Real Examples of Telecom Services Built Using White Boxes Dan Pitt, Senior Vice President, MEF Forum www.mef.net dan@mef.net

Networking: Hardware

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Outline

•  Legacytelecompractice

•  Newdirectionsintelecom

•  CasestudiesfromMEF18

•  Forwardtrajectory

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Legacytelecompractice•  BrandedHW•  BundledSW•  Per-productmanagementinterfaces•  Noprogrammability•  Box-by-boxreliability

Resultingin•  Brittlenetworks•  Littleservicedifferentiation•  HighCapex,highOpex•  Complexmanagement•  Slidetocommoditytransmission

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Newtelecomdirection

Fiber/CopperAccessNetwork

Fixed&MobileBroadbandNetworks

Fiber/CopperAccessNetwork

Fixed&MobileBroadbandNetworks

CSPCo-LoDataCenter

CSPCo-LoDataCenter

CSPCo-LoDataCenter

EnterpriseSite

FCAPSMachine-to-MachineWorkflowProcess

EnterpriseSite

EnterpriseSite

EnterpriseSite

Self-serviceWebPortal

Internet InternetSDN NFV

VNFOrchestrated

ConnectivityServices

Optical CarrierEthernet IP

NewOrchestratedVirtualizedServices

SD-WAN L4-L7 SECaaS

SD-WANController

VNF

SD-WANControllerSD-WAN

EdgeCPESD-WANEdgeCPE

AIAnalytics

AIAnalytics

AIAnalytics

AIAnalytics

AIAnalytics

AppAwareServicesusing

AIAnalytics

•  SDN–NFV–Cloud•  Disaggregation–OpenSourceVia•  Opennorth-southAPIs•  Software-centricmindset

Disrupting•  Supplychain•  Employeeskillbase•  Systemintegration•  Servicecreativity•  Serviceplacement

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Aboutdisaggregation

•  SDNècontrolsoftwareseparatefromforwardinghardware•  NFVèsoftwaremodules,notappliances•  SDN+NFVèsoftwareremotefromhardware•  SeparatesoftwareèCOTSservers(&switches)•  Remotesoftwareèdatacentermodel•  DatacentermodelèOCP

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UniversalCPE• MicrocosmofSDN+NFV+Disaggregation•  COTSHW+networkports+VNFs•  ByproductofSD-WAN

Sowhat’stheissue?• WhatHW?• WhatSW?

HencetwoPoCsatMEF18

SD-WANController

ServiceOrchestrator

BSS

SD-WANEdge

SD-WANGateway

SD-WANEdge

Internet

SD-WANServiceRAComponents

TunnelVirtualConnection

SubscriberWebPortal

ExtNetwork

CE/MPLS

CSPBackbone

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BoostinguCPEwithSDN/NFV/LegacyCapabilitiesIncludesNetworkandVNFServiceChainMonitoring&PlugwareforUniversalAccess&BrownfieldDeployments

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PoCgoals

• MultivendorInteroperability–  FunctionconsistencyacrossmultipleuCPE

• MakeuCPEtrulyUniversalforaglobaldeployment–  InGreenfieldandBrownfielddeployments

•  Ensurereliabilityandavailability–  Boostingservicereliabilityandsecuritywithperformanceassurance

AccelerateuCPE-basedservices

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PoCoverview

• UniversalCPE:virtualizeappliancesusingCOTS–  ReduceOPEXassociatedwithinstallation,configuration,testing,maintenanceofmultipleappliancesrequiringdifferentskillsets

• Universalaccessandspecializedfunctions:–  Legacyinterfacesforbrownfield(legacyvoiceandTDMservices)–  Hardwareacceleratione.g.MEFCE2.0,Timing,L2/L3forwarding,trafficanalysis,encryption

•  Serviceassuranceandtroubleshooting–  Networks,uCPEInfrastructure,ServiceFunctionChaining

•  Standardmanagementinterfaces,APIs

Proventechnologyalreadyinproduction

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BoostinguCPE-basedServiceswithSDN/NFV/LegacyCapabilitiesincl.NetworkandVNFservicechainmonitoringandplugwareforuniversalaccessandbrownfielddeployments

