IP/MPLS NGN Core and Edge Product and Architecture Evolution

Willem Rossouw, Consulting Systems Engineer

wrossouw@cisco.com

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Agenda
Drivers behind Product Evolution Carrier Class Design: Considerations and Methodology Cisco Core and Edge Products update
ASR1000 ASR9000 CRS ASR5000

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Core and Edge product Strategy:

Drivers Behind Product Evolution: Carrier Class requirements

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Global IP Traffic Growth

IP Traffic will increase 6X from 2007 to 2012 In 2012, half a zettabyte will cross the global network
Video is more than one-quarter of all consumer IP traffic Consumer IP Quadruples by 2012
Non p2p Internet video will account for 50 percent of all consumer IP traffic in 2012. Non-Internet IP video will increase more rapidly than consumer Internet

50,000
Mobility Business Internet Business IP WAN Consumer Internet Consumer IPTV/CATV

PB/mo
25,000

0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Source: Cisco Visual Networking IndexForecast, 20072012 [Cisco VNE] 1 Zettabyte = 250 Billion DVDs
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns341/ns525/ns537/ns705/ns827/white_paper_c11-481374_ns827_Networking_Solutions_White_Paper.html
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Youtube and other statistics

Youtube BW cost $1M per day (March 2008): Almost $0
today

Youtube traffic is 10% of internet traffic > 6B videos in January 2009 vs. 2B per day in June 2010 BBC iplayer 7-10% of UK internet traffic P2P from 60/70% to 35% but triple from 2006 IP Video 35% of internet traffic in 2009

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Megatest Numbers in The Real World

Light Reading EANTC Experience Provider Mega Test Traffic Profile 2 M Video Subscribers
Worlds largest IPTV deployment is ~ 1.85 M subscribers (France Telecom)

340 Gbps Traffic per PoP

BBC iPlayers peak traffic is less than 100Gbps for whole of UK

20,800 Video Surveillance Streams

Every Starbucks in 49 countries ( 17,000 stores ) Every nuclear power plant in the world ( 400 plants, 50 per plant )

10,400 Digital Signs

1,000 Wal-Mart stores with 10 signs each Every European airport ( 450 airports, 20 signs each )

3,120 Telepresence Sessions

100 concurrent sessions in each of 30 DJIA companies DJIA = Dow Jones Industrial Average

http://wwwin.cisco.com/sp/campaigns/eantc_megatest_results.s html#summarydocuments
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Carrier Class Design: Considerations and methodology

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Overall Design Approach and Methodology

Structured Architecture Simple Topology Consistent Deployment Best Practices Provides:
Quick Service Deployment Ease of Management Predictable Behaviour Reliable Service Delivery High Availability Security Granular End-to-End QoS
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IPTV Core Network Reference Architecture

DCM DCM

Video Hub Office(VHO) / Regional Head-end (RHE) / Regional SDC

Encoder

Interface and BW Scalability

Local SDC

Source

DCM / VQE MSE

Source

Encoder

Source

Encoder

Core IP / MPLS Network

PoP

Access and Aggregation Network

Super Head End (SHE) / National SDC

Embedded Real-time Monitoring, QoS, HA

PoP
Source Encoder

Video Service Office (VSO)

Video Service Office (VSO)

Access and Aggregation Network

Source Encoder DCM DCM MSE

Super Head End (SHE) / National SDC

DCM / VQE

Video Service Office (VSO)

X*100GE/10GE
Source Encoder

X*10GE/1GE
Video Hub Office(VHO) / Regional Head-end (RHE) / Regional SDC

Home Network

SHE Error Domain

Core Error Domain

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Service Convergence
Existing service delivery approach

Flexible business models to match service lifecycle

NGSP destination
3rd party applications NGSP apps ASP Content

Voice apps CPE PSTN

Enterprise data Frame relay/ ATM OA&M

Consumer data

CPE Open service delivery

Internet access
OA&M

Network services / Intelligent IP infrastructure OA&M

OA&M

Costly Slow to market Integrated One-size-fits-all

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Efficient Rapid response Open Personalized

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Network Convergence: towards seamless interconnect

Access Aggregation Core and Edge Aggregation Access
MetroE Direct link Services? MetroE

Access

Aggregation

Core

Aggregation

Access

MetroE

Direct link Services?

