1. TIGER T ogether I P, G MPLS and E thernet R econsidered Workshop Benchmarking Carrier Ethernet Technologies Krakow, Poland April 30 2008 Keynote Speech: Gilles Thouénon (Orange Labs), Nicolas Le Sauze (Alcatel-Lucent France/Bell Labs) Dimitri Papadimitriou (Alcatel-Lucent Bell NV)

2. TIGER 2 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008 Towards a Packet Transport Network SDH and its optical layer is the most widespread transport technology  TDM, circuit based Carriers extended "smoothly" their circuit networks with packet transport capabilities  802.3, ESCON, FC… interfaces for link connection  SDH next gen for packet services to circuit network adaptation  bridges features for any-to-any connections Carriers have a large panel of transport solutions  current solutions : IP/MPLS, bridged Ethernet  new trend : provide tunneling… …with PBB-TE, PVT, T-MPLS…  Connection Oriented wave to " carry " Carrier Ethernet services  Similarly to circuit (SDH) and packet (MPLS) technologies

3. TIGER 3 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008 Introducing "Carrier Ethernet" Terminology invented by the MEF to qualify Ethernet Services  E-Line (P2P EVC between 2 UNIs)  E-LAN (MP2MP EVC between >2 UNIs)  E-tree (P2MP EVC between root and spoke UNIs) These services can be delivered over different types of networks (a.k.a "Transport network")  Native Ethernet based (802.1, 802.3)  Existing Packet transport networks (IP/MPLS)  Existing TDM transport networks (SDH-NG, OTN) Misuse of language of "Carrier Ethernet" that drifted towards marketing connotations  People use to also include all technologies used to support Carrier Ethernet services Carrier Ethernet certification program performed by Iometrix

4. TIGER 4 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008 "Carrier Ethernet" Services and Transport WDM, 802.3 Physical layer (framing) Transport network layer Carrier Ethernet Services Service layer Flat IP connectivity IMS L3 VPN Ethernet VPN Residential Triple Play bundle services Mobile Backhauling Wholesale TDM: SDH-NG Packet:IP/MPLS, Eth Bridging + evolutions L2 VPN Scope under consideration: Packet based solutions Legacy TDM services Adaptation function Connection function

5. TIGER 5 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008 Ethernet the granddaddy technology Ethernet LAN Simplicity  Plug&Play  bitrate flexibility Cost LAN multipoint connectivity Data Plane  vulnerability Control Plane  lack of performance  complexity to tune it Carrier Ethernet Leverage all advantages to make Ethernet a real service layer Solve some issues  scalability  security  OA&M Control Plane  lack of performance  complexity to tune it Transport Ethernet Solve remaining shortcomings to make Ethernet a real transport layer Bring Ethernet "Tunnels" Bring Management-based Traffic Engineering Too much heterogeneous solutions  interworking issues

6. TIGER 6 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008 Fairly balance consortium 1 major operator 3 major equipment vendors 2 SMEs involved in ICT business 2 research institutes 2 universities Orange – FT group TIGER Consortium: Who are we?

7. TIGER 7 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008  Propose solutions for a better coordination between IP and Ethernet technologies to address the Metro Ethernet growing market  Assess the benefits of the proposed solutions through Evaluation & Benchmarking studies with regard to existing technologies on the market TIGER Project Objectives

8. TIGER 8 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008 TIGER Challenges Large number of proposals of Carrier Grade metro solutions on the market & in various standard bodies! Two major groups: Ethernet centric or IP/MPLS centric solutions PW/MPLS PBB MPLS Transport Operators  Why do I need to change the legacy ?  Which one is the most adapted for my services?  How do i migrate towards the TIGER technology? Operators  Why do I need to change the legacy ?  Which one is the most adapted for my services?  How do i migrate towards the TIGER technology? Vendors  What should I develop?  What will be my differentiators ? Vendors  What should I develop?  What will be my differentiators ? PBB-TE PVT/VLAN-XC

9. TIGER 9 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008 Goals of the Workshop Bring together Experts of the different Carrier Ethernet services and transport technologies  Ethernet-centric: SPB, GELS, PBB-TE, etc.  MPLS-centric: PW/MPLS, MPLS transport Starting from  Discuss various alternatives and confront them functionally  Provide performance benchmarking results obtained for these technologies Open the floor for Scientific & Technical debate

10. TIGER 10 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008 Structure of the Workshop Two tracks each divided into two sessions Track 1: functional benchmarking Two morning sessions (MI and MII) dedicated to functional benchmarking results per technology; Track 2: performance benchmarking The two afternoon sessions (Scientific and Technical Results AI and AII) dedicated to the performance benchmarking results per technology - All sessions are organized 15/20 minutes presentation followed by 15 minutes of topical discussion - After afternoon sessions, an open Scientific and Technical Debate (1 hour) will confront the scientific & technical results obtained by the workshop participants

11. TIGER 11 | Carrier Grade Ethernet Workshop, keynote speech, Krakow, April 30th 2008 Acknowledgements EURO-NF Conference Organizers to kindly host and offer accommodations to this workshop and to its meeting participants