OTN Overview

Radhakrishna Valiveti
System Architecture Group,
Infinera Corp.

Outline
What is OTN?
Basic Capabilities in OTN Networks
New Developments
OTN Evolution Convergence of Layers
Summary

What is OTN?
Next Generation SONET/SDH
Terabit/sec capacity on fibers (using DWDM)
Higher client signal rates (1G, 2.5G, 10G, 40G, ...)

Transparent Client Signal Transport

Bits & Timing

Support efficient multiplexing of services onto a

wavelengths
Enhanced OAM

Beyond SONET (no TCMs), SDH (1 TCM)

Protection schemes

Linear Protection (support existing SONET/SDH mechanisms)

Ring Protection (support existing SONET/SDH mechanisms)
Shared Mesh protection (New)

First Gen DMDM Networks (pre-OTN)

Proprietary
DWDM solutions

Carrier A

Carrier B

NE

Carrier A
NE
NE

Customer Eqpt
(e.g. Router)

NE
NE

NE

NE

NE

Vendor B

Vendor A

Inter Vendor/Carrier interop

Possible only at the level of client signals

Customer Eqpt
(e.g. Router)

End to end Service realized in the form of multiple segments

Client to wavelength mapping
No end-to-end service management (only possibility is to examine the
client signal at various points along the circuit)
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The OTN Approach

Intra-Domain interfaces (IaDI).
Can incl. proprietary elements

Carrier A

Carrier B

NE

Carrier A
NE
NE

Customer Eqpt
(e.g. Router)

NE
NE

NE

NE

NE

Vendor B

Vendor A

Standard Inter-Domain (IrDI) i/f

Digitally wrap Client signals. Wrappers can be monitored in transit

Monitoring:
Connectivity Verification
Connection monitoring: end-to-end, or in segments
Maintenance Signals
Generic Communication Channels
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Customer Eqpt
(e.g. Router)

Network View
IP

OTN

DWDM

IP Layer Routers
Links Realized via Xport
networks

Electrical: Client Mapping,

Connection Multiplexing,
Grooming, Monitoring,
No stranded BW
Protection/Restoration

Optical Layer:
Add/Drop, Express,
Protection/Restoration

OTN Architecture

Assoc OH
Non Assoc
OH (OSC)

Optical
Domain

Digital
Domain

SONET/SDH

Ethernet

OH
OH
OH

SAN

Optical Payload Unit (OPUk)

(transparent client signal transport)

Client

Optical Data Unit (ODUk)

OPUk
FEC

ODUk

Multi-Service Clients

OCh
OCh

Optical Transport Unit (OTUk)

(k = 1/2/3/4 for 2.510/40/100G)

FEC Enhanced optical reach, BER
Optical Channel (OCh)
(1 OCh per OTU; ITU G.694.1 wavelength
grid)

...........
OMSn

Optical Multiplex Section (OMS)

OTSn

Optical Transport Section (OTS)

OTN NE Internals
l2
l3
l4

ODUk
Bandwidth
Management

OTN WDM Line Side

G.694.1 wavelength grid
G.709 Digital Wrapper w/ FEC
or Enhanced FEC
Typically OTUkV (Functionally
standardized)
OTN Overhead & OAMP

OTN Bandwidth Management

ODUk switching
Typically ODU0 (1.25G)
granularity
Transparent switching of DWDM
line capacity
SAN
(Fibre Channel, FICON)

Ethernet
(1/10/40/100 GbE)

SONET/SDH
(155Mb/s 40Gb/s)

OTN
(OTU1, OTU2, OTU3, OTU4)

SWITCHING LINE

ln

Client signal
adaptation

l1
l2
l3
l4

....

