Abel Tong MEF, Co-Chair Multi-Domain Orchestration WG

Cyan, Director of Solutions Marketing

The MEF Work Towards the Third Network

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Today’s Two Modern Data Networks

On-Demand & Ubiquitous Performance & Security

Internet

Lack of Agility No Service Assurance

Imagine a new type of network service combining the best of both worlds and removing the limitations …

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A New Type of Network Service

• Agile – Delivery of new, dynamic, on-demand services

• Assured – Delivery of performance and security guarantees

• Orchestrated – Delivery of automated service across service providers

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The Third Network

Objective …

– Combine on-demand agility of the Internet with the performance & security assurances of Carrier Ethernet

– Deliver the service between physical Ethernet ports (UNIs) and Virtual service end-points

– Define abstractions to hide the complexity of underlying network technologies

… for services delivered end-to-end over multi-provider, multi-domain networks

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Lifecycle Service Orchestration

• Multi-Layer, Multi-Provider, Multi-Domain

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Work of the MEF STANDARDIZED AGILE, ASSURED, ORCHESTRATED SERVICES

Lifecycle Service

Orchestration

• Third Network Services

• APIs NFV SDN Existing WAN

Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO)

Network Infrastructure

Connectivity Services

• E-Line, E-LAN, E-Tree, E-Access, E-Transit

• Information Model & OAM

STANDARDIZED & CERTIFIED SERVICES

E-Transit

E-Access E-Line E-Tree

E-LAN

STANDARDIZED LIFECYCLE FRAMEWORKS

Service Lifecycle

• Product Catalogue

• Service Ordering

• Configuration & Setup

• Performance Reporting

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STANDARDIZED ARCHITECTURE

• UNIs and ENNIs

• EVCs and OVCs

• vNIDs

Service Architecture

Carrier Ethernet Network

End-to-End Carrier Ethernet Service

Carrier Ethernet Network

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LSO and Programmatic Control

To programmatically control a service, one needs to know:

1. What it is – Formal information model defining service constructs

2. What can I do – APIs to manipulate the service

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Service Configuration/Activation APIs: Single Operator

• Service – EVC: EVPL

• Decomposition – EVC segments

• Flow domains – Forwarding

groups

• Network – Technology

group

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Carrier Ethernet Information Model

Carrier Ethernet Management Information Model

Defined in MEF 7.2, updates in-progress in MEF 7.3

• Define the set of management information necessary for Carrier Ethernet services

• Provide the base model that will be applied to specific management interfaces – Network Management to Element Management Layer

(NML-EML)

– SDN Control of Network Infrastructure

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Management Information Model

• MEF Retail Service Catalog – Class Hierarchy using Service Types, Service Definitions

and Service Components (UNI, EVC)

E-Line

MEF Retail Service Catalog

E-LAN E-Tree

EVC

UNIs

EVC per

UNI

EPL EVPL EP-LAN EVP-LAN EP-Tree EVP-Tree

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MEF 7.2 Information Model

Q.840.1 Relationship Diagram of Ethernet Network View and

Equipment View

Q.840.1 Relationship Diagram of Ethernet Service Configuration Managed Entities

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Service Configuration and Activation

Ongoing Service and Operations Committee project

• Framework of service requests to – Configure and activate Carrier Ethernet services

• Define – Requirements, use cases, business processes,

information and data models

– Application Programming Interface definitions (APIs)

• In context of activation phases

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Service Activation Sequence

• Use information model

• Define API

• Apply standard methodology – sequence diagram

• Show interaction between object and processes

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Service Configuration/Activation APIs: Multi-Operator

• Service – EVC: EVPL

• Decomposition – Multi-operator

• Flow domains – Forwarding

groups

• Network – Technology

groups

– Multi-operator

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Lifecycle Service Orchestration

• Multi-Technology, Multi-Provider, Multi-Domain

OTN Core Ethernet Access

Network Operator (Wholesale Access Provider)

Self-service Web Portal

Service Provider/ Business Applications

(OSS/BSS)

APIs

Fulfillment, Control, Performance, Assurance,

Usage, Analytics, Security, Policy

Ethernet Access

Network Operator (Retail Service Provider)

MPLS Core

User Service Endpoint

User Service Endpoint

Operator Service Endpoint

APIs

End-to-End Network as a Service

MEF initiative to promote collaboration

among industry stakeholders for the definition, delivery

and management of open connectivity services

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Relationship with SDN and NFV

• Don’t reinvent the wheel

• Each forum brings domain expertise

• Who is doing what, how is it related

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