Metro Ethernet

&
Related Services

By
Anuradha Udunuwara

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 Agenda

• Introduction to Data Services Section

• Metro Ethernet Technology
• SLT Metro Ethernet Services
• SLT Metro Ethernet Network

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 Introduction to Data Services Section

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 Organizational structure
CEO

CMO

HD/DN & IP Services

HS/DS & VoIP

Eng/DS_SP Eng/DS_OP Eng/DS_Mtce Eng/DS_NW

Team Leader Team Leaders Team Leader

Service
Operation Maintenance
Provisioning
Teams Team
Team
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 Data Services provided by SLT

• Local Leased Circuits [ Point to Point -PP]

• Internet Leased Line [ ILL ]
• International Private Leased Circuits [ IPLC ] –Local Extension
• Direct Inward/Outward Dialing[ DIOD ]
• IP VPN Last mile access
• Metro Ethernet

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 SLT
Data Managed- Typical
Networking LeasedArchitecture
Line Network

Site-2
Data Node 3
Data Node -2

Site-1
Site-3
Data Node -5

Data Node1

Data Node -6

Site-4

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 DSU Data Network DSU

Router Router

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 Metro Ethernet Technology

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 Types of Networks;

1. Local Area Network (LAN)

2.Wide Area Network (WAN)

3.Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)

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 Local Area Networks (LAN)
•A group of computers and network communication
devices interconnected within a geographically limited
area, such as a building
• Characterized by,
• Transfer data at high speeds
• Exist in a limited geographical area
• Resources are managed by the company running the
LAN.

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 Switch/Hub

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 Wide Area Networks (WAN)
• Interconnects LANs
• Characterized by,
• Transfer data at low speeds
• Exist in an unlimited geographical area
• Interconnects multiple LANs
• Connectivity and Resources are managed by a
Telephone Company

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 Customers say they need;

– High Speed Connectivity (10,20,50 Mbps….)

• Point to Point Data Connectivity
• Network Connectivity
• Internet Connectivity
– Better Service Levels
• Network availability - 99.999% (Can go out of service only
5.256 minutes per year)
• Ring Access Networks
• Highly available Data Nodes
• Fast network resiliency

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 Customers say they need;

– New and enhanced Services

• LAN interconnections
• Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS)
• Enhanced QoS (Quality of Service)
– Cost Effectiveness
• Multiple Services on a single port
• Cheap Services – particularly at higher speeds

Can we deliver these in the current Network ?

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 Why Ethernet ?

- Most common Interface today

- Cost effective
- Supports very high Bandwidths (upto 1Gbps)
- Flexible upgrades within a wide range (1Mbps to 1Gbps)
- Easy and simple to manage and maintain

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 Ethernet as a Service

• Ethernet’s origins in the Enterprise

– Used as a LAN connectivity technology
– Just plug it in and start using it
• Ethernet’s new usage as a Service
– Requires “service attributes” like other MAN /
WAN services
• Ethernet UNI, Ethernet “VC”, Service Performance, etc.

Same Ethernet technology just used in a new way

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 Let’s look at TDM and other L2 Services

TDM hierarchy or L2
Service dictates
Inflexible Bandwidth Scalability bandwidth increments and
• Increasing non-Ethernet service technology
OC-48
bandwidth often requires:
– New service (step function) POS
• T1@T3, FR@ATM OC-12

– New hardware
• new interface or equipment OC-3
– New service provisioning ATM
• different protocols / technologies
T3
• Often resulting in:
– Oversubscribing to meet growing
T1
bandwidth needs Frame
Relay
1.5M 45M 155M 622M

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Ethernet Service Benefits over TDM/other L2 Services

Ethernet provides
Flexible Bandwidth Scalability flexible bandwidth
increments using same
• Increasing Ethernet service technology
OC-48
bandwidth:
– Requires just bandwidth provisioning 1GbE POS
– Provision only amount of BW needed OC-12
• Same protocol for LAN and MAN
• Lower OpEx & CapEx with Ethernet OC-3

– 25-40% lower cost than 10/100MbE ATM

• TDM, Frame Relay, ATM interfaces1 T3 Ethernet
– 10x lower cost
• than high speed SONET interfaces1 T1
Frame
– Easier and less costly to meet growing Relay
bandwidth needs
1.5M 45M 155M 622M
1 Source: Network Strategy Partners, LLC

