Internet DRAFT - draft-poidt-ccamp-actn-poi-pluggable
draft-poidt-ccamp-actn-poi-pluggable
Common Control and Measurement Plane G. Galimberti, Ed.
Internet-Draft
Intended status: Informational J. Bouquier, Ed.
Expires: 15 August 2024 Vodafone
O. Gerstel, Ed.
B. Foster, Ed.
D. Ceccarelli, Ed.
Cisco
S. Belotti, Ed.
Nokia
O. G. de. Dios, Ed.
Telefonica
12 February 2024
Applicability of Abstraction and Control
draft-poidt-ccamp-actn-poi-pluggable-03
Abstract
This document extends the I-D.draft-ietf-teas-actn-poi-applicability
to the use case where the DWDM optical coherent interface is equipped
on the Packet device. The document analyzes several control
architectures and identifies the YANG data models being defined by
the IETF to support this deployment architectures and specific
scenarios relevant for Service Providers. Existing IETF protocols
and data models are identified for each multi-layer (packet over
optical) scenario with a specific focus on the MPI (Multi-Domain
Service Coordinator to Provisioning Network Controllers Interface)in
the ACTN architecture.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1. New coherent pluggable optics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Reference architecture and network scenario . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1. Option 1 - Dual SBI management of IPoWDM routers . . . . 5
2.2. Option 2 - Single SBI management of IPoWDM routers . . . 7
3. Use Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1. Inter Domain Link discovery and provisioning . . . . . . 14
3.2. Network topology discovery and provisioning . . . . . . . 14
3.3. End to End service provisioning / deletion . . . . . . . 15
3.4. Optical Circuit provisioning / deletion . . . . . . . . . 18
3.5. LAG extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3.6. Optical Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3.7. Network Maintenance Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4. Optical Interface for external transponder in a WDM
network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
5. Structure of the Yang Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
8.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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1. Introduction
The full automation of the multilayer/multidomain network is a topic
of high importance in the industry and the service providers
community. Typically, the layers composing such network are the IP/
MPLS packet domain (with Segment Routing) and the Optical domain
providing DWDM transmission and photonic switching. The requirements
of high bandwidth availability and dynamic control of the networks
are of capital importance too. The
[I-D.draft-ietf-teas-actn-poi-applicability] specifies very well how
to control and manage multilayer/multidomain networks using the
Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN) architecture, see also
Figure 1.
1.1. New coherent pluggable optics
Coherent pluggable digital coherent optics, such as ZR
[OIF-400ZR-01-0] and ZR+ [Open_ZR-Plus_MSA], are enabling new
multilayer network use cases where the DWDM optical transmission
function is located within the packet domain equipment instead of
being part of the Optical domain Figure 2. This means that an IP/
MPLS capable device becomes a multi-technology IP/MPLS/Optical
device, as the optical connections (OTSi service and media channels)
start and end at such devices.
The coherent pluggable interface deployment in routers has already
started and are expanding significantly. The way the pluggables are
in general managed is not yet completely specified and defined by any
standard and it is becoming an urgent matter to cover for Service
Providers. A full end-to-end management solution of these pluggable
digital coherent optics, leveraging on ACTN hierarchical
architecture, is becoming critical to allow a wider deployment beyond
simple point-to-point high-capacity link scenarios between two IP/
MPLS routers.
The ACTN architecture, defined in [RFC8453] and depicted in Figure 1
, is used to control the multi-layer and multi-domain network shown
in Figure 2, where each Packet PNC (P-PNC) is responsible for
controlling its IP/MPLS domain, which can be either an Autonomous
System (AS), [RFC1930], or an IGP area within the same operator
network. Each Optical PNC (O-PNC) in the below topology is
responsible for controlling its own Optical Domain.
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+----------+
| MDSC |
+-+-++-+-+-+
| | | |
+--------------+ | | +--------------+
MPI interf. | +----+ +----+ |
| | | |
+----+----+ +----+----+ +----+----+ +----+----+
| P-PNC 1 | | O-PNC 1 | | O-PNC 2 | | P-PNC 2 |
+----+----+ +----+----+ +----+----+ +----+----+
| | | |
| \ / |
+-------------------+ \ / +-------------------+
CE1 / P.N.1 P.N.2 \ | / / P.N.3 P.N.4 \ CE2
o--/---o o---\-|-------|--/---o o---\--o
\ : : / | | \ : : /
\ : PKT Domain 1 : / | | \ : PKT Domain 2 : /
+-:---------------:-+ | | +-:---------------:-+
: : | | : :
: : | | : :
+-:---------------:------+ +-------:---------------:--+
/ : : \ / : : \
/ o...............o O.N. \ / O.N. o...............o \
\ Optical Domain 1 / \ Optical Domain 2 /
\ / \ /
+------------------------+ +--------------------------+
Figure 1: Reference multilayer/multidomain Scenario
Figure 2 shows how the Packet Node DWDM coherent Ports are connected
to the ROADM ports.
