Deploying and managing IP over WDM networks / Joan Serrat, Alex Galis, editors.

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9781580536738

9781580535014

Title:

Deploying and managing IP over WDM networks / Joan Serrat, Alex Galis, editors.

Author:

Serrat, Joan.

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Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 288 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Artech House telecommunications library

General Note:

Presents the results of the IST-WINMAN Project.

Contents:

The Importance of IP and WDM Networks -- Historical Perspective -- Current Trends -- Deployment of IP Over WDM -- The Context of the WINMAN Project -- The WINMAN Consortium -- Network and Service Evolution Scenarios -- Requirements of IP-Based Services -- VPNs -- Application-Oriented Services: VoIP and MoIP -- Current Transport Networks -- Trends in Network Architectures -- OTN -- I2 -- Next Generation Internet -- Business Drivers for Management Systems -- SDH and ATM Management Systems -- WDM Management -- IP Management Systems -- The Market Perspective -- Management of the IP Network Layer -- The IP/MPLS Network Model -- MPLS-Based Applications -- Management of IP Networks -- Performance Management -- Fault Management -- SNMP Management of IP/MPLS Network Connectivity -- Management of MPLS VPNs -- Policy-Based Management -- IP/MPLS Management Tools -- SNMP-Based Tools -- SNMP APIs -- PBNM Tools -- MPLS Tools -- Current Activities in IP/MPLS Network Management -- The IETF Working Groups -- TMF IPNM -- Management of the WDM Network Layer -- The WDM Network Elements -- Optical Transport Network Modeling -- Functional Layers -- Optical Transport Services -- Managing WDM Networks -- Configuration Management -- Fault Management -- Performance Management -- Management Interfaces -- IP Over WDM Integration Mechanisms -- IP Over WDM--The Data Plane Perspective -- IP Over ATM Over SDH for WDM Transmission -- IP Over ATM Directly on WDM -- IP Over SDH; Packet Over SONET -- IP Over SDL Directly Over WDM -- IP Over GbE Over WDM.

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Subject Term:

Wavelength division multiplexing.

Wireless communication systems -- Management.

TCP/IP (Computer network protocol)

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Serrat, Joan.

Galis, Alex.

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Publication Date:

2003

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Summary

Although IP and WDM technologies are expected to become the dominant network technologies, they will be introduced gradually complementing and replacing current ATM and SDH network solutions. This book represents a comprehensive review and research results for the deployment and management of IP over WDM Networks with guaranteed service level agreements.

Author Notes

Alex Galis is a visiting professor at University College, London. He has co-authored and published more than 100 articles and technical reports on various networking topics.

