ITU-T FORUM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WTSA-08 DECISIONS
AND
WORKSHOP ON BRIDGING THE STANDARDIZATION GAP
(Nadi, Fiji, 16-17 September 2009)
Standards and Innovation -Carrying
NGN Traffic
Siva Ramamoorthy,
Group Director, Tejas
Networks
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Agenda- Key Hypothesis
Standards Help Innovation
Innovation creates enormous
Opportunities for Nations- especially
emerging Nations
Case Study – with Carrier Ethernet
and NGN Networks
Call to Action
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Global Telecom Industry Observations
Huge Growth in Internet and pressure on
Backhaul
Significant price pressure
Networks are standards-based- very similar
requirements globally
Use of global telecom standards is breaking
country/carrier/vendor equation
Emerging markets are driving growth
Low tele-density, large unserved population, large
geographies
Needs Latest technology, high quality and lowest
prices
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Global Telecom Industry Observations
Emerging Economies leap frog
technology
Operators are outsourcing their
networks increasingly
Move towards Converged Networks
Greater Focus on Government to
Citizen services
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Large opportunity for Innovation Using
Standards
Product/IP Talent
Big Local Market
Standards
IP
Supportive
Supply Chain
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Early Role models
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Innovation Using Standards
Large Opportunity to Innovate
Re usable HW Building Blocks
Open Source
Democratization of Knowledge
Standards
Eco System of Innovation
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Why is it Important for emerging
economies
Leapfrog technology
Lost Capex
Low Opex
Best of breed technology
Enabling local employment
Technology Index Moves up
Larger Range of Providers Interop’ing
with each other
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Case in Point
Applying Standards and
Innovation to NGN Traffic
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The Internet Continues to explode
Source: Jupiter Research
Online Population will grow to 1.6 billion
Plus in the next 3-4 years
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Big Picture
2G/2.5G WIRELESS
BACKHAUL
MOBILE TV/
APPLICATIONS
BTS
3G WIRELESS
BACKHAUL
IPTV
CABLE
INCREASING
BROADBAND
INTERNET BASE –
YouTube, Video-ondemand applications
etc.
DSLAM
?
What is the Transport?
ONLINE
GAMING
ENTERPRISE
NETWORK ELAN, VOICE ETC.
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Carrier Challenges
Transport
Capacity
Time
How to Cope up with the growth in backhaul bandwidth requirements ?
What is the best way to transport ?
How do I provide more stringent SLA, Fault Management, Performance
Monitoring?
Should I have single infrastructure for residential and business customers ?
How do I keep the cost (CAPEX and OPEX) under check ?
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Transport Technologies Trends
100% Data
CarrierEthernet over
Fiber
CarrierEthernet over
NG-SDH
Legacy SDH
ATM
over
SDH
Carrier-Ethernet over
Fiber
(With Synchronization
With Circuit-emulation)
CarrierEthernet over
NG-SDH
Ethernet over
NG-SDH
100% Voice
Legacy PTT
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Basic Data over
conventional
Networks
Next-Generation
Networks
Future Evolution
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Carrier Ethernet- a Good Case in Point
of Standards
Ethernet history
1976 – Invented by Metcalfe & Boggs as LAN
transport technology. Published paper: “Ethernet:
Distributed Packet-Switching for Local Computer
Networks”; CSMA/CD defined
1980 - the DIX (DEC, Intel, Xerox) "blue book"
Ethernet specification was published.
1985 IEEE 802.3, the Ethernet standard
published – 10 Mbps.
1995 – 100 Mbps.
1997 – 98 Gig E
2001–5 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN over fiber
Definition of CE as a Service Standard
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Carrier Ethernet Defined
Carrier
Ethernet
• Carrier Ethernet is a ubiquitous, standardized,
carrier-class SERVICE defined by five
attributes that distinguish Carrier Ethernet
from familiar LAN based Ethernet
• It brings the compelling business
benefit of the Ethernet cost model
to achieve significant savings
• Standardized Services
Carrier
Ethernet
Attributes
• Scalability
• Service Management
• Reliability
• Quality of Service
Source: MEF
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Which technology for backhaul?
Hierarchical QoS to distinguish
between Control and Data traffic
Hierarchy is built-in
Dynamic Protection (no user-defined
work and protect paths)
PBB+ERPS for connection-less
protection, Shortest Path Bridging
Any-to-any connectivity with
multicast-support
QoS for various traffic-profiles (Data,
Voice, Video)
Fundamental feature of Ethernet
Statistical Multiplexing
Point-to-point connections from
Access to Controller
Natively provided through 802.1p
CarrierEthernet
Fundamental feature of Ethernet
Traffic-Engineered (user-defined) point-topoint connections through PBB-TE
Sub-50ms protection for voice
IEEE G.8031 and G.8032 for Sub-50ms
protection
User-defined work and protect paths
Option for NMS-provisioned paths
Fast and automated Fault-detection
and isolation
IEEE and ITU-T: CFM-OAM, EthOAM,
EFM-OAM
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Which Technology for Backhaul?
SDH/SONET
Bandwidth
in-efficient
Legacy Ethernet
provisioned
circuits
50-ms
protection
bandwidth
efficiency
(sharing)
No OAM, no
Trafficengineering
Flat network
Carrier-Ethernet Transport
Bandwidth efficient
Carrier-grade OAM
Sub-50ms protected
P-to-P and MP-to-MP
Carrier-Ethernet Transport for NGN Backhaul
Sophisticated Carrier grade Ethernet transport solution
Carrier grade management and reliability
Evolve gracefully, keep revenues ahead of costs
Lower Operations and training costs
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Summary- Standards and Innovation
Large Opportunity for emerging
Economies
Provides for a way to leap frog
technology
A large eco system of Providers of
solutions and products with
Standards
Reuse of Known Hardware and
Software Technology Building blocks
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Summary – Trickle Up Innovation
"The dominant logic holds that innovation
comes from the U.S., goes to Europe and
Japan, then gravitates to poor countries,"
says C.K. Prahalad, a strategy professor at
the University of Michigan's Ross School of
Business and author of The Fortune at the
Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating
Poverty Through Profits. "But now we're
starting to see a reversal of that flow."
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Summary – Trickle Up Innovation
GE’s MAC 800 ECG Machine
Developed for India and China
Xerox (XRX) hires "innovation managers"
to hunt for inventions/products from
Indian startups to adapt for North America
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) research lab in
India to migrate Web-interface applications
for mobile phones in Asia and Africa to
developed markets
Nestle – Maggi Noodles into New Zealand/
Australia
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Thank You
SIVA RAMAMOORTHY
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