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DWDM Planning
Suggested readers:
Managers, PNO Optical Network planners Experts on Standard Bodies (ITU T SG-13/15 and ETSI TM1 WG2/3) Optical systems and equipment manufacturers
January 1999
Finnet Group Swisscom AG Deutsche Telekom AG France Tlcom MATV Hungarian Telecommunications Company TELECOM ITALIA S.p.a. Portugal Telecom S.A. Telefonica S.A. Sonera Ltd.
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Preface
(Prepared by the EURESCOM Permanent Staff) Network traffic is increasing at an unprecedented rate, driven by the dramatic growth of the Internet and corporate data communications. The evolution of photonics makes the development of optical switching and routing structures in the core and metropolitan part of the transport network possible. This brings an increase in capacity and reduces transport costs. The Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technique jointly with optical crossconnect (OXC), and Optical Add-Drop Multiplexing (OADM) equipment, will permit the realisation of a switched optical layer based on wavelength routing of semipermanent paths and fast protection/restoration mechanisms for the large amount of information flows carried on the optical links. As a consequence, the development of an optical network infrastructure will enable the flexible, reliable and transparent provision of transport services for any type of traditional and innovative services and applications. Taking into consideration the current trends, the objective of network planning is to find the best possible balance between network implementation cost, network flexibility, network availability and survivability, subject to service requirements and topological constraints. The aim of the P709 EURESCOM Project is to investigate a number of alternative strategies for the planning of the optical transport network - with massive deployment of WDM, OADM, and small size OXC - that will be used in a middle term future. This is the first Deliverable (D1) of P709. D1 provides an overview over network architectures, which potentially may be used in the future. It also summarises the requirements on optical networks as well as maturity and availability of optical functionalities. It should be noted that the Deliverable could not include all new functionalities of optical devices since it is an ongoing technology and due to the limited study period, this was not possible. P709 is a logical continuation of the P615 Project (Evolution towards an optical network layer) and some input from this Project was used in D1. D1 is a very useful study for Managers, Optical Network planners, and experts on Standard Bodies of ITU-T SG15 and ETSI TM1 (WG2 & WG3).
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Executive Summary
Optical WDM network is gaining more and more attention and is being implemented in a number of field trials. Several commercial products are appearing on the market with certain maturity. In USA, Europe and Japan, most of PNOs are planning to increase the capacity of their transport network with massive deployment of WDM point-to-point system as well as fixed OADM and small size OXC. The aim of EURESCOM Project P709 Planning of full optical network is to investigate a number of alternative strategies for the planning of optical transport network. This Deliverable D1, the first one of P709 Project, concludes the results of Task 2 Considerations on Optical Network Architectures activities. This document is aimed at those people who work on Network Planning for PNOs, Experts on Standard Bodies related to the optical technologies, systems and networks, or manufacturers building equipment for WDM networks. The fundamental idea of the document is to show how the WDM technique could bring new network architectures through the use of novel optical functions, and how the latter optical network layer could transport multi-client signals. It could provide companies with an overview of the state-of-the-art of optical functions, and useful considerations on optical network architectures impacting the network planning process. The first part of this Deliverable discusses the general characteristics of optical functions as they are available now or will be in the near future. Commercial WDM point-to-point systems are also described and compared. Different classes of network architecture, from the simple topologies to more complex structures are presented in Section 2 in order to select reference network architectures. The possible combinations of basic optical network architectures are collected, in relation with work carried out in P615 Project. The resulting selection of reference two-level network architectures is the following: CS-Ring architecture OMS-SP Ring architecture mesh-ring architecture ring-mesh architecture
The document goes on to discuss important network parameters which characterise the WDM networks in terms of architecture, demand, physical limitation, topology and survivability. In the last Section, the possibility to plan an optical network using a non SDH client signal is proposed. After a brief investigation into ATM and IP client signals performance and functionalities, multi-layer network configurations are proposed using IP, ATM, SDH and WDM network functionalities. A first evaluation of ATM over WDM, IP over SDH, IP over ATM and IP directly over WDM configurations is discussed. Main achievements of the Deliverable are: identification of new optical functions considered necessary in order to enable the migration to WDM future optical networks or desirable to enhance offered network functionality
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selection of optical network architectures contribution to determine the physical limitation and typical values of network characteristic parameters contribution to determine the ability of planning an optical layer carrying non SDH signals.
While addressing considerations on optical network architectures, the elementary optical functionalities, network configurations and the possibility of carrying non SDH client signals are discussed. The selected optical network architectures will be used in Task 3 and Task 4 in comparative studies of planning methodologies.
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List of Authors
Jamil CHAWKI France Tlcom BD-CNET Task 2 & PIR 2.4 Leader
Antnio Jaime Ramos: Portugal Telecom/ CPRM-Marconi Hlder Gaspar: Eduardo Sampaio: Reinald Ries: Ralf Herber: Paulette Gavignet: Andr Hamel: Franois Tillerot: Gza Paksy: Teresa Almeida: Portugal Telecom/ CPRM-Marconi Portugal Telecom/ CPRM-Marconi Deutsche Telekom AG Deutsche Telekom AG France Tlcom BD-CNET France Tlcom BD-CNET France Tlcom BD-CNET Hungarian Telecom MATAV Portugal Talcum
Antnio Jaime Ramos: Dag Roar Hjelme (Sintef, Norway): Martjin Luyten (NL):
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Table of Contents
Preface .............................................................................................................................i Executive Summary...................................................................................................... iii List of Authors................................................................................................................v Table of Contents ..........................................................................................................vi Abbreviations ............................................................................................................. viii Introduction ....................................................................................................................1 1 Assessment of optical functionalities and WDM point-to-point systems ...................3 1.1 Description of available functions....................................................................3 1.1.1 Signal Transport (Single mode fibre)..................................................3 1.1.2 Transmitter ..........................................................................................3 1.1.3 Receiver...............................................................................................4 1.1.4 Transponder.........................................................................................4 1.1.5 Dispersion compensation ....................................................................4 1.1.6 Optical Amplifier OA, 1R (EDFA) .....................................................5 1.1.7 Filters...................................................................................................5 1.1.8 Optical Add Drop Multiplexer OADM ...............................................6 1.1.9 Space switch (matrix) ..........................................................................6 1.2 WDM point-to-point Systems...........................................................................7 1.2.1 Description of a WDM point-to-point link..........................................7 1.2.2 N x 2.5Gbit/s systems..........................................................................8 1.3 Identification of new/desirable optical functions ..........................................10 1.3.1 Wavelength conversion .....................................................................11 1.3.2 Optical signal monitoring functions (QoS, optical spectrum, and Failure detection) ....................................................................11 1.3.3 Optical 3R regeneration.....................................................................11 1.3.4 Network survivability (protection, restoration).................................11 1.3.5 Management functions ......................................................................12 1.3.6 Optical time domain multiplexing OTDM (Long term function) ........................................................................................12 1.3.7 Optical packet switching (Long term function) ................................12 1.4 Conclusion ......................................................................................................12 2 Assessment of optical network architectures ............................................................13 2.1 Complex topologies ........................................................................................13 2.1.1 Connected rings .................................................................................13 2.1.2 Meshed domains interconnected by a ring trunk...............................13 2.1.3 Ring domains interconnected by a meshed trunk..............................13 2.2 Characteristic parameters ...............................................................................13 2.2.1 Specific characteristics of optical network .......................................14 2.2.2 Parameters related to topology ..........................................................15 2.2.3 Parameters related to physical limitations.........................................16 2.2.4 Parameters related to demands ..........................................................17 2.2.5 Parameters related to architecture .....................................................18 2.2.6 Parameters related to the survivability approach ..............................19 2.3 Selection of reference network architectures .................................................19 2.3.1 Two-level CS-Ring architecture........................................................20