MetroE

IWF
-Management - VPN - Managed Services - etc ATM/FR Mesh Services?

IWF
ATM/FR -Management - VPN - Managed Services - etc

IWF = Interworking Function

Aggregation
Customer Carrier CSC Edge

Access
Residential / Business CDMA

Core
CSC Core CSC Edge

Aggregation
Customer Carrier

Access
Residential / Business CDMA

Service 1

Service 1

MetroE Service 2 MetroE SDH/NG-SDH Service 3 xDSL WDM/Optical WiMax Service N Global Services Service N Service 2

WDM/Optical

IWF
Service 3 SDH/NG-SDH

xDSL

MetroE

MetroE

WiMax

Optical Transport Layer

Optimal Design
Access Aggregation Core/Edge

Complexity
~100

Product
Delay Congestion PHY Reconvergence

Architecture
Delay Congestion PHY Reconvergence

QoS
Delay Congestion

Simplicity
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Access

Aggregation

Core/Edge

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What if Traffic Patterns change?

Network Architecture is optimal today, but will it be optimal in 2 years?
Traffic patterns evolution is uncertain.

What if the access technology changes?

UPC (Cable) on NIX.CZ CESNET (UniverityNREN) on NIX.CZ

NETBOX (ETTH) on NIX.CZ

Huge volumes of traffic can move

What if the local University blocks peer-to-peer? What if Google/YT or likes enter/leave the country? What if multiple peering points are introduced internationally/locally
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Carrier Class

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Four Primary Causes for Packet Loss

Excess Delay Congestion
Packets delayed beyond an acceptable bound are effectively lost Can be prevented with appropriate QoS (i.e., Diffserv)

Considered a catastrophic case, i.e., a fundamental failure of service Must be prevented with appropriate QoS and admission control
Can apply in both core and access although occurrence in core
generally insignificant compared to losses due to network failures

PHY-Layer Errors (in the Core)

Network Reconvergence Events

Network level approaches can be used to reduce any loss

experienced Application or transport level approaches can be used to recover from loss experienced

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Cisco HA Feature Toolbox

Network Level Resiliency NSF Awareness IP Event Dampening Bi-Directional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Fast Convergence
SP Core

iSPF Optimization (OSPF, IS-IS) BGP Convergence Optimization (PIC) Multicast Subsecond Convergence
Fast Rerouting (IP and MPLS)

SP Edge

SP CPE Enterprise GW

System Level Resiliency Control/Data Plane Resiliency: HSA, RPR, RPR+, Stateful NAT/IPSec/FW, NSF /w SSO including MPLS BGP Nonstop Routing Control Plane Policing, GLBP, HSRP, Warm Reload Planned Outages: ISSU, Warm Upgrade Link Resiliency: Line Card Redundancy with Y-Cable Link Bundeling (Etherchannel/POS-Channel)
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Enterprise/ Campus Core

Campus Distribution

Campus Access

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Traffic Type and Linecard Profiles

Initial assumptions are that core/uplink were the most alike and edge needs to be a separate card Wholesale Edge/Peering feature set does not need the same level of scale as retail edge and may fit better with core/peering
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Core and Edge Product Portfolio

Reduced Opex spares inventory across the Edge/Aggregation and Core network
Shared Port Adapters (SPA) SPA Interface Processor (SIP) Carrier Card

Cisco 7304

ASR 1K

7600 Series

ASR 9K

12K Series

CRS-4/8S

CRS 16/MC

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NGN Convergence; Product Portfolio Positioning

