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Network Working Group                                         Young Lee
Internet Draft                                                   Huawei

Intended status: Informational                           Sergio Belotti
                                                          Alcatel-Lucent
Expires: October 2015
                                                       Khuzema Pithewan
                                                               Infinera

                                                     Daniele Ceccarelli
                                                               Ericsson

                                                          April 6, 2015



     Requirements for Abstraction and Control of Transport Networks

                       draft-actn-requirement-02.txt


Abstract

   This draft provides a set of requirements for abstraction and
   control of transport networks.



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Table of Contents


   1. Introduction...................................................2
   2. High-level ACTN requirements...................................3
   3. ACTN Use-Cases.................................................6
      3.1. Two categories of requirements............................9
   4. Mapping of requirements into generalized scenarios............13
      4.1. Coordination of Multi-destination Service Requirement/Policy
      ..............................................................15
      4.2. Application Service Policy-aware Network Operation.......17
      4.3. Dynamic Service Control Policy Enforcement for Performance
      and Fault Management..........................................18
      4.4. E2E VN Survivability and Multi-Layer (Packet-Optical)
      Coordination for Protection/Restoration.......................19
   5. ACTN interfaces requirements..................................20
      5.1. CMI Interface Requirements...............................21
      5.2. MPI (MDSC-PNC Interface).................................24
   6. References....................................................28
      6.1. Informative References...................................28
   7. Contributors..................................................29
   Contributors' Addresses..........................................29
   Authors' Addresses...............................................29

1. Introduction

   This draft provides a set of requirements for ACTN identified in
   various use-cases of ACTN.



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   Section 2 provides high-level ACTN requirements. Sections 3-5
   provide the list of ACTN use-cases and the detailed requirement
   analysis of these use-cases. The terminology and the base
   architecture are based on [ACTN-frame].



2. High-level ACTN requirements



     1. Requirement 1: Single Virtualized Network Topology

      Ability to build virtual network operation infrastructure based
      on multi-layer, multi-domain topology abstracted from multiple
      physical network controllers (e.g., GMPLS, OpenFlow, PCE, NMS,
      etc.)



     2. Requirement 2: Policy Enforcement

      Ability to provide service requirement/policy (Between Customer
      and Network) and mechanism to enforce service level agreement.

         - Endpoint selection policy, routing policy, time-related
         policy, etc.



     3. Requirement 3: VN Query

      Ability to request/respond VN Query (Can you give me VN(s)?)

         -  Request Input:

            - VN end-points (CE end)

            - VN Topology Service-specific Multi-Cost Objective
               Function

            - VN Topology diversity (e.g., VN1 and VN2 must be
               disjoint)

            - VN Topology type: path, graph

       -  Response includes VN topology


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            - Exact

            - Potential

     4. Requirement 4: VN Instantiate

      Ability to request/confirm VN Instantiation

       - VN instance ID

       - VN end-points

       - VN constraints requirement

            - Latency only, B/W guarantee, Latency and B/W guarantee
               together

       - VN diversity

            - Node/Link disjoint from other VNs

       - VN level diversity (e.g., VN1 and VN2 must be disjoint)

       - VN type

            - Path  (tunnel), Node/Links (graph)

       - VN instance ID per service  (unique id to identify VNs)



     5. Requirement 5: Dynamic VN Control

      Dynamic/On-demand VN Modification/Confirmation with feedback loop
      to the customer

       - Traffic monitoring and control policies sent to the network

       - Network states based traffic optimization policies

       - Utilization Monitoring (Frequency of report)

       - Abstraction of Resource Topology reflecting these service-
          related parameters





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     6. Requirement 6: VN Lifecycle M&O

      VN lifecycle management/operation

       - Instantiate

       - Delete

       - Modify

       - Update (VN level OAM Monitoring) under policy agreement



     7. Requirement 7: VN Service Operation

      Ability to setup and manage end-2-end service on the VN involving
      multi-domain, multi-layer, meeting constraints based on SLAs



     8. Requirement 8: Multi-destination Coordination

      Coordination of multi-destination service requirement/policy to
      support dynamic applications such as VM migration, disaster
      recovery, load balancing, etc.

