Ethernet over SDH

Multi-Service Platform

 Ability to handle SDH, PDH, SAN,Ethernet & WDM on a common platform

for efficient presentation, switching, aggregation & transport over NG-SDH
 Highly flexible 2M – STM64 TDM interfaces
 Full non-blocking VC-12 Switching 20G (128x128STM-1)- 60G (384x384 x STM-1)
 Flexible “Any port in Any slot” type Architecture
 Data bus enables the SMA16-64 as data centric hub
 Highest Port density to reduce costs
 Use of SFP technology to increase flexibility and reduce costs

Legacy TDM Services

Legacy TDM Services

Storage Area Network Single MSP Platform

Storage Area Network
Ethernet Leased Line
Ethernet Leased Line
Optical Network
Internet Access
Internet Access

Virtual Private LAN

Virtual Private LAN

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 Flexible Mapping Benefits

LCAS (Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme) GFP (Generic Framing Procedure)

 Variation of the link capacity in units of  Support for multiple protocol traffic
VC12, VC3 or VC4, as appropriate  Standardisation provides component
 Ability to ‘re-use’ protection bandwidth cost savings

Bandwidth

Virtual concatenation
 Allows more granularity for network
efficiency
 Delivers Ethernet services flexibly
without the need to upgrade
intermediate nodes
 Diverse routing means more efficient
t e d
at
e
r ne a t e VC uir use of bandwidth
R he g x q
N re
fi c Et gre
af as
Tr Ag

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 Using LCAS on unprotected links

40Mbit/s 20Mbit/s

40Mbit/s 20Mbit/s

SDH MUX SDH MUX

40Mbit/s 20Mbit/s

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 EoSDH
An Ethernet frame
GFP, LCAS & VCAT
can consist of multiple IP packets

GFP enables us to map Ethernet Frames into SDH

Virtual Containers
Services
Voice Data

IP

Frame Relay ATM MPLS SAN

Ethernet

GFP

SONET/SDH
GFP
Optical Data Unit (ODU)

WDM

Fibre VC

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 EoSDH
Flexible assignment of link bandwidth
using Virtual Concatenation
Bandwidth

GFP, LCAS & VCAT

6Mbit/s
te t ed
Ra h
ne te
er ga
VC ir
x equ LAN
fic E t gr e N r
af as
Tr Ag
VCAT assigns the bandwidth efficiently
Ethernet
Speed VC-12
SDH VC-12
allocation VC-12

10/100/
Customer 1000 Network
GFP

Bandwidth Mbit/s
VC-12

VC-12
6Mbit/s 6Mbit/s
VC-12
6Mbit/s VC-12
LAN VC-12
VC-12

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 EoSDH
Flexible adjustment of link
bandwidth - in service, using LCAS
Scheduled additional

GFP, LCAS & VCAT Provisioned

6Mbit Ethernet
Service
4Mbit 10Mbit
Ethernet Service

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

LCAS allows for the flexible adjustment (addition or 6Mbit/s

8Mbit/s

LAN
removal) of provisioned bandwidth
Extra capacity
Customer Ethernet
added to link
wants extra Speed VC-12
SDH VC-12
allocation VC-12 VC-12

10/100/
Customer 1000 Network
GFP

Bandwidth Mbit/s
2Mbit/s VC-12
VC-12 VC-12
6Mbit/s 6Mbit/s
VC-12
6Mbit/s VC-12
LAN VC-12
VC-12

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 L2 Aggregation Card
 Provides point-to-multipoint functionality
 Acts as hub or ‘switch’ for PacketSpan customer located products

 Introduces new services when the market is ready

 Provides functionality from the core, not from every box in the deployment -
lowers cost throughout, especially when upgrades are needed

 Dramatically reduces the cost of interfaces on SDH & data side

 Single tributary card much cheaper than overlay equipment, no new
training/personnel or NMS needed

 Standard GFP, Virtual Concatenation (with LCAS and HO/LO SDH support)

 QoS options (committed rate, best effort etc) allowing differentiated & prioritised
services
 Layer 2 Aggregation tributary card

 2 port GigE, 4 port FastE trib card for SMA Series 1.2, 3, 4 & MSH11CP,C, 41C, 51C
& 64 (STM-16 version also for MSH51C/64)

 2 port GigE, 16 port FastE trib card for OMS1664

 8 Fast/GigE port layer 2 trib card for OMS3240/50

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 Reducing core networking equipment costs
Without PacketSpan Layer 2 Aggregation

KEY LAN
SDH Mux
LAN
PacketSpan trib

PacketSpan Layer 2 LAN

aggregation trib

Router LAN
Less physical
Less SDH interfaces links
Ethernet interface
Less router
Ethernet link With PacketSpan Layer 2 Aggregation equipment

LAN

LAN

LAN

LAN
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 PacketSpan Layer 2 Deployment Example
Backbone
Multiple Interfaces
and physical links
(EPL Service)

ISP / Customer
SDH
Metro Core Head office

SDH
Metro Access

Customer Premises

LAN LAN LAN LAN

LAN
 PacketSpan Deployment Example
Data Aggregation
Backbone Less Physical links
Less Router
Equipment
Less SDH Interfaces