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2.3.2 Two-level OMS-SP Ring architecture .............................................. 20 2.3.3 Two-level mesh-ring architecture ..................................................... 21 2.3.4 Two-level ring-mesh architecture ..................................................... 22 2.3.5 Characteristics of the selected optical network architectures ........... 22 2.4 Identification of physical network parameters limitation .............................. 23 2.4.1 Identification of mechanisms originating limitations [4, 5].............. 23 2.4.2 Identification of systems/components which introduce limitations...................................................................................... 24 2.4.3 Processes to overcome limitations at present and solve them in the future ....................................................................................... 25 2.5 Identification of Ranges of values.................................................................. 25 2.5.1 Functional layer characteristics ........................................................ 26 2.5.2 Ranges of values ............................................................................... 26 2.6 Conclusions .................................................................................................... 28 3 Potential of WDM routing for different client signals.............................................. 29 3.1 ATM client signal........................................................................................... 29 3.1.1 ATM Network functionalities and physical layer............................. 29 3.1.2 ATM Services ................................................................................... 29 3.1.3 ATM Performance Parameters.......................................................... 29 3.2 IP client signal ................................................................................................ 30 3.2.1 Internet network layers and services ................................................. 30 3.2.2 IP protocols : IP v4/v6, RTP and RSVP ........................................... 31 3.3 Network configurations required by ATM/IP client signals.......................... 32 3.4 Impact of non SDH client signal on the planning of optical network ........... 33 3.4.1 ATM over SDH over WDM : SDH protection vs. WDM protection....................................................................................... 33 3.4.2 Configuration ATM over WDM ....................................................... 35 3.4.3 Configuration IP over ATM [9] ........................................................ 36 3.4.4 Configuration IP over SDH [10, 11, 12] ........................................... 37 3.4.5 Configuration IP over WDM ............................................................ 37 3.5 Conclusion...................................................................................................... 38 4 Conclusion ................................................................................................................ 39 References.................................................................................................................... 40 Appendix 1: Recent Progress in the Performance of Optical Transmission System Components ............................................................................................. 41
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Abbreviations
AAL ABR ACK APS ATM AWG BER CBR CBFG CDV CER CLR CMR CS Ring DA DCF DFF DSF EDFA FTP FWM HDLC IP IPv4 / v6 LAN LLC MAPOS MCTD MS MSP MS-SP Ring OA OADM ATM Adaptation Layer Available Bit Rate ACKnowledgement Automatic Protection Switching Asynchronous Transfer Mode Arrayed Waveguide Grating Bit Error Rate Constant Bit rate Chirped Bragg Fibre Grating Cell Delay Variation Cell Error Ratio Cell Loss Ratio Cell Miss-insertion Rate Coloured Section Ring Dispersion Accommodation Dispersion Compensating Fibre Dispersion Flattened Fibre Dispersion Shifted Fibre Erbium Doped Fibre Amplifier File Transfer Protocol Four Wave Mixing High level Data Link Control Internet Protocol Internet Protocol version 4 / version 6 Local Area network Logical Link Control Multiple Access Protocol Over SDH Mean Cell Transfer Delay Multiplex Section Multiplex Section Protection Multiplex Section Shared Protection Ring Optical Amplifier Optical Add Drop Multiplexer
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OC or OCH OC-DP Ring O/E OMS OM-SDP Ring OMS-SP Ring OPS OSC OTDM OTS OXC PDU POH PPP QoS RSVP RTP SDH SDXC SHR SMF SNAP STM TCP UBR UDP VC VP WDM WWW
Optical Channel Optical Channel Dedicated Protection Ring Opto-Electronic Optical Multiplex Section Optical Multiplex Section Dedicated Protection Ring Optical Multiplex Section Shared Protection Ring Optical Protection Switching Optical Supervision Channel Optical Time Division Multiplexing Optical Transmission Section Optical Cross Connect Protocol Data Unit Path Over Head Point-to-point Protocol Quality of Signal / Service Resource Reservation Protocol Real Time Protocol Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Digital Cross Connect Self-Healing Ring Single Mode Fibre Sub Network Attachment Point Synchronous Transport Module Transfer Control Protocol Unspecified Bit Rate User Datagram Protocol Virtual Circuit of ATM or Virtual Container of SDH Virtual Path of ATM Wavelength Division Multiplexing World Wide Web
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Introduction
In order to cope with the increasing network traffic driven by the dramatic growth of the Internet and corporate data communications, the evolution of the optical technologies makes the development of optical switching and routing structures in the core and metropolitan part of the transport networks possible. The Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) technique jointly with optical nodes will permit the wavelength routing of semi-permanent paths and fast protection/restoration mechanisms in the optical layer. The purpose of this document is to show how the WDM technique could bring new network architectures through the use of available and forthcoming optical functions, and how the latter optical network layer could be compatible with the transport of signals with various formats. As a logical continuation of the P615 Project (Evolution towards an optical network layer), some input from this Project was used in this document. Beyond the scope of the P615 Project, this document provides results from the investigation of the commercially available and the desirable optical functionalities especially concerning optical amplifiers, advanced functions such as wavelength conversion and optical nodes. It also provides more complex network configurations, based on network interconnections, and identifies characteristic parameters. The first part of this Deliverable discusses the general characteristics of optical functions as they are available now or will be in the near future. Commercial WDM point-to-point systems are described and compared. The optical functions needed for the future WDM networks are progressing rapidly. A set of new optical functions considered necessary in order to enable the migration to WDM future optical networks or desirable to enhance offered network functionality, is also identified. From these possible network functionalities described in Section 1, different classes of network architecture, from the simple topologies to more complex structures, are presented in Section 2 in order to select reference network architectures. The resulting selection of reference two-level network architectures is the following : CS-Ring architecture OMS-SP Ring architecture mesh-ring architecture ring-mesh architecture
The selected optical network architectures will be used in Task 3 and Task 4 in comparative studies of planning methodologies. In Section 2, the most important network parameters which characterise the WDM networks from the point of view of architecture, demand, physical limitation, topology and survivability, are summarised. Physical limitation and typical values of network characteristic parameters are presented in the last part of this section. Finally, in Section 3, the possibility to plan an optical network using a non SDH client signal is proposed. After a brief investigation into ATM and IP client signals performance and functionalities, multi-layer network configurations are proposed using IP, ATM, SDH and WDM network functionalities. A first evaluation of ATM
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over WDM, IP over SDH, IP over ATM and IP directly over WDM configurations is discussed.