       - Service-policy primitives and its parameters



     9. Requirement 9: Multi-domain & Multi-layer Coordination

      Ability to Coordinate multi-domain and multi-layer path
      computation and setup operation (network)

       - Computes E2E path across multi-domain (based on abstract
          topology from each domain)

       - Determines the domain sequence

       - Request path signaling to each domain controller

       - Find alternative path if any of the domain controllers cannot
          find its domain path




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     10. Requirement 10: E2E Path Restoration

      Ability to perform E2E Path Restoration Operation

       - Intra-domain recovery

       - Cross-domain recovery


     11. Requirement 11: Dynamicity of network control operations

      The ACTN interfaces should support dynamicity nature of network
      control operations. This includes but not limited to the
      following:

        -  Real-time VN control (e.g., a fast recovery/reroute upon
           network failure).
        -  Fast convergence of abstracted topologies upon changes due
           to failure or reconfiguration across the network domain
           view, the multi-domain network view and the customer view.
        -  Large-scale VN operation (e.g., ability to query tens of
           thousands of nodes and connectivity) for time-sensitive
           applications.

3. ACTN Use-Cases

   Listed below is a set of high-level requirements identified by each
   of the ACTN use-cases:

  -  draft-cheng-actn-ptn-requirements-00 (ACTN Use-cases for Packet
     Transport Networks in Mobile Backhaul Networks)

       o Faster End-to-End Enterprise Services Provisioning
       o Multi-layer coordination in L2/L3 Packet Transport Networks
       o Optimizing the network resources utilization (supporting
          various performances monitoring matrix, such as traffic flow
          statistics, packet delay, delay variation, throughput and
          packet-loss rate)
       o Virtual Networks Operations for multi-domain Packet Transport
          Networks

  -  draft-dhody-actn-poi-use-case-03 (Packet Optical Integration
     (POI) Use Cases for Abstraction and Control of Transport Networks
     (ACTN))





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       o Packet Optical Integration to support Traffic Planning,
          performance Monitoring, automated congestion management and
          Automatic Network Adjustments
       o Protection and Restoration Synergy in Packet Optical Multi-
          layer network.
       o Service Awareness and Coordination between Multiple Network
          Domains

  -  draft-fang-actn-multidomain-dci-01 (ACTN Use Case for Multi-
     domain Data Center Interconnect)

       o Multi-domain Data Center Interconnection to support VM
          Migration, Global Load Balancing, Disaster Recovery, On-
          demand Virtual Connection/Circuit Services
       o The interfaces between the Data Center Operation and each
          transport network domain SHOULD support standards-based
          abstraction with a common information/data model to support
          the following:
            .    Network Query (Pull Model) from the Data Center
               Operation to each transport network domain to collect
               potential resource availability (e.g., BW availability,
               latency range, etc.) between a few data center
               locations.
            .    Network Path Computation Request from the Data Center
               Operation to each transport network domain to estimate
               the path availability.
            .    Network Virtual Connections/Circuits Request from the
               Data Center Operation to each transport domain to
               establish end-to-end virtual connections/circuits (with
               type, concurrency, duration, SLA.QoS parameters,
               protection.reroute policy options, policy constraints
               such as peering preference, etc.).
            .    Network Virtual Connections/Circuits Modification
               Request

  -  draft-klee-actn-connectivity-multi-vendor-domains-03 (ACTN Use-
     case for On-demand E2E Connectivity Services in Multiple Vendor
     Domain Transport Networks)

       o Two-stage path computation capability in a hierarchical
          control architecture (MDSC-PNC) and  a hierarchical
          composition of integrated network views

       o Coordination of signal flow for E2E connections.

       o Abstraction of:



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            .    Inter-connection data between domains

            .    Customer Endpoint data

            .    The multiple levels/granularities of the abstraction
               of network resource (which is subject to policy and
               service need).

            .    Any physical network constraints (such as SRLG, link
               distance, etc.) should be reflected in abstraction.

            .    Domain preference and local policy (such as preferred
               peering point(s), preferred route, etc.), Domain network
               capability (e.g., support of push/pull model).

  -  draft-kumaki-actn-multitenant-vno-00 (ACTN : Use case for Multi
     Tenant VNO)

       o On-demand Virtual Network Service Creation
       o Domain Control Plane/Routing Layer Separation
       o Independent service Operation for Virtual Services from
          control of other domains
       o Multiple service level support for each VN (e.g., bandwidth
          and latency for each VN service).
       o VN diversity/survivability should be met in physical network
          mapping.
       o VN confidentiality and sharing constraint should be supported.

