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draft-leebelotti-actn-info
Network Working Group Young Lee
Internet Draft Huawei
Intended status: Informational Sergio Belotti
Alcatel-Lucent
Expires: September 2015
Dhruv Dhody
Huawei
Daniele Ceccarelli
Ericsson
March 9, 2015
Information Model for Abstraction and Control of Transport Networks
draft-leebelotti-actn-info-01.txt
Abstract
This draft provides an information model for abstraction and control
of transport networks.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction...................................................2
2. ACTN Applications..............................................4
2.1.1. Coordination of Multi-destination Service
Requirement/Policy..........................................5
2.1.2. Application Service Policy-aware Network Operation...7
2.1.3. Network Function Virtualization Service Enabled
Connectivity................................................9
2.1.4. Dynamic Service Control Policy Enforcement for
Performance and Fault Management...........................10
2.1.5. E2E VN Survivability and Multi-Layer (Packet-Optical)
Coordination for Protection/Restoration....................12
3. ACTN common interfaces information model......................13
4. References....................................................18
4.1. Informative References...................................18
5. Contributors..................................................18
Contributors' Addresses..........................................18
Authors' Addresses...............................................18
1. Introduction
This draft provides information model for the ACTN interfaces
identified in the ACTN architecture and framework document [ACTN-
Frame].
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The ACTN architecture identified a three-tier control hierarchy as
depicted in Figure 1:
- Customer Network Controllers (CNC)
- Multi-Domain Service Coordinator (MDSC)
- Physical Network Controllers (PNC).
VPN customer NW Mobile Customer ISP NW service Customer
| | |
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+
| CNC-A | | CNC-B | | CNC-C |
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+
\ | /
---------- | CMI ------------
\ | /
+-----------------------+
| MDSC |
+-----------------------+
/ | \
-------- | MPI ------------
/ | \
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+
| PNC | | PNC | | PNC |
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+
Figure 1. A Three-tier ACTN control hierarchy
The two interfaces with respect to the MDSC, one north of the MDSC
and the other south of the MDSC are referred to as CMI (CNC-MDSC
Interface) and MPI (MDSC-PNC Interface), respectively. It is
intended to model these two interfaces with one common model.
Section 2 provides a high-level applicability of ACTN based on a
number of use-cases listed in the following:
- draft-cheng-actn-ptn-requirements-00 (ACTN Use-cases for Packet
Transport Networks in Mobile Backhaul Networks)
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- draft-dhody-actn-poi-use-case-03 (Packet Optical Integration (POI)
Use Cases for Abstraction and Control of Transport Networks
(ACTN))
- draft-fang-actn-multidomain-dci-01 (ACTN Use Case for Multi-domain
Data Center Interconnect)
- draft-klee-actn-connectivity-multi-vendor-domains-03 (ACTN Use-
case for On-demand E2E Connectivity Services in Multiple Vendor
Domain Transport Networks)
- draft-kumaki-actn-multitenant-vno-00 (ACTN : Use case for Multi
Tenant VNO)
- draft-lopez-actn-vno-multidomains-01 (ACTN Use-case for Virtual
Network Operation for Multiple Domains in a Single Operator
Network)
- draft-shin-actn-mvno-multi-domain-00 (ACTN Use-case for Mobile
Virtual Network Operation for Multiple Domains in a Single
Operator Network)
- draft-xu-actn-perf-dynamic-service-control-02 (Use Cases and
Requirements of Dynamic Service Control based on Performance
Monitoring in ACTN Architecture)
2. ACTN Applications
This section provides the scope of the ACTN applicability to support
the following applications.
- Coordination of Multi-destination Service Requirement/Policy
(Section 2.2.1)
- Application Service Policy-aware Network Operation (section 2.2.2)
- Network Function Virtualization Service Enabled Connectivity
(2.2.3)
- Dynamic Service Control Policy Enforcement for Performance/Fault
Management (Section 2.2.4)
- E2E VN Survivability and Multi-Layer (Packet-Optical) Coordination
for Protection/Restoration (Section 2.2.5)
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2.1.1. Coordination of Multi-destination Service Requirement/Policy
+----------------+
| CNC |
| (Global DC |
| Operation |
| Control) |
+--------+-------+
| | Service Requirement/Policy:
| | - Endpoint/DC location info
| | - Endpoint/DC dynamic
| | selection policy
| | (for VM migration, DR, LB)
| v
+---------+--------+
| Multi-domain | Service policy-driven
|Service Controller| dynamic DC selection
+-----+---+---+----+
| | |
| | |
+----------------+ | +----------------+
| | |
+-----+-----+ +-----+------+ +------+-----+
| PNC for | | PNC for | | PNC for |
| Transport | | Transport | | Transport |
| Network A | | Network B | | network C |
+-----------+ +------------+ +------------+
| | |
+---+ ------ ------ ------ +---+
|DC1|--//// \\\\ //// \\\\ //// \\\\---+DC4|
+---+ | | | | | | +---+
| TN A +-----+ TN B +----+ TN C |
/ | | | | |
/ \\\\ //// / \\\\ //// \\\\ ////
+---+ ------ / ------ \ ------ \
|DC2| / \ \+---+
+---+ / \ |DC6|
+---+ \ +---+ +---+
|DC3| \|DC4|
+---+ +---+
DR: Disaster Recovery
LB: Load Balancing
Figure 2: Service Policy-driven Data Center Selection
Figure 2 shows how VN service policies from the CNC are incorporated
by the MDSC to support multi-destination applications. Multi-
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destination applications refer to applications in which the
selection of the destination of a network path for a given source
needs to be decided dynamically to support such applications.
