Developing Ethernet Services Offerings

with MEF Specifications

Dmitry Dergalov,
Technical Director
RAD Data Communications-Russia
www.rad.ru
Tel/Fax +7 (495) 231-1239/1097
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MEF/Carrier Ethernet Scope

HD TV, TVoD, VoD,
Content Providers

Host applications,
Consolidated
Servers

Gaming, DR, ERP

Voice/Video
Telephony

Internet information &

Software apps

Metro, National, International

UNI

UNI
UNI
UNI
UNI

E-Line

UNI
UNI

UNI

E-LAN

E-Tree

Business
Services

Residential Transport
Mobile Backhaul

Delivered Over Variety of Access Media

Carrier Ethernet provides consistent services delivered to
users connected over the widest variety of access networks
Ethernet

Direct Fiber

Ethernet over
Fixed Wireless

Ethernet

COAX

Direct Fiber
Bonded Copper
Ethernet
Ethernet

SONET/
SDH

TDM
WDM
Fiber

PON Fiber

Ethernet

Carrier 2

DS3/E3

Bonded T1/E1
Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet

Ethernet

Ethernet

Global Interconnect Major Impact in 2010

Rapid growth of Carrier Ethernet
exchanges
100s service providers connecting
Local, Region, Global Interconnections

Industry building critical mass

for Carrier Ethernet Global
Interconnect
New Ethernet Service providers
joining Carrier Ethernet
community
International
Carrier Ethernet
network forming

Carrier Ethernet
Service Providers

Carrier
Ethernet
Exchange

Carrier Ethernet
Service Providers

UNI

UNI

ENNI

ENNI

End-User

End-User

ENNI

Direct Connect

MEF: Defining Body of Carrier Ethernet

174 Member Companies
78 Service Providers
Global Representation

Standards

Education

Compliance

Program Focus 2010-2011:

Global Interconnect
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Five Attributes of Carrier Ethernet

Services must support Translation of MEF EVPL, E-Line,

E-LAN service types and profiles with multiple CoS
Quality of Service Service Monitoring
Must support enforceable, measurable, end-to-end service
(frame delay, delay variation, availability).
Service Management Process Integration
Must support normalized process human and system for
process transactions
Reliability Protection. Must provide protection: carrier
class with geographical diversity
Scalability Scalability. Must support and access millions
of EVCs and worldwide locations with scalable processes

Carrier Ethernet Terminology

UNI (User-to-Network Interface)

Physical interface/demarcation between service provider and subscriber
Service start/end point

Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC)

An association of two or more UNIs

Three types of EVC

Point-to-Point
Multipoint-to-Multipoint
Rooted Multipoint (Point-to-Multipoint)

EVCs and Services

In a Carrier Ethernet network, data is transported across Point-to-Point, Point-toMultipoint and Multipoint-to-Multipoint EVCs according to the attributes and definitions
of the E-Line and E-LAN services

NNI (Network-to-Network Interface)

Demarcation/peering point
Between service providers (NNI)
Between service provider internal networks (I-NNI)

(For full presentation of Ethernet Services visit www.MetroEthernetForum.org/presentations)

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MEF has Standardized Ethernet Services

E-Line Service used to create

Point-to-Point EVC

UNI

Ethernet Private Lines (EPL)

Virtual Private Lines
Ethernet Internet Access

UNI

Enterprise Clients
Multi-point to
Multi-point EVC

E-LAN Service used to create

UNI

Multipoint L2 VPNs
Transparent LAN Service
Multicast networks

UNI
UNI

SoHo & Residential Triple-Play

E-Tree Service used to create

Rooted multi-point L2 VPNs

Broadcast networks
Telemetry networks

UNI
Rooted
Multipoint EVC

UNI

UNI

Mobile Data/Video

Carrier Ethernet Architecture(1)

and the elements of Global Interconnect
MEF implementation
recommendations

OSS/BSS

key to Carrier Ethernet

worldwide adoption
Enabled by
Carrier Ethernet

MEF
App Layer

Eth Layer

Services, ENNI, OAM,

CoS, Certification
Enables Carrier
Ethernet

Tran Layer

Carrier Ethernet Architecture (2)

Ethernet Services Eth Layer
Carrier Ethernet
Network
Subscriber
Site

Service Provider 1

UNI

Service Provider 2

I-NNI

E-NNI

I-NNI

Subscriber
Site
UNI

CE
ETH
UNI-C

CE
ETH
UNI-N

ETH
E-NNI

ETH
E-NNI

ETH
UNI-N

ETH
UNI-C

Ethernet Services Layer Terminology

UNI: User Network Interface, UNI-C: UNI-customer side, UNI-N network side
NNI: Network to Network Interface, E-NNI: External NNI; I-NNI Internal NNI
CE: Customer Equipment