Router

VideoServer

SiteA:RADETX-2iWB+

VideoStreaming

ETH

VideoClient

VNFPM ServicePerformanceMonitoring

MLPPP(2xT1)MiRIC-MLuCPE

vSRX vAccess

uCPE

AnimationKeyIPoTDM(PPP/MLPPP)betweensitesAandB

ServicePM(TWAMP/SAT)ActiveVNFperformancemonitoring

VideostreamingwithdemoofT1failure/recovery

LegacyT1-PRItoSIPconversionbetweensitesCandARemotepacketcaptureandµBurstanalysis

SecureMACsectunnel

CarrierEthernetbetweensitesAandC

MiSEC

ETH

VideoClient MiSEC

SecureMACsecTunnel

SiteD:RADpCPE(ProgrammableCPE)

vSIP

SiteC:SilicomWBwithRADvCPE-OS

vPM

TDMSiteB:AT&TPorter

MiNID

ETH

uCPE

VideoClient

CarrierEthernet

vSIP

MLPPP

NMS&NFVOServices/LifecycleServiceOrchestration

ServicePortal

DomainOrchestration

PacketCapture

PerformanceAnalysis

SIPT1-CAS

CB

VoIPPhone

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PoCinnovations

PPP/MLPPP MEFCE2.0

NetworkPMVNFSFCMonitoring

T1-PRI/CAStoSIPConversion

AdvancedDiagnostics

SecureMACsecEncryption

EnhancinguCPEforGreenfieldandBrownfieldNetworkDeployments

TDMCircuitEmulation

PerformanceAssurance:BoostServiceReliabilityandSecurity

IntegratingVNF-basedserviceswithlegacyinfrastructures

TrafficanalysisanddiagnosticsmanagedbySDN(ETSINFVI-

OMCplatform)

AT&TandRADOSInterop.

NMS&NFVOServices/LifecycleServiceOrchestration

ServicePortal

RADPlugware

MultivendorInteroperability:FunctionconsistencyacrossmultipleuCPE

DomainOrchestration

PacketCapture

PerformanceAnalysis

RAD&Third-PartyVNFsvFW vAccessvSIPvPM

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TowardsaMulti-VendorOrchestratedSD-WAN:LSO-enabledSolutionwithOpenSourceOrchestratorandContainer-baseduCPEs

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MEFmanagedSD-WANspecificationframework

SD-WANEdgePhysicalorvirtualSD-WANGatewayBetweenSD-WANandexternalconnectivityservicesSD-WANControllerCentralizedmanagementofSD-WANedges&gatewaysServiceOrchestratorLifecycleServiceOrchestrationofSD-WANandotherservicesSubscriberWebPortalSubscriberserviceorderingandmodification

SD-WANController

ServiceOrchestrator

BSS

SD-WANEdge

SD-WANGateway

SD-WANEdge

Internet

SD-WANServiceRAComponents

TunnelVirtualConnection

SubscriberWebPortal

ExtNetwork

CE/MPLS

CSPBackbone

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LSOPrestotoorchestratemulti-vendorSD-WANs

Fulfillment Performance Policy

Control Assurance Usage

Security

Analytics

LIFECYCLESERVICEORCHESTRATION(LSO)

SD-WANCONTROLLERS

APPLICATION

LSO Intent Business Policy

LSO

PRESTO

LSO

LEGATO

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PoCoverviewWHAT?

l  Acost-effectiveSD-WAN-enabledservicerealizedthroughtheuseofMEFLSOPresto,containerizeduCPE,andTOSCA-basedorchestration

WHY?

l  Laythefoundationforthenextgeneration,technology-andvendor-agnosticSD-WAN-enabledservices

l  Providecustomerswithamulti-vendor,orchestratedSD-WANsolution,fullycompliantwithMEFframeworkandtechnicalspecifications

l  ShowcasethePrestoInterfaceProfileforSD-WAN

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PoCarchitecture&components

IPsec VNF VNF

uCPE

Presto for SD-WAN NBI

IPsec VNF VNF

uCPE

IPsecTunnel

ServiceProvisioning

Resource Provisioning

Resource Provisioning

•  Presto-API-capableNBI •  CloudifyTOSCA-basedorchestrator

•  ConfiguresOpenFlowrulesinOVS•  ForVNFchaining,trafficforwarding

•  ETSIGSNFVstandards•  RFC8040(Restconf) •  Container-baseduCPEplatformusing

•  OpenvSwitch

•  Docker

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Lessonslearned

• Whitebox•  Valueasvendor-neutralHWplatformforVNFs•  COTSPCbigimprovementoverproprietaryvendorappliances

•  uCPE•  Criticalcomponentformanagedservices•  Essentialforfuture-proofingfornewservices•  Power,cooling,noisehighlyconstrained

• HencecontainerizedVNFs,notVMs•  HWspecsnotwellunderstoodatall

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Telecomtrajectory• Whitebox

• Willcontinuetoseek;soundsgoodintheory;muchtolearnaboutspecs

•  Datacenter•  Stillunclearonhowtoarchitect:incloud,atedge

•  CPE•  High-function,low-costimperative

• OCP+MEF• OpportunitytoeducateMEFtelcomembersaboutOCP(MEF)• Opportunitytoaddresstelconeeds(uCPE,whitebox,DC)inOCP(OCP)