provider)

(S)

Traffic Conditioning Specification

Service Description

Traffic Forecast

Basic Trading Model

1. Service Description (SD)• Service Name,• Service Performance Parameters (edge-

to- edge delay, jitter, loss),• Pipe | Funnel | Hose info propagation

model,• Provisioning (static, by RSVP, by BB, by

both),• Service Code Mark(s) (DSCP(s)),

• Action On Non-Conforming Traffic (drop, shape, remark)

2. Traffic Conditioning Specification (TCS)

• SLS Reference• SD Reference,• Traffic Descriptor (source/ dest.)• Traffic Profile (rate, burst size)• Scope (ingress, egress)

3. Traffic Forecast (TF)• TCS Reference• Projected Increase/ Decrease• Time

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Information Propagation Models

Pipe

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(Src, Dest) (Src, Dest)

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(*,*) (*,*)

Just a component of the SLA – not a management interconnect model!

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Trading Example ~ IP QoS Cross-Connection ~• Similar to a BE transit service, but with defined QoS• End-to-end QoS• Service Customer can be:

• DiffServ and/or IntServ aware • neither DiffServ nor IntServ aware

IntServIntServ DiffServ

BR

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Service Performance Measurement

• Scenarios

• Measurement Points

• Metrics and Events

• Measurement Methodologies

• Reporting

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Business Perspective

BB/OSSIPND ABB/OSSIPND A

SellerService Provider

SellerService Provider

IPND A

BB/OSSIPND TBB/OSSIPND T

IPND T

BB/OSSIPND ZBB/OSSIPND Z

IPND Z

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SLA

End-to-End Scenario (1)

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IPND TRouter

Network

IPND ZRouter

Network

IPND ARouter

Network

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End-to-end Service Performance

Network Perspective

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Traffic Profile

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End-to-End Scenario (2)

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Business Perspective

SellerService

Provider T

SellerService

Provider T

BuyerService

Provider A

BuyerService

Provider A

SD

TCS

TF

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ServiceProvider Z

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BB/OSSIPND ABB/OSSIPND A

IPND A

BB/OSSIPND TBB/OSSIPND T

IPND T

BB/OSSIPND ZBB/OSSIPND Z

IPND Z

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Transit Scenario (1)

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IPND TRouter

Network

IPND ZRouter

Network

IPND ARouter

Network

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Transit Service Performance

Network Perspective

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Traffic Profile

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Transit Scenario (2)

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Access Network

IPND A

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IPND ABB / OSS

CPE LADP LES CACBSS ER BR

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MP1MP2 MP3 MP4 MP5 MP6

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ER - edge router LES - local exchange switch CPE - customer premises equipmentBR - border router MP* - Measurement Point CAC - connection admission controlCR - core router BB - Bandwidth Broker BSS - broadband service selection router

OSS - Operation Support System LADP - local access distribution point

Measurement Points

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Provider – Service Performance Metrics• availability + throughput• delay + jitter• loss

Metrics and Events

Customer – Traffic Profile Metrics• peak rate• maximum burst size• token bucket parameters

IPND TRouter

Network

IPND ZRouter

Network

IPND ARouter

Network

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End-to-end Service Performance

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Traffic Profile

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Summary• Goal

– automated SLS management system

• Delivered results– State of the art study – Management scenarios and requirements– Measurement metrics and methodologies

• Current work– Specify an inter-domain QoS management interface

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Future WorkEURESCOM P1103• The goal is to validate, extend and enhance the Inter-

operator IP QoS provisioning framework of P1008 from both technical and business perspectives

• Two case studies– compatibility with PSTN telephony services (e.g., IN service,

Value Added services, control protocol aspects)

– UMTS – IP QoS interoperability

• Identifying accounting and pricing requirements and cost principles for this service (e.g., Support QoS rebates, etc);

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InformationProject members here at the WS:István Cselényi ([email protected])

Niklas Borg ([email protected])Telia Research AB, Sweden

Péter Haraszti ([email protected])eircom, Ireland

Hamid Gharib ([email protected])British Telecom (BTexaCT), UK

Petra Schmid ([email protected])Telekom Austria, Austria

Project homepage: http://www.eurescom.de/public/projects/P1000-series/p1008/P1008.htm

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ThanksTelekom Austria

• Petra Schmid

• Armin Sumesgutner

British Telecom, UK

• Hamid Gharib

• Chris Hatch

• Dave Milham

Telefónica, Spain

• Vicente Cruz

• Sonia Escudero

Telia Research, Sweden

• Anders Bergsten

• Niklas Borg

• István Cselényi

eircom, Ireland

• Ludovic Fiard

• Péter Haraszti

• Andrew Kelleher

• Denis McCarthy

• Garett Thompson

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