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+------+ +------+ _________ +------+ +------+
|P.N.1 | | O.N. | / /\ | O.N. | |P.N.2 |
| P1| ----- | || | || | ----- |P1 |
==| P2| ----- | ||Optical | || | ----- |P2 |==
==| P3| ----- | ||Network | || | ----- |P3 |==
| P4| ----- | || | || | ----- |P4 |
| | |ROADM | \________\/ |ROADM | | |
+------+ +------+ +------+ +------+
Packet+Optical Optical Packet+Optical
Layer Layer Layer
P.N. = Packet/Optical Node (IPoDWDM router)
O.N. = Optical Switching DWDM Node (ROADM)
ROADM = Lambda/Spectrum switch
Px = DWDM (coherent pluggable) Router ports
Figure 2: Cross layer interconnection
2. Reference architecture and network scenario
As described in Figure 1 and according to the Packet Optical
Integration (POI) draft [I-D.draft-ietf-teas-actn-poi-applicability]
in which ACTN hierarchy is deployed [RFC8453], the PNCs are in charge
of controlling a single domain (e.g. Packet or Optical) while the
MDSC is responsible to coordinate the operations across the different
domains having the visibility of the whole multi-domain and multi-
layer network topology.
An architecture analysis has already been carried out by the MANTRA
sub-group in the OOPT – (Open Optical & Packet Transport)a Telecom
Infra Project (TIP) group Project Group in the MANTRA whitepaper
[MANTRA-whitepaper-IPoWDM].
Two different architectural options have been identified, namely:
- Option 1: Dual SBI management of IPoDWDM routers
- Option 2: Single SBI management of IPoDWDM routers
Both the options foresee that the packet and the optical domain are
kept separate from a management perspective.
2.1. Option 1 - Dual SBI management of IPoWDM routers
The figure Figure 3 describes the architecture of option 1.
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+----------+
| MDSC |
+--+----+--+
| |
MPI interface +-------+ +-------+
| |
+----+----+ +----+----+
| P-PNC | | O-PNC |
+--+---+--+ +----+----+
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| | | | |
+-------+ +---------------|--|--|------+
| | | | |
| +-----------------------+ | +--+ |
| | +----------+ | |
| | | | |
| | v | |
v | +--------------+ | v
+-----+ / \ +-----+
/ P.N.1 \..../..O.N--------O.N..\..../ P.N.2 \
\ / \ Optical Domain / \ /
+-----+ \ / +-----+
+--------------+
P.N. = Packet/Optical Node (IPoWDM router)
O.N. = Optical Switching DWDM Node (ROADM)
ROADM = Lambda/Spectrum switch
Figure 3: Dual SBI management Scenario
The peculiarity of this option consists of the fact that both the
packet SDN controller (P-PNC) and the optical SDN controller (O-PNC)
have access to the coherent pluggable optics on the routers. The
P-PNC is the only entity allowed to configure them, while the O-PNC
is granted with read-only permissions to avoid database inconsistency
between them. Data write access permissions are expected to be
implemented on the routers to only grant configuration rights to the
P-PNC.
The read-only capabilities of the O-PNC consist in the following
tasks:
- Device discovery, poll or stream configuration, state and
static capabilities.
- Performance monitoring, periodically poll or stream performance
counters.
- Fault notification, received asynchronous alarm notifications.
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The consequence of this split of roles is that the P-PNC exposes the
coherent pluggables configuration APIs, while the O-PNC only the APIs
needed for path computation (for OTSi services planning) and service
provisioning for OLS media channel services.
2.2. Option 2 - Single SBI management of IPoWDM routers
The architecture related to option 2 is more meeting a canonical ACTN
approach, i.e. any PNCs only manage resources related to his own
administrative domain, like in [RFC8453] and
[I-D.draft-ietf-teas-actn-poi-applicability] is described in figure
Figure 4.
+----------+
| MDSC |
+--+----+--+
| |
MPI interface +-------+ +-------+
| |
+----+----+ +----+----+
| P-PNC | | O-PNC |
+--+---+--+ +----+----+
^ ^ ^
| | |
+-------+ +------------------|---------+
| | |
| | |
| +----------+ |
| | |
| v |
v +--------------+ v
+-----+ / \ +-----+
/ P.N.1 \..../..O.N--------O.N..\..../ P.N.2 \
\ / \ Optical Domain / \ /
+-----+ \ / +-----+
+--------------+
P.N. = Packet/Optical Node (IPoWDM router)
O.N. = Optical Switching DWDM Node (ROADM)
ROADM = Lambda/Spectrum switch
Figure 4: Single SBI management Scenario
In option 2 the P-PNC is the only component which has access to the
routers and implements all the management capabilities. In this case
the P-PNC not only needs to expose to the MDSC all the needed info
for the management of the multi-layer network, but also physical
impairment data needed for the computation and validation of the
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optical channel. In addition, also performance data need to be
exported, as well as the API needed for the configuration of the
pluggables.
