Demonstration of Ethernet OAM functionality for management of layer 2 switches connected to the resilient packet ring equipment in the metro area networks

Author

Tsurusawa, Munefumi ; Tanaka, Hideaki ; Menahemi, Zvika ; Man, Leon Bruck

Author_Institution

KDDI R&D Lab. Inc., Saitama, Japan

fYear

2006

fDate

5-10 March 2006

Abstract

We demonstrate standard based Ethernet operation administration and maintenance (OAM) functionalities by the Ethernet OAM frame in the Ethernet network based on the resilient packet ring (RPR) based architecture. This paper describes the requirements for highly reliable Ethernet services in the metro area network from the operator´s point of view. The Ethernet continuity check and the Ethernet loop back functionalities in the RPR based Ethernet network with several scenarios that may exist in the commercial operation are successfully confirmed for the first time.

Keywords

metropolitan area networks; optical fibre LAN; telecommunication network management; telecommunication services; Ethernet loop back functionalities; Ethernet operation administration and maintenance; commercial operation; metro area networks; resilient packet ring equipment; Ethernet networks; Intelligent networks; Local area networks; Maintenance; Packet switching; Protocols; SONET; Switches; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006

Print_ISBN

1-55752-803-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2006.215673

Filename

1636704