Carrier Ethernet Testing Ethernet Services: Function and Quality

presented at

23th Oct 2006

Testing Ethernet Services

Carrier Ethernet: Definition, Benefits and Attributes What is the MEF Carrier Ethernet Certification Program? What does the Certification of Service Provider Carrier Ethernet Services Mean? Why is Service Quality the Next Big Step in Carrier Ethernet Compliance Testing? Where is the MEF Certification Program Going in 2007-2008?

MEF 9: A Test Specification for Services

MEF 9 is an innovative service-oriented test specification Defines tests that can be applied to Ethernet Services defined by the MEF:
E-Line Services E-LAN Services

MEF 9 opens the way for future service-oriented test specifications based on MEF services specifications

The MEF Certification Program: Rapid Progress Achieved

Program Launched with Iometrix
April 2005

First 16 Vendors and 39 Products Certified to MEF 9 (UNI) Announced

Sept 2005

First 7 Carriers and 21 Services First 15 Vendors Certified to and 40 Products Service Provider MEF 9 (UNI) Certified to Certification Announced MEF 14 (TM) MEF 14 (Traffic Announced Management) April 2006 Announced
June 2006 October 2006

October 2006

Program Totals: 28 Equipment Manufacturers, 11 Service Providers Certified >150 Systems, 1000s Tests Conducted

MEF 9 Tests Services, Attributes and Parameters

MEF 9 test definitions are tightly based MEF Services specifications
ETHERNET SERVICES MODEL
ETHERNET SERVICES DEFINITIONS
ETHERNET SERVICES ATTRIBUTES
ETHERNET SERVICES PARAMETERS

MODEL LEVEL MEN REQUIREMENTS

SERVICE LEVEL MEN REQUIREMENTS

ATTRIBUTE LEVEL

MODEL LEVEL TEST DEFINITIONS

SERVICE LEVEL TEST DEFINITIONS

MEN REQUIREMENTS
PARAMETER LEVEL MEN REQUIREMENTS

ATTRIBUTE LEVEL TEST DEFINTIONS

PARAMETER LEVEL TEST DEFINITIONS

MEF 9 Tests Service Compliance from the Subscriber Point of View

MEF 9 tests conformance of Ethernet Services at the UNI where the Subscriber and Service Provider areas of responsibility meet

Test Bed for Ethernet Services at the UNI

User Network Interface (UNI) User Network Interface (UNI) Testers generating receiving monitoring frames at the UNI

Testers generating receiving monitoring frames at the UNI

Metro Ethernet Network

Testers physically attach to the MEN at the UNI Testers may be attached to the MEN at multiple UNIs

MEF 9 Services Certification Tests

MEF Phase1 Certification Tests are based on MEF 9: Abstract Test Suite for Ethernet Services at the UNI Certification Tests are defined for the three Ethernet Services defined in MEF 6: EPL Services EVPL Services E-LAN Services

Testing Ethernet Services Attributes

MEF 9 defines a series of tests to verify that Services delivered to the Subscriber across the UNI are conformant to MEF technical specifications Specifically MEF 9 tests two sets of the MEF defined Attributes of Ethernet Services: the EVC Attributes the UNI Attributes

- An Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) is an association of 2 or more UNIs

- MEF has defined 2 EVC types - Point-to-Point (E-LINE) - Multipoint-to-Multipoint (E-LAN)

Point-to-Point EVC UNI MEN UNI

MEF 9 Services Certification TestsAn Example: CE-VLAN ID Preservation Attribute 1/2

CE-VLAN ID Preservation Service Attribute with Bundling
CE-VLAN ID/EVC MAP
UNI A AZ AZ UNI B INGRESS SERVICE FRAME FORMAT Untagged Priority Tagged Tagged X EGRESS SERVICE FRAME FORMAT CE-VLAN ID PRESERVATION SERVICE ATTRIBUTE

Untagged Priority Tagged Tagged X

YES for all Service Frames

Bidirectional

Scenario AZ: All Service Frames including Untagged and Priority Tagged are mapped to the EVC

CE-VLAN ID Preservation Service Attribute without Bundling or All-to-One Bundling

CE-VLAN ID/EVC MAP INGRESS SERVICE FRAME FORMAT Untagged Priority Tagged Tagged X Tagged Y EGRESS SERVICE FRAME FORMAT CE-VLAN ID PRESERVATION SERVICE ATTRIBUTE

UNI A

UNI B

X*,Y

Bidirectional

X*,Y

N/S N/s Tagged X Tagged Y

YES for a SUBSET of Service Frames Tagged X and Tagged Y

Scenario X*, Y: Untagged, Priority Tagged and Service Frames with VLAN ID X and VLAN ID Y are mapped to the EVC

CE-VLAN ID Preservation Attribute 2/2

CE-VLAN ID Preservation Service Attribute without Bundling or All-to-One Bundling
CE-VLAN ID/EVC MAP UNI A X UNI B INGRESS SERVICE FRAME FORMAT EGRESS SERVICE FRAME FORMAT CE-VLAN ID PRESERVATION SERVICE ATTRIBUTE

