Multi-Vendor Carrier Ethernet

Interoperability Test 2012

European Advanced Networking Test Center

About the European Advanced Networking Test Center

Business Areas Test and certification of network

components for manufacturers Network design consultancy and

proof of concept testing for service providers Request for Proposal (RfP) support, acceptance testing and network audits for

large enterprises and government organizations Vendor neutral technology seminars

Vendor independent network quality assurance since 1991

Unique technical expertise of network design and testing in latest technology areas

20-year testing experience matches highest quality standards

Participating Vendors

Four months of preparation Two weeks of hot staging

30 vendor engineers 16 pages of public technical report

iPASOLIN K 400

Symmetricom

SSU 2000e

PackeTime PTP

LIN K 400 IDU

SpirentParagon-X

IxiaIxN etwork

Omnitron GM4

SpirentTestCenter

SIAE

ALCplus2e

SIAE

ALFOplus80

IxiaIxNetwork

Ericsson MIN I-LIN K

Omnitron GM4

Ericsson

MIN I-LIN K SP310

12:50:00

SymmetricomTimeProvider 5000

Ericsson MIN I-LIN K TN

SpirentParagon-X

N EC

IxiaIxN etwork

Omnitron

GM4

Albis

ACCEED 2202

12:50:00

SymmetricomTimeProvider 5000

Albis

ACCEED 1416

PT2010

Aviat Eclipse

Packet N ode

Ericsson

SPO1410

Ericsson

SPO1410

IxiaImpairNet

HFR

CET-10216

IxiaAnue 3500

IxiaIxN etwork

IxiaImpairNet

SpirentTestCenter

iPASOLIN K 400

N EC

N EC iPASO-

Aviat Eclipse

Packet N ode

Omnitron GM4

HFR

CET-10448

Ericsson

SPO1460

Omnitron

GM4

Ericsson

MIN I-LIN K SP210

Ericsson

MIN I-LIN K SP310

N EC iPASOLIN K

400 IDU

Albis

ACCEED 1416

SpirentParagon-X

Albis

ACCEED 1104

IxiaIxNetwork

CEWC2012 – Interop Network Physical Topology

Analyzer/ Traffic Generator

Device Types

Access device

Reference Clock

Impairment tool

Microwave radiosystem

Aggregation device

Emulator

12:50:00 IEEE 1588v2 Grandmaster

N etw ork Areas

Connection Types

Ethernet Aggregation network

MPLS-TP network

Clock link

Gigabit Ethernet link

Access network

ERPS Rings

Bonded SHDSL link

Carrier Ethernet 2.0: Service Activation

New: Tests done (terminated) by access devices

Differing views on how to implement the ITU Y.1564 standard

Excess information rate testing remains a challenge for now

Carrier Ethernet 2.0: Hierarchical Service OAM

3 Different domains

Alarm Indication (ETH-AIS)

Lock Message (ETH-LCK)

Test Message (ETH-Test)

Clock Synchronization – Transparent Clock

Tested 4 vendor pairs

All combinations passed G.823SEC mask

Packet population using 1-3% Floor Packet Percentage (FPP) limit as defined in G.8261.1

Compared correction fields at transparent clock

Clock Synchronization – Best Master Clock Selection

Tested 3 vendor pairs

Including a boundary clock

Clock selection based on tie breaker and quality

Carrier Ethernet Transport – Microwave MPLS-TP Support

Tested 4 vendor pairs

Prioritization based on EXP bits

Carrier Ethernet Transport – Ethernet Ring Protection (ERPS)

Two different rings to accommodate different CFM rates supported by vendors

ERPS in access, MPLS-TP in core

Carrier Ethernet Technology Status 2012

Visibility

