A Framework for Internetworking Heterogeneous HighPerformance Networks via GMPLS and Web Services

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A Framework for Internetworking Heterogeneous
High-Performance Networks via GMPLS and Web
Services

• Xi Yang, Tom Lehman
• Information Sciences Institute (ISI)
• University of Southern California (USC)

HONET, Charlotte NC September 7, 2006
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Outline

• High-performance internetworking
• GMPLS based control plane (GMPLS-CP) and the
  DRAGON solution
• Heterogeneous high-performance internetworking
  framework
• Web services based control plane (WS-CP)
• Conclusions

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High Performance Networking

• Todays Internet relies on layer-3 (IP)
  networking
• Simple, ubiquitous, scalable, failure-tolerant
• Best-effort, congested, not for high-performance
  apps.
• High-performance networking leverages dedicated
  virtual-circuit services through other layers
• Layer 1, layer-1.5, layer-2 WDM, SONET, ATM,
  Ethernet
• Dedicated, high-capacity, low-latency,
  low-jitter, low-cost
• Future Internet will provide hybrid best-effort
  IP and multi-layer dedicated virtual circuits
• Enough options and tradeoffs in price,
  scalability and performance to satisfy varying
  application characteristics
• Aligned with Internets evolutionism philosophy

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High Performance Inter-networking

• Real-world high-performance networks
• NLR, Abilene, HOPI, ESnet, USN, DRAGON, Cheetah
• Limited footprint, bandwidth, users
• Future global high-performance internetworking
  environment ? Alliance of high-performance
  networks
• Extending reach of individual networks
• Lease and exchange of bandwidth
• Traffic detour in emergency and persistent
  mutual protection
• Goal of high-performance internetworking
• Common shared high-performance network
  infrastructures
• Shared control intelligence under common service
  model

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HPN Internetworking Challenges

• High-performance networking requires control
  plane
• Dynamic, end-to-end services Fast, automated
  provisioning
• Data plane and management plane are not enough
• Heterogeneous internetworking environment
• Diverse data plane technologies Services at
  different layers
• IP/MPLS Ethernet VLAN SONET
• Administrative barriers
• Policy restriction on exchange of routing and
  signaling information
• Internetworking option I Unified control plane
• Tight coupling Routing and signaling
  interoperability
• Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching
  (GMPLS)
• A true multi-layer heterogeneous networking
  solution

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DRAGON A GMPLS Based High-Performance
Networking Project

• NSF funded program
• Dynamic Resource Allocation via GMPLS Optical
  Networks (DRAGON)
• Testbed deployed in the Washington DC region
• Research focused on multi-layer, multi-domain
  high-performance networking
• GMPLS based control plane
• Dynamic provisioning across heterogeneous network
  technologies
• Fiber (FSC), Lambda (LSC), SONET (TDM), Ethernet
  (L2SC), Packet (PSC)
• Multi-layer Traffic Engineering (TE)
• Open Source Software
• Interdomain Provisioning (routing, path
  computation, signaling)
• Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA)
  and Scheduling
• http//dragon.east.isi.edu

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DRAGON GMPLS Inter-Domain Service Provisioning
Multi-layer resource states, time schedule and
AAA policies are exchanged among control-plane
entities. ? peering domains look into each others
Multiple constraints are used in joint to
generate resources allocation and policy
decisions. ? inter-domain collaboration in path
computation
GMPLS routing, path computation
Actual service provisioning virtual circuit
setup ? signaling across domains (contiguous or
stitching) ? resource allocation and policy
enforcement
GMPLS signaling
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Beyond GMPLS A Heterogeneous Inter-networking
Framework

• GMPLS is an option, not a limitation
• Many networks do not support GMPLS, e.g.,
  Abilene, DoE ESNet
• Some networks only have a management plane (no
  control plane)
• GMPLS Control Plane (GMPLS-CP) needs tight
  coupling which is not allowed by many networks
• Option II Shared intelligence btw control
  planes
• Web Services based Control Plane (WS-CP) loose
  coupling
• A Web services wrapper layer for existing network
  control and management planes.
• Core intra-network functions unchanged
  inter-network enhancements
• Web services are simple, standard with lots of
  handy tools.
• Service oriented architecture (SOA) and security
  infrastructure (WSS)

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Heterogeneous Internetworking Framework
Architecture

• Idea All participating control planes must have
  a common set of topology discovery, routing, path
  computation and signaling functionality.
• Methodology Translate the proven GMPLS-CP
  technologies into WS-CP counterparts in web
  services notations.

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WS-CP Structure
ltwsdloperation name"getPathComputationResult"gt
ltwsdloperation name"createInternetworkPathComput
ationSession"gt
ltwsdloperation name"getRecursivePathComputationR
esult"gt
ltwsdloperation name"createPathReservation"gt
ltwsdloperation name"createAdaptationCrossConnect
"gt
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Conclusions

• HPNs of the World, Unite!
• HPN provisioning will best be via control plane.
• Any control plane for multi-layer multi-domain
  heterogeneous networking should support topology
  discovery, routing, path computation and
  signaling as GMPLS-CP does.
• WS-CP enables loose inter-network coupling and
  implements the GMPLS-like functionalities around
  Web services.
• The proposed heterogeneous internetworking
  framework supports both GMLS-CP and WS-CP. The
  latter will be more widely accepted.

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