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AND THE WINNER IS?
SELECT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT
BEST SERVES YOUR NEEDS
MPLS-TP
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There are no winners
nor losers
3. ECI Proprietary 3
BEST FIT FOR MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS
MPLS-TP: The only packet
technology that can
guarantee TDM like
deterministic performance
for any network topology
Packet
Efficiency
TDM grade predictable and
deterministic performance+ MPLS-TP=
MPLS-TP
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4. How
ECI Proprietary 4
MPLS-TP VALUE FOR UTILITIES NETWORKS
Strictly connection oriented
Transport like protection
Transport like OAM
Transport like operation
Critical for low latency, low jitter
and accurate timing
Must have for mission critical
applications like Teleprotection
and synchronization
Importance
Risk Free Transition to Packet
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5. ECI Proprietary 5
INEVITABLE CHANGE – FROM TDM TO PACKET
Key drivers:
Quality of Service EfficiencyKey Value:
Smart GridAging networks
TDM Packet
Reserved Statistical
Connection oriented Dynamic
Bandwidth
Connection type
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6. ECI Proprietary 6
FOCUS ON THE BIG PICTURE NOT ON TECHNOLOGY
What is the problem we
are coming to solve?
CONTROL THE INEVITABLE CHANGE
Maintain strict service
performance and availability
requirements over packet
infrastructure
Increase in network complexity
Rise in security threats
What are the new problems
the solution is introducing?
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7. ECI Proprietary 7
WHAT ARE YOUR CHOICES?
Every story has three sides:
yours, mine and the truth
….and no one is lying…
SELECT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT
BEST SERVES YOUR NEEDS
MPLS-TP
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8. 8ECI Proprietary 8
WHAT IS CARRIER ETHERNET?
Service activation testing (Y.1564)
Fault Management (802.1ag, Y.1731)
Performance Monitoring (Y.1731)
Automatic Protection Switching (G.8031/2)
Synchronization (SyncE, 1588)
Access authorization (802.1X)
MEF DEFINED THE ‘WHAT’, NOT THE ‘HOW’
Quality of
Service
Service
Mgmt.
Reliability
Scalability
Standardized
Services
CARRIER
ETHERNET
9. ECI Proprietary 9
MPLS
MULTI-PROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING
A layer 2.5 networking technology
Defined by Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF) in 1998
Designed to accelerate packet forwarding
Multi-Protocol – L2 Protocol independent
Label Switching – A packet forwarding
mechanism based on ‘labels’
Layer 7
(Application)
Layer 6
(Presentation)
Layer 5
(Session)
Layer 4
(Transport)
Layer 3
(Network)
Layer 2.5
MPLS
Layer 2
(Data Link)
Layer 1
(Physical)
10. ECI Proprietary 10
MULTI-PROTOCOL
Transport and Service Agnostic
Value for Utilities:
Fits well the mixed technologies environment
Allows gradual and controlled transition
MPLS
Ethernet TDM xDSL ATM
Fiber Copper Wireless
EthernetIP TDM ATM
Layer 1
Layer 2
Layer 2.5
Service
11. ECI Proprietary 11
LABEL SWITCHING
A path from source to destination
is determined and a “label” is
applied to it
NEs Along the path, use the label
to forward the traffic without any
additional IP lookups
Value for Utilities:
Deterministic performance =
path is known and fixed
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12. ECI Proprietary 12
MPLS-TP OBJECTIVES
“To enable MPLS to be deployed in a
transport network and operated in a similar
manner to existing transport technologies
(SDH/SONET/OTN)”
“To enable MPLS to support packet transport
services with a similar degree of
predictability, reliability, and OAM to that
found in existing transport networks”
Defined jointly by IETF and ITU-T
(MPLS Transport Profile Framework)
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13. ECI Proprietary 13
MPLS-TP
MPLS TP is both a subset and an extension
of IP/MPLS to meet transport requirements
Common – Packet forwarding
Added – Transport like OAM, protection,
operation
Discarded – Features that hurt
deterministic performance or that are not
connection oriented
Interoperable Transport Grade MPLS
Discarded
IP/MPLS
Common
Added
MPLS-TP
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14. ECI Proprietary 14
SUMMARY OF MPLS-TP ADVANTAGES
IP/MPLS
Data Plane
Bidirectional LSPs
No LSP merging, ECMP or PHP
Control Plane
Optional
NMS static control
Separated from data plane
OAM
In band OAM channel
Proactive transport grade OAM
Protection and Resiliency
Sub 50 msec protection switch
for any topology
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15. ECI Proprietary 15
TELEPROTECTION EXAMPLE
Critical to keep the following
attributes over the
communication channel:
Low latency
Low jitter (latency variation)
Same latency in both
directions
Accurate timing
MPLS-TP deterministic Bi-directional paths
keep latency and jitter low and symmetric
Substation
TPR
Substation
TPR
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16. ECI Proprietary 16
COMMON AGREEMENT ON IP/MPLS TRANSPORT GAPS
The need for:
DISAGREEMENT ON HOW TO BRIDGE THE GAPS
Guaranteed
Deterministic
Inherent support
Good enough
Low risk
Follow the rules
Bi-directional
LSPs
Resource
reservation
Guaranteed
<50 ms switch over
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MPLS-TP IP/MPLS
17. ECI Proprietary 17
WHAT CAN GO WRONG?
Failing to follow the strict design rules
Changes in network topology
Human error
Inherent increase in security vulnerability
ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE THE RISK?
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18. ECI Proprietary 18
TAKING RISKS
Two reasons worth the risk:
Fun, adrenalin
Great savings (time, money)
MINIMIZING RISKS IS ALWAYS A GOOD HABIT
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19. ECI Proprietary 19
RISKS MANAGEMENT
Is it worth the risk for mission critical networks?
What are the great benefits you gain?
Rule of Thumb - Don’t introduce unnecessary risks to
mission critical networks
…especially when there is such a good alternative…
BEING A CONSERVATIVE IS NOT ALWAYS NEGATIVE
Benefits
Risks
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20. ECI Proprietary 20
MURPHY’S LAWS
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that
will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong
A falling object will always land where it can do the most damage.
MURPHY WAS AN OPTIMIST
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21. ECI Proprietary 21
TECHNOLOGY @ YOUR SERVICE
BEST FIT FOR MISSION CRITICAL NETWORKS
Carrier Ethernet
Packet
Efficiency
TDM grade predictable and
deterministic performance
+
MPLS-TP
=
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22. ECI ProprietaryECI Proprietary 22
ECI’S ELASTIC SOLUTIONS
ElastiGRID ®
For Utilities &
Government
ElastiCLOUD
® For Cloud
Networking
ElastiNET ®
For Service
Providers
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23. ECI Proprietary 23
ELASTIGRID™ FOR STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES
23
Risk Free Transition to Packet Future Proof Evolution
ISP
CLEC
Mobile
Backbone
Network
Aggregation
Network
Substation Generation
NMS
SCADA Data
Center
Control Center/NOC Protection SCADA Voice
Video
Surveillance
Microwave Networking
Substation
Generation
Business
24. ECI Proprietary 24
HERE COMES THE CLOUDECI’S GLOBAL PROVEN TRACK RECORD
50+ YEARS SERVICING HUNDREDS OF STRATEGIC INDUSTRIES CUSTOMERS
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