Data Center selection problems arise for VM mobility, disaster
recovery and load balancing cases. VN's service policy plays an
important role for virtual network operation. Service policy can be
static or dynamic. Dynamic service policy for data center selection
may be placed as a result of utilization of data center resources
supporting VNs. The MSDC would then incorporate this information to
meet the service objective of this application.
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2.1.2. Application Service Policy-aware Network Operation
+----------------+
| CNC |
| (Global DC |
| Operation |
| Control) |
+--------+-------+
| | Application Service Policy
| | - VNF requirement (e.g.
| | security function, etc.)
| | - Location profile for each VNF
| v
+---------+--------+
| Multi-domain | Dynamically select the
|Service Controller| network destination to
+-----+---+---+----+ meet VNF requirement.
| | |
| | |
+---------------+ | +----------------+
| | |
+------+-----+ +-----+------+ +------+-----+
| PNC for | | PNC for | | PNC for |
| Transport | | Transport | | Transport |
| Network A | | Network B | | network C |
| | | | | |
+------------+ +------------+ +------------+
| | |
{VNF b} | | | {VNF b,c}
+---+ ------ ------ ------ +---+
|DC1|--//// \\\\ //// \\\\ //// \\\\-|DC4|
+---+ | | | | | |+---+
| TN A +---+ TN B +--+ TN C |
/ | | | | |
/ \\\\ //// / \\\\ //// \\\\ ////
+---+ ------ / ------ \ ------ \
|DC2| / \ \\+---+
+---+ / \ |DC6|
{VNF a} +---+ +---+ +---+
|DC3| |DC4| {VNF a,b,c}
+---+ +---+
{VNF a, b} {VNF a, c}
Figure 3: Application Service Policy-aware Network Operation
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This scenario is similar to the previous case in that the VN service
policy for the application can be met by a set of multiple
destinations that provide the required virtual network functions
(VNF). Virtual network functions can be, for example, security
functions required by the VN application. The VN service policy by
the CNC would indicate the locations of a certain VNF that can be
fulfilled. This policy information is critical in finding the
optimal network path subject to this constraint. As VNFs can be
dynamically moved across different DCs, this policy should be
dynamically enforced from the CNC to the MDSC and the PNCs.
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2.1.3. Network Function Virtualization Service Enabled Connectivity
+----------------+
| CNC |
| (Global DC |
| Operation |
| Control) |
+--------+-------+
| | Service Policy
| | (e.g., firewall, traffic
| | optimizer)
| |
| v
+---------+--------+
| Multi-domain | Select network
|Service Controller| connectivity subject to
+-----+---+---+----+ meeting service policy
| | |
| | |
+---------------+ | +----------------+
| | |
+------+-----+ +-----+------+ +------+-----+
| PNC for | | PNC for | | PNC for |
| Transport | | Transport | | Transport |
| Network A | | Network B | | network C |
| | | | | |
+------------+ +------------+ +------------+
| | |
| | |
+---+ ------ ------ ------ +---+
|DC1|--//// \\\\ //// \\\\ //// \\\\-|DC4|
+---+ | | | | | |+---+
| TN A +---+ TN B +--+ TN C |
/ | | | | |
/ \\\\ //// / \\\\ //// \\\\ ////
+---+ ------ / ------ \ ------ \
|DC2| / \ \\+---+
+---+ / \ |DC6|
+---+ +---+ +---+
|DC3| |DC4|
+---+ +---+
Figure 4: Network Function Virtualization Service Enabled
Connectivity
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Network Function Virtualization Services are usually setup between
customers' premises and service provider premises and are provided
mostly by cloud providers or content delivery providers. The context
may include, but not limited to a security function like firewall, a
traffic optimizer, the provisioning of storage or computation
capacity where the customer does not care whether the service is
implemented in a given data center or another.