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Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xix
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
1 Introduction	p. 1
1.1 The Importance of IP and WDM Networks	p. 1
1.1.1 Historical Perspective	p. 1
1.1.2 Current Trends	p. 1
1.1.3 Deployment of IP Over WDM	p. 2
1.2 Structure of the Book	p. 3
Appendix 1A The Context of the WINMAN Project	p. 4
Appendix 1B The WINMAN Consortium	p. 5
2 Network and Service Evolution Scenarios	p. 7
2.1 Introduction	p. 7
2.2 Requirements of IP-Based Services	p. 8
2.2.1 VPNs	p. 9
2.2.2 Application-Oriented Services: VoIP and MoIP	p. 11
2.3 Current Transport Networks	p. 15
2.4 Trends in Network Architectures	p. 17
2.4.1 OTN	p. 17
2.4.2 I2	p. 20
2.4.3 Next Generation Internet	p. 22
2.5 Business Drivers for Management Systems	p. 23
2.5.1 SDH and ATM Management Systems	p. 23
2.5.2 WDM Management	p. 24
2.5.3 IP Management Systems	p. 24
2.5.4 The Market Perspective	p. 25
2.6 Summary	p. 27
References	p. 29
3 Management of the IP Network Layer	p. 31
3.1 Introduction	p. 31
3.2 The IP/MPLS Network Model	p. 32
3.2.1 MPLS-Based Applications	p. 34
3.3 Management of IP Networks	p. 37
3.3.1 Performance Management	p. 37
3.3.2 Fault Management	p. 38
3.3.3 SNMP Management of IP/MPLS Network Connectivity	p. 38
3.3.4 Management of MPLS VPNs	p. 43
3.4 Policy-Based Management	p. 43
3.5 IP/MPLS Management Tools	p. 44
3.5.1 SNMP-Based Tools	p. 45
3.5.2 SNMP APIs	p. 46
3.5.3 PBNM Tools	p. 46
3.5.4 MPLS Tools	p. 48
3.6 Current Activities in IP/MPLS Network Management	p. 49
3.6.1 The IETF Working Groups	p. 49
3.6.2 TMF IPNM	p. 49
3.7 Summary	p. 50
References	p. 51
4 Management of the WDM Network Layer	p. 55
4.1 Introduction	p. 55
4.2 The WDM Network Elements	p. 56
4.3 Optical Transport Network Modeling	p. 56
4.3.1 Functional Layers	p. 58
4.3.2 Optical Transport Services	p. 59
4.4 Managing WDM Networks	p. 61
4.4.1 Configuration Management	p. 61
4.4.2 Fault Management	p. 63
4.4.3 Performance Management	p. 66
4.4.4 Management Interfaces	p. 69
4.5 Summary	p. 70
References	p. 71
5 IP Over WDM Integration Mechanisms	p. 73
5.1 Introduction	p. 73
5.2 IP Over WDM--The Data Plane Perspective	p. 74
5.2.1 IP Over ATM Over SDH for WDM Transmission	p. 74
5.2.2 IP Over ATM Directly on WDM	p. 75
5.2.3 IP Over SDH; Packet Over SONET	p. 76
5.2.4 IP Over SDL Directly Over WDM	p. 77
5.2.5 IP Over GbE Over WDM	p. 78
5.3 Control Plane Integration	p. 79
5.3.1 MPLambdaS-Generalized MPLS	p. 80
5.3.2 The ASON/ASTN Framework	p. 81
5.3.3 The OIF Forum Initiative	p. 83
5.4 The Management Plane Approach	p. 84
5.5 Summary	p. 85
References	p. 86
6 The WINMAN Management System Concept	p. 89
6.1 Introduction	p. 89
6.2 Business Reference Model	p. 91
6.2.1 Business Roles and Actors	p. 91
6.2.2 Business Case	p. 93
6.2.3 Business Processes Addressed by WINMAN	p. 95
6.2.4 High-Level Management Architecture	p. 96
6.3 Requirements Specification	p. 96
6.3.1 Requirements Classification	p. 97
6.3.2 Nonfunctional Requirements	p. 102
6.4 WINMAN UCs	p. 102
6.4.1 Identification and Classification of UCs	p. 102
6.4.2 UCs Overview	p. 102
6.5 Summary	p. 119
References	p. 120
7 The WINMAN System Architecture	p. 121
7.1 Introduction	p. 121
7.2 High-Level Architecture	p. 122
7.2.1 The Interdomain Network Management System	p. 122
7.2.2 The WDM-NMS	p. 124
7.2.3 The IP NMS	p. 125
7.2.4 The GUI	p. 125
7.2.5 Component Interaction Example: A Connectivity Service Provisioning Scenario	p. 126
7.3 Domain Model	p. 127
7.3.1 Common Entities	p. 127
7.3.2 Mapping Between the Model Entities and the Managed Resources	p. 128
7.4 Generic Management System Architecture	p. 130
7.4.1 The Three-Tiers Concept	p. 130
7.4.2 The Northbound Interface	p. 132
7.4.3 The Southbound Interface	p. 133
7.4.4 The View Manager Interface	p. 133
7.4.5 The Persistence Layer Interface	p. 133
7.5 The GUI	p. 133
7.5.1 Model-View-Controller Architecture	p. 134
7.5.2 GUI Functional Components	p. 135
7.6 Summary	p. 136
References	p. 137
8 Management System Design and Implementation Issues	p. 139
8.1 Introduction	p. 139
8.2 Provisioning Manager	p. 140
8.3 End-to-End Routing Manager	p. 143
8.4 NIM	p. 143
8.4.1 The Inventory Model	p. 145
8.4.2 Querying the Inventory	p. 145
8.5 Policy Manager	p. 146
8.6 View Manager	p. 147
8.7 Northbound Interface Manager	p. 149
8.7.1 INMS Adaptations	p. 152
8.8 Southbound Interface Manager	p. 152
8.8.1 INMS Adaptations	p. 152
8.8.2 IP and WDM NMS Adaptations	p. 153
8.9 The GUI	p. 154
8.10 Summary	p. 158
References	p. 159