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 Services Definition

Customer
User Network
Equipment
Interface
(CE)
(UNI)
Metro
Ethernet
Network

Service Provider
Responsibility

Service Model: Services described as seen by CE, UNI to UNI

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Ethernet Service – Basic Model defined in MEF

• Customer Equipment (CE) attaches

to UNI
• CE can be
– router
CE
– IEEE 802.1Q bridge (switch) UNI
• UNI (User Network Interface) Metro
– Standard IEEE 802.3 Ethernet PHY Ethernet
Network
and MAC (MEN) CE
– 10Mbps, 100Mbps, 1Gbps or 10Gbps UNI
• Metro Ethernet Network (MEN) CE
– May use different transport and
service delivery technologies
• SONET/SDH, WDM, RPR, MAC-in-MAC,
Q-in-Q, MPLS

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 L1, L2

• Connection Oriented
• Circuit Switched
Ex:-TDM, ATM, FR

• FR and ATM have a VC identifier. Therefore,

we do not have to create labels.

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 L3

• Connectionless
• Packet Switched
Ex:-IP

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 L2 & L3

• Traffic is switched
• Control signal is routed
Ex:-IP/MPLS

• Ethernet does not have a label. Therefore, we

have to create labels. We use MPLS.

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 Why MPLS for Ethernet Services
(EoMPLS)?

• More Scalable (Free label Space)

• Sub 50msec resiliency (MPLS Fast Reroute)
• Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE)
• Hierarchical QoS (HQoS)
• Easy and simple to operate and maintain

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 Ethernet over MPLS over Ethernet
IP

.1q Ethernet

MPLS Service label=VC label=inner label

MPLS or GRE Outer label

Ethernet GE,10GE etc.

Physical Physical Network

Ethernet Service Switch

Service
Traffic

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 Ethernet frame: Get me to the other side

RSVP-TE signaling

B D

LDP signaling session (TCP port 646)

A E

C
Ethernet Ethernet

MPLS

Outer label 1 Outer label 2 Outer label 3 Outer label 4

Inner label Inner label Inner label Inner label

Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet Ethernet

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 Multiple Services on single port
- IP-VPN access
- Layer 2 VPN services (VPLS)
- High Speed Data Links (LAN interconnections)
- High Speed Internet

- Single Port

CPE
IP-VPN
SLT Metro Ethernet Network

PE High Speed Internet

High Speed Data VPLS

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 Reliable Access

- Customers are now seeking network availability

requirements like 99.999% (5.256 minutes/year down time)

PE
SLT Metro
Ethernet Si

Network
Ethernet Connection

Core Ring Access Ring

(10Gbps) (1Gbps)

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High Speed Resiliency
- The switchover from the working link to the protection link
will happen within sub 50ms to ensure that no impact on
real time applications
- MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) with MPLS Fast
Reroute enables this feature

D 1
B
2 E
A 3

Primary Path

Secondary Path

Detour Path
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 QoS

• Latency (delay)
• Jitter (variation in delay) SLA
• Packet loss

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Enhanced Quality of Service (QoS)

Priority 01 - voice Reserve 2 Mb/s

Priority 02 - video Reserve 2 Mb/s

16 Mb/s
Priority 03 - Data Reserve 4 Mb/s

Priority 04 - Internet Reserve 8 Mb/s

• Installed SLA • Actual usage

– Voice 2 Mb/s – Voice 1 Mb/s
– Video 2 Mb/s – Video 1 Mb/s
– Data 4 Mb/s – Data 4 Mb/s
– Internet 8 Mb/s – Internet 10 Mb/s
– TOTAL=16 Mb/s required – TOTAL = 16 Mb/s used

• In SLT Metro Ethernet, the low priority traffic can burst when the
high priority traffic is not available
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 SLT Metro Ethernet Services

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 Ethernet Service

• MEF has defined 2 Ethernet Service Types

– Ethernet Line (E-Line) Service

• Provides Point-to-Point connectivity

– Ethernet LAN (E-LAN) Service

• Provides Multipoint-to-Multipoint (Any-to-Any)
connectivity

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 Ethernet Line Service (ELINE)

ELINE

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 ELINE Service Multiplexing

• In this example a single site has multiple ELINE connections to

other sites multiplexed over a single UNI.