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Bandwidth Profiles & Traffic Management

Bandwidth Profiles per EVC (service) and per CoS
CIR (Committed Information Rate)
CIR assured via Bandwidth Reservation and Traffic
Engineering
EIR (Excess Information Rate)
EIR bandwidth is considered excess
Traffic dropped at congestion points in the network
CBS/EBS (Committed/Excess Burst Size)
Higher burst size results in improved performance

EVC-2

EVC-1

EIR

EVC-3

10Mbps
UNI
(port)

UNI

EVC1

EVC2

CoS 6

1Mbps CIR
for VoIP

CoS 2

6Mbps CIR
for VPN
data traffic

3Mbps for
Internet Access

BWPs can divide bandwidth per EVC

(service) over a single UNI
Multiple services over same port (UNI)
CoS markings enable the network to
determine the network QoS to provide

CIR defines the assured bandwidth EIR

improves the networks Goodput

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Carrier Ethernet Interconnect Challenge

Operators need to interconnect
their Carrier Ethernet Networks
Current implementations

UNI B2

UNI A1

UNI A2

Limited in features,
proprietary and/or ad-hoc
Differing feature and
functionality transparency
Do not support MEF Carrier
Ethernet services
Require extensive discussions
between operators in order to
verify each operators Carrier
Ethernet product and
operational capabilities

Operator B
UNI B1

Operator A

UNI D1

UNI A3
UNI C2

Operator C
UNI C1

UNI B3

Operator D
UNI D3

UNI C3

UNI D2

Proprietary
interconnect

Every Interconnect arrangement is unique

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Towards Standardized Interconnections

Standardized Carrier Ethernet
ENNI Interconnect (MEF 26)

UNI B2

UNI A1
UNI A2

UNI B3

Operator A

Operator B

Operator C

Operator D

Enables operators to
Streamline their interconnect
operations
Cost effectively scale up
deployment of Carrier Ethernet
services
Provide wider range of
services to enterprise
customers
Reach new markets at lower
cost

UNI D3

UNI C1

UNI C3

UNI D2

Standardized
interconnect

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Carrier Ethernet Interconnect Brings Global Reach

Interconnects facilitate service delivery that span multiple
operators networks

Standard Carrier Ethernet service handoffs between operators simplifies provisioning and
troubleshooting across multiple networks
Reduces time to revenue by cutting lead time to deliver the service
Lowers cost to manage the service once its turned up
ISP
POP

Internet
CE

Service
Multiplexed
Ethernet UNI

Carrier Ethernet
Network B
ENNI

Carrier Ethernet
Network A
CE
ENNI

Carrier Ethernet
Network C

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ENNI Baseline (MEF26)

Simple 2-carrier
Model

Service Provider
Network

Operator
Network

Subscriber
Sites

UNI

Subscriber
Sites

UNI

OVC_A

ENNI

OVC_B

UNI

UNI

UNI

UNI

Transit or Carrier
Ethernet Exchange
Model

Transit Operator or
Carrier Ethernet Exchange

Service Provider 1
Network

Service Provider 2
Network

UNI

OVC_A

OVC_C

ENNI

OVC_B

ENNI

UNI

Subscriber
Sites

UNI

UNI

External Network-to-Network Interface

(ENNI) for service availability

UNI

Simple 2-carrier and multi-carrier service models

Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC) between UNIs
spread across multiple networks
Operator Virtual Connection (OVC) for each EVC
segment

UNI

Subscriber
Sites

Key ENNI requirements

Services: p2p and mp EVC types, single and multiple

CoS per EVC
Encapsulation: Standard S-Tag frame format
Scalability: 1 and 10 Gbps PHYs
ENNI Protection: 2-link LAG, active/standby, LACP

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Carrier Ethernet Exchange Model

Implements MEF ENNI to enable Carrier Ethernet
interconnection at strategic points
Enables multiple virtual connections over a single physical
connection
Exchange presents an MEF ENNI interface to connected
service providers and acts as an MEF Operator Virtual
Connection (OVC)
Simplifies and lowers
implementation, costs
and creates scalability
up and down
Enables much larger
market for Ethernet
Services

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Carrier Ethernet Exchange Model

Eliminates NxN connections, while retaining service differentiation
Ethernet Virtual Connection (EVC)
End-User

End-User

UNI

UNI
End-User
Exchange
OVC

Carrier
Ethernet
Exchange

End-User
ENNI

UNI

UNI
End-User

End-User
ENNI
ENNI
UNI

UNI
Service
Providers OVC*
Service Provider

Service
Providers OVC*
Service Provider
(Access)
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Carrier Ethernet Scope and Reach