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1.1
1.1.1
1.1.2
Transmitter
Laser diode with direct and integrated modulation The standard optical transmitter element in WDM systems is a laser diode. Integrated laser modulation, ILM, offers a high dispersion tolerance through the use of electroabsorption modulator on the same laser chip. Key features of these devices are : optical output power modulation bandwidth dispersion tolerance 0 to +10 dBm 10 GHz 1000 to 10000 ps @ STM-16
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Laser diode with external modulation External modulation is used in order to reduce the chirp of the optical transmitter and thus increase its dispersion tolerance. Transmitter modules are available for 10 Gbit/s transmission and in laboratory systems modulation bandwidth of 100 GHz has been demonstrated. Apart from reduced width of the optical spectrum the other properties are the same as for directly modulated laser diodes.
1.1.3
Receiver
Optical receivers are found in optical line terminations and in transponders where they convert the signal from the optical into the electrical domain. State-of-the-art optical receivers reach sensitivities close to 30 dBm for 2.5 Gbit/s and around 20 dBm for 10 Gbit/s (BER 10E-10).
1.1.4
Transponder
Transponders are opto-electronic frequency converters which basically consist of an optical receiver and transmitter. The receiver converts the optical input signal into the electrical domain where it is amplified and sometimes even reshaped and re-timed. This signal is used to modulate a laser diode optical transmitter which produces the required optical carrier frequency. Most WDM system manufacturers rely on transponders as input interface into the WDM system. They are available now for bit rates up to 10 Gbit/s. The input sensitivity varies considerably (-5 dBm ... 20 dBm) for devices from different manufacturers. Transponders accept 1.3 m- as well as 1.55 m input signals and their output powers are around 0dBm. Some manufacturers still offer devices with output frequencies not matching the ITU-T recommendations concerning the WDM channel frequencies. Transponders which do not regenerate the input signal will work with any type of intensity modulated digital (binary) client signal independent of signal format (e.g. SDH, ATM...) and bit rate (155 Mbit/s, 622 Mbit/s, 2.5 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s) within the limits of the specifications. Frequency- or phase modulated optical input signals cannot be used with transponders.
1.1.5
Dispersion compensation
Besides fibre attenuation it is the effect of fibre chromatic dispersion which mainly limits the achievable repeater spacing in optical links. The origin of the latter effect is the variation of the group delay as a function of the optical frequency. In fibre optical transmission lines the dispersion effect increases linearly with fibre length and width of the optical spectrum and causes pulse distortion and bit interference. As chromatic dispersion is a linear effect it can be compensated by inserting additional appropriate optical elements into the transmission link. Dispersion compensating fibre Dispersion compensating fibre (DCF) is a special type of fibre which for light in the 1.55 m wavelength region has negative dispersion coefficient in the order of 80 ps/(nm.km). Thus 1km of DCF is needed to compensate the dispersion of about 5 km of SMF as the corresponding value is 17 ps/(nm.km) in SMF.
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The value of the dispersion coefficient varies as a function of optical frequency in DCF as well as in SMF. Therefore it is not possible to achieve perfect dispersion compensation in a large frequency range. The attenuation of DCF with typical values around 0.6dB/km is still considerably larger than that of SMF. Chirped Bragg fibre grating Using chirped Bragg fibre gratings (CBFG) is another option for dispersion compensation. These devices provide a low loss solution. However, they work in reflection mode and therefore optical circulators or fibre couplers are necessary to separate input and output signal. Presently compensation bandwidth of only some hundreds of GHz achievable with one CBFG is more limited compared to DCF. A wider bandwidth can be achieved through the use of longer gratings or cascaded gratings. But the requirement of additional circulators or couplers may be regarded as a drawback. On the other hand, their non-linearity is practically zero which may be particularly important in very high bit rate systems with 10 Gbit/s and more.
1.1.6
1.1.7
Filters
Fibre Bragg Grating Filters These filters are based on photosensitivity in Ge-doped core optical fibres; reflection gratings are written by illuminating the fibre with a standing wave interference pattern. In recent years, fibre Bragg Gratings have proven successful as in line filters. This device has the advantages of being low loss, with a narrow pass-band characteristic (0.5 nm) and potentially low cost. This is a very promising technology for fixed filtering with a channel spacing in the nm range. Tuneable filtering is obtained by stretching the fibre where the Bragg filter is deposited. They are commonly used with optical circulators to obtain the OADM functionality. Diffraction Gratings and Phased Arrayed Gratings Grating devices are suited to address several wavelengths simultaneously because they pass a discrete set of predefined wavelengths. Two types are available; the first one is a micro-optic diffraction grating. The typical insertion loss per channel of a diffraction grating device is 3 dB with a -30 dB adjacent crosstalk level. The other type is an integrated optic device (SiO2 or InP) called Arrayed Waveguide Grating; for an AWG, the typical insertion loss is 5 dB and the crosstalk is 25 dB (figure 1). Components are commercially available for 8, 16 or 32 channels with 100
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or 200 Ghz channel spacing and the insertion losses for a transit wavelength are 6 to 10 dB.
1.1.8
d ro p a d d
1.1.9
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achieved so far range from 30ms to 500ms. Wave-guide devices which make use of thermal or electro-optic effects are considerably faster as can be seen in table 2 which contains data of various switching matrices. With respect to insertion losses and channel crosstalk wave-guide devices do not perform as well as mechanical switching matrices.