  -  draft-lopez-actn-vno-multidomains-01 (ACTN Use-case for Virtual
     Network Operation for Multiple Domains in a Single Operator
     Network)

       o Creation of a global abstraction of network topology: The VNO
          Coordinator assembles each domain level abstraction of
          network topology into a global abstraction of the end-to-
          endnetwork.
       o End-to-end connection lifecycle management
       o Invocation of path provisioning request to each domain
          (including optimization requests)
       o Invocation of path protection/reroute to the affected
          domain(s)
       o End-to-end network monitoring and fault management. This could
          imply potential KPIs and alarm correlation capabilities.
       o End-to-end accounting and generation of detailed records for
          resource usage
       o End-to-end policy enforcement



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  -  draft-shin-actn-mvno-multi-domain-00 (ACTN Use-case for Mobile
     Virtual Network Operation for Multiple Domains in a Single
     Operator Network)

       o Resource abstraction: operational mechanisms in mobile
          backhaul network to give the current network usage
          information for dynamic and elastic applications be
          provisioned dynamically with QoS guarantee.

       o Load balancing or for recovery, the selection of core DC
          location from edge constitutes a data center selection
          problem.

       o Multi-layer routing and optimization, coordination between
          these two layers.

  -  draft-xu-actn-perf-dynamic-service-control-02 (Use Cases and
     Requirements of Dynamic Service Control based on Performance
     Monitoring in ACTN Architecture)

       o Dynamic Service Control Policy enforcement and Traffic/SLA
          Monitoring:
            .    Customer service performance monitoring strategy,
               including the traffic monitoring object (the service
               need to be monitored)
            .    monitoring parameters (e.g., transmitted and received
               bytes per unit time),
            .    traffic monitoring cycle (e.g., 15 minutes, 24
               hours),
            .    threshold of traffic monitoring (e.g., high and low
               threshold), etc.

3.1. Two categories of requirements

   This section provides a summary of use-cases in terms of two
   categories: (i) service-specific requirements; (ii) network-related
   requirements.

   Service-specific requirements listed below are uniquely applied to
   the work scope of ACTN. Service-specific requirements are related to
   virtual service coordination function defined in Section 3. These
   requirements are related to customer's VNs in terms of service
   policy associated with VNs such as service performance objectives,
   VN endpoint location information for certain required service-



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   specific functions (e.g., security and others), VN survivability
   requirement, or dynamic service control policy, etc.

   Network-related requirements are related to virtual network
   operation function defined in Section 3. These requirements are
   related to multi-domain and multi-layer signaling, routing,
   protection/restoration and synergy, re-optimization/re-grooming,
   etc. These requirements are not inherently unique for the scope of
   ACTN but some of these requirements are in scope of ACTN, especially
   for coherent/seamless operation aspect of multiple controller
   hierarchy.

   The following table gives an overview of service-specific
   requirements and network-related requirements respectively for each
   ACTN use-case and identifies the work in scope of ACTN.


































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    Use-        Service-          Network-related     ACTN Work
    case        specific          Requirements        Scope
                Requirements


    -------     --------------    ---------------     --------------
    Cheng       - E2E service     - Multi-layer       - Dynamic
                provisioning      (L2/L2.5)           multi-layer
                - Performance     coordination        coordination
                monitoring        - VNO for multi-    based on
                - Resource        domain transport    utilization is
                utilization       networks            in scope of
                abstraction                            ACTN
                                                        - YANG for
                                                        utilization
                                                        abstraction

    -------     --------------    ----------------    --------------
    Dhody       - Service         - POI               - Performance
                awareness/        Performance         related data
                coordination      monitoring          model may be
                between P/O.      - Protection/       in scope of
                                   Restoration         ACTN
                                   synergy             - Customer's
                                                        VN
                                                        survivability
                                                        policy
                                                        enforcement
                                                        for
                                                        protection/res
                                                        toration is
                                                        unique to
                                                        ACTN.

    -------     --------------    ----------------    --------------
    Fang        - Dynamic VM      - On-demand         - Multi-
                migration         virtual circuit     destination
                (service),        request             service
                Global load       - Network Path      selection
                balancing         Connection          policy
                (utilization      request             enforcement
                efficiency),                           and its
                Disaster                               related
                recovery                               primitives/inf
                - Service-                             ormation are
                aware network                          unique to
                query                                  ACTN.


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                - Service                              - Service-
                Policy                                 aware network
                Enforcement                            query and its
                                                        data model can
                                                        be extended by
                                                        ACTN.




    -------     --------------    ----------------    --------------
    Klee                           - Two stage path    - Multi-domain
                                   computation         service policy
                                   E2E signaling       coordination
                                   coordination        to network
                                                       primitives is
                                   - Abstraction of    in scope of
                                   inter-domain        ACTN
                                   info
                                   - Enforcement of
                                   network policy
                                   (peering, domain
                                   preference)
                                   - Network
                                   capability
                                   exchange
                                   (pull/push,
                                   abstraction
                                   level, etc.)