9 Technologies and Tools	p. 161
9.1 Introduction	p. 161
9.2 Development Platforms	p. 162
9.2.1 Network Management Platforms	p. 162
9.2.2 The Distributed Software Component Framework	p. 163
9.2.3 The Netrac Platform	p. 164
9.2.4 The WINMAN Implementation	p. 165
9.3 Operating Systems	p. 166
9.3.1 UNIX	p. 166
9.3.2 Windows	p. 166
9.3.3 The WINMAN Implementation	p. 167
9.4 Programming Languages	p. 167
9.4.1 Java Programming Language	p. 167
9.4.2 C++ Programming Language	p. 168
9.4.3 The WINMAN Implementation	p. 168
9.5 The Middleware	p. 169
9.5.1 CORBA	p. 169
9.5.2 XML	p. 171
9.5.3 The WINMAN Implementation	p. 173
9.6 Interfaces Specification	p. 173
9.6.1 CORBA	p. 173
9.6.2 SNMP	p. 174
9.6.3 The WINMAN Implementation	p. 174
9.7 Connectivity Interface Protocols	p. 174
9.7.1 Connection and Service Management Information Model	p. 175
9.7.2 Multitechnology Network Management	p. 175
9.7.3 The WINMAN Implementation	p. 176
9.8 Databases	p. 177
9.8.1 The WINMAN Implementation	p. 177
9.9 User Interface Tools	p. 177
9.9.1 Hypertext Markup Language	p. 177
9.9.2 Java	p. 178
9.9.3 The WINMAN Implementation	p. 179
9.10 Policy-Based Management Tools	p. 179
9.10.1 Ponder	p. 180
9.10.2 The WINMAN Implementation	p. 180
9.11 Summary	p. 181
References	p. 182
10 Testbed Setup for the Evaluation of IP over WDM Management Systems	p. 183
10.1 Introduction	p. 183
10.2 Testbed Requirements	p. 184
10.2.1 Requirements on the Management Platforms	p. 184
10.2.2 Requirements on the Testing and Verification Tools	p. 186
10.2.3 Requirements on the IP Infrastructure	p. 188
10.2.4 Requirements on the WDM Infrastructure	p. 189
10.3 The WINMAN Testbed	p. 190
10.3.1 The IP Layer	p. 190
10.3.2 The WDM Layer	p. 191
10.3.3 Interconnection of the IP and WDM Nodes	p. 193
10.4 Adaptation of the Technology-Dependent EMSs to the WINMAN Southbound Interface	p. 194
10.4.1 Adaptation of the WDM EMS	p. 194
10.4.2 Adaptation of the IP EMS	p. 195
10.5 Summary	p. 196
References	p. 197
11 Evaluation of IP over WDM Management Solutions	p. 199
11.1 Introduction	p. 199
11.2 Template for the Definition of Testing Experiments	p. 200
11.3 Evaluating the Nonfunctional Behavior	p. 200
11.3.1 Openness and Flexibility	p. 200
11.3.2 Flexibility and Modularity	p. 202
11.3.3 Scalability	p. 202
11.3.4 Robustness	p. 203
11.4 Evaluation of Functional Behavior	p. 203
11.4.1 Configuration Management/Network Provisioning/Create Optical Path	p. 204
11.4.2 Configuration Management/Network Provisioning/Create IP/MPLS Path	p. 204
11.4.3 Configuration Management/Network Provisioning/ICS Provisioning	p. 205
11.4.4 Network Inventory Management/Network Inventory Consistency to Network Infrastructure	p. 207
11.5 The wINMAN Configuration Management Solution Evaluation	p. 207
11.5.1 Integrated Experiment for Validating the WINMAN Functionality	p. 207
11.5.2 Experiment Results	p. 212
11.5.3 Evaluation of the Results	p. 214
11.6 Summary	p. 215
References	p. 216
12 Integration of IP over WDM: The LION Project Approach	p. 217
12.1 Introduction	p. 217
12.2 Network Studies	p. 219
12.2.1 Teletraffic Engineering for Modeling Dynamic Traffic and Dimensioning ASON	p. 220
12.2.2 ASONs and Their Potential Benefits	p. 221
12.2.3 Some Guidelines on Network Evolution	p. 224
12.3 Network Management	p. 226
12.3.1 Challenges in ASON Management	p. 226
12.3.2 The LION Management Approach	p. 227
12.3.3 Management Information Model	p. 228
12.4 The Testbed	p. 232
12.4.1 Testbed Equipment	p. 232
12.4.2 Control Plane Architecture	p. 238
12.4.3 NNI Signaling For Soft-Permanent Connection Setup and Tear Down	p. 240
12.4.4 Tests Carried Out	p. 241
References	p. 241
13 Future Developments and Challenges for IP over WDM Network Deployment	p. 243
13.1 Introduction	p. 243
13.2 The Outlook from the IST-OPTIMIST Project	p. 244
13.2.1 Technology Trends in Optical Technologies and Photonic Networking	p. 246
13.2.2 The Global Communication Network in More Detail	p. 248
13.2.3 Future Trends for Optical Components	p. 252
13.3 Challenges of IP/WDM Network Control and Management	p. 255
13.3.1 End-to-End Routing	p. 255
13.3.2 Dynamic Routing and Wavelength Conversion in the Optical Domain	p. 256
13.3.3 IP/WDM Fault Management	p. 257
13.3.4 IP/WDM Performance Management	p. 259
13.4 Deployment of IP/WDM Networks	p. 259
13.4.1 Adoption of Optical CP	p. 259
13.4.2 Possible Deployment Scenarios	p. 261
13.5 Summary	p. 263
References	p. 264
List of Acronyms	p. 267
About the Editors	p. 277
Index	p. 279

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