ISP / Customer
SDH
Metro Core Head office

SDH Layer 2 PacketSpan card

Metro Access

Customer Premises

LAN LAN LAN LAN

LAN
 PacketSpan Deployment Example
Data Aggregation
Backbone

ISP / Customer
SDH
Metro Core Head office

SDH Layer 2 PacketSpan card

Metro Access

Customer Premises

LAN LAN LAN LAN

LAN
 PacketSpan Deployment Example
Ethernet shared
Data Aggregation
over single VC’s Backbone
or VC groups
(EVPL Service)

ISP / Customer
SDH
Metro Core Head office

SDH Layer 2 PacketSpan card

Metro Access

Customer Premises

LAN LAN LAN LAN

LAN
 PacketSpan 3 (L2 Aggregation) Applications

• Head End Aggregation (pt – multi pt)

• Head office to Branch Offices EPL
• SDH Protection Switching GFP Mapping

L2 / Aggregation

Switch / Router

SDH Network

Head End / End-user

HO SDH or
Individual VCs per ETA/ETS Switch – Router

PacketSpan ETA/ETS

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 PacketSpan 3 (L2 Aggregation) Applications

• Head End Aggregation (pt – multi pt)

• Head office to Branch Offices EVPL
• SDH Protection Switching GFP Mapping

L2 / Aggregation

Switch / Router

SDH Network

Head End / End-user

HO SDH or
One VC shared between Switch - Router
multiple ETA/ETS cards

PacketSpan ETA/ETS

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 PacketSpan 3 (L2 Aggregation) Applications

• MESH Network (multi pt – multi pt)

• Branch Offices EVPL
• SDH Protection Switching GFP Mapping

L2 / Aggregation

Switch / Router

SDH Network

One VC shared between

multiple ETA/ETS cards

PacketSpan ETA/ETS

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 PacketSpan L2 Aggregation Applications

• Multiple MESH Networks Over Multiple Rings

• Branch Offices EVPN
• SDH Protection Switching GFP Mapping

L2 / Aggregation

Switch / Router

SDH Network SDH Network

One VC shared between

multiple ETA/ETS cards

PacketSpan ETA/ETS

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 Ethernet and SDH Aggregation

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 Ethernet Domain and
Traffic Management

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 Logical Domains

The ELS1000S card is considered to have three logical

domains:
• SDH Traffic Domain of the PacketSpan card.

• Card Based Domain, i.e. basic hardware/software

operation,
including maintenance schemes.

• Embedded (Ethernet) Domain.

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 ELS 1000S - Overview Block Diagram
SMA

ELS 1000S

GIGE

Packet Framer TDM SDH

PHY

Switching (GFP, switch line

FE
Engine VCG, LCAS)

Function already available on PacketSpan products

New functionality of layer 2 card

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 ELS1000S Card Block Diagram

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 Ethernet Switch Fabric

1 1

3 Packet 24 SDH
6 Transport
Ethernet Switching Channels
4
ports Engine (SDH-TC)
5

6 24

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 VPLs and VPCIs

Ethernet Switch Fabric

VPLs
Ethernet
Port 1

VPLs
SDH
TC 1

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 Card Functions

Ethernet Switch Fabric

VPL
SFP Slot Ethernet Port ELA VCG
VPL VPL SDH TC VC VC VC
1 Logical
1
Interface VPL VPL
VPL
SFP Slot Ethernet Port VCG
VPL SDH TC VC VC
2
2

SFP Slot Ethernet Port VPL

3
VPL

SFP Slot Ethernet Port VPL SDH TC VCG

22 VC VC VC
4
VPL

SFP Slot Ethernet Port VPL SDH TC VCG

23 VC VC VC
5

SFP Slot Ethernet Port SDH TC VCG

VPL VPL 24 VC VC VC
6

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 ELS-1000S Traffic Flow

SFP Slot Ethernet Port SDH TC VCG

VPL VPL

P P
VC VC
Q Q

 traffic enters card and is classified as required by VPL configuration

 classified frames are handled by policer

SLA conformance is verified
frames are internally tagged (“green, yellow, red”) and optionally discarded
 frames are cross-connected to egress path
frame modification (e.g. add VLAN tag) is performed if required
queue handles frames according to configured buffer management
 traffic leaves card at egress interface

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 The Queue

Policer Queue

VPL

VPL
GREEN  Of CBS at Policers
ONLY

45%
GREEN AND
Queue Size YELLOW
Max
30%
4Mbytes GREEN
YELLOW &
RED

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 Configuration

Ethernet Domain Cross Connection

Ethernet port 2 to SDH-TC 3

1
E
1 3 T L
T 1 VC group 3, R I
H with VCs 6-10 allocated. I N
2 B E
E
R S
N 3 D
E H
T 4
SDH Domain Cross
T Connections, Line card
C to Trib card,
P 5
s 5 x VC12s (6-10)
O
R
6
T
S
24

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 Connections - Bandwidth Allocation
RIGHT CLICK ON THE CARD
SMA

L L
I I
SWITCH
Switch
N N
E E

E W

ELS1000S Trib(s)

The bandwidth of each

card is set as per
requirements, but must
adhere to the card and slot
Ethernet connections
limitations (see section 02)
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