These services may be hosted virtually by the provider or physically
part of the network. This allows the service provider to hide his
own resources (both network and data centers) and divert customer
requests where most suitable. This is also known as "end points
mobility" case and introduces new concepts of traffic and service
provisioning and resiliency (e.g., Virtual Machine mobility).
2.1.4. Dynamic Service Control Policy Enforcement for Performance and
Fault Management
+------------------------------------------------+
| Customer Network Controller |
+------------------------------------------------+
1.Traffic| /|\4.Traffic | /|\
Monitor& | | Monitor | | 8.Traffic
Optimize | | Result 5.Service | | modify &
Policy | | modify& | | optimize
\|/ | optimize Req.\|/ | result
+------------------------------------------------+
| Mult-domain Service Controller |
+------------------------------------------------+
2. Path | /|\3.Traffic | |
Monitor | | Monitor | |7.Path
Request | | Result 6.Path | | modify &
| | modify& | | optimize
\|/ | optimize Req.\|/ | result
+------------------------------------------------+
| Physical Network Controller |
+------------------------------------------------+
Figure 5: Dynamic Service Control for Performance and Fault
Management
Figure 5 shows the flow of dynamic service control policy
enforcement for performance and fault management initiated by
customer per their VN. The feedback loop and filtering mechanism
tailored for VNs performed by the MDSC differentiates this ACTN
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scope from traditional network management paradigm. VN level dynamic
OAM data model is a building block to support this capability.
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2.1.5. E2E VN Survivability and Multi-Layer (Packet-Optical)
Coordination for Protection/Restoration
+----------------+
| Customer |
| Network |
| Controller |
+--------*-------+
* | E2E VN Survivability Req.
* | - VN Protection/Restoration
* v - 1+1, Restoration, etc.
+------*-----+ - End Point (EP) info.
| |
| MDSC | MDSC enforces VN survivability
| | requirement, determining the
| | optimal combination of Packet/
+------*-----+ Opticalprotection/restoration,
* Optical bypass, etc.
*
*
**********************************************
* * * *
+----*-----+ +----*----+ +----*-----+ +----*----+
|PNC for | |PNC for | |PNC for | |PNC for |
|Access N. | |Packet C.| |Optical C.| |Access N.|
+----*-----+ +----*----+ +----*-----+ +---*-----+
* --*--- * *
* /// \\\ * *
--*--- | Packet | * ----*-
/// \\\ | Core +------+------/// \\\
| Access +----\\ /// * | Access |
| Network | ---+-- * | Network | +---+
|\\\ /// | * \\\ ///---+EP6|
| +---+- | | -----* -+---+ +---+
+-+-+ | | +----/// \\\ | |
|EP1| | +--------------+ Optical | | | +---+
+---+ | | Core +------+ +--+EP5|
+-+-+ \\\ /// +---+
|EP2| ------ |
+---+ | |
+--++ ++--+
|EP3| |EP4|
+---+ +---+
Figure 6: E2E VN Survivability and Multi-layer Coordination for
Protection and Restoration
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Figure 6 shows the need for E2E protection/restoration control
coordination that involves CNC, MDSC and PNCs to meet the VN
survivability requirement. VN survivability requirement and its
policy need to be translated into multi-domain and multi-layer
network protection and restoration scenarios across different
controller types. After an E2E path is setup successfully, the MSDC
has a unique role to enforce policy-based flexible VN survivability
requirement by coordinating all PNC domains.
As seen in Figure 6, multi-layer (i.e., packet/optical) coordination
is a subset of this E2E protection/restoration control operation.
The MDSC has a role to play in determining an optimal
protection/restoration level based on the customer's VN
survivability requirement. For instance, the MDSC needs to interface
the PNC for packet core as well as the PNC for optical core and
enforce protection/restoration policy as part of the E2E
protection/restoration. Neither the PNC for packet core nor the PNC
for optical core is in a position to be aware of the E2E path and
its protection/restoration situation. This role of the MSDC is
unique for this reason. In some cases, the MDSC will have to
determine and enforce optical bypass to find a feasible reroute path
upon packet core network failure which cannot be resolved the packet
core network itself.
To coordinate this operation, the PNCs will need to update its
domain level abstract topology upon resource changes due to a
network failure or other factors. The MSDC will incorporate all
these update to determine if an alternate E2E reroute path is
necessary or not based on the changes reported from the PNCs. It
will need to update the E2E abstract topology and the affected CN's
VN topology in real-time. This refers to dynamic synchronization of
topology from Physical topology to abstract topology to VN topology.
MDSC will also need to perform the path restoration signaling to the
affected PNCs whenever necessary.
3. ACTN common interfaces information model
This section provides ACTN common interface information model to
support primitives between controllers: CNC-MDSC and MDSC-PNC.
