Dynamic Circuit Service Hands-On GMPLS Engineering Workshop Jerry Sobieski Mid-Atlantic Crossroads Presented to Joint Techs Minneapolis, MN Feb 13, 2007

Dynamic Circuit Services Workshop Purpose: Disseminate technical expertise in the design and direct deployment of GMPLS based dynamic circuit networks. Current state of the art Control Plane architecture concepts, issues, and ongoing efforts Provide practical and hands-on experience building a functional DCS network Intended Audience: Network Engineering Personnel Those responsible for defining regional and/or campus network services and architecture Engineering teams responsible for implementation and support Objective: Enable regional and campus network engineering personnel to set up a GMPLS based DCS test and evaluation facility in their region in order to begin developing engineering and operational knowledge base in these capabilities.

Outline Day 1 Day2 Overview GMPLS Lab #1 – Building a GMPLS Experimentation and Evaluation Facility The DRAGON Software Suite:  Software Overview, Installation and Configuration Lab #2 - Intra-Domain Service Routing and Signaling Day2 Review Inter-Domain Dynamic Services Routing Lab#3:  Inter-domain Engineering and Service Routing Lab#4:  End System access using UNI model. Other Rlated Topics

Workshop Testbed “Pod” Virtual Label Switching Router- “VLSR” PC Ethernet Switch End System

Inter-Domain Logical Topology Intra-domain ctrl plane Inter-domain ctrl plane Data plane

Inter-Domain Logical Topology

Other Topics Multi-layer service routing (Packet / Ethernet / SONET / Lambda / Fiber) Application Specific Topolgies Hardware adaptation Web Services and interdomain topology distribution.

First Run: NyserNet First workshop: New York in [early] March Refine the content and gauge lab expertise Follow on workshops as frequent as monthly Schedule is wide open We are looking for interested hosting orgs Maximum attendees = 12 (four teams) Need space for 4 days (1 day setup, 2 days workshop, 1 day tear down) Contact: Susan Evett at Internet2 Rick Summerhill at Internet2 Jerry Sobieski at MAX http://events.internet2.edu/2007/DCS/ A more advanced workshop may developed as the basics become more widely deployed Advanced management, AAA, hardware adaptations, etc.

Experimental Technology GMPLS protocols continue to evolve The R&E community’s understanding and experience with DCS continues to evolve Hardware capabilities are evolving rapidly Software continues to develop We are still in the early adopter stage of these technologies (!) We need to create a community of users to mature the core capabilities, operational management, reliability, robustness, etc.

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