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 Ethernet LAN Service (ELAN)

ELAN

• Service is Multipoint-to-Multipoint fully connected

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 The simplicity of SLT Metro Ethernet model

Point-to-Multipoint
MultiPoint-to-MultiPoint

Point-to-Point

High Speed Internet

SLT Metro Ethernet Network

SLT IP/VPN

SLT Internet Data Center

Customer
Location

Customer Router or Switch High Speed Ethernet on Fiber or Copper

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 High Speed Data Links
• Typically required to connect;
- Headquaters Building (Main Link)
- Dissaster Recover Centers (DRC)
(LAN interconnections)

LAN interconnection

Metro Ethernet

DRC Site Head Quarters

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 Virtual Leased Line – VLL
(Point–to–Point)

SLT Metro Ethernet Network

Customer A
Location 1

Customer A
Location 2

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 Virtual Private LAN Service – VPLS
(Point–to–Multipoint & Multipoint–to–Multipoint)

SLT Metro Ethernet Network

Head Quarters
Virtual Switch

Branch 2

Branch 1

- Customer feels like remote offices are connected to

the same LAN
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 Example Internet FTP Server Video
Server

Telephone
SLTNet

HQ

HQ
BR

VLL
VPLS

SLT Metro Ethernet Network

BR1 BR2

Internet
FTP Client

Telephone Internet
Video Client

Video Client

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 VPN Access
- Metro Ethernet is used as the Access
Network
IP-VPN
Edge Router
Branch A

M-Agg
SLT Metro Ethernet
Existing IP/MPLS Backbone Si
Network

VPN Access Head Quarters

Branch C IP-VPN

Branch B
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 High Speed Internet Links
• Applications;
- Web browsing
- Hosting applications
- Video Straeming
- Multimedia
- Cyber Cafe

SLT
Internet Metro
Ethernet
Network

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 SLT IP/VPN

Public Internet

SLT Internet Data Center

SLT
Metro Ethernet Network
Customer A
Location

Customer C
Location

Customer B
Location

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 Available Speeds
• Available Speeds;
- From 1 Mbps to 1000Mbps (1Gbps)
• Low Speeds (proposed);
- 1, 1.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10Mbps
• High Speeds (proposed);
- 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 34, 40, 45, 50, 70, 100,
155, 200, 300, 400, 500, 700, 1000Mbps

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 SLT Metro Ethernet Network

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 SLT Metro Ethernet

The Provider Edge – “Metro Ethernet Switch” is

installed in the customer premises to provide
“Metro Ethernet services”

Provider Edge (Metro Ethernet Switch)

Ethernet Connection

SLT Metro Ethernet

Network

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 SLT Metro Ethernet

Ethernet ports are made available in the

customer premises, to connect with other
remote locations
Branch Office A

Head Office
Branch Office B
SLT Metro Ethernet
Network

Branch Office C

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 Port types

• Access Port 1/1/10

– 10/100/1000 Mbps
– No IP address

• Network Port 1/1/1

– 1/10 Gbps
– Has IP address

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 SLT Metro Ethernet Network architecture

E A

D B

10GE OPTICAL
FIBER RING

GE OPTICAL
FIBER RING

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 Internet

GE access rings

s
ng
GE ri
ss
cce
a
GE
KPT
GE
GE
HK CEN
GE Existing IP/MPLS Backbone
GE
GE access rings

GE access rings
SI
GE
10GE aggregation ring

MD
M.Acc=Metro Access Switch

M.Agg=Metro Aggregation Switch

GE access rings

PE=Provider Edge

Internet Router

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 MEN PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
10 G -Aggregation Ring
CEN, SI,KPT,HK, &MD

1G – Access Rings
Total No of Access Rings - 14
1. Central -05
2. SI -03
3. KPT -04
4. HK -01
5. MD -01

Total No of Buildings -90

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 Buildings to be connected

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 Buildings to be connected

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 Summary

“SLT Metro Ethernet” brings the Network

Provider Edge to the door step of the
customer to deliver cost effective, high
speed, scalable, reliable and multi-service
Ethernet Access to the customers through
the sate-of-the-art MPLS technology

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