Bidirectional

Tagged X

Tagged X

YES for all Service Frames

X*

Bidirectional

X*

Untagged Priority Tagged Tagged X

N/S N/S Tagged X

YES for a SUBSET of Service Frames Tagged X

Unidirectional

X*

Tagged X

Tagged X

YES for all Service Frames

X*

Unidirectional

Untagged Priority Tagged Tagged X Untagged Priority Tagged Tagged X

Tagged X Tagged X Tagged X Untagged Untagged Untagged

YES for a SUBSET of Service Frames Tagged X

X*

Bidirectional

X*

NO for all Service Frames

Unidirectional

X*

Tagged X

Untagged

NO for all Service Frames

Unidirectional

Tagged X

Tagged Y

NO for all Service Frames

X*

Unidirectional

Y*

Untagged Priority Tagged Tagged X

Untagged Untagged Untagged

NO for all Service Frames

Unidirectional

Y*

Tagged X

Untagged

NO for all Service Frames

X*

Unidirectional

Untagged Priority Tagged Tagged X

Tagged Y Tagged Y Tagged Y

NO for all Service Frames

Scenario X*: Untagged, Priority Tagged and Service Frames with VLAN ID X are mapped to the EVC Scenario Y*: Untagged, Priority Tagged and Service Frames with VLAN ID Y are mapped to the EVC Scenario X: Only Service Frames with VLAN ID X are mapped to the EVC Scenario Y: Only Service Frames with VLAN ID Y are mapped to the EVC

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MEF 9 Certification Test Cases

Certification of compliance to MEF 9 is based on the Iometrix MEF 9 Test Plan which has a total of 244 Test Cases:
For EPL Services:
48 Test Cases of which 33 are mandatory

For EVPL Services:

95 Test Cases of which 63 are mandatory

For E-LAN Services:

101 Test Cases of which 67 are mandatory

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MEF Certification Update

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MEF 9 Certification for Service Provider Carrier Ethernet Services

Guarantee that subscribers can confidently order Ethernet EPL, EVPL and E-LAN services that conform to MEF service specifications Essential for large enterprises receiving Ethernet services from multiple providers

Make Ethernet services more attractive to enterprise subscribers with strict requirements for service quality

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Service Provider Certification Process

Carrier Ethernet Services Certification testing carried out by Iometrix in two step process:
Lab test phase
Service Provider required to build out service infrastructure in a lab environment for initial verification of service compliance to MEF 9 specifications

Field test phase

MEF 9 compliance for each Service is tested end-to-end on Service Provider production circuits built across Service Provider core network

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First Group of Services Providers Awarded MEF 11 Compliance Certification

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Service Quality: The Next Step in Carrier Ethernet Compliance Testing

Traffic Management Testing based on MEF 10: Section 6.7 which defines EVC Related Performance Service Attributes:
Frame Delay Service Performance Frame Delay Variation Service Performance Frame Loss Ratio Service Performance

Section 7.10 which defines Bandwidth Profiles Service Attributes:

Bandwidth Profile Rate Enforcement Bandwidth Profile per Ingress UNI Bandwidth Profile per EVC Bandwidth Profile per Class of Service Multiple Bandwidth Profiles at the UNI

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MEF 14 Introduces Standards Based SLS/SLA Verification of Carrier Ethernet Service Quality

SLS (Service Level Specification) refers to the parameters of the performance objectives SLA (Service Level Agreement) refers to the contractual obligations binding the Subscriber and the Service Provider Based on Traffic Management specifications in MEF 10 Ethernet Service Performance Attributes Frame Delay Service Performance Frame Delay Variation Service Performance Frame Loss Ratio Service Performance

Measured per EVC and per Class of Service

Requires continuous, accurate, accountable measurements on operational networks

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MEF 14 for Service Providers

Worlds First Service Quality Certification Program

Significance
Integral to Carrier Ethernet goals and attributes First standardized QoS certification for Service Providers on any technology or service

Implements Test Cases Defined in MEF 14

Provides the standard to measure and enforce premium Carrier Ethernet Services Makes Carrier Ethernet directly competitive with premium legacy services Provide the standard to enforce Carrier Ethernet that delivers residential triple play data/voice/video services.

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New Service Provider Certification to MEF 14

Service Performance
Frame Delay Service Performance
Interactive voice, video and many data applications

Frame Delay Variation Service Performance

Critical for VoIP, non-buffered video and time sensitive data applications

Frame Loss Ratio Service Performance

Critical for voice, video quality and most data applications

Bandwidth Profile Rate Enforcement

(Collectively the following ensure performance at the granular Ethernet Service Specification level):

Bandwidth Profile per Ingress UNI Bandwidth Profile per EVC Bandwidth Profile per Class of Service Multiple Bandwidth Profiles at the UNI

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Forging Ahead The MEF Certification Program in 2007-2008

Certification of Ethernet Access Technologies

Starting with Ethernet in the First Mile Plans to extend to wireless mesh

Certification of Circuit Emulation Services

Based on Abstract Test Suite for MEF 8 in final ballot

In the future as the E-NNI Technical Specification firms up we can expect the certification program to cover this area The MEF Certification Program Roadmap:
Track the progress of the MEF Technical Specifications

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Forging Ahead The MEF Certification Program in 2007-2008

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Accelerating Worldwide Adoption of Carrier-class Ethernet Networks and Services