    -------     --------------    ----------------    --------------
    Kumaki      - On-demand VN                         - All of the
                creation                               service-
                - Multi-                               specific lists
                service level                          in the left
                for VN                                 column is
                - VN                                   unique to
                survivability                          ACTN.
                /diversity/con
                fidentiality

    -------     --------------    ----------------    --------------
    Lopez       - E2E             - E2E connection    - Escalation
                accounting and    management, path    of performance
                resource usage    provisioning        and fault
                data              - E2E network       management



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                - E2E service     monitoring and      data to CNC
                policy            fault management    and the policy
                enforcement                            enforcement
                                                        for this area
                                                        is unique to
                                                        ACTN.

    -------     --------------    ----------------    --------------
    Shin        - Current         - LB for            - Multi-layer
                network           recovery            routing and
                resource          - Multi-layer       optimization
                abstraction       routing and         are related to
                Endpoint/DC       optimization        VN's dynamic
                dynamic           coordination        endpoint
                selection (for                         selection
                VM migration)                          policy.

    -------     --------------    ----------------    --------------
    Xu          - Dynamic         - Traffic           - Dynamic
                service           monitoring          service
                control policy    - SLA monitoring    control policy
                enforcement                            enforcement
                - Dynamic                              and its
                service                                control
                control                                primitives are
                                                        in scope of
                                                        ACTN
                                                        - Data model
                                                        to support
                                                        traffic
                                                        monitoring
                                                        data is an
                                                        extension of
                                                        YANG model
                                                        ACTN can
                                                        extend.

4. Mapping of requirements into generalized scenarios

The subsequent sections provide the mapping of requirements into a
number of generalized scenarios.

   -  Coordination of Multi-destination Service Requirement/Policy
     (Section 2.1)
   -  Application Service Policy-aware Network Operation (section 2.2)
   -  Dynamic Service Control Policy Enforcement for Performance/Fault
     Management (Section 2.3)


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   -  E2E VN Survivability and Multi-Layer (Packet-Optical)
     Coordination for Protection/Restoration (Section 2.4)















































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4.1. Coordination of Multi-destination Service Requirement/Policy

                             +----------------+
                             |       CNC      |
                             |   (Global DC   |
                             |   Operation    |
                             |    Control)    |
                             +--------+-------+
                                      | |  Service Requirement/Policy:
                                      | |  - Endpoint/DC location info
                                      | |  - Endpoint/DC dynamic
                                      | |    selection policy
                                      | |    (for VM migration, DR, LB)
                                      | v
                            +---------+--------+
                            |  Multi-domain    | Service policy-driven
                            |Service Controller| dynamic DC selection
                            +-----+---+---+----+
                                  |   |   |
                                  |   |   |
                 +----------------+   |   +----------------+
                 |                    |                    |
           +-----+-----+       +-----+------+      +------+-----+
           |   PNC for |       |  PNC for   |      |  PNC for   |
           | Transport |       | Transport  |      | Transport  |
           | Network A |       | Network B  |      | network C  |
           +-----------+       +------------+      +------------+
                 |                    |                   |
+---+      ------               ------              ------       +---+
|DC1|--////      \\\\       ////      \\\\      ////      \\\\---+DC4|
+---+ |              |     |              |    |              |  +---+
      |     TN A     +-----+     TN B     +----+      TN C    |
      /              |     |              |    |              |
     / \\\\      ////     / \\\\      ////      \\\\      ////
   +---+   ------        /      ------    \         ------ \
   |DC2|                /                  \                \+---+
   +---+               /                    \                |DC6|
                     +---+                   \ +---+         +---+
                     |DC3|                    \|DC4|
                     +---+                     +---+

                                                DR: Disaster Recovery
                                                LB: Load Balancing

             Figure 1: Service Policy-driven Data Center Selection




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   Figure 1 shows how VN service policies from the CNC are incorporated
   by the MDSC to support multi-destination applications. Multi-
   destination applications refer to applications in which the
   selection of the destination of a network path for a given source
   needs to be decided dynamically to support such applications.

   Data Center selection problems arise for VM mobility, disaster
   recovery and load balancing cases. VN's service policy plays an
   important role for virtual network operation. Service policy can be
   static or dynamic. Dynamic service policy for data center selection
   may be placed as a result of utilization of data center resources
   supporting VNs. The MSDC would then incorporate this information to
   meet the service objective of this application.




