In other words, the P-PNC is in charge of discovering the devices
(both the routers and the pluggables), configuring them, monitoring
the performances and managing the faults via the asynchronous
notifications coming for the devices. The information collected
needs to be exposed on the controller NBI and made available to the
MDSCs, OSS systems or other applications. The pluggables
characteristics can be exposed using
[I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-dwdm-if-param-yang] and
[I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-optical-impairment-topology-yang].
The role of the MDSC can be summarized into the following functions:
discovery of the pluggables capabilities, consolidation of topology
and services at all layers from L0 to L3, provisioning of multi-layer
services including the OTSi service (whose path computation can be
done by the MDSC itself or requested to the O-PNC), monitoring the
performances and managing the faults/alarms of the services at all
layers.
As the path computation for the optical layer is performed by the
O-PNC, it needs to expose path computation APIs to the MDSC in order
to accept the path characteristics or return the effective patameters
of the computed path.
# Updates to the ACTN MPI interface
A specific standard interface (i.e. ACTN MPI - MDSC-PNC interface)
allows the MDSC to interact with the different O/P-PNCs. Although
the MPI interface should present an abstracted topology to the MDSC
(hiding technology-specific aspects of the network and hiding
topology details depending on the policy chosen) in the case of DWDM
coherent pluggable located in the router some information related to
the physical component must be shared on MPI. The above statement is
assumed as the Domain PNC (e.g. O-PNC) may not be able to get
information from a node belonging to a different domain (e.g. P-PNC)
or to set parameters.
To better explain the reason of this change, there are two phases
before setting an optical circuit:
O-PNC routing and wavelength assignment and Optical Circuit
Feasibility.
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During the first phase the MDSC can ask the O-PNC to set an
optical circuit between two ROADM ports (A and Z). The O-PNC
having the full Optical Topology network knowledge can calculate
the Optical Path, the wavelength assignment (RWA), etc.
K-circuits may be calculated and sorted based on some parameters
(e.g. number of hops, path length, OSNR, etc.)
Optical Circuit Feasibility
During the optical circuit feasibility, the O-PNC can calculate
the estimated OSNR for the A to Z circuits and sort them from the
best to the worst performance or select the most suitable one from
a optical performance standpoint. To verify the circuit
feasibility the O-PNC needs to know the Transceiver optical
characteristics, e.g. OSNR Robustness, DC capability, supported
PDL, FEC, etc. For more details refer to
[I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-dwdm-if-param-yang] and
[I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-optical-impairment-topology-yang]. The
above parameters may not be directly retrieved from Packet Node by
the O-PNC, (e.g. because the Packet Node supports only proprietary
models or the Packet Nodes is not able to support dual writing
operation or the Packet Node belongs to a different IP AS nor
reachable by O-PNC), then they must be read by the P-PNC, shared
to MDSC via MPI and finally to O-PNC. Other parameters like
central frequency and transmit power are calculated by the O-PNC
and must be provisioned to the Pluggable optics when the circuit
is set-up.
## Transceiver optical parameters capabilities
We can summarize here the list of parameters needed for O-PNC to
compute optical circuit feasibility and spectrum allocation. The
parameters are read by the P-PNC from the DWDM pluggable and shared
with MDSC to give the visibility of the pluggable characteristics.
Nominal Central frequency
After having verified the Circuit Optical feasibility the O-PNC
shares the channel central frequency to MDSC so that the MDSC can
ask P-PNC to provision the Lambda to Router Pluggable.
FEC Coding
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This parameter indicates what Forward Error Correction (FEC) code
is used at Ss and Rs (R/W) (not mentioned in G.698.2), it is used
by the O-PNC to calculate the optical feasibility. The FEC coding
list (FEC can be many) supported by the pluggable is an input for
O-PNC, one coding is selected for a specific circuit and is shared
(as output) to MDSC for pluggable provisioning.
Modulation format
This parameter indicates the list of supported Modulation Formats
and the provisioned Modulation Format. It is an input for O-PNC
Transmitter Output power
This parameter provisions the Transceiver Output power.
Receiver input power range
This parameter is the Min and Max input power supported by the
Transceiver, i.e. Receiver Sensitivity. It is an input for O-PNC
to properly calculate the optical power to set at ROADM port
Receiver input power
This parameter is the measured input power at the receiver. It is
an input for O-PNC to properly check the patchcord (between
transceiver and ROADM) loss comparing it with the ROADM port
received power.
Operational-mode
In order to make the MPI communication more efficient and improve
the abstraction, the above (and more) parameters can be summarized
by the operational-mode parameter. The operational mode is
described in section 2.5.2 of
[I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-optical-impairment-topology-yang].
The above optical parameters are related to the Edge Node Transceiver
and are used by the Optical Network controller in order to calculate
the optical feasibility and the spectrum allocation. The parameters
are read by the P-PNC from the DWDM pluggable and shared with MDSC to
give the visibility of the pluggable characteristics. MDSC can use
the info to understand the pluggable capability and, again, share the
same info to O-PNC for the impairment verification.
