TELECOM

Carrier Ethernet

Nº 1106
DATE: 30-31.12.12
PRICE NIS: 2120 + VAT
DURATION: 2 Days

Course Overview:

The course starts with analysis of the reasons why Metro Ethernet is attractive for Telcos / Service Providers. Then the impeding factors are also reviewed. Basic Ethernet, including shared media and switched/bridged networks are briefly covered. Later we focus on Bridging. Various techniques for Virtual LAN implementation are also reviewed. The MEF work and the IETF work on Pseudo-Wire is described and analyzed. Deep study of Metro Ethernet approach and standards as well as various IEEE standards are studied. With these topics we present solutions to the remaining impeding issues that where described earlier, which brings us to the summary that includes the migration path towards multiservice packet networks and new applications.

Who should attend?

The seminar is built for Technical, Marketing and Business Development individuals from Telecom Service Providers as well as Manufacturers of Ethernet or Metro Ethernet equipment.

Prerequisities:

Basic knowledge of data communications is expected from the participants.

Course Outline:

1. General Introduction

The evolution of transport: towards a packet universe
The advent of IP and Ethernet

2. Ethernet basics

Ethernet protocol, IEEE 802.3
Addressing
Bridging/Switching, learning bridges
IP over Ethernet architecture
Virtual LANs (VLANs)
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
What is missing to become a WAN protocol?
- Scalability issues
- Traffic engineering mechanisms
- Topologies
- Protection and restoration
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Legacy services transport
- Operation and Management (O&M)

3. Metro Ethernet Forum Architecture and Services

Framework
- Layer network model
- Reference points: UNI, NNI
- MEN components
Service definition
- EPL, EVPL
- EP-LAN, EVP-LAN
- EP-Tree, EVP-Tree
Service attributes
Protection
Circuit emulation
Services examples

4. The IETF architectures

PWE3
- Reference model
- Ethernet over PW
- HDLC over PW
- TDM over PW
- PW frame parsing
MPLS based level 2 VPNs: VPWS and VPLS
Multiservices over PWs
- Convergence over MPLS
- Practical example

5. Improving Ethernet standards

Provider Bridges (802.1.ad)
Provider Backbone Bridges (802.1.ah)
PBB frame parsing
LLDP
Link Aggregation
Ethernet Rings
40G and 100G Ethernet

6. Ethernet transport

PBB-TE
- Forwarding plane
- Multiservice over PBB-TE
- Management plane
MPLS-TP
- MPLS-TP versus MPLS
- Control plane
- MPLS-TP versus PBB-TE

7.Traffic Management and QoS

QoS models
The need for traffic management
Per flow QoS
Aggregate CoS
Flow aware networking
Congestion Management
- Traffic Engineering

8. OAM

IEEE 802.1 ag
IEEE 802.3 ah

9. Migration process

Converging networks
Ethernet over OTN
Interworking
Ethernet based advanced application
- Triple play
- IPTV
- 3G

10. Conclusion

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