....

ln

OTU
Source/Sink

ODU
Mux/demux

l1

CLIENT

OTN Client Interfaces

Multi-service support for
SONET/SDH, Ethernet and SAN
OTN handoffs enable multivendor inter-working
Optical interfaces support (OTUk)
(Fully standardized)

OTN Layers (End-to-End View)

May be part of
the same NE

Client Signal Trail: e.g. OC192, STM-64, 10GBASE-R

Client
Eqpt

Digital
ADM

Optical
ADM

Optical
Amp
OTS

OTS
OMS
OCh
OTU

ODU
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Optical
ADM

Digital
ADM

Client
Eqpt

Client Signal Mapping (G.709 3/2003)

CBR2G5
OC-48/STM-16

CBR10G
OC-192/STM-64

CBR40G
OC-768/STM-256

AMP
BMP

OPU1

AMP
BMP

OPU2

OPU1-4V
AMP
BMP

OPU3

OPU2-4V
OPU1-16V

No Standard Mappings defined for Ethernet Clients

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* AMP = Async Mapping Procedure; BMP = Bitsynch Mapping Procedure

Client Signal Mapping (G.709 12/2009)

10GBase

FC-1200

BMP

TTT

CBRx

1000Base

40GBase

OPU2e

BMP
BMP

TTT

OPUFlex

GMP

TTT

OPU2e

GMP

OPU0

OPU3

100GBase

GMP

OPU4

STM-1,4

GMP

OPU0

OTN
fully
support
Ethernet
Clients
* GMP
= Generic
Mapping Procedure;
TTT = Timing Transp.
Transcoding
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ODU Multiplexing Hierarchy

Low-Order ODUk

ODU0
ODU1

ODU1
Muxing

ODU2
Muxing

ODU3
Muxing

ODU4
Muxing

32

80

16

40

32

80

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High-Order ODUk

ODU1

ODU1

ODUflex
ODU2

ODU2

ODU2
ODU3e1/2 Muxing

ODU2e

ODU3
ODU4

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10

ODU3
2

ODU4

ODU3e1

ODU3e1

ODU3e2

ODU3e2
ODU3
ODU4

OTN Multiplexing - Example

ODU2e
muxed into
ODU3

10GbE mapped
into ODU2e

10G

ODU2
OH

10G

ODU2e
OH

10G

ODU3
OH

ODU2e
OH

ODU2e
OH

10G

10G

10GbE
OTU2e

OTU3

ODU2
muxed into same
ODU3

ODU2
OH

10G

OTU2
ODU2
OH

10G

OC-192/ OC-192/STM-64
STM-64 mapped into ODU2

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Legend

10G
10G

Client service

ODU2
OH

ODU2 encapsulation

ODU2e
OH

ODU2e encapsulation

ODU3
OH

ODU3 encapsulation

Tandem Connection Monitoring

OTN
Network A

OTN
Network B

OTN
Network A

ODU Connection monitored within B (TCM1)

ODU Connection monitored within A (TCM2)

TCM1 & TCM2 being monitored concurrently

Network operators need to agree on the TCM layers to use (no dynamic allocation
of TCM layers to domains)
Allows arbitrary nesting of TCM layers (subject to layer availability)
ODU frame includes Overhead (OH) for 6 TCM layers

TCM layer Used for:

- Connectivity Verification, PM, Protection/Restoration triggers
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Tandem Connection Monitoring (TCM)

Segment Protection/Restoration
OTN Network B

OTN
Network A

working

OTN
Network A

protection
ODU Connection monitored within B (TCM1)
ODU Connection monitored within A (TCM2)

NE at the edge of
Network B
NE at the edge of
network A (near CPE)
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detects the problem with the working path

Knows the problem is in their domain
Switches to the protection path
Gets (data plane) notification of defect in working path
Uses hold-off timer to prevent initiating switchover (i.e.
allow the nested protection attempt to succeed)

Control Plane in Optical Networks

Automated control plane for DWDM & OTN

Auto discovery of topology

Route computation
Point-and-click provisioning

Service restoration

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OSPF-TE discovers topology & bandwidth