## Pluggables provisioning
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On the opposite direction O-PNC can send to MDSC the values (e.g.
operational mode, lambda, TX power) to provision the Client (Packet)
DWDM Pluggable. The pluggable provisioning will be done by the
P-PNC. For more details on the optical interface parameters see:
[I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-dwdm-if-param-yang]
[I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-optical-impairment-topology-yang].
In summary the pluggable parameters exchanged from O-PNC to MDSC to
P-PNC for end to end service provisioning are:
- Pluggable Service source port-ID
- Pluggable Service destination port-ID
- Central Frequency (Lambda) (common to source and destination)
- TX Output power (source port-ID)
- TX Output power (destination port-ID)
- Operational-mode (compatible)
- Vendor OUI
- Pluggable part number (if the operational mode in not standard)
- Admin-state (common ?)
3. Use Cases
The different services supported by the network are shown in
Figure 5. This draft is focused on the inter-domain link, the
coherent pluggable interfaces setting through the MC-links setting
although the POI first goal is to set an IP service.
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+-------------+ +-------------+
| IP | | IP |
| | IP-link | |
| <-------------------------------------------------------> |
| | | |
| | | |
| +-------+ | Eth-link | +-------+ |
| | <---------------------------------------------------> | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | OTSi-link | | | |
| | CPI <-------------------------------------------> CPI | |
+--+-------+--+ +--+-------+--+
^ ^
| +-------+ +-------+ |
| | OLS | | OLS | |
| | | | | |
+-----> | <-----------------------------> |<------+
inter-domain | | MC-link | | inter-domain
link | | | | link
+-------+ +-------+
IP-link = IP service, out of this document scope
Eth-link = Ethernet connection
CPI = Coherent Pluggable Interface
OTSi-link = Pluggable connection (OTSi connection)
MC-link = Media Channel link (MC optical circuit)
Figure 5: Cross layer interconnection
The use cases supported by the models are:
Inter Layer (or domain) Link discovery and provisioning
The inter-domain links (or inter-domain links) are the
interconnections (fiber) between the pluggable ports (in the
Packet Layer) and the ROADM ports (in the Optical Layer). They
are set in the Packet and DWDM nodes either manually (e.g. CLI)
or via PNCs. The values identifying the inter layer links may be
defined by MDSC which has the visibility of both IP and Optical
layers. The "plug-id" [RFC8795] could be used for this purpose.
Network topology discovery and provisioning
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MDSC retrieves the packet network topology from the P-PNC and the
optical network topology from the O-PNC. MDSC collects and
rebuilds the service topology based on the services information
coming from P-PNC and O-PNC as described in
[I-D.draft-ietf-teas-actn-poi-applicability]
End to End Packet service provisioning / deletion
MDSC is asked to set a Packet service between two Routers
requiring additional connectivity bandwidth.
Optical Circuit provisioning / deletion
MDSC is asked to set an Optical Circuit between two router ports
(O-PNC will receive the same request from MDSC). This is
specially needed during the network installation to provide
Connectivity between two Routers, the IP link will be set up later
using this optical tunnel.
LAG extension
MDSC is asked to extend a service bandwidth. This may require
more Router optical connectivity.
Optical Restoration
O-PNC detects an optical network failure and reroutes the optical
circuits to a different path (and lambda).
Network Maintenance Operations
MDSC is asked to isolate part of the optical network for
maintenance and coordinate the O-PNC and P-PNC to preserve the
traffic during the maintenance operation.
In the following sub-sections a workflow for each use case is
described. Each workflow is analyzed consider a scenario like the
one described in option 2. In those cases when the workflow differs
between option 1 and option 2, a note describing the differences is
added.
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3.1. Inter Domain Link discovery and provisioning
The inter-domain links are set in the Packet and DWDM nodes either
manually (e.g. via CLI or NMS) during the installation phase when the
operator connects the Pluggable Transceiver to the ROADM port via
fiber patchcord or is defined by the MDSC controller and provisioned
via the PNCs. One method and model to define the Inter Layer Link
is, for example, to assign a value to the patchcord (for Tx and RX
directions) and store those values in the Pluggable and ROADM port
provisioning when the fiber is connected between the two ports. This
allows the PNCs to retrieve the values and share them with the MDSC
for the correlation and check. Other smarter and automatic methods
of patchcord discovery may be defined but are outside of this draft
scope.
The inter-domain link must be set (or clear) any time a new pluggable
module is installed (or removed) and it is connected to the ROADM
port with the fiber patchcord. When a new coherent pluggable
interface is installed an inventory notification must be reported to
the PNCs and MDSC, the reported info are:
- Pluggable port-ID (e.g. rack/shelf/slot/port or UUID)
- Supported Operational-modes (standard,organizational and explicit)
- Supported Application codes
- Pluggable part number (if the op-mode in not standard)
- Manufacturing data
It would be also possible to auto-discover the inter-domain links
between DWDM coherent pluggables and ROADM ports by checking the
input/output power levels (and probably switching on/off the lasers
of the pluggables). This would require the help of MDSC, O-PNC and
P-PNC. The same method could be used to verify the provisioned
connectivity. For further study in this draft.