Technology actuator size insertion loss (dB) switching time (ms) channel isolation (dB) mechanical motor mirror Electro-static thermal polymer thermal 8 x 8 8x8 27 x 27 8 2 50 8 2 40 8x8 8 <2 30 Electro- optic
1.2
1.2.1
(transponders)
SDH interfaces
WDM terminal
WDM terminal
(transponders)
SDH interfaces
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The management of the system is made using an Optical Supervisory Channel (OSC) at a wavelength (very often outside the multiplex) which is dedicated to transporting fault, configuration and performance information. This channel is processed in the WDM terminal sites and also in each amplifier site (demultiplexing, detection, processing, emission, multiplexing). The systems with transponders in the WDM terminal are sometimes called open systems (because they can theoretically accept various input signal formats). Systems without this feature are called embedded systems (they are less flexible but the cost can be reduced compared to the open systems). Today, the maximum bit rate per channel at the input of the WDM terminal (or the transponder) is 10 Gbit/s. This is the maximum bit rate available with existing SDH TDM equipment (STM-64). Moreover, the transmission of 10 Gbit/s optical signal is difficult, due, essentially, to chromatic dispersion and polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) limitations. In fact, many WDM systems use the multiplexing of 2.5 Gbit/s signals. Some systems are already announced for a total capacity of 200 Gbit/s and more with a number of wavelengths reaching 80 (and even 96). Some of the systems accept both 2.5 and 10 Gbit/s input rates (they will be indicated hereafter) and also lower rates (155 and 622 Mbit/s). Concerning the Nx2.5 Gbit/s WDM systems with in-line amplification, the ITU-T recommendation G.692 addresses 4 or 8 channels multiplexed together (with a possible extension to 16 or 32). The target transmission distance over G.652, G.653 or G.655 fibre is 640 km with nominal span lengths of 80 (with 8 spans), and 120 km (5 spans). The channel grid is defined with 100 GHz interchannel spacing (193.1 THz is the reference frequency).
1.2.2
N x 2.5Gbit/s systems
Table 3 shows the performance of the WDM systems on which information is available. It indicates the supplier and the name of the product, the availability, the maximum bit rate capacity, the distance between amplifiers and the maximum distance that can be reached (it depends on the number of spans that can be cascaded). The systems are designed for G.652 standard fibre but some suppliers like Lucent also recommend G.655 fibre. The channel spacing is also indicated, giving an idea of the optical bandwidth that is used for the transmission. We can see that the increase in the number of wavelengths has led to the reduction of the channel spacing from 200 GHz to 50 GHz (0.4 nm).
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The management of these systems is done using software interfaces which allow access to the system state (alarms, configuration,...), the OSC channel being used to transport the required data. Each terminal or amplifier site can be accessed either directly (craft terminal) or remotely. Today the supervision data of the WDM system (in the optical layer) are processed independently of those of the SDH (or SONET) equipment (in the SDH layer). The new generation of WDM systems propose evolution concerning management in order to have a global management of the two layers. For that purpose, Ciena transports a few overhead bytes of the SDH layer in the OSC channel. The protection is implemented at the multiplex level (MSP 1+1) but by duplication of the whole WDM system (terminals and amplifiers), the switching being done by the SDH interfaces (in the SDH layer). This is the case for all the equipment suppliers except Ericsson, which proposes a switching from the working transmission line to the protection one in the WDM terminal (in the optical layer). Moreover Ericsson has introduced the "Flexing Bus" concept which applies to a ring network topology with an unused section dedicated to the protection. It allows a rapid protection in the optical layer.
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manufacturer Alcatel Bosch Ciena DSC ECI Ericsson Fujitsu Lucent NEC Pirelli-Quante Siemens Tellium
no. of channels available (plan) 16 8 40 8 16 8 16 32 32 8 32 (40 4Q98) (16 1Q99) (80 4Q98) (32 2Q99) (8 3Q98) (32 1Q99) (? ?) (80 2Q99) (64 4Q98) (64 1Q99) (32 3Q99) (64 1Q99)
optical ADM fixed available (plan) - (?/40 4Q98) - (4/16 4Q99) 8/16 ?/8 ? (?) - (4/16 3Q98) ? (?) - (?/16 4Q98) ? (?) 12/32 (?)
(16/40 4Q98) - (? 4Q99) (?/32 4Q98) - (?/32 2Q99) - (?) 16/16 - (?) - (40/80 2Q99) - (?) - (?/32 4Q99) - (?/32 4Q99) (64/64 3Q99)
(32/32 1Q99) - (?) - (?) - (? 2Q99) - (8 x 8 ?) - (16 x 16 4Q00) - (16 x 16 4Q99) - (128 x 128 3Q99)
Table 4 presents data of available systems as well as future plans of various manufacturers concerning number of WDM channels, fixed and flexible OADM and OXC. The first entry in each column is the value characteristic for the systems as they are presently available from the corresponding manufacturer. The second entry in brackets in the column indicates the manufacturers future plans. The planned performance as well as the estimated time of realisation are written whenever possible. A minus sign indicates that the function is not available at present and a (?) indicates that manufacturer information is not available.
1.3
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Management functions Dense WDM systems (64 and 128 ) OTDM Optical packet switching
1.3.1
Wavelength conversion
Definition: to convert the optical frequency of an optical channel on a WDM comb from its original position in the input signal comb to another position in the output signal comb; to convert a full comb from its original position in the fibre window to another position in the same window . Application: necessary function in order to improve flexibility in the optical network by the use of wavelength domain switching on OXCs and OADMs. Allows optical spectrum dynamic allocation that can be used for re-routing and survivability. Function that could be used to implement transponder function. Function transparency desirable, regarding signal origin, format and bit rate - all-optical wavelength conversion. Some realisations provide 2R regeneration properties. Availability: from 2000 onwards
1.3.2
Optical signal monitoring functions (QoS, optical spectrum, and Failure detection)
Definition: monitor the optical signal, in order to determine BER, frequency accuracy and stability, and detect failures. Integration with existing network management systems desirable Application: necessary function to assure QoS and activate survivability mechanisms in the network. Availability: from 2000 onwards
1.3.3
Optical 3R regeneration
Definition: perform optically, Amplification, Reshaping and Retiming of the optical signal Application: necessary function to overcome opacity of optical systems, allowing higher cascadability numbers. Availability: from 2005 onwards
1.3.4
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1.3.5
Management functions
Definition: allow management of optical network elements by an integrated network management system, via standardised management interfaces whenever possible. Application: management of optical network elements by existing integrated network management systems. Availability: from 2000 onwards
1.3.6
1.3.7
1.4
Conclusion
After a presentation of available optical functions and WDM point-to-point systems, a set of new optical functions considered either strictly necessary in order to enable the introduction/ migration to WDM future optical networks or desirable to enhance offered network functionality, was identified. A possible definition and the application context were analysed. Most of these functions have already been developed and tested either in laboratory or in field trials. The use of these functions can however not be considered independently of the architectural network context. The next Section proposes reference network architectures for the optical layer, where the above described optical functions could find their place.