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4.2. Application Service Policy-aware Network Operation

                           +----------------+
                           |       CNC      |
                           |   (Global DC   |
                           |   Operation    |
                           |    Control)    |
                           +--------+-------+
                                    | | Application Service Policy
                                    | | - VNF requirement (e.g.
                                    | |   security function, etc.)
                                    | | - Location profile for each VNF
                                    | v
                          +---------+--------+
                          |  Multi-domain    |  Dynamically select the
                          |Service Controller|  network destination to
                          +-----+---+---+----+  meet VNF requirement.
                                |   |   |
                                |   |   |
                +---------------+   |   +----------------+
                |                   |                    |
         +------+-----+       +-----+------+      +------+-----+
         |   PNC for  |       |  PNC for   |      |  PNC for   |
         | Transport  |       | Transport  |      | Transport  |
         | Network A  |       | Network B  |      | network C  |
         |            |       |            |      |            |
         +------------+       +------------+      +------------+
                |                   |                    |
{VNF b}         |                   |                    |  {VNF b,c}
+---+      ------               ------              ------     +---+
|DC1|--////      \\\\       ////      \\\\      ////      \\\\-|DC4|
+---+ |              |     |              |    |              |+---+
     |      TN A      +---+     TN B       +--+      TN C      |
      /              |     |              |    |              |
     / \\\\      ////     / \\\\      ////      \\\\      ////
   +---+   ------        /      ------    \         ------ \
   |DC2|                /                  \                \\+---+
   +---+               /                    \                 |DC6|
    {VNF a}         +---+                    +---+            +---+
                    |DC3|                    |DC4|      {VNF a,b,c}
                    +---+                    +---+
            {VNF a, b}                      {VNF a, c}

         Figure 2: Application Service Policy-aware Network Operation




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   This scenario is similar to the previous case in that the VN service
   policy for the application can be met by a set of multiple
   destinations that provide the required virtual network functions
   (VNF). Virtual network functions can be, for example, security
   functions required by the VN application. The VN service policy by
   the CNC would indicate the locations of a certain VNF that can be
   fulfilled. This policy information is critical in finding the
   optimal network path subject to this constraint. As VNFs can be
   dynamically moved across different DCs, this policy should be
   dynamically enforced from the CNC to the MDSC and the PNCs.


4.3. Dynamic Service Control Policy Enforcement for Performance and
   Fault Management

        +------------------------------------------------+
        |           Customer Network Controller          |
        +------------------------------------------------+
        1.Traffic|  /|\4.Traffic           | /|\
        Monitor& |   |  Monitor            |  | 8.Traffic
        Optimize |   |  Result   5.Service |  | modify &
        Policy   |   |             modify& |  | optimize
                \|/  |       optimize Req.\|/ | result
        +------------------------------------------------+
        |         Mult-domain Service Controller         |
        +------------------------------------------------+
        2. Path  |  /|\3.Traffic           |  |
        Monitor  |   | Monitor             |  |7.Path
        Request  |   | Result     6.Path   |  | modify &
                 |   |            modify&  |  | optimize
                \|/  |       optimize Req.\|/ | result
        +------------------------------------------------+
        |          Physical Network Controller           |
        +------------------------------------------------+

         Figure 3: Dynamic Service Control for Performance and Fault
                                 Management

   Figure 3 shows the flow of dynamic service control policy
   enforcement for performance and fault management initiated by
   customer per their VN. The feedback loop and filtering mechanism
   tailored for VNs performed by the MDSC differentiates this ACTN
   scope from traditional network management paradigm. VN level dynamic
   OAM data model is a building block to support this capability.




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4.4. E2E VN Survivability and Multi-Layer (Packet-Optical) Coordination
   for Protection/Restoration

