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December 2, 2015

SDN’s Hottest Topics: A Panel Discussion

Solving Interoperability& Operations Issues The Guide to SDN for Optical Networks

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Presented by

December 2, 2015

Roy Chua

Co-Founder SDxCentral

Lyndon Ong

Chair, ONF Open Transport WG

ONF

Vishnu ShuklaVice Chair, Open

Transport WGVerizon

Dave Brown

VP of Marketing, Board Member

OIF

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Hot Topics in SDN Panel Discussion

Why do transport networks need SDN?What are the challenges of making transport SDN work in the real world?How are we (industry, ONF, OIF) addressing these challenges?How to get started and get involved with transport SDNWrap-up and Q&A

Agenda

Carrier SDN Transformation

→ Proprietary, vendor-specific silos→ Complex to operate, integrate

across vendors/technologies

→ Centralized, vendor-agnostic control and service orchestration

→ Virtualization of physical network resources→ Open, programmable carrier networks

OSS Platform

Proprietary OS

Vendor X HWProprietary

OSVendor Y HW

Proprietary OS

Vendor Z HW

Current Networks Software-Defined NetworksOSS Platform/SDN Apps

Multi-vendor Network with Integrated SDN Control

SDN SW

SDN-enabled HW

Open APIsVendor EMS

SDN Control Infrastructure

Wireless Transport WorkPOC Madrid October 2015• Supported by • Telefonica• 5 largest microwave

vendors (90% of the market)• Based on ONOS controller

with basic microwave port extensions • Presenting two SDN apps:• Capacity driven air

interface• Flow based shaping• Whitepaper available at ONF

CoriantCoriant

Tester

ONOS Controller

Capacity driven air interface

APP

Flow Based Shaping APP

VirtualRouter

VirtualRouter

Application Layer

Control Layer

Infrastructure LayerDomain 1

NE NE NE

Domain 2

NE NE NE

Domain 3

NE NE NE

Network Orchestrator

Parent Controlle

r

DomainControlle

r

DomainControlle

r

DomainControlle

rSBI

NBI

SBI

CloudOrchestrator

Compute Storage

SDN Framework for Transport Multi-Domain IntegrationTransport SDN framework for carrier networks• Can be realized over

diverse carrier networks• Highly flexible - multiple

technology layers, multiple domains, greenfield and brownfield

Need standards on application layer interface to control layer (NBI)• Programmability of

Transport SDN across controller and NE vendors

API Divergence ProblemAbsent Standards • Potential API

divergence• Vendor-specific• Controller-specific• Technology-specific• Language-specific• SDO-specific

• Need commonality• Common core model• Common minimal

subset• Plus extensions

Accelerating the Deployment of Practical, Programmable Transport Networks

Dave BrownOIF VP of Marketing

Alcatel-Lucent

SDxCentral WebinarDecember 2, 2015

Moving Transport SDN ForwardOIF Activities

Completed: SDN Reference Architecture Carrier SDN Requirements 2014 Global Transport SDN Demo Framework for Transport SDNIn-Progress:• Transport API Implementation

Agreements• Virtual Transport Network Service

Definition• Transport SDN Operator’s Toolbox• 2016 Global Transport SDN/NFV Demo

Planning9

SDN Reference Architecture Components of Transport SDN

Data Center

DC Mgt/ Controller

Orchestrator

ServiceApplication Plane

Mgt- &Control-Plane

DataPlane

Service Service

Transport

TN Controller

TransportNetwork

TN ControllerMgt

TN ControllerMgt

SDN southbound:OF, XML, SNMP, PCEP, … (could be NE-internal)

OF, MTOSI, REST, …

SDN northbound:OGF NSI, …

DC Mgt/ ControllerDC Mgt/

Controller

Transport SDN Framework Validated in the OIF/ONF

Prototype Demo in Fall 2014 Multi-layer control Multi-vendor, Multi-domain

Demo• 5 Carrier Labs• 9 Vendors

OpenFlow Optical Transport Extensions

Prototype NBI for Connectivity Service and Topology

Whitepaper available with details

Application Layer

Control Layer

Infrastructure LayerDomain 1

NE NE NE

Domain 2

NE NE NE

Domain 3

NE NE NE

Network Orchestrator

Parent Controlle

r

DomainControlle

r

DomainControlle

r

DomainControlle

rSBI

NBI

SBI

CloudOrchestrator

Compute Storage

Carrier view: what is needed to make SDN more widely deployable in the

service provider network

Vishnu ShuklaVerizon

Why Does Transport Need SDN?•Optical and transport networks continue to be difficult and expensive to manage, with many manual processes and very long provisioning times

•SDN and virtualization have the promise of simplifying optical transport network control, adding management flexibility, and allowing the rapid development of new service offerings by enabling programmatic control of optical transport networks and equipment

•Can also reduce the cost of optical switches by moving control and management planes from embedded processors to general-purpose COTS hardware and virtualized software

•Utilize centralized network-wide management and control to drive efficiency and speed

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Potential Benefits of Transport SDNSDN Benefit Transport Network ImpactNetwork Utilization • Application-aware optimization of resources

• Multilayer optimization across packet and circuit

Improved Service Development/Deployment

• Greater separation of service development/deployment and network element embedded software

• Virtualization of network resourcesSimplified/Streamlined Operations • Streamline and integrate operations across

different domains• Circumvent or remove restrictions of legacy

operations systemsMonetization of Resources • Improved charging for network resource

usage and class of service

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SDOs

ONFOIF

(Transport)

IETF/IRTF

InterDCATIS

SW Infrastructure

Southbound Interface

Northbound Interface

Openstack

BBF, MEF

ODL,

NFVOPNFV

OPEN SOURCE

3GPP

High Level SDN/Data Center Reference Architecture with SDOs/Forums Focus

Data Center HW

Orchestration & Management

Service Service Service

Transport

SDN Controller

DC Mgt

ONOS

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