The basic primitives are required between the controllers. It is
described between a client controller and a server controller. A
client-server relationship is recursive between a CNC and a MDSC and
between a MDSC and a PNC. In the CMI interface, the client is a CNC
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while the server is a MDSC. In the MPI interface, the client is a
MDSC and the server is a PNC. At a minimum, the following primitives
should be supported:
- Virtual Network (VN) Instantiate/Modify/Delete
- VN Topology Update (Push Model)
<VN> ::= <VN Identifier>
<VN Action>
<End-Point List>
<VN Topology Metric>
<Traffic-Matrix>
<VN Survivability>
<VN Status>
<VN Topology>
Where
<VN Identifier> is an identifier that identifies a particular VN.
<VN Action> is an indicator if this <VN> is for (i) instantiate,
(ii) modify; (iii) delete. There may be a case where a query of a VN
is necessary before an instantiate request. This is subject to
further investigation.
<End-Point List> ::= (<Interface Identifier>
[<Client Capability>])...
<Location Service Profile>
<End-Point Dynamic Selection Policy>
Where
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It is assumed that a list of interface identifiers has been
known to the server prior to the VN Query message flow.
<Client Capability> ::= <Client Interface Capability>
[<Client Service Policy>]
The Client Capability comprises the client interface
capability (e.g., maximum interface bandwidth, etc.) and other
Service policy information of the client.
<Client Service Policy> ::= <Customer-Level |
<Network-Level>
Where
<Customer-Level> pertains to end-client service policies which
specify the end-client related service/operational policies.
Details of this field will be supplied in a later revision.
<Network-Level> pertains to the policies related to
multi-domain network operation assumed by the MDSC. For
example, domain selection preference in the context of multi-
domain networks is a network-level service policy. Details of
this field will be supplied in a later version.
<Location Service Profile> describes the End-Point Location's
support for certain Virtual Network Functions (VNFs) (e.g.,
security function, firewall capability, etc.).
<End-Point Dynamic Selection Policy> describes if the End-Point
can support load balancing, disaster recovery or VM migration.
<VN Topology Metric> ::= <VN Topology Type>
<VN Topology Cost>
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[<VN Topology Preference>]
[<VN Topology Objective Function>]
Where
<VN Topology Type> ::= <Path> | <Graph>
<VN Topology Cost> describes a particular cost associated with
the VN Topology link/path such as reservable bandwidth,
maximum link/path capacity, latency, etc.
<VN Topology Preference> describes if the request is
. a single vs. a bulk request,
. VN diversity preference (in case of a bulk request,
whether VNs should be disjoint or not),
. SRLG is required in describing link/path topology, or
. Others TDB.
<VN Topology Objective Function> indicates a specific
objective function for computing a path. This only
applies when the VN Topology Type is a path vector.
<Traffic-Matrix> ::= <End-Point List>
<Connectivity Type>
<Connectivity Metric>
Where
<Connectivity Type> ::= <P2P> | <P2MP> | <MP|MP> | <MP|P>
<Multi-destination>
<Connectivity Matric> ::= <Bandwidth>
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[<Latency>]
<VN Survivability> ::= <VN Protection Level>
<VN Survivability Policy>
Where
<VN Protection Level> ::= <No Protection> | <1+1> | <1:N> |
<restoration>
<VN Survivability Policy> ::= <Local Reroute Allowed>
[<Domain Preference>]
<Push Allowed>
<Incremental Update>
Where
<Local Reroute Allowed> is a delegation policy to the Server
to allow or not a local reroute fix upon a failure of the
primary LSP.
<Domain Preference> is only applied on the MPI where the MDSC
(client) provides a domain preference to each PNC (server).
<Push Allowed> is a policy that allows a server to trigger an
updated VN topology upon failure without an explicit request
from the client.
<Increment Update> is another policy that triggers an
increment update from the server.
<VN Status> is the status indicator whether the VN has been
successfully instantiated/modified/deleted in the server network or
not in response to <VN Action>.
<VN Topology> describes the resulting VN topology. Details of <VN
Topology> are TDB.
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4. References
4.1. Informative References
[ACTN-Frame] D. Ceccarelli, et al., "Framework for Abstraction and
Control of Transport Networks", draft-ceccarelli-actn-
framework, work in progress.
5. Contributors
Contributors' Addresses
Authors' Addresses
Young Lee
Huawei Technologies
5340 Legacy Drive
Plano, TX 75023, USA
Phone: (469)277-5838
Email: leeyoung@huawei.com
Sergio Belotti
Alcatel Lucent
Via Trento, 30
Vimercate, Italy
Email: sergio.belotti@alcatel-lucent.com
Dhruv Dhoddy
Huawei Technologies
Email: dhruv.ietf@gmail.com
Daniele Ceccarelli
Ericsson
Torshamnsgatan,48
Stockholm, Sweden
Email: daniele.ceccarelli@ericsson.com
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