                        +----------------+
                        |   Customer     |
                        |   Network      |
                        |   Controller   |
                        +--------*-------+
                                 *  |     E2E VN Survivability Req.
                                 *  |     - VN Protection/Restoration
                                 *  v        - 1+1, Restoration, etc.
                          +----=-*----+   - End Point (EP) info.
                          |            |
                          |    MDSC    | MDSC enforces VN survivability
                          |            | requirement, determining the
                          |            | optimal combination of Packet/
                          +---==-*-----+ Opticalprotection/restoration,
                                 *       Optical bypass, etc.
                                 *
                                 *
              **********************************************
              *               *             *              *
         +----*-----+    +----*----+   +----*-----+   +----*----+
         |PNC for   |    |PNC for  |   |PNC for   |   |PNC for  |
         |Access N. |    |Packet C.|   |Optical C.|   |Access N.|
         +----*-----+    +----*----+   +----*-----+   +---*-----+
              *             --*---          *             *
              *          ///      \\\       *             *
            --*---      |   Packet   |      *         ----*-
         ///      \\\   |    Core    +------+------///      \\\
        |  Access    +----\\      ///       *     |   Access   |
        |  Network   |      ---+--          *     |   Network  |  +---+
        |\\\      ///          |            *      \\\      ///---+EP6|
        |   +---+-  |          |       -----*         -+---+      +---+
      +-+-+     |   |          +----///      \\\       |   |
      |EP1|     |   +--------------+  Optical   |      |   |  +---+
      +---+     |                  |    Core    +------+   +--+EP5|
              +-+-+                 \\\      ///              +---+
              |EP2|                    ------ |
              +---+                     |     |
                                     +--++   ++--+
                                     |EP3|   |EP4|
                                     +---+   +---+

      Figure 4: E2E VN Survivability and Multi-layer Coordination for
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   Figure 4 shows the need for E2E protection/restoration control
   coordination that involves CNC, MDSC and PNCs to meet the VN
   survivability requirement. VN survivability requirement and its
   policy need to be translated into multi-domain and multi-layer
   network protection and restoration scenarios across different
   controller types. After an E2E path is setup successfully, the MSDC
   has a unique role to enforce policy-based flexible VN survivability
   requirement by coordinating all PNC domains.

   As seen in Figure 4, multi-layer (i.e., packet/optical) coordination
   is a subset of this E2E protection/restoration control operation.
   The MDSC has a role to play in determining an optimal
   protection/restoration level based on the customer's VN
   survivability requirement. For instance, the MDSC needs to interface
   the PNC for packet core as well as the PNC for optical core and
   enforce protection/restoration policy as part of the E2E
   protection/restoration. Neither the PNC for packet core nor the PNC
   for optical core is in a position to be aware of the E2E path and
   its protection/restoration situation. This role of the MSDC is
   unique for this reason. In some cases, the MDSC will have to
   determine and enforce optical bypass to find a feasible reroute path
   upon packet core network failure which cannot be resolved the packet
   core network itself.

   To coordinate this operation, the PNCs will need to update its
   domain level abstract topology upon resource changes due to a
   network failure or other factors. The MSDC will incorporate all
   these update to determine if an alternate E2E reroute path is
   necessary or not based on the changes reported from the PNCs. It
   will need to update the E2E abstract topology and the affected CN's
   VN topology in real-time. This refers to dynamic synchronization of
   topology from Physical topology to abstract topology to VN topology.

   MDSC will also need to perform the path restoration signaling to the
   affected PNCs whenever necessary.



5. ACTN interfaces requirements

   This section provides ACTN interface requirements for the two
   interfaces that are within the ACTN scope.

     .  CMI: CNC-MDSC Interface (Section 3.1)
     .  MPI: MDSC-PNC Interface (Section 3.2)

   For each requirement, it also identifies the following categories:


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  1. Applicable: Existing components are applicable to ACTN
     architecture
  2. Extensible: Existing components can be extended to ACTN
     architecture
  3. New: The components are new work to ACTN architecture


     5.1. CMI Interface Requirements








































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   Requirement                         Notes
   1. Security/Policy Negotiation      -  Some new element for
     (Who are you?) (Between CNC         controller-controller
     and MDSC)                           (CNC-MDSC)
   -  Configured vs. Discovered          security/policy
   -  Trust domain verification          negotiation aspect.
     (External Entity vs. Internal    -  It is not entirely
     Service Department)                 clear if there is
   -  Push/Pull support (for             existing work that can
     policy)                             be extended to support
                                         all requirements
   2. VN Topology Query (Can you       -  New for some primitives
     give me VN?) (From CNC to           and IEs (e.g., VN
     MDSC)                               Topology Query, VN
   -  VN end-points (CE end)             Topo. Negotiation, VN
   -  VN Topology Service-specific       end-points)
     Multi-Cost Objective Function
        o   Latency Map                -  Extensible for some
        o   Available B/W Map            IE/Objects from PCEP
        o   Latency Map and              (e.g., Objective
          Available B/W Map              function, etc.)
          together
        o   Other types
   -  VN Topology diversity
        o   Node/Link disjoint
          from other VNs
        o   VN Topology level
          diversity (e.g., VN1 and
          VN2 must be disjoint)
   -  VN Topology type
        o   Path vector (tunnel)
        o   Node/Links (graph)
   3. VN Topology Query Response       -  Similar comment to #2.
     (From MDSC to CNC: Here's the
     VN Topology that can be given
     to you if you accept)
   -  For VN Topology,
        o   This is what can be
          reserved for you
        o   This is what is
          available beyond what is
          given to you (potential)
   4. VN Topology Abstraction          -  Applicable (Generic TE
     Model (generic network model)       YANG model)
   5. VN Topology Abstraction          -  Extensible from generic
     Model (Service-specific model       TE Abstraction Model