Bringing vastly extended scalability for business and residential users
HD TV
TVoD, VoD

Internet

Gaming, Business
Backup, ERP

Voice/Video Voice
Telephony Gateway
Wireless
Backhaul

Video
Source

Video
Source

E-Line and
E-LAN service

Small/Medium
Business

Broadband
mobile data/video

Residential
Triple-Play

FTTx and DSLAM , Cable Modem

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Circuit Emulation Services over Carrier Ethernet

Enables TDM Services to be transported

across Carrier Ethernet network, recreating the TDM circuit at the far end
Runs on a standard Ethernet Line Service (E-Line)
Carrier Ethernet Network
TDM Circuits
(e.g. T1/E1 Lines)

Circuit Emulated

TDM Circuits
(e.g. T1/E1 Lines)

TDM Traffic

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Carrier Ethernet Architecture for Cable Operators

Headend
Analog
TV Feeds

Hub

CE

E-Line

Internet
Access

E-LAN

Home Run
Fiber

D2A

A2D

Video
Server

EQAM

Ad
Insertion

CMTS

Business Services
over Fiber (GigE)

UNI

Node

EoCoax
EoHFC

CE
UNI

Switched
Fiber

Digital TV, VOD,

Interactive TV,
Gaming

Optical Metro Ring Network

Managed Business
Applications

E-NNI

Voice/Video
Telephony Voice
gateway

EoDOCSIS
(future)

UNI

Hub

Another MSO or carrier

Network

Business
Park
Business
Services

EoSONET
/SDH

Wireless
Plant
Extension

PON

E-Line
E-LAN

CE

WDM

Leased
T1/DS3

EoT1/DS3

UNI

CE

UNI

CE

Greenfield Residential & Business Services

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Related MEF Services Specifications

MEF 6.1
Purpose

MEF 10.1

Metro Ethernet Services Definitions Phase II

Defines the Ethernet Services (EPL, EVPL, E-Line, ELAN, and E-Tree)

Ethernet Services Attributes Phase 2

Purpose

Defines the service attributes and parameters required to offer the services
defined in MEF 6. Updated from Original MEF 10 in October 2006

Audience

Appropriate for equipment vendors, service providers, and business

customers, since it provides the fundamentals required to build devices
and services that deliver Carrier Ethernet. For Enterprise users it gives the
background to Service Level Specifications for Carrier Ethernet Services
being offered by their Service Providers and helps to plan Ethernet
Services as part of their overall network.

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Buyer Benefits

Reduce operating costs

Through aggregation and inter-operability of multiple Carrier Ethernet services
over a single standards-based physical connection
Reduce capital costs
Through use of logical connections instead of capital intensive physical assets
(e.g. POPs, circuits, etc.)
Increase footprint and reach larger and/or new markets
Geographic (e.g. emerging markets, regional markets)
Capacity (e.g. 1 GbE, 10 GbE)
Capability to address new market segments (e.g. residential, enterprise, etc.)
Reduce time to market and improve financial benefits
Building a standardized ENNI is faster than building out proprietary
infrastructure
Quicker recognition of internal SP infrastructure projects financial
benefits
Increase business efficiencies
Lower management costs through proven inter-operability
processes (ordering, implementation, operations, billing)

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Seller Benefits

Reduce operating costs

Spreading fixed operating costs over a large number of inter-operable, standardsbased virtual connections

Reduce capital costs

Faster amortization of initial investment through larger number of virtual
connections

Defend footprint
By providing efficient access to sellers footprint under seller SP commercial terms

Reduce time to market and improve financial benefits

More efficient sales distribution channel using ENNIs instead of multiple EPLs
Enables faster revenue recognition from retail customers

Increase business efficiencies

Through standardized ENNI fulfillment and repair processes

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Summary
Implementation of Carrier Ethernet Global Interconnects worldwide
with continued acceleration in 2011 and beyond
MEF Global Interconnect Program, consisting of MEF Specifications,
Certification and Connect, provides a common and standard
framework for the industry
Collectively, Global Interconnect exists to enable standardized
and streamlined delivery of MEF-certified Carrier Ethernet
services to scale locally and globally:
For end users the worldwide connection is transparent and seamless.
For service providers it unlocks new revenue opportunities: expanding the
numbers of locations that can be reached economically

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MEF Global Interconnect Summary

Totality of interconnected autonomous
Carrier Ethernet networks worldwide
Enabling
Standardized and streamlined delivery of MEFcertified Carrier Ethernet services
End-to-end Class of Service, management and
protection

Standards

Education

Compliance

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Thank you!
Visit the following MEF Web sites for more details:
www.MetroEthernetForum.org and www.EthernetAcademy.net

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