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2.1
Complex topologies
A network characterised by a complex topology is composed of sub-networks which are directly interconnected by sharing nodes. In such a network topology the aim is to optimise the capacity of the network by mixing the different types of traffic on as few network elements as possible. The sub-networks will have basic topologies.
2.1.1
Connected rings
The combined advantages of good protection performance, low cabling costs and efficient use of the network elements can be achieved by a network structure composed of connected rings.
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.2
Characteristic parameters
The purpose of this section is to present and discuss various parameters to be taken into account to allow the future routing and dimensioning of the optical networks. Techniques and principles commonly applicable to existing networks do not necessarily apply to the dimensioning of networks based on wavelength routing, and this justifies the need for a specific analysis of network requirements.
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2.2.1
The relationship between characteristic parameters of different network layers and other network related requirements is shown in figure 4. During a network planning process topological, architectural and general requirements are to be considered and fulfilled.
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Input data
Geographical topology
Topological characterisics
Transmission performances
2.2.2
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From those parameters, it has been demonstrated [3] that a good estimate of W, number of wavelengths required to meet the traffic demand (T being the number of channels per connection) can be expressed as :
N 3 2T W FDLF 2 1 2 N 1
However, those parameters may not be fully sufficient for describing a network, since topological particularities can be noticed. The network density d is defined by the formula: d = N 1 . This parameter reflects the depth of the mesh in the network. Given a fixed number of nodes in the network, extreme values are obtained with full mesh (d=1) and ring (d=2/(n-1)). The figure below illustrates various situations for network topologies with a given link density.
Mesh D = 3; N = 6 d = 0.6
Ring D = 2; N = 6 d = 0.4
2.2.3
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the maximum number of optical nodes that can be crossed without regeneration the maximum optical path length allowed without any regeneration the number of wavelength conversions along the path the number of wavelengths, optical channels, per fibre being used BER Degradation and system bandwidth optical channel individual integrity (Optical power level, Wavelength stability...) reconfiguration time (re-routing and switching time)
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grooming alternatives can be taken into account, mainly based on the demand distribution, their requirements and the target value of utilisation of the optical layer. For that purpose, grooming optimisation should also take into account the impact in the optical layer.
O p tic a l la y e r G r o o m in g D em ands (lo w e r le v e l)
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The reasons for choosing this particular set of network architectures were the following: the CS-Ring was considered by the previous EURESCOM Project P615 as a good first step in introducing optical functionalities in SDH networks since this architecture combines SDH functionalities of existing equipment (routing and linear MS protection) with optical routing for logical node ordering. the OMS-SP Ring is a very advanced full-optical architecture, where both routing and protection are implemented optically. Therefore, it is expected that the OMSSP Ring will bring specific problems that must be taken into account in the planning of optical networks. the OXC-based mesh is seen as an advanced optical architecture, where the introduction of optical routing and restoration might contribute to simplify the complexity of the electronic equipment in high-capacity mesh networks.
The hierarchical network configurations selected are seen as interesting possibilities for the partitioning of real networks in more manageable domains. These configurations are expected to be useful in different network scenarios and will, possibly, be deployed at different stages in time, in the evolution from existing networks to networks based on the new optical network architectures. In Table 5 possible combinations of these domains are collected. The investigation is limited to two-level architectures only because these architectures can be considered to be a realistic solution for core networks. Complex optical network architectures consisting of these domains will have a performance dependent on the different protection schemes and re-routing strategies applied over individual sub-networks. Only the dual node interconnecting architectures are selected because in large capacity core networks the disjoint alternative routing is an essential requirement. In
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the following paragraph, we will provide a qualitative comparison since more precise results on network planning for the various architectures proposed here should be provided in Deliverable D3.
Upper level Lower level Selected architecture Study CS-Ring CS-Ring 1 P615 OMS-SP Ring OMS-SP Ring 2 P709 OMS-SP Ring Optical Mesh 4 P709 Optical mesh OMS-SP Ring 3 P709
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2.4.1.1
Optical channel individual integrity Crosstalk Crosstalk in WDM systems arises due to filter/Demux imperfections and due to fibre non-linear effects. Both can be kept small enough by appropriate system design so that no significant penalties are expected. The following types of induced crosstalk were identified: Non-linear crosstalk: due to non-linear effects in the fibre; Four Wave Mixing FWM is the most relevant non-linear mechanism in the networks considered. FWM generated cross-talk: depending on the optical power, the wavelength spacing of optical channels, on the fibre dispersion values, and on the transmission distance, it is a limitation on the number of channels for HD-WDM, as it becomes higher for channels more closely spaced and for lower dispersion values. SRS generated crosstalk: depending on the optical power, the wavelength spacing of optical channels, and on the transmission distance, it is a limitation for the number of optical channels and the range of the system. Linear crosstalk: due to non-perfection of components such as filters and switches; can limit cascadability. Two types of linear crosstalk: inter-band crosstalk and intraband crosstalk. Inter-band crosstalk is induced by other wavelength optical channels due to imperfect filtering. Intra-band crosstalk is due to the presence of residual levels of optical power in other wavelengths of the used comb (non perfect filtering), which will add to the signal in those wavelengths. Thus it is a consequence of switching. Crosstalk induced by this process cannot afterwards be removed as it has the same wavelength of the optical signal to which it was added. This constitutes therefore a limitation to cascadability of nodes with crossconnect/ switching functionality. BER degradation: Physical mechanisms that produce pulse broadening with travelled distance, lead to BER degradation, and limit system bandwidth and range. The higher the transmitted bit rate the higher importance these effects have.
