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

2. 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.

3. 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

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

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

6. Inter-Domain Logical Topology

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

8. 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
A more advanced workshop may developed as the basics become more widely deployed
Advanced management, AAA, hardware adaptations, etc.

9. 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.

10. Thanks!