In this use case no difference between option 1 and 2 is foreseen,
the MDSC can discover the inter-domain links correlating the
information received by the P-PNC and O-PNC.
3.2. Network topology discovery and provisioning
The first operation executed by the P-PNC and O-PNC is to discover
the network topology and share it with the MDSC via the MPI. The
PNCs will discover and share also the inter-domain links so that the
MDSC can rebuild the full network topology associating the DWDM
Router ports to the ROADM ports. Once the association is discovered
the P-PNC must share the characteristics of Pluggable module with the
MDSC and then MDSC with the O-PNC. At this point the Hierarchical
controller (MDSC) and the domain controllers have all the information
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to commit and honor any service request coming from the OSS/
orchestrator. The details of the general operations are described in
[I-D.draft-ietf-teas-actn-poi-applicability], while this draft
describes how to operate the Pluggable module during the optical
circuit set-up operation. As the Pluggable can be inserted or remove
at any time it is relevant to have admin and operational state
notification from the network to the PNC and MDSC.
Also in this case the MDSC can retrieve all the needed info in
collaboration with the P-PNC and O-PNC.
3.3. End to End service provisioning / deletion
The End to End service provisioning is a multilayer provisioning
involving both the packet layer and the optical layer. The MDSC
plays a key role as it has the full network visibility and can co-
ordinate the different domain controllers operations. The service
request can be driven by the operator using the MDSC UI or the MDSC
receives the service request from the operator OSS/Orchestrator.
The workflow for the creation of an end to end service is composed by
the following steps:
Option 1
1. MDSC receives a end to end service request from OSS/Orchestrator
2. MDSC starts computing the different operations to implement the
service.
3. First MDSC starts to compute the routing, the bandwidth, the
constrains of the packet service.
4. If the Packet network can support the service without additional
connections among the Routers
4.1. then the packet service is commissioned through the P-PNC
4.2. a notification with all the service info is sent to OSS.
5. If more optical connectivity is needed
5.1. MDSC notifies the operator about the extra bandwidth need
5.2. optionally, automatically identifies the spare router ports
to be used for the connection extension (e.g. A and Z).
5.3. The Router ports (pluggable) must be connected to A' and Z'
ROADM ports and must be compatible (in terms of optical
parameters, etc.).
6. MDSC (autonomously / under operator demand) asks to O-PNC to set
an optical circuit between ROADM ports A' and Z' assuming that
the information on the pluggable supported parameters (A and Z):
- Pluggable Service source port-ID
- Pluggable Service destination port-ID
- Operational-mode or standard mode (compatible)
- Vendor OUI (if the operational mode in not standard)
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- Pluggable part number (if the op-mode in not standard)
- Admin-state
are already known by the O-PNC
6.2. the bandwidth (e.g. 100G or 400G, etc.)
6.3. the routing constraints (e.g. SRLG XRO, etc)
7. O-PNC, potentially with the help of a planning tool in charge
for planning for mixed optical channels (both usual optical
transponders and optical pluggable), calculates the optical
route, selects the Lambda, verifies the optical feasibility,
calculates the pluggable TX power.
7.1. If all is OK, provisions the optical circuit in ROADM.
7.2. If anything went wrong the O-PNC rejects the MDSC request.
8. O-PNC updates the MDSC of successful circuit provisioning
including the path, the nominal central frequency, the
operational mode (or the explicit optical parameters - see
draft-ietf-ccamp-optical-impairment-topology-yang for
more details), the TX power, SRLG etc.
The optical circuit at this point is provisioned but
not yet operational (no optical power coming from the
transceivers yet).
9. The MDSC updates the service DB and forward the pluggable
provisioning parameters to P-PNC to complete the optical set-up.
10. MDSC is ready to commission the packet service through P-PNC
10.1. has the visibility of end to end optical circuit (active)
10.2. the packet service is commissioned
10.3. MDSC service DB is updated
11. MDSC notifies the OSS of successful end to end service set-up
12. The service assurance can then start, through the O-PNC for the
optical circuit (including Pluggable Alarms and PM),
through the P-PNC for the IP/MPLS service.
NOTE: the Optical service may not be feasible due to optical
impairments calculation failure. In this case the O-PNC will reject
the optical circuit creation request to MDSC. It is up to the
operator (through MDSC) to scale down (e.g. propose a 300Gb/s
instead of a 400Gb/s service) the request or plan a network upgrade.
Another point to note is the information about the pluggable are
directly collected by O-PNC. In reality this info should be known by
the O-PNC at network commissioning time when the Inter Domain Link is
set or discovered. The pluggable information may have multiple
instances when the pluggable support multiple bit rate (e.g. ZR+).