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Dispersion: the first cause of pulse broadening and consequent BER penalty, is fibre chromatic dispersion coefficient. This is due to the dependence of propagating velocity on the wavelength. For SMF, in the 3rd window, even for narrow linewidth optical sources this effect becomes important. PMD: Polarisation Mode Dispersion, results from the fact that due to non-perfect geometry of the fibre and induced mechanical stress, the fibre presents birefringence and therefore the two polarisation states have slightly different propagating velocities. This Birefringence varies randomly along the fibre. Special fibres as DCF and EDF (used in EDFAs) present higher values for PMD than SMF. So for long links using DCF and EDFAs the total PMD can result in significant BER degradation. SPM: this is a non-linear mechanism, due to the dependence of fibre refractive index on the optical propagating field intensity. Intensity modulation results into refractive index modulation and therefore phase (and frequency) modulation of the optical signal occurs. This causes linewidth broadening and thus BER degradation. 2.4.1.2 Network element cascadability Optical Amplifier OA Optical amplifier cascadability limitation due to optical amplifier generated noise; this noise accumulates with the number of transverse optical amplifiers therefore limiting cascadability of OAs. Optical amplifier cascadability limitation due to non-flatness of optical amplifier gains, which causes different amplification of individual optical channel power. In case of a change in the number of channels passing through the OA, power transients may cause degradation. OXCs, optical Switches Cascadability limited due to optical power losses, intra-band linear crosstalk and bandwidth reduction by filtering. Optical Mux/Demux Cascadability limited due to optical power losses and bandwidth reduction by filtering
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Optical Filters , Optical Mux/demux BER degradation: Insertion losses Linear crosstalk: non-ideal optical filtering System bandwidth narrowing: optical filtering; wavelength instability Optical Sources System bandwidth narrowing: Line width, Wavelength accuracy, Wavelength stability, Wavelength tuning accuracy (if tuneable sources) BER degradation: optical power efficiency coupling Optical inline amplifiers BER degradation: amplified spontaneous emission noise BER degradation of less amplified channels: Different channel power amplification due to gain curve (nonflat) Limited cascadability: build-up of optical signal degradation as a result of above mentioned mechanisms, with number of transverse elements.
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These functional layers can be characterised in terms of the following parameters: Layer OCH Characteristics Transparency Maximum number of cascaded optical nodes Optical cross-connect capacity Optical protection OMS Number of available wavelengths Wavelength conversion Optical protection OTS Power budget Dispersion budget Accumulated noise Cross-talk Number of cascaded optical amplifiers Table 7: Characteristics of optical layers
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Ranges of values
Values reflecting limitations of present implementation of optical functionality and its impact on optical networking, either obtained by calculation, simulation or experimentation, will be presented in this section. Power budget The achievable power budget depends mainly on the optical output power of the EDFAs and on the number of wavelengths used in the network as well as on the maximum number of EDFAs cascaded in any transparent link, which may happen to come into existence due to optical switching, configuration, or restoration processes within the network. Power budget of present systems is limited to a value of 30 dB of attenuation between EDFAs. This value is optimised with respect to a dispersion limited system (no dispersion accommodation) at a bit rate of 2.5 Gbit/s on standard single mode fibre resulting in a total link length of 500 km to 600 km which corresponds to 150 dB of optical power budget. If a larger transparent total link length is desired the power budget between neighbouring EDFAs must be reduced. Dispersion accommodation necessary in this case introduces additional optical attenuation. Dispersion budget If standard single mode fibres (G.652) are to be used without dispersion accommodation (DA) techniques the dispersion budget is limited to values of about 12000 ps/nm for 2.5Gbit/s transmission. 10 Gbit/s transmission without DA is too
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severely limited in length to be attractive. With DA methods the limitations in dispersion budget are relaxed considerably. A values of 75000 ps/nm is experimentally estimated. Accumulated noise The amount of accumulated noise depends on the system design. With a transmission link design, using a shorter span length, that takes into account the network requirements the accumulated noise effects can be kept small enough so that no significant penalties are to be expected Number of cascaded OAs Available WDM point-to-point systems are designed to use a maximum number of up to 6 EDFAs in cascade as outlined above. It is possible to increase this number considerably without running into ASE noise accumulation problems if the optical budget between succeeding EDFAs is reduced. Transmission of 8x5 Gbit/s over a total distance of 4500 km of standard single mode fibre using dispersion accommodation technique has been demonstrated. With dispersion shifted fibre 20x5 Gbit/s over 9100 km have been achieved. With soliton techniques transmission of 8x10 Gbit/s over 10000 km was shown using more than 300 cascaded EDFAs. Parameters values for OCH, OMS and OTS sections are summarised in table 8.
parameter available performance announced performance limits
Optical channel (OCH) layer characteristics transparency number of optical nodes in cascade number of wavelength conversions Optical Multiplex Section (OMS) layer number of available wavelengths optical cross-connect capacity protection methods supervision channel Optical Transmission Section (OTS) layer power budget (for link between consecutive EDFAs) in EDFA cascade number of cascaded EDFAs (2.5Gbit/s client)
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<200 128x128 ? ? <30dB Min. 30 at reduced power budget of 20 dB, 300 possible Min. 15 at reduced power budget of 20 dB, 300 possible
number of cascaded EDFAs (10Gbit/s client) 4-6 G.652 dispersion budget (2.5Gbit/s client) dispersion accommodation (DA) dispersion budget (10Gbit/s client) accumulated noise cross-talk Inter-band Intra-band no 12000 ps/nm DA req. ? 25 25 DA req.
DA req.
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Conclusions
In this Section, network configurations have been proposed, consisting of interconnected basic topologies, either in flat or hierarchical arrangements. Four reference network architectures have been selected, which will be considered further in Task 3 and Task 4 of the Project. Various parameters have been presented, related to topology, physical limitations, demands architecture and survivability. Their relationship with the network planning and network engineering processes has been mentioned. A particular attempt has been made to identify physical parameters limitation and ranges of value for power and dispersion budget, accumulated noise and number of cascaded optical amplifiers. However the application of the described architecture and the study of network planning problems should also consider the client layers. The next Section is dedicated to the potential of the optical layer for routing various formats, which could be promising, when considering the actual growth of different client signals such as ATM and IP.
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ATM Services
An ATM Service Category is intended to represent a class of ATM connections that have homogeneous characteristics in terms of traffic pattern, QoS requirements and possible use of control mechanisms, making it suitable for a given type of resource allocation. A first classification of these services/capabilities may be seen from a network resource allocation viewpoint. We can identify (ATM Forum), Constant Bit Rate (CBR), Variable Bit Rate (VBR), Available Bit Rate (ABR) and Unspecified Bit Rate (UBR) categories.
3.1.3
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effect on all services that are supported by the network. Table 9 shows the impact of the network degradation sources on the ATM performance parameters. Item Propagation delay Statistical physical errors Switching architecture Buffers capacity Number of nodes between ends Traffic load Resources allocation Faults CER CLR CMR MCTD CDV
Table 9: Impact of degradation sources on the ATM parameters Transmission degradation sources have been highlighted
The referred network degradation sources can be grouped into two main areas: ATM degradation sources and Transmission degradation sources. The ATM degradation sources are directly dependent on the ATM technology and equipment. The transmission degradation sources are directly dependent on the physical medium or technology used to transport an ATM signal. In this section only the transmission degradation sources will be analysed. They are: Propagation delay, Statistical physical errors and Faults.