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     that include customer               (TEAS WG) to include
     endpoints)                          service-related
                                         parameters and end-
                                         point abstraction
   6. Basic VN Instantiation           -  It is not completely
     Request/Confirmation                clear if existing
     (Between CNC and MDSC: I need       components can be
     VN for my service, please           extended or if these
     instantiate my VN)                  require new
   -  VN instance ID                     protocol/primitives/IEs
   -  VN end-points                      .
   -  VN service requirement           -  It appears that there
        o   Latency only                 is no existing proper
        o   B/W guarantee                protocol that supports
        o   Latency and B/W              all required
          guarantee together             primitives/IEs, but
   -  VN diversity                       this is subject to
        o   Node/Link disjoint           further analysis.
          from other VNs
   -  VN level diversity (e.g.,
     VN1 and VN2 must be disjoint)
   -  VN type
        o   Path vector (tunnel)
        o   Node/Links (graph)
   -  VN instance ID per service
     (unique id to identify VNs)
   -  If failed to instantiate the
     requested VN, say why

   7. Dynamic/On-demand VN             -  New: dynamic policy
     Instantiation/Modification          enforcement seems to be
     and Confirmation with               new while abstraction
     feedback loop (This is to be        of service-aware
     differentiated from Basic VN        abstraction model can
     Instantiation)                      be extended from basic
   -  Performance/Fault Monitoring       TE YANG model.
   -  Utilization Monitoring           -  Note: Feedback loop
     (Frequency of report)               requires very frequent
   -  Abstraction of Resource            updates of abstracted
     Topology reflecting these           topology real-time.
     service-related parameters       -  Current management
   -  Dynamic Policy enforcement         interface may not be
                                         appropriate to support
                                         this feedback loop and
                                         the real-time
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                                       This is related to Section
                                       3.3.
   8. VN lifecycle
     management/operation
   -  Create (same as VN
     instantiate Request)
   -  Delete
   -  Modify
   -  Update (VN level OAM
     Monitoring) under policy
     agreement
   9. Coordination of multi-           -  This is from Section
     destination service                 4.2.1 and Requirement 7
     requirement/policy to support       (above) but there are
     dynamic applications such as        unique requirements.
     VM migration, disaster           -  New: Primitives that
     recovery, load balancing,           allow integrated
     etc.                                network operation and
   -  Service-policy primitives          service operation
     and its parameters               -  See also the
                                         corresponding MPI
                                         requirement.


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   Requirement                         Notes
   1. Security/Policy negotiation      -  Extensible from
     (who are you?)                      PCEP/YANG
   -  Exchange of key, etc.            -  End-point mobility for
   -  Domain preference + local          multi-destination
     policy exchange                     policy is new element
   -  Push/Pull support                  in primitives and Data
   -  Preferred peering points           Model
   -  Preferred route
   -  Reroute policy
   -  End-point mobility (for
     multi-destination)
   2. Topology Query /Response         -  Pull Model with
     (Pull Model from MDSC to PNC:       Customer's VN
     Please give me your domain          requirement can be
     topology)                           extended from existing
   -  TED Abstraction level              components.
     negotiation                      -  Abstraction negotiation
   -  Abstract topology (per             primitive seems to be
     policy)                             new ACTN work.
        o   Node/Link metrics
        o   Node/Link Type
          (Border/Gateway, etc.)
        o   All TE metrics (SRLG,
          etc.)
        o   Topology Metrics
          (latency, B/W available,
          etc.)