In case of multiple bit rate (and multiple operational mode) the
O-PNC can decide to propose to MDSC a different bit rate (higher or
lower) calculated in base of the optical validation algorithms. That
is: MDSC ask for a 400Gb/s bit rate while O-PNC proposer a 300Gb/s
bit rate, instead of rejecting the circuit request.
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Option 2
1. MDSC receives a end to end service request from OSS/Orchestrator
2. MDSC starts computing the different operations to implement the
service.
3. First MDSC starts to compute the routing, the bandwidth, the
constrains of the packet service.
4. If the Packet network can support the service without additional
connections among the Routers.
4.1. then the packet service is commissioned through the P-PNC
4.2. a notification with all the service info is sent to OSS.
5. If more optical connectivity is needed
5.1. MDSC notifies the operator about the extra bandwidth need
5.2. optionally, automatically identifies the spare router ports
to be used for the connection extension (e.g. A and Z).
5.3. The Router ports (pluggable) must be connected to A' and Z'
ROADM ports and must be compatible (in terms of optical
parameters, etc.).
6. MDSC (autonomously / under operator demand) asks to O-PNC to set
an optical circuit between ROADM ports A' and Z' providing
information on:
6.1. the pluggable supported parameters (A and Z)
- Pluggable Service source port-ID
- Pluggable Service destination port-ID
- Operational-mode or standard mode (compatible)
- Vendor OUI (if the operational mode in not standard)
- Pluggable part number (if the op-mode in not standard)
- Admin-state (common ?)
6.2. the bandwidth (e.g. 100G or 400G, etc.)
6.3. the routing constraints (e.g. SRLG XRO, etc)
7. O-PNC calculates the optical route, selects the nominal
central frequency, verifies the optical feasibility, calculates
the pluggable TX power.
7.1. If all is OK, provisions the optical circuit in ROADM.
7.2. If anything went wrong the O-PNC rejects the MDSC request.
8. O-PNC updates the MDSC of successful circuit provisioning
including the path, the nominal central frequency, the
operational mode (or the explicit optical parameters - see
draft-ietf-ccamp-optical-impairment-topology-yang for more
details), the TX power, SRLG, etc. The optical circuit at
this point is provisioned but not yet operational
(no optical power coming from the transceivers yet).
9. The MDSC updates the service DB and forward the pluggable
provisioning parameters to P-PNC to complete the optical set-up.
10. MDSC is ready to commission the packet service through P-PNC
10.1. has the visibility of end to end optical circuit (active)
10.2. the packet service is commissioned
10.3. MDSC service DB is updated
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11. MDSC notifies the OSS of successful end to end service set-up
12. The service assurance can then start, through the O-PNC for the
optical circuit, through the P-PNC for the pluggable and the
IP/MPLS service.
NOTE: the Optical service may not be feasible due to optical
impairments calculation failure. In this case the O-PNC will reject
the optical circuit creation request to MDSC. It is up to the
operator (through MDSC) to scale down (e.g. propose a 300Gb/s
instead of a 400Gb/s service) the request or plan a network upgrade.
Another point to note is the information sent by MDSC to O-PNC about
the pluggable characteristics. In reality this info should be known
by the O-PNC at network commissioning time when the Inter Domain Link
is set or discovered. The pluggable information may have multiple
instances when the pluggable support multiple bit rate (e.g. ZR+).
In case of multiple bit rate (and multiple operational mode) the
O-PNC can decide to propose to MDSC a different bit rate (higher or
lower) calculated in base of the optical validation algorithms. That
is: MDSC ask for a 400Gb/s bit rate while O-PNC proposer a 300Gb/s
bit rate, instead of rejecting the circuit request.
3.4. Optical Circuit provisioning / deletion
Upon receiving an optical service request from the OSS/Orchestrator,
the MDSC starts performing the different operations to implement the
optical service (e.g. from A to Z). As an alternative the service
request can be driven by the operator using the MDSC UI.
The steps of the workflow are:
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1. MDSC receives a end to end service request from the OSS/Orchestr
2. MDSC starts computing the different operations to implement the
service.
3. to check whether the optical connectivity is feasible
3.1. automatically identifies the router ports to be
used for the optical connection (e.g. A and Z).
3.2. The Router ports (pluggable) must be connected to A' and Z'
ROADM ports and must be compatible (in terms of optical
parameters, etc.).
4. MDSC asks to O-PNC to set the optical circuit between ROADM
ports A' and Z' providing information on:
4.1. the pluggable supported parameters (A and Z)
- Pluggable Service source port-ID
- Pluggable Service destination port-ID
- Operational-mode or standard mode (compatible)
- Vendor OUI (if the operational mode in not standard)
- Pluggable part number (if the op-mode in not standard)
- Admin-state (common ?)
4.2. the bandwidth (e.g. 100G or 400G, etc.)
4.3. the routing constraints (e.g. SRLG XRO, etc)
5. O-PNC calculates the optical route, selects the Lambda, verifies
the optical feasibility, the pluggable TX power.
