10/3/991 interworking ip and wdm networks malathi veeraraghavanmark karol polytechnic...
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Interworking IP and WDM Networks
Malathi Veeraraghavan Mark Karol
Polytechnic University Lucent Technologies
[email protected] [email protected]
Outline:• Provisioned mode
• Switched mode
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WDM as a transmission technology
• Use WDM multiplexers/demultiplexers
• Increased bandwidth - immediate value
IP Router
IP Router DWDM Multiplexer
IP Router
IP RouterDWDM Demultiplexer
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WDM as a networking technology
• Circuit switches– Optical add/drop multiplexers (OADM)– Optical crossconnects (OXC)– Commercially available– We assume that WDM switches are of this
variety for this talk.
• Packet switches– In research laboratories; optical buffering issues
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Types of networks
• A network is defined by its “switching mode” and its “networking mode”
• Circuit switching vs. packet switching– Circuit-switching: switching based on position (space, time, ) of arriving bits
– Packet-switching: switching based on information in packet headers
• Connectionless vs. Connection-oriented networking:– CL: Packets routed based on address information in headers
– CO: Connection set up (resources reserved) prior to data transfer
Packet-switching
Circuit-switching
Switching modesConnectionless Connection-oriented
Networking modes
ATMIPMPLS
IP switch
Telephone network, SONET/SDH, WDM
Shades of gray: provisioned vs. switched modes
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Use of WDM networking technology to carry IP traffic
• For WANs, usage expected to be in provisioned mode - need “CO” service for guaranteed bandwidth– Interconnect IP routers with provisioned (connections set up
a priori) lightpaths
Core networkof OXCs/OADMs
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Enterprise 2 LAN
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Lightpath
R5Enterprise 1 LAN
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Enterprise 1 LAN
Enterprise 1 LAN
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Alternatives
• Alternatives for the core network nodes:– Packet switches with packets of format anything other than the IP
datagram format, e.g. ATM, MPLS (MultiProtocol Label Switching)
– SONET/SDH circuit switches (TDM)
– “IP switches” - resource reservation at the IP layer using RSVP or some network management system
• hardware-based IP forwarding
• variable-length packet switching
– WDM Optical crossconnects and WDM Optical add/drop multiplexers
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Which alternative is “best?”
• Issues/assumptions:– IP traffic even in core measured to be bursty– Protocol layer overhead resulting from protocol
encapsulation– Bandwidth granularity
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Issue 1
• IP traffic even in core measured to be bursty– Implication: need traffic shaping at edge routers
or gateways if circuit-switched alternatives are used
– Is it possible to shape IP (self-similar) traffic to a constant rate?
– Is there a problem if the IP traffic delivered at the far-end router does not replicate burstiness?
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Issue 2
• Protocol layer overhead resulting from protocol encapsulation– 20% in case of ATM (TCP ACKs don’t fit in
one ATM cell with LLC/SNAP encapsulation and ACKs are 45% of packets)
– 4.4% for SONET relative to IP over PPP over fiber/WDM
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Issue 3
• Bandwidth granularity:– In SONET networks, minimum rate is OC1
(~51Mbps)– In WDM networks, issue not at the OXCs but
rather at the transmitter; actual rate used could be less than maximum rate possible
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Which alternative is “best?”
• Alternatives for the core network nodes:– ATM, MPLS: protocol layer overhead issue
– SONET/SDH: all three issues
– IP switches: None
– WDM OXCs/OADMs:
• bursty traffic issue? + granularity issue?
• Answer:– IP switch based solution seems best
– If traffic can be shaped to constant rate and delivery of constant-rate traffic at far-end is acceptable, then WDM OXC/OADM based solution is comparable
• Switch costs could offset transmission cost savings
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Test configuration
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Networknode
Core network
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OXC, IP switch, ATM switch or SONET XC
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Different cases
Cases Network node Edge routersperformshaping
Separateor mergedchannels
Case 1 OXC No -
Case 2 OXC Yes -Case 3 IP switch Yes -Case 4 IP switch No SeparateCase 5 IP switch No MergedCase 6 ATM switch Yes -Case 7 ATM switch No SeparateCase 8 ATM switch No MergedCase 9 SONET XC No -Case 10 SONET XC Yes -
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Comparison of OXC and IP switch based networks
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Graphs generated by D. Dharmaraju and R. Badri, Polytechnic Univ.
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Comparison of SONET and OXC based networks and IP switch and ATM switch based networks
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Case 6: ATM switch;edge shaping
Graphs generated by D. Dharmaraju and R. Badri, Polytechnic Univ.
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Classification of optical networks
• One classification (B. Mukherjee’s book)
– Broadcast-and-select local optical WDM networks
– Wavelength-routed (wide area) optical networks
• Second classification (chap. by J. Bannister, M. Gerla, M. Kovacevic, in book on routing) – Optical link networks
– Single-hop networks
– Multi-hop networks
– Hybrid networks
– Photonic networks
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Difference between optical-link and
multihop networks (per ref.)
• Optical-link networks don’t use multiple wavelengths while multihop networks do
• Routing problem in optical-link networks is the simple routing problem in packet-switched networks, while in multihop networks, this problem is tightly coupled with the virtual-topology design problem
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Two-layer routing problem
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Virtual Topology Physical Topology
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If WDM networks are not efficient when used in provisioned mode, do not create a virtual topology by connecting IP routers with lightpaths that traverse multiple OXCs
Above problem not worth solving if packet switches are IP routers - just build a single-layer IP switch based network
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How should WDM wavelength-routed networks be used for IP traffic?
• Hybrid network: Single-hop and optical-link– Single-hop: Use WDM circuit switches for large bulk-data
transfers• Operate WDM network in switched mode
• Need a routing protocol and signaling protocol
• Dynamic allocation and removal of lightpaths
– Optical-link network: A packet-switched network (allow WDM mux/demux on links)
• Packet-switched network supports CL and CO services
• In contrast to other hybrid networks, which combine single-hop and multi-hop networks
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Classification of applications
Applications
Non-real-time(stored at sender and receiver ends)
Real-time(consumed or sent live)
Interactive (two-way)(consumed and sent live)
e.g. telephony, telnet, “ftp”
Streaming (one-way)(consumed live;
sent from live or stored source)e.g. radio/TV broadcasts
Recording (one-way)(stored at receiver end;sent from live source)
Short transfers(e.g. DNS query)
Long transfers(e.g. large image,
audio, video or data)
Packet-switched CO networks
Connectionlessnetworks Circuit-switched
networks
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Use of circuit switching for long data transfers
• Scanned from “Fundamentals of Digital Switching,” by J. MacDonald (published 1983 - article written by Miyahara et al. in 1975)
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Conclusions
• Regarding WDM wavelengh-routed (WAN) networks– Value questionable relative to other networking technologies when
used in provisioned mode (pre-established lightpaths) to interconnect IP routers
– In switched mode, ideal for high-bandwidth large file transfers
• Proposed WAN solution: hybrid networks– Optical-link networks interconnecting packet switches that support
connectionless and connection-oriented services
– Single-hop networks of OXCs supporting circuit-switched services for large file transfers