Embracing Transport SDN for Open

Networking Architectures

Yabin YE
yeyabin@huawei.com

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Agenda
Move Towards SDN
Transport SDN Use Cases
Examples of Transport SDN

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ONF Definition of SDN Architecture

Datacenters: Open Flow Switch Diagram Network: SDN Based Architecture
OpenFlow Switch

APPn

APP1

Thin Secure
SW Channel

Controller

Switching Flow
Table
HW

OF Switch
OF Switch
OF Switch
OF Switch

OF: OpenFlow

Source: ONF white paper -- Software-Defined Networking (SDN):

The New Norm for Networks

Main Characteristics: the Control and Data planes are decoupled,

Centralized Controller, Open & Programmable, Virtualized Data plane
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Industry Mainstream SDN Models

Open flow Model (IT )
Equipment programmable
internally

Open API Model (CT )

Equipment programmable by
Open API

Open and standard North &

Open and standard Northbound

Southbound interfaces, the

forwarding plane is standardized,
programmable
More flexible
Difficult to evolve from existing
network

interface
To preserve and reuse existing
equipment
Medium flexibility, not completely
open
Easy evolution from existing
equipment

Different degrees of network openness and programmability,

different flexibility, different difficulties to achieve, applied for
different scenarios.

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The Industry Progress of SDN

Google G-Scale Software
Defined WAN

Sample Utilization after SDN

Deployment
Close to 100%

Industry Level: 30%~40%

Google's software-defined backbone drives WAN links to

100% utilization

ICP operators vigorously embrace SDN.

Telecom operators are also actively exploring SDN application in telco

network and focus on Cloud technology / Open Network/ synergy ,
such as Telefonica, NTT, Vodafone, DT, FT, BT, etc.

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Agenda
Move Towards SDN
Transport SDN Use cases
Examples of Transport SDN

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Transport SDN Main Characteristics and

Values
Advanced
Controller

IT Style NBI
New programming
paradigm: IT style
IDE, complete
open

Reliability,
scalability,
security and
flexible
deployment

Flexible
Infrastructure

Multi-mode SBI

Modulation
format, distance,
bandwidth, fully
programmable

PCEP, Openflow, etc,

multiple SBI
addressing multiple
scenarios

Automation

Virtualization

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Synergy

Flexible
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Open

Automation Virtualization Synergy

Flexible

Open

Automatic Operation for Online Service

Delivering
NMS

Designer Performance
Monitor
Planner
Commissioning
tools

Client

T-SDN Controller
Planner Designer

Today: w/o SDN

The tools and function unit are
off-line and isolated, lack of
real time and interoperability.
Slow TTM
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etc

Future: w/ SDN
The tools and function unit
are all joined up, sharing the
data. The service delivering
is online and fast
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AutomationVirtualization Synergy

Flexible

Virtual management to reduce the

CAPEX and OPEX

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Open

Automation Virtualization Synergy

Flexible

Open

Centralized Mgmt for multi-domain

Transport Network
5
1
A
2

3
4

Clients Virtual View &

Control of End-to-End
Network

7
8

Controls
End-toEnd
Network

SDN
Controller

Control Layer

Centralized multi-domain
management, shorten service
TTM

Infrastructure Layer

Control plane

Control plane
Data Plane

Control plane

Control plane

Data Plane

Data Plane

Transport Network A
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Data Plane

Data Plane

Data Plane

Data Plane

Data Plane

Transport Network B

Control plane

Control plane

Data Plane

Data Plane

Transport Network C
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Automation Virtualization Synergy

Flexible

SDN-based IP + Optical Synergy to

Improve E2E Network Resource
Utilization

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Open

Automation Virtualization Synergy

Flexible

Open

Multilayer Unified Control for MS-OTN,

Providing Optimal Bandwidth Resources

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Automation Virtualization Synergy

Flexible

Open

Unified Control for Future Flex Optical

Network, Ease the Network Management
Application Layer
Transport network trends to be flexOptical (flex-grid, flex-OTN, etc).

T - Controller
Coding
Control

Spectrum
Control

Wavelength
Planning

SBI

...

T-SDN provide centralized control of

the flex-optical for easy network
planning and easy deployment of new
services.

100G 200G 400G

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1T

2T

Automation Virtualization Synergy

Flexible

Open

T-SDN Maximizes the Future Flex-Optical

Network Efficiency

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Automation Virtualization Synergy

Flexible

Open platform to simplify OSS and

achieve innovative applications

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Open

Automation Virtualization Synergy

Flexible

Open

Virtual Transport Service (Network as a

Service)

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AutomationVirtualization Synergy

Flexible

Open

Bandwidth on Demand (Service aware &

dynamic bandwidth)

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T-SDN Value Summary

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Agenda
Move Towards SDN
Transport SDN Use Cases
Examples of Transport SDN

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T-SDN Helps China Telecom to Improve

OAM Efficiency

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T-SDN Helps Operator to Improve

Bandwidth Value

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T-SDN Helps Operator to Improve Crossvendor Interoperability

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