5.1. If all is OK, provisions the optical circuit
6. O-PNC updates the MDSC of successful circuit provisioning
including the path, the Lambda, the operational mode (or the
explicit optical parameters), the TX power, etc.
7. The MDSC updates the service DB and forward the pluggable
provisioning parameters to P-PNC to complete the optical set-up
8. MDSC verifies the end to end optical circuits (active)
9. The MDSC notifies the OSS of successful optical circuit set-up.
10.The assurance operational can start, fully driven by O-PNC in
option 1 or coordinated by MDSC in option 2.
NOTE: the Optical service may not be feasible due to optical
impairments calculation failure. In this case the O-PNC will reject
the optical circuit creation request to MDSC. It is up to the
operator (through MDSC) to scale down the request or plan a network
upgrade.
The same consideration done in the previus use case are applicable
here.
3.5. LAG extension
Upon receiving a LAG service request from OSS/Orchestrator, the MDSC
start computing the different operations to implement the request.
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The MDSC would determine if an existing multi-layer connection exists
between the routers participating in the LAG. If so, the MDSC would
request the P-PNC to configure and add the new LAG bundle member link
using this existing connection, and notify the OSS confirmation of
the additional link. If more optical connectivity is needed, then
the procedures defined in Section 3.3 would be followed.
3.6. Optical Restoration
For this use case the trigger for the Domain controller and MDSC to
take actions is coming from the optical data plane when the O-PNC
detects or is notified about an optical network failure (e.g. a fiber
cut or a node failure). This kind of events affect the traffic and a
number of optical circuits are lost.
1. First action is taken by the O-PNC to identify what are the
affected circuits enabled to restoration
2. For the circuits enabled to restoration O-PNC starts to compute
2.1. the restore paths
2.2. their feasibility and any optical parameter change (e.g.
lambda retuning, TX power, etc.)
3. If the restore path and all parameters are OK for the optical
feasibility
3.1. the restore path is provisioned
3.2. nodifications to MDSC are sent to notify the circuits data
- circuit path + SRLG
- Pluggable Service source port-ID
- Pluggable Service destination port-ID
- Operational-mode or standard mode (compatible)
- Admin-state (common ?)
4. The MDSC updates the circuit DB and forward any pluggable
provisioning change to P-PNC
5. P-PNC will take care to apply the new provisioning data to the
pluggables (e.g. lambda, operational data, TX power, etc.)
6. The Restoration process is then completed and the IP connection
between the routers is recovered.
NOTE: the restoration may not be feasible due to optical impairments
calculation failure. In this case the O-PNC will notify the optical
circuit restoration failure to MDSC. It is up to the operator,
through MDSC, to take actions and/or plan a network upgrade.
In case the optical circuit restoration is revertible, is again O-PNC
responsibility to monitor the failure after the fix and start the
revert procedure to bring the restore path to the original route.
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3.7. Network Maintenance Operations
The maintenance operation is requested by the OSS when a part of the
network needs a maintenance activity. There could be Packet network
maintenance or Optical network Maintenance. As an alternative the
maintenance request can be driven by the operator using the MDSC UI.
The Packet network maintenance is simple and is addressed by the MDSC
in cooperation with the P-PNC.
The optical network maintenance is more complex and needs the MDSC
coordination to ask the P-PNC to move away the traffic from the
resources under maintenance in the optical network. That means MDSC
has to search in the service DB whether a service is using a definite
optical link and re-route the service to a part of the optical
network not affected by the maintenance operation. Upon maintenance
completion the MDSC will bring all the traffic back to the original
route.
4. Optical Interface for external transponder in a WDM network
This document proposes an augmentation to the ietf-interface module
called ietf-ext-xponder-wdm-if. The ietf-ext-xponder-wdm-if, author
note: define the model, is an augment to the ietf-interface. It
allows the user to set the operating mode of transceivers as well as
other operational parameters. The module also provides threshold
settings and notifications to supervise measured parameters and
notify the client.
5. Structure of the Yang Module
ietf-ext-xponder-wdm-if is a top-level model for the support of this
feature.
Editor's note: This chapter is to be completed.
6. Security Considerations
This document does not introduce any new interfaces or protocols in
addition to the ACTN architecture defined in [RFC8453], hence the
same considerations apply. In addition, IPsec and HMAC- MD5
authentication are common examples of existing mechanisms.
7. IANA Considerations
This document registers a URI in the IETF XML registry [RFC3688].
Following the format in [RFC3688], the following registration is
requested to be made:
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URI: urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interfaces:ietf-ext-xponder-
wdm-if
Registrant Contact: The IESG.
XML: N/A, the requested URI is an XML namespace.
This document registers a YANG module in the YANG Module Names
registry [RFC6020].
This document registers a YANG module in the YANG Module Names
registry [RFC6020].
prefix: [I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-dwdm-if-param-yang]
8. References
8.1. Normative References
[I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-dwdm-if-param-yang]
Galimberti, G., Hiremagalur, D., Grammel, G., Manzotti,
R., and D. Breuer, "A YANG model to manage the optical
interface parameters for an external transponder in a WDM
network", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-ietf-
ccamp-dwdm-if-param-yang-10, 23 October 2023,
<https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-ccamp-
dwdm-if-param-yang-10>.