Dynamically advertised as changes occur

Source-based CSPF circuit routing

Traffic engineering for explicit routing control
RSVP-TE signaling protocol for dynamic provisioning of paths
Speeds service delivery from A to Z

Mesh restoration of multiple failures. Efficient use of bandwidth

ODUflex Applications
FC

ODU-flex 2

TDM CBR

ODU
(non-flex)

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VLAN #1

ODU-flex 1

Eth

Improvement over
ODU VCAT

Higher
Order (HO)
ODU
(one l)

Stop the proliferation of ODU containers

Suited to CBR signals of arbitrary rates,
e.g. map 8GFC into ODUflex, NOT
8GFC to ODU2
ODU2e used to map 10GBASE-R
signal is not called ODUflex (but can
be considered the first ODUflex)
No need for deskew buffers required to
support ODU VCAT

ODU-flex 1

Eth
VLAN #2

TDM CBR

ODU-flex 2

ODU
(non-flex)

Higher
Order (HO)
ODU
(one l)

New use for ODUflex

Packet Traffic rates not coupled to that of
the physical interface (logical flows)
Uses GFP-F encapsulation for packets
ODUflex rate is N x (TS in HO-OPUk)

HO ODU4/21
ODUflex Tributary Slot Allocation
80 TribSlots @ 1G

80 tributary slots @ 1.301G (for ODU4

links)

ODUflex(3GSDI)

ODU0
ODU0
ODU0
ODUflex(GFP)/3/ 4

LO ODUj can take any n tributary

slots
No bandwidth fragmentation

LO ODUflex(GFP) is resizable
hitlessly (without any traffic impact)
ODUflex(GFP)/6

ODU2

Allocated
TribSlot
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Unallocated
TribSlot

Convergence of Layers

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The motivation behind Packet-OTN

Service Routers

Core / Backbone Network

IP-VPN

L2 VPN

Internet
Access

VoIP

IP Peering
IPTV

IP Core Routers

SONET
transport

SAN

Private
Line

Wholesale
Bandwidth

Transport Network (OTN/WDM)

Reduce Cost: IP core routers touch 100% of IP traffic at most nodes

Ensure Common convergence layer: Optical + Packet Support
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P-OTN optimized for packet & multi-service optical

Phase I

Today
IP/MPLS

Phase II
IP

IP

MPLS

STS/OTN

WDM

Converged
WDM/OTN
Switching

Converged
WDM/P-OTN

Converged WDM/P-OTN dramatically simplify the network

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Summary

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Full function OTN

Standardized
Efficient
High
Multi-Service
Service
Bandwidth
Platform
Reconfiguration Inter-Carrier
Hand-Offs
OTN
Adaptation

OTN
Switching

OTN
Multiplexing

Efficient High- Multi-Layer

Bandwidth
Management
Transport
& Automation
OTN DWDM
Transport

OTN
OTN
OTN
OTN
OTN

ODUj

ODUj

ODUj

ODUj <-> ODUk

ODUk

OTUk

10GbE -> ODU2

(ODU2)

(ODU2)

(ODU2 <-> ODU3)

(N x ODU3)

(OTU4)

client

Control Plane
& OAMP

e.g., GMPLS,
ASON, WSON

Support For Full Range of Fully-Standardized OTN Features

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Efficient OTN Enabled Network

Single protocol-agnostic
service delivery layer

Single OTN Service Delivery Layer

Integrated OTN + DWDM

Homogenous OAM&P
Standardized Managed
multi-service trunks
Tandem Connection Monitoring
100% Transparent
transport

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Carrier A
SDH
Ethernet
Fiber Channel
Others

OTN

Carrier B

OTN

Asynchronous mapping

TCM
Level 1

Bit Synchronous mapping

Generic mapping

Level 2

Lead Operator QoS Supervision

Level 3

User QoS Supervision

OTN

Domain & Domain Interconnect Supervision

Thank You

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