Control Plane for Carrier-Grade Ethernet Network

Author

Lamminen, Olli-Pekka ; Luoma, Marko ; Nousiainen, Jukka ; Taira, Taneli

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. & Networking, Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Helsinki, Finland

fYear

2009

fDate

Nov. 30 2009-Dec. 4 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

We present a control plane architecture for a service-oriented carrier-grade ethernet transport network. Our control plane is based on a centralized management system and separate control elements. Network topology information is gathered from the control elements with ethernet-extended IS-IS protocol. Based on the topology, the management system is able to provision transport tunnels in the domain in an optimal way, utilizing a dedicated path computation element. RSVP-TEEth protocol, an extension of RSVP-TE, is used to signal the tunnels in the network. The control plane is developed as a part of a more complete system, which includes forwarding plane realized with network processors and a management plane for provisioning both intra-domain services, and inter-domain services between multiple domains.

Keywords

computer network management; local area networks; telecommunication control; telecommunication network topology; transport protocols; Ethernet-extended IS-IS protocol; RSVP-TEEth protocol; carrier-grade ethernet network; centralized management system; control elements; control plane architecture; dedicated path computation element; inter-domain services; intra-domain services; management plane; network processors; network topology information; service-oriented carrier-grade ethernet transport network; transport tunnels; Centralized control; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; Electronic mail; Ethernet networks; Internet; Network topology; Protocols; Virtual private networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GLOBECOM Workshops, 2009 IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5626-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5625-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOMW.2009.5360772

Filename

5360772