[I-D.draft-ietf-ccamp-optical-impairment-topology-yang]
Beller, D., Le Rouzic, E., Belotti, S., Galimberti, G.,
and I. Busi, "A YANG Data Model for Optical Impairment-
aware Topology", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft, draft-
ietf-ccamp-optical-impairment-topology-yang-14, 23 October
2023, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-
ccamp-optical-impairment-topology-yang-14>.
[I-D.draft-ietf-teas-actn-poi-applicability]
Peruzzini, F., Bouquier, J., Busi, I., King, D., and D.
Ceccarelli, "Applicability of Abstraction and Control of
Traffic Engineered Networks (ACTN) to Packet Optical
Integration (POI)", Work in Progress, Internet-Draft,
draft-ietf-teas-actn-poi-applicability-10, 19 January
2024, <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-
teas-actn-poi-applicability-10>.
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[ITU.G694.1]
International Telecommunications Union, "Spectral grids
for WDM applications: DWDM frequency grid", ITU-T
Recommendation G.698.2 , February 2012.
[ITU.G698.2]
International Telecommunications Union, "Amplified
multichannel dense wavelength division multiplexing
applications with single channel optical interfaces",
ITU-T Recommendation G.698.2 , November 2009.
[ITU.G872] International Telecommunications Union, "Architecture of
optical transport networks", ITU-T Recommendation G.872 ,
January 2017.
[OIF-400ZR-01-0]
Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), "Implementation
Agreement 400ZR", OIF OIF-400ZR-01-0 , March 2020.
[Open_ZR-Plus_MSA]
OpenZR+ Multi-Source Agreement, "400ZR+ Multi-Source
Agreement", OpenZR+ Open ZR+ MSA , September 2020.
[RFC1930] Hawkinson, J. and T. Bates, "Guidelines for creation,
selection, and registration of an Autonomous System (AS)",
BCP 6, RFC 1930, DOI 10.17487/RFC1930, March 1996,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1930>.
[RFC3688] Mealling, M., "The IETF XML Registry", BCP 81, RFC 3688,
DOI 10.17487/RFC3688, January 2004,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3688>.
[RFC6020] Bjorklund, M., Ed., "YANG - A Data Modeling Language for
the Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)", RFC 6020,
DOI 10.17487/RFC6020, October 2010,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6020>.
[RFC8453] Ceccarelli, D., Ed. and Y. Lee, Ed., "Framework for
Abstraction and Control of TE Networks (ACTN)", RFC 8453,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8453, August 2018,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8453>.
[RFC8795] Liu, X., Bryskin, I., Beeram, V., Saad, T., Shah, H., and
O. Gonzalez de Dios, "YANG Data Model for Traffic
Engineering (TE) Topologies", RFC 8795,
DOI 10.17487/RFC8795, August 2020,
<https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8795>.
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8.2. Informative References
[MANTRA-whitepaper-IPoWDM]
"MANTRA whitepaper IPoWDM convergent SDN architecture",
August 2022, <https://cdn.brandfolder.io/D8DI15S7/at/
n85t9h48bqtkhm9k7tqbs9fv/
TIP_OOPT_MANTRA_IP_over_DWDM_Whitepaper_-
_Final_Version3.pdf>.
Acknowledgments
Many Thanks to Italo Busi for the several comments, suggestion and
support in GitHub process management. Part of this work has been
supported by the EU SEASON Project.
Contributors
Phil Bedard
Cisco
Email: phbedard@cisco.com
Rana El Desouky Kazamel
Cisco
Email: reldesou@cisco.com
Gert Grammel
Juniper
Email: ggrammel@juniper.net
Prasenjit Manna
Cisco
Email: prmanna@cisco.com
Jose-Angel Perez
Vodafone
Email: jose-angel.perez@vodafone.com
Manuel-Julian Lopez
Vodafone
Email: manuel-julian.lopez@vodafone.com
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Authors' Addresses
Gabriele Galimberti (editor)
Italy
Phone: +393357481947
Email: ggalimbe56@gmail.com
Jean-Francois Bouquier (editor)
Vodafone
Email: jeff.bouquier@vodafone.com
Ori Gerstel (editor)
Cisco
AMOT ATRIUM Tower 19th floor
TEL AVIV-YAFO, TA
Israel
Email: ogerstel@cisco.com
Brent Foster (editor)
Cisco
Research Triangle Park
North Carolina,
United States
Email: brfoster@cisco.com
Daniele Ceccarelli (editor)
Cisco
Email: daniele.ietf@gmail.com
Sergio Belotti (editor)
Nokia
Email: sergio.belotti@nokia.com
Oscar Gonzalez de Dios (editor)
Telefonica
Email: oscar.gonzalezdedios@telefonica.com
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