Places in the Network
Access / Aggregation
Residential + Business
Cable DSL Business 3750
1 2 stage aggregation

IP / MPLS Edge
C10k, ASR1k Svcs Cluster (BNG) 7600/ASR9K

12000 (MSE)
ASR1k PE/MSE Small to Mid

Carrier Ethernet Aggregation

PE-AGG

IP / MPLS Core

7604 4500 FTTH

3400

CRS
AR1K Dist Svcs Node

ME3x00 7600 9k
3400
1 2 stage aggregation

7600 ASR-9k
(N-PE)

3400

2941

WiMAX LTE

Nexus 7000
(DC Switch)

CRS
(Peering)

Mobile Wireless
2G/3G

SP Data Center
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Cisco Core and Edge Routing Portfolio Evolution

Covering with New HW for CRS-1 Covering with Existing and Emerging Equipment

CRS

Cisco 7600 CRS GSR / XR12K ASR 9000 ASR 1000

Core

Thin Core

Peering

E-MSE

MSE

CE

Mobility

Broadband

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Cisco Core and Edge Routing Portfolio Evolution

High speed Ethernet and Services dominant/ requirement for legacy

CRS

CRS GSR / XR12K

ASR 9000

ASR 1000

Cisco 7600 CRS Legacy: TDM, FR, ATM, E1, SDH, Interworking, Migration CRS GSR / XR12K ASR 9000 ASR 1000

Core

Thin Core

Peering

E-MSE

MSE

CE

Mobility

Broadband

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Cisco ASR 1000 Series

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ASR 1000 Series Positioning

>300G

New
20G

Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series

Cisco 7600 Series

New

Cisco ASR 1000 Series

System Bandwidth

10G

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Cisco ASR 1004 and 1006 with 10-Gbps Forwarding Processor

5G

< 3G

Cisco 7200 Series

Cisco ASR 1002 with 5-Gbps Forwarding Processor

Head Office / WAN Aggregation

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ASR 1000 Product Family

4 RU 2 RU

6 RU

SPA Slots
# of FP Slots # of RP Slots # of CC Slots IOS Redundancy Built in GigE Height Bandwidth Performance Air Flow Power Supply (Watts)

3-slot
1 Integrated (RP1) Integrated (SIP10) S/W 4 3.5 (2RU) 5-10 Gbps 4-8 Mpps Front to Back 470

8-slot
1 1 2 S/W n/a 7 (4RU) 10-40+ Gbps 8-16+ Mpps Front to Back 765

12-slot
2 2 3 H/W n/a 10.5 (6RU) 10-40+ Gbps 8-16+ Mpps Front to Back 1275

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ASR 1000 in Service Provider IP Next Generation Networks

LNS Mobile Subscriber

Access & Aggregation Wireless

WiMAX

Edge

ISP
Peering LNS

Business

A
CPE Corporate

Wireline
RR DSLAM xDSL OLT QFP BNG, SBC, FW IPSec, DPI

IP/MPLS Core

Residence

xPON

HGW

Cable
DOCSIS VOD TV SIP

Content Farm

High Speed CPE

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BRAS-PPPoE LAC, PTA, ISG IPSec Aggregator VoIP SBC PE (L3VPN PE)

LNS Route Reflector Internet Peering

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Cisco ASR9000

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Cisco ASR 9000 Series

At A Glance

Optimized for Aggregation of Dense 10GE and 100GE Designed for Longevity: Scalable up to 400 Gbps of Bandwidth per Slot Based on IOS-XR & ANA for Nonstop Availability and Manageability Enables Network Convergence of Business and Residential Services
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Cisco ASR 9000 Series

Value Proposition

ASR 9000

Common Edge-to-Core Carrier Software Foundation with IOS-XR: CRS-1 & ASR9k Scalability to 100s of Gbps per Slot
2-port 100GE per slot on the roadmap

Comprehensive Solution for Converged Edge Service Delivery

Layer 2 Carrier Ethernet (VLANs and/or H-VPLS)

IP RAN backhaul over TDM and Ethernet

Rich Layer 3 VPN services and legacy interfaces High-scale Ethernet BNG subscriber aggregation Mobile gateway services (GGSN, LTE GW, PDSN) Video streaming services (CDS-TV, CDS-IS, VQE)
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Cisco ASR 9000 Series

Evolution Trajectory
Market Focus
Video Cache & Streamer Rich Layer 3 Edge Services Carrier Ethernet 2009 IP RAN Backhaul 2010 Mobile Service Gateways Ethernet BNG

Carrier Ethernet Foundation

Mobile Backhaul Capabilities

Layer 3 Business Services

2011

40 Gbps Cards 6 & 10-slot Chassis

80 Gbps Card SPA Carrier Card

200 Gbps Cards Larger Chassis

Advanced Video Functions

Ethernet Subscriber Awareness

Video Services Blade

Mobile Gateway Services Blade

Mobile Subscriber Awareness

Development Focus
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ASR 9000 GA Hardware

10-slot and 6-slot Systems
Chassis Options Linecard Options

40xGE, 4x10GE, 8x10GE (Line Rate), 2x10/20x1 Combo, SIP-700 options

10-slot (8 LC + 2 RSP) and 6 slot (4 LC + 2 RSP) 180 Gbps/slot

Route Switch Processor

AC & DC systems

Active/Active Switch Fabric 40G/80G Control Plane Redundancy

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CRS-1 Processor Cards

MSC-40

CRS1

FP40

Performance Engine 4 / 8 / 16-slot Chassis MultiChassis Support

Peering & Thin Core Engine 4 / 8-slot Chassis No Multichassis Support

80 Mpps per Card

8,000 Queues per Card 890 L3 Interfaces, 4k L2 PWs per Card

45 Mpps per Card

8 Queues per Port 100 L3 Interfaces, 100 L2 PWs per Card

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CRS-3 Processor Cards

MSC-140

CRS3

FP-140

Large Core/ High Speed Edge Engine 4 / 8 / 16-slot Chassis MultiChassis Support 125 Mpps per Card 64000 Queues per Card 12000 Interfaces

Core/ Peering Engine 4 / 8 / 16-slot Chassis Multichassis Support

125 Mpps per Card

8 Queues per Port 250 Interfaces

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Introducing Data Center Services System

Intelligence Spanning Networks & DC/Clouds

Network Positioning System (NPS)

L3-L7 info for best path to content Improves Experiences, reduces costs

Cloud VPNs for IaaS

CRS + Nexus automate Inter-DC connections for UCS Pay-as-you-go for compute, storage, network

Tight Linkages Between DC/Cloud and Core

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Cisco ASR5000 for the Mobile Edge

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The Mobile Market in Transition

Tremendous acceleration
in data traffic
Traffic & Revenue Challenge
Traffic
Voice Dominant

Data revenues up
strongly in many geographies

Mobile Operator Revenue & Traffic De-Coupled

Data traffic has

decoupled from revenue
Revenues
Data Dominant

Costs will also have to

decouple from traffic

IP infrastructure has a

Time Source: Unstrung Insider, Mobile Backhaul and Cell Site Aggregation, Feb 2007

crucial role to play here

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Wireless Broadband Evolution

Driving backhaul capacity

Rel-99

Rel-5

Rel-6

Rel-7

Rel-8 Rel-9

Rel-8

WCDMA

HSDPA

HSUPA
DL: 1.8 14.4 Mbps UL: 5.7 Mpbs HSDPA: Always on scaling HSUPA: 5.7 Mbps

MIMO 2x2

64 QAM OFDMA

LTE

DL: 384 kbps UL: 384 kbps

DL: 1.8 14.4Mbps UL: 384 kbps

DL: 28 Mbps UL: 11 Mpbs HSDPA: 64 QAM or MIMO HSUPA: 16QAM Always on scaling

DL: 42 Mbps UL: 11 Mpbs HSDPA: 64 QAM and MIMO

DL: 100 Mbps UL: 50 Mpbs OFDMA

HSDPA: 16 QAM DL 14.4 Mbps

~10Mbps throughput
per 1+1+1 site (5MHz)

~80 Mbps per 1+1+1 site (10MHz)

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011+

Scale
BW Growth 100% yr/yr All-you-can-eat data plans Billions of devices/subs/flows
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Trends
Broadband apps going mobile Fixed-mobile convergence Integrated wireline/wireless PE
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NGN Convergence; Product Portfolio Positioning

Mobile Edge
Access / Aggregation
Residential + Business
Cable DSL Business 3750
1 2 stage aggregation

IP / MPLS Edge7600/ASR9K/
C10k, ASR1k Svcs Cluster (BNG)

12000 (MSE)
ASR1k PE/MSE Small to Mid

ASR5k

Carrier Ethernet Aggregation

PE-AGG

IP / MPLS Core

7604 4500 FTTH

3400

CRS
AR1K Dist Svcs Node

ME3x00 7600 9k
3400

7600 ASR-9k
(N-PE)

3400

1 2 stage aggregation

2941

WiMAX LTE

Nexus 7000
(DC Switch)

CRS
(Peering)

Mobile Wireless
2G/3G

SP Data Center

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GGSN platform
Based standard ASR5K Platform
Same operational look and feel as all PS Core

Same / similar interfaces (OA&M, charging, )

Leverage ASR5K strengths

Highly distributed processing, maximizing performance, scalability and fault tolerance Carrier class reliability and redundancy Ease of management High visibility into systems operating parameters, characteristics, and KPIs Powerful debug/trouble shooting capabilities Subscriber/protocol monitor, call tracing Leverage infrastructure and components already hardened across demanding operator deployments

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SGSN platform
Based on the same ASR5K platform as the GGSN
Same operational look and feel
Same / similar interfaces (OA&M, charging, )

Leverage ASR5K strengths

Highly distributed processing, maximizing performance, scalability and fault tolerance Carrier class reliability and redundancy Ease of management High visibility into systems operating parameters, characteristics, and KPIs Powerful debug/trouble shooting capabilities Subscriber/protocol monitor, call tracing Leverage infrastructure and components already hardened across demanding operator deployments
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Combined GGSN and SGSN

SGSN and GGSN on the same physical Network Element. 100% standards compliant
Gn interface on the backplane
Todays typical deployments Separate SGSN and GGSN Memory CPU

GGSN

Resources required

HW usage optimization
More than 30% HW savings for a large north european carrier

SGSN

Transmission savings:
SGSN always select the local GGSN OPEX :Traffic CAPEX : NB of ports
Resources required

Combined SGSN and GGSN CPU Memory

S&G-GSN

Potential savings on charging

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In-line Services
Traditional Solution
Load Balancers

Legacy Mobile Gateway

Deep Packet Inspection, Enhanced Charging

Policy Control

Peer-to-Peer Detection

IP Network IP Network

Starent Solution
Intelligent Mobile Gateway

Throughput Call Transaction Rates Session Recovery Scalability

Performance

Intelligence

Deep Packet Inspection Enhanced Charging Policy Control Peer-to-Peer Detection

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Product Differentiation
In Line Services

Session Recovery
Fast Path Unified Resource Pooling Architecture

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ASR5K Deployments
Market Leadership

95+ Operator Deployments in 40+ Countries

6 of top 10 3G operators

#1 UMTS Operator

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Summary
Architectures and Products driven by BW demand

BW demand driver by content nature and availability

Combination of architecture design, product selection and product positioning for efficient Technological innovation will assist with momentum in BW rich communication

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