Ericsson Service provider SDN SDN innovation for Service Providers IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 1 Raul caldeira FBC Customer Solutions Ericsson
the ict Infrastructure for the networked society Applications Innovation Driven Optimally Hosted Optimally Delivered Aware Open Real Time, Programmable Application Responsive (SP-SDN) Cloud Network Enabled Secure Not tied to Data Centers Network IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 2 Combined Infrastruct ure
DPI TIC NAT FW DPI TIC OSS BSS IT OSS BSS IT NAT HSS IMS FW Telecom Industry Trends NFV Control Plane SDN Controller OSS BSS IT Virtualization Support Systems, IT Systems Virtualization Service Appliances Data Center Node Control Network Control NFV Data Plane SW Forward Distributed DC Open Interfaces i.e. OpenFlow SW Forwarding L2/L3 Router BNG GGSN PGW Convergence HW Forwarding High Touch Packet Processing Low Touch Packet Processing Network router & gateways Multi-Service GW HW Forwarding Nodes Purpose Built Consolidated Software Defined IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 3
Service Provider SDN moving sdn from a niche to the network Service Exposure Orchestrated Network and Cloud Management Expanded definition Integrated Network Control Control Control Control Control Control Control OpenFlow/SDN: 3G/LTE WiFi Transp ort Router Edge Data Center Transforming service provider networks into programmable and dynamically application responsive entities IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 4
What is SDN? Traditional Networking Devices Control Forwarding Control Forwarding L1-L3 Device L1-L3 Device SDN Decouples control & data planes (CP & DP) Centralizes CP Provides network programmability via APIs App 1 App n SDN OpenFlow (OF) OF is just one option for decoupling CP & DP APIs Centralized SDN Controller DP under SDN control may span L1-3 e.g., optical, Ethernet, MPLS, IP routing e.g., OpenFlow Forwarding L1-L3 Device Forwarding L1-L3 Device SDN & Cloud are complementary Cloud may cost-reduce controller & apps SDN simplifies & helps automate cloud orchestration Software Defined Networking IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 5
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Adjacent Router Router Management/Policy Plane Configuration/CLI/GUI Adjacent Router Control Routing Plane Control Plane Static Routes Control Plane OSPF OSPF OSPF Neighbor table Link State database IP routing table Switching Forwarding Table Data Plane Data Plane Data Plane IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 7
OpenFlow Controller Control Path OpenFlow Data Path (Hardware) IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 8
Split Architecture in the Mobile Network CS Services IMS Services New: Programmability and Virtualization MSC Server MRFC/MGCF BICC H.248 Mobile Gateway TDM ATM IP déjà vu: Scale, Service Velocity IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 9
It is important to make the distinction that OpenFlow does not equal SDN IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 10
Open to 3rd party NW elements Open to 3rd party apps Service provider SDN SERVICE EXPOSURE Core Apps library... Other Apps OPEN SDK SDN controller OPEN Interfaces 3G/LTE WiFi Transpo rt Router Edge Data Center IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 11
SP-SDN, NFV & Cloud the keys to unlocking value APIs, Exposable Services & Assets SDN NFV Access Mgmt & Control Cross-Domain Orchestration IP & Transport Mgmt & Control Service Edge Mgmt & Control Policy Control Real Time Integrated Network Control Cloud Management CLOUD Virtualization & abstraction VM Virtual Networking Relocation with preserved identity VM VM + VM Ericsson SDN Controller Network Data Center IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 12
Ericsson joins Open source project for SDN Secures a strong ecosystem for SDN Ericsson member of Board and Technical Steering Committee Ericsson to drive requirements & code for operator needs IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 13
Service provider sdn applications network wide transformation OPPORTUNITIES Cross Domain Orchestration SDN CTL SDN CTL Virtual home GW Virtualization of IP & Optical transport Multilayer Control Intra & Inter DC connectivity DPI IDS NAT Edge IP/MPLS DC GW DC Core Virtual Enterprise Service Gateway Policy-based flow steering at edge IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 14 MEANS TO A HIGHER END
Service Provider SDN: Virtual Network system ERS CLI external ports TCN GUI internal topology Virtual Network System IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 15
Service Chaining for differentiation Price Differentiated service bundles Penetration Firewall/AV Parental Control TCP/HTTP Web optimization CDN & TIC Media live compression IPv6 transition/nat DPI, Charging and analytics Advertising, profiling, enrichment IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 16
Subscriber AWARE chains service chaining & automation HW Appliances or VM s in DC DPI Security URL NAT Dynamic Policy Control of service chaining PCRF AAA SDN CTL PGW BNG Fully automate service chain build out OFS Per subscriber to allow service change on the fly Dynamically built at subscriber connection time OFS OFS IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 17
Virtual Home Gateway sp-sdn for fixed networks Parental Control Firewall NAT HG W Monolithic SW Limited HW flexibility Costly HW upgrade HG W Parental Control Firewall NAT IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 18 Best of breed platforms and vendors Independent HW & SW upgrades
Service personalization Moving to a new model Per subscriber services End-user connectivity (Quota, Billing ) Differentiated QoS Differentiated services (VPN, Parental Control..) Mobile RAN PG W Per broadband line session / services No differentiation by profile i.e. Kid/Parents No differentiations per device No ability to handle WIFI roaming / communities Bridg e Mobile RAN Per subscriber services End-user connectivity (Quota, Billing ) Differentiated QoS Differentiated services (VPN, Parental Control..) PG W VHGW HGW Fixed Metro BNG IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 19
Service personalization On-Net Off-Net OTT-Specific Per Destination Residential, SMB, Enterprise SDN Video Interactive Multimedia @ Package Fixed / mobile Business Service E-commerce Health QoS KPI IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 20
Virtual Enterprise GW VHGW for Enterprise sites Admin Location Performance optimizer monitoring Self-Care Portal Connectivity monitoring Subscription & Policy Network Policy OpenFlow Control Service Automation SDN CTL Instantiation & Configuration Application Classification DPI Cloud Mngnt Web Filter FW NAT Small Cell OFS CPE BNG LER OFS OFS IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 21
All comes together Transport, packet, SDN, Cloud & NFV 3) Network inventory for Transport, Packet & DC - SDN controller can influence distributed CP in packet network. - I2RS, BGP-LS - More pre-determined paths and latency - Fitting biz requirements SDN controller Business Orchestration Resource Orchestration 1) Business Orchestration - Service Template fulfillment - End-2-end resource management 2) DC Resource management in the network enabled cloud - VM management (storage/compute/networking) - Virtualization management Packet Telco software running in a VM (CP, DP or CP+DP) vims, vepc, vmdn Virtual Generic Software (i.e. DB, Web server ) Transport SDN influenced Networking NFV Datacenter IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 22
the ict Infrastructure for the networked society Applications Innovation Driven Optimally Hosted Optimally Delivered Aware Open Real Time, Programmable Application Responsive (SP-SDN) Cloud Network Enabled Secure Not tied to Data Centers Network IST IEEE ComSoc Ericsson Telecomunicações, Lda 2013 2013-12-12 Page 23 Combined Infrastruct ure
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