   3. Topology Update (Push Model      -  Push/Subscription can
     from PNC to MDSC)                   be extended from
   -  Under policy agreement,            existing components
     topology changes to be pushed       (YANG)
     to MDSC from PNC

   4. VN Path Computation Request      -  Extensible from PCEP
     (From MDSC to PNC: Please
     give me a path in your
     domain)
   -  VN Instance ID (Note: this
     is passed from CNC to MDSC)
   -  End-point information
   -  CE ends
   -  Border points (if
     applicable)
   -  All other PCE request info


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     (PCEP)

   5. VN Path Computation Reply        -  Extensible from PCEP
     (here's the path info per
     your request)
   -  Path level abstraction
   -  LSP DB
   -  LSP ID ??
   -  VN ID

   6. Coordination of multi-domain     -  New element on
     Centralized Signaling (MSDC         centralized signaling
     operation) Path Setup               operation for MSDC as
     Operation                           well as control-control
   -  MSDC computes E2E path             primitives (different
     across multi-domain (based on       from NE-NE signaling
     abstract topology from each         primitives) although
     PNC)                                RSVP-TE can be extended
   -  MDSC determines the domain         to support some
     sequence                            functions defined here
   -  MDSC request path signaling        if not all.
     to each PNC (domain)
   -  MDSC finds alternative path
     if any of the PNCs cannot
     find its domain path
        o   PNC will crankback to
          MDSC if it cannot find
          its domain path
        o   PNC will confirm to
          MDSC if it finds its
          domain path
   7. Path Restoration Operation       -  New for MDSC's central
     (after an E2E path is setup         path restoration
     successfully, some domain had       primitives and
     a failure that cannot be            interaction with each
     restored by the PNC domain)         PNC to coordinate this
   -  The problem PNC will send          real-time operation.
     this notification with
     changed abstract topology        Related to Section 3.4.
     (computed after resource
     changes due to failure/other
     factors)
   -  MDSC will find an alternate
     E2E path based on the changes
     reported from PNC. It will
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     abstract topology and the
     affected CN's VN topology in
     real-time (This refers to
     dynamic synchronization of
     topology from Physical
     topology to abstract topology
     to VN topology)
   -  MDSC will perform the path
     restoration signaling to the
     affected PNCs.
   8. Coordination of Multi-           -  Related to Section 3.1.
     destination service              -  New for ACTN in
     restoration operation (CNC          determining the optimal
     have, for example, multiple         destination on the fly
     endpoints where the source          given customer policy
     endpoint can send its data to       and network condition
     either one of the endpoints)        and its related real-
   -  When PNC reports domain            time network operation
     problem that cannot be              procedures.
     resolved at MDSC level
     because of there is no
     network restoration path to a
     given destination.
   -  Then MDSC has Customers'
     profile in which to find the
     customer has "multi-
     destination" application.
   -  Under policy A, MDSC will be
     allowed to reroute the
     customer traffic to one of
     the pre-negotiated
     destinations and proceed with
     restoration of this
     particular customer's
     traffic.
   -  Under policy B, CNC may
     reroute on its VN topology
     level and push this to MDSC
     and MDSC maps this into its
     abstract topology and proceed
     with restoration of this
     customer's traffic.
   -  In either case, the MDSC
     will proceed its restoration
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     PNCs.

   9. MDSC-PNC policy negotiation      -  This seems to be new to
     is also needed as to how            ACTN.
     restoration is done across
     MDSC and PNCs.

   10.   Generic Abstract Topology     -  Current Generic TE YANG
     Update per changes due to new       model applicable.
     path setup/connection               However, the real-time
     failure/degradation/restorati       nature of these models
     on                                  with frequent update
                                         and synchronization
                                         check is new for ACTN.
   11.   Service-specific Abstract     -  Extensible from generic
     Topology Update per changes         TE Abstraction Model
     due to new path                     (TEAS WG) to include
     setup/connection                    service-related
     failure/degradation/restorati       parameters and end-
     on                                  point abstraction
   12.   Abstraction model of          -  Extensible from generic
     technology-specific topology        TE Abstraction Model
     element                             (TEAS WG) to include
                                         abstraction of
                                         technology-specific
                                         element.



6. References

    6.1. Informative References





   [ACTN-Frame]   D. Ceccarelli, et al., "Framework for Abstraction and
             Control of Transport Networks", draft-ceccarelli-actn-
             framework, work in progress.








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7. Contributors

Contributors' Addresses

Authors' Addresses

   Young Lee
   Huawei Technologies
   5340 Legacy Drive
   Plano, TX 75023, USA
   Phone: (469)277-5838
   Email: leeyoung@huawei.com

   Sergio Belotti
   Alcatel Lucent
   Via Trento, 30
   Vimercate, Italy
   Email: sergio.belotti@alcatel-lucent.com

   Khuzema Pithewan
   Infinera
   Email: kpithewan@infinera.com


   Daniele Ceccarelli
   Ericsson
   Torshamnsgatan,48
   Stockholm, Sweden
   Email: daniele.ceccarelli@ericsson.com


   Dhruv Dhoddy
   Email: dhruv.ietf@gmail.com















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