A Converged Access Network

Architecture

ScaleNet Architecture Bell Labs View

Markus Bauer
Bell Labs Europe
Nuremberg - Germany
E-mail: mgbauer@lucent.com
Phone: +49 911 526 3743

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Outline
! Architecture Overview
! Unified Resource and Mobility Management
QoS Architecture
Mobility Management
IP-based Resource Management (IPRM)
Efficient Routing

! Migration and Interworking

! Summary and Outlook...

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Application vs. Network Convergence

IMS

IPTV

Web en.

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Resource
Management

Operator Core
Network

UMTS

SAE/
LTE

RM MM

RM MM

RM

DSL
RM

RM : Resource Management
MM : Mobility Management

All Networks have system specific nodes and protocols

Application Convergence

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Application vs. Network Convergence

IMS

IPTV

Web en.

IMS

IPTV

Web en.

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Resource
Management

Resource
Management

Operator Core
Network

Operator Core
Network

UMTS

SAE/
LTE

RM MM

RM MM

RM

DSL

Access
Domain (AD)

RM

AD
RM MM

AD
RM MM

RM MM

RM : Resource Management
MM : Mobility Management

All Networks have system specific nodes and protocols

Application Convergence

Unified Access Domain for different access technologies

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Network Convergence

Architecture Overview
Access Domain

IMS

IPTV

Web en.

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Access Domain
PDF

BB
Access

UE

PON

Global
MM

Local
TRCF

UR

xDSL

TRCF

Resource and
Admisson Control
Function
(RACF)

UR
Local
MM

UE

Access/Metro Domain
Transport Network
(IP / MPLS / CGE )

UR
UE

Aggregation
Router

UR
BB
Access

Edge
Router

UR

Core Domain
Transport Network
IP / MPLS

UR

MTE

UR

Operator Core Network

UE

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Unified Router

Unified
Router

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QoS Architecture
Access Domain
Access Domain

BB
Access

UR

PON

GMM

Local
TRCF

UR

IPTV

Web en.

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Resource and Admisson

Control Function

UE

xDSL

IMS
Service And
Control
Applications

PDF

TRCF

LMM
UE

UE

UR

UR
BB
Access

Aggregation
Router

Edge
Router

Core Domain Transport

Network
IP / MPLS

UR
UR

MTE

UR

UE

Operator Core Network

Policy-based Bandwith/QoS control spans entire network based on individual applications

Concept: TE-Engineered Tunnels (Aggregated Traffic Handling)

Aggregate QoS proc.
Bandwidth Monitoring (agnostic metrics)
Policy Enforecement.
Per-Session QoS

Local TRCF responsible for one Access Domain

RACF responsible for Core Domain and end-to-end QoS support
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Mobility Management
IMS

IPTV

Web en.

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

GMM

! Session Handling
IP Multimedia Subsystem

Resource
Managemnt

(SIP based)

Operator Core
Network

! Macro Mobility
GMM
(Mobile IPv6)

AD

AD
LMM

UR

AD

! Micro Mobility

LMM

LMM

UR

UR

UR
UR

LMM - Distributed in Access

Domain
(IPRM functionality)

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IPRM Fundamental Concept (I)

User Plane

Packet
Forwarding

Dynamic
configuration

Network Convergence based on IPRM

Control Plane

Resource and
Mobility Mgmt.
on Network Layer
(IPRM)
Access technology agnostic

User + Service Access

Specific
Agnostic Metric

Any Link/Phy Layer

(Ethernet, DSL, ATM, UMTS (Uu), WiMAX, )

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IPRM Fundamental Concept (II)

! Terminal becomes moving
Access Domain

BB
Access

LMM

UR

xDSL
PON

UE

UR

UE

!
!

UR
UE

Aggregation
Router

UR
BB
Access

!
!

UR
UR

MTE

UR

!
UE

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network
TE-Engineered tunnel becomes
one hop
Wireless access link becomes
one hop
Wireline access link
(xDSL/PON/ETH) becomes one
hop
Service / User specific metrics
per hop
Routing protocols used for
metrics distribution
TE algorithms exploit metrics for
forwarding decisions
Full integration of multi-interface
terminals
multi-path routing

IPRM - Examples
Mobile (MN-M1) is
moving network

Aggregation
Router

Mobile has two

interfaces (e.g.
UMTS, WiFi)

UR
BB
Access
WiFi
UMTS

UR
UR

MN-M1

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IPRM - Examples
Mobile (MN-M1) is
moving network

Aggregation
Router

Mobile has two

interfaces (e.g.
UMTS, WiFi)

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1
MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

UR
BB
Access

User and service

specific metrics
(S1,S2) distributed by
routing protocol

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1
MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

WiFi
UMTS

UR
UR
MN-M1
S1: 20
S2: 3

MN-M1
S1: 5
S2:13
MN-M1

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IPRM - Examples
Mobile (MN-M1) is
moving network

Aggregation
Router

Mobile has two

interfaces (e.g.
UMTS, WiFi)

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1
MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

UR
BB
Access

User and service

specific metrics
(S1,S2) distributed by
routing protocol

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1
MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

WiFi
UMTS

UR
UR
MN-M1
S1: 20
S2: 3

MN-M1
S1: 5
S2:13
MN-M1

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Routing algorithm
calculates best
route and forwarding
tables within AD are
set up accordingly
S1, S2

IPRM - Examples
User moves on and
slowly leaves WiFi
coverage

Aggregation
Router

Metrics change

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

UR
BB
Access

Redistribution of metrics
through routing
protocol

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1
MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

MN-M1
S1: 1
S2: 1

WiFi
UMTS

UR
UR
MN-M1
S1: 7
S2:9

MN-M1
S1: 25
S2: 13
MN-M1

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Routing algorithm
calculates best
route and forwarding
tables within AD are
set up accordingly
S1, S2
Access technology
agnostic mobility
management

IPRM - Examples
Aggregation
Router

IPRM is open for more

concepts like

! load sharing via

different mobile
interfaces

! (Network) MIMO
concepts are feasible

! Efficient personal
mobility

! Smooth integration of

UR

multi-hop and ad-hoc

networks

BB
Access

UR

! New deployment
scenarios (e.g. UMTS
at home)

UR

MN-M1

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Efficient Routing
IPRM allows efficient routing
between communicating
terminals connected to ...

!
!
!

IMS

IPTV

Web en.

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Service And
Control
Applications

Resource
Managemnt

Same Unified Router

GMM

Operator Core
Network

Same Access Domain

Different Access
Domains

AD

AD

AD

UR

Concepts holds for any

access technology!

UR

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UR

UR
UR

Migration Issues...
Seamless service continuity for a
moving legacy mobile is
required!

Operator Core
Network

Three Aspects:

(a) Interworking between UMTS

Network ans Access Domain

(b) Interworking between

UMTS Network

(a)

Access
Domain

legacy mobile and UR

(c) Mapping of legacy mobile

(c)

into IPRM architecture

UR

(b)

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Summary and Outlook

Summary:
! Application vs. network convergence
! Architecture build upon the ideas of IPRM
Unified resource and mobility management
Efficient routing

! Migration path essential part of concept

Lucent focus in ScaleNet project:
! Design of efficient routing protocols and algorithms to support
IPRM (Control plane handling within Access Domain)
! Efficient Transport of user traffic (User plane handling within
Access Domain)
! ScaleNet Demonstrator
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