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IP client signal
Internet network layers and services
The Internet offers global connectivity for data communications between different computers networks. As shown in Figure 11, the Internet is based on a four-layer protocol. The lowest layer is called the link layer which contains protocols for LANs and sub-network communications such as Serial Line IP and Point-to-point Protocol PPP [6], [7] and [8].
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Application layer SMTP, FTP, SNMP, HTTP, TELNET, MIME, NNTP Transport Layer TCP, UDP Internet layer IPv4, IPv6 IP ng Link layer LAN-Ethernet WAN-PPP X.25, ISDN, Frame Relay ..
SMTP :Simple Mail Transport Protocol FTP : File Transport Protocol SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol HTTP : Hypertext Transfer Protocol TELNET : Remote Terminal Protocol NNTP : Net News Transfer Protocol MIME: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Figure 11: IP network model and services PPP was designed as a standard method of transmitting IP datagrams over point-topoint links. Initial deployment intended to govern point-to-point link over short local lines, leased lines, ISDN, and old telephone service POTS using standard dial-up modems. The second layer is the Internet Layer (IP-v4/v6 RTP, RSVP...) which provides routing and relaying between LANs and sub-networks. The next layer, TCP-UDP transport layer, controls end-to-end communication links between different Internet systems. TCP is used to provide a reliable transportation using end-to-end control. It is also includes error control detection and recovery for the transmitted packets within the Internet network. For short message applications another protocol, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP), is used. UDP is also connectionless oriented but without any overhead for establishing end-to-end control. Finally, application layer provides Internet applications like e-mail, WWW, FTP, Telenet.
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Real Time Protocol RTP is designed especially to support a new type of real time traffic. The RTP architecture, called application layer framing, replaces TCP with a simple framework for a direct application. For example, audio algorithms can tolerate missing data much better than can lengthy delays. Instead of introducing delays with re-transmissions, RTP applications prefer the transport layer to simply forget about missing data. Resource reservation protocol RSVP is a signalling protocol for IP allowing applications to make network resource reservations for data flow. It can be used for multi-cast application in IP network. The deployment of RSVP in IP network can support end-to-end QoS.
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XC ADM APS
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OXC OADM OPS
Figure 12 illustrates network functionalities for WDM optical transport network as well as for SDH, ATM and IP network. It is clear from this figure that the main routing and switching functions are for IP and ATM respectively, but crossconnecting; Add/Drop and protection functions can be obtained using both SDH and WDM technologies. The main difference between SDH and WDM remains the processing of SDH in time domain and for WDM in frequency domain. Taking into account the network functionalities of the different client signals the following layering structure is proposed for the 2003-2005 period (Figure 13). Different configurations of network architecture are proposed in the next part of the document. Inter-working of IP, ATM, SDH and WDM will be discussed later.
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For each configuration 2 cases are presented, according to the implementation of protection and routing in the WDM optical network.
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3.4.1
In the case of the connection degradation and soft terminal equipment problems, several ATM parameters will be affected, and in that way the several services
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supported by the connection. Depending on the degradation factor the services could be smoothly or strongly affected. This depends on the CLR and CER values and their impact on the services. There are services where low CLR and CER are required and others where higher values, of the order of 10E-3, can be tolerated for some period of time. One example of each is the video and the voice service, respectively. Connection breaks and strong terminal equipment problems will severely affect the connections and render the normal way of signal transmission impossible. In these situations the ATM services supported will be affected. The connections will be lost. Within a fault condition several situations could occur. Normally the re-routing and protection schemes of the network will be activated in order to establish one alternative connection between affected end points. The services and the ATM performance parameters will be affected. Several ATM cells are lost and others will be delayed. Another MCTD is established. After the establishment of the alternative connection we will have a situation similar to the normal operation. If the fault affects one end of the system, in what concerns the ATM service, the service will be affected permanently until the fault is cleared. So, taking into account what was expressed before, the re-routing or protection scheme used in the transmission technology, such as the WDM technology, will have a strong impact on the ATM performance. Several protection schemes should be studied in order to minimise the impact on the ATM performance, in case of WDM link failure. This configuration study should be performed taking into account two different scenarios. The first one considers the WDM as a means of transmission and all the protection is provided by the SDH structure. The second considers that all the protection is provided by the WDM. The SDH is used as traffic encapsulation. The influence of such scenarios should be analysed taking into account the ATM signal characteristics. For that, the most critical ATM performance parameters CER, CLR, CTD and CDV are considered. In order to perform this study higher level signals such as video and audio signals in interactive applications, are considered. From the user point of view these are the most critical ones. Data applications, such as file transfer, can be affected by the degradation of the transmission signal for some milliseconds. The user does not sense this degradation or problem most of the time. One of the most critical points is the switching time or protection action when a failure occurs. As a reference the APS protocols for OMS SP Ring network document issued by the EURESCOM P615 Project is used. The main results are summarised in table 10.
Example Node failure Bi-directional signal fail Unidirectional signal fail Unidirectional signal degrade MS-SPRing 4.325 ms 5.190 ms 5.810 ms 7.655 ms
Table 10: Protection switching times for 7-node rings with 51 km-long spans In the above table the worst cases are used. This means that for SDH and WDM times of 8ms and 14ms will be used respectively as reference times for protection actions. Considering higher level signals, such as video signals, their QoS requirements can be mapped into ATM performance parameters as shown in table 11.
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Value for High video quality 4 ms (99% of time) 500 s (99% of time) < 1.7 E-9 ---
Value for Low video quality 400 ms 130 ms < 3 E-7 < 4 E-6
Table 11: Video performance parameters Also for video signals one question to be considered is the number of transmitted frames. For normal transmission rates one frame is transmitted each 33 ms. 3.4.1.1 Protection at SDH level According to table 10 the protection scheme takes about 8 ms to reroute the traffic. Each VC-4 takes 125 s at 155 Mbps (STM-1). So dividing 8 ms (the rerouting time) by 125 s (the time necessary to transfer one VC-4) we get 64. In each VC-4 we can transfer 44151 cells. So, multiplying 44151 by 64 we get 2826 cells. Concerning ATM at full SDH link speed, 2826 cells are lost. 3.4.1.2 Protection at WDM level According to Table 10 the protection scheme takes about 14ms to re-route the traffic. This means that with STM-1 link 112 VC-4 are lost. Concerning ATM at full SDH link speed, 4945cells are lost. The several ATM services supported by the SDH link will be affected. The impact on the higher level service (such as video-conference) depends on fail recovery mechanisms or applications used, as well as on the amount of information lost. As an example, for a video-conference signal transmitted at 30 frames/s a fail will affect one or two frames. The loss of one or two frames does not impact video services. In conclusion, the impact of SDH on the performance is not critical for this service.
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_ Figure 14: WDM/ATM network scenarios Considering the values of table 10 for the worst case protection switching time, the protection scheme takes about 14ms to perform the traffic protection.
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STM-N, VC4-Nc
Figure 16: IP-PPP over SDH layers IP datagram can be directly encapsulated over SDH, without PPP interface, using HDLC frame switches. This configuration provides multiple access, broadcast/multicast-capable switched LAN and WAN environment using essentially point-to-point SDH lines transmission media.
3.4.5
For the IP over OCH configuration, various all-optical network architectures, presented in section 2, such as point-to-point, interconnected rings and ring-mesh configurations, should be considered. A typical example of inter-working between the IP and the WDM layer is the signalling protocol for the optical protection mechanism. The signalling protocol must be implemented between the IP and WDM layers to provide a fast reconfiguration of the optical protection layer or switches (Fig.17). The most important parameter of the signalling protocol is the connection set-up time, the time from when the host driver sends a request, until the configuration from the switch is received. Connection set-up
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time depends on signalling transport network. In WDM network the signalling protocol could be transported over the optical supervisory channel .
TCP , IP Signalling Control OPTICAL SWITCHES UDP
Fig17: Signalling protocol layers for IP/WDM using optical protection mechanism
3.5
Conclusion
This last section has been focused on analysing an alternative solution to SDH/WDM based optical networks. First, an overview of ATM and IP client signals (network functions, services and performance) has been presented, focusing on IP, ATM, SDH and WDM optical network functionalities. The following multi-layer network architectures have been selected to study the impact of ATM and IP client signals on the planning of optical network. The following configurations have been identified: ATM over SDH over WDM ATM over WDM IP over ATM over SDH over WDM IP over SDH over WDM IP over WDM
It was concluded that ATM and IP client signals requirements on the performance and the management of WDM optical network are not the same as SDH client signal. WDM protection mechanism, reconfiguration time and network architectures should be reconsidered for ATM or IP client signals. For the IP over WDM scenario the following topics are identified for a future EURESCOM Project: Encapsulation of IP over the Optical Channel Signalling protocol for the layer inter-working Management and OAM issues.
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Conclusion
In this Deliverable, results from Task 2 Considerations on Optical Network Architectures activities are presented. Most of the important optical functions used for simple network topologies are considered to be available by 1998. A list of desirable functions enabling or enhancing optical networking, have been identified as follows: Flexible OADMs and OXCs Optical signal monitoring functions (QoS, optical spectrum, and Failure detection) Optical 3R regeneration Network survivability (protection, restoration) Management functions
From the assessment of optical network architectures, four complex network architectures have been selected as reference configurations. The selected configurations are listed as follows: two-level CS-Ring architecture two-level OMS-SP Ring architecture two-level mesh-ring architecture two-level ring- mesh architecture
Characteristic parameters dealing with architectures, topologies, demands and physical limitation have been identified and ranges of value have been proposed. The selected configurations will be used for network planning studies in Tasks 3 and 4 activities of the Project. In the last Section of the Deliverable, the potential of optical transport network for multi-client applications is discussed. Multi-layer network configurations are proposed using IP, ATM, SDH and WDM network functionalities. The following configurations are proposed: ATM over SDH over WDM ATM over WDM IP over ATM over SDH over WDM IP over SDH over WDM IP over WDM
The cumulative configurations using many layers like ATM over SDH over WDM and IP over ATM over SDH over WDM are considered to be an inefficient solution for their resource consuming overhead requirements. Unfortunately, directly based ATM over WDM and IP over WDM approaches require the definition of a new network interface and corresponding management system.
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EDFA properties
The absolute values of EDFA key properties power gain, saturated output power and noise figure of EDFAs have not changed dramatically. The variations of these properties as a function of optical carrier frequency seriously impacts the performance of WDM transmission systems. These limit e.g. the maximum number of channels and the total number of cascaded amplifiers in a WDM link. In recent work it has been demonstrated that the variation of these parameters as a function of optical carrier frequency can be reduced considerably and corresponding improvements in system performance can be achieved. Within the entire gain bandwidth of an EDFA the deviation of actual gain from the nominal gain is specified e.g. in terms of a dB value as it is often undesirable to take into account the more detailed information of the optical gain spectrum. The diagram in Fig. a-1 represents a gain spectrum of a conventional type EDFA. In contrast to that the gain spectrum, Fig. a-2 shows the considerably enlarged gain range and correspondingly lower gain variation within a certain wavelength band that has been achieved in [2].
Figure a-1 : Gain spectrum of a conventional EDFA Figure a-2: Wide band EDFA gain spectrum [2]
Temporal behaviour of EDFAs is characterised by very slow gain relaxation effects [1], [3], [4]. Usually these relaxations do not interfere with the very rapid power variations of the transmitted optical signals. Under special circumstances e.g. if some of the WDM channels fail, it is, however, possible that distinct power transients in the surviving channels are produced. In WDM links with a large number of cascaded EDFAs these gain relaxations will be even more pronounced. It has been shown [4] that in a cascade of conventional EDFAs these gain relaxations can induce power transients of nearly 0dBm in the surviving channel under extraordinary conditions. Under the same conditions in a cascade of EDFAs with an advanced gain control scheme, however, the power transient was suppressed by 10dB.
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In todays WDM point-to-point systems with only SDH clients these gain relaxations are not likely to pose any problems. For a future network which will extensively make use of flexible OADMs, OXCs and optical packet switching appropriate EDFAs with improved relaxation properties are necessary [5]. In table a-1 values for some of the improved EDFA properties are shown. These improved values have not yet been achieved in one single device.
conventional EDFA features: gain band: 1,54m .1,565m gain bandwidth: in band gain variation: no. of channels: 1,54m ... 1,565m 25nm 3dB 32 (100GHz spacing) advanced EDFA features gain band: gain bandwidth: in band gain variation: no. of channels: 1,528m ...1,611m 83nm 3dB 100 (100GHz spacing) 200 (50GHz spacing) overshoot: 0dBm overshoot: -10dBm
Conclusion
Due to strong competition among the different manufacturers of optical components and transmission systems rapid progress in the performance of some devices (according to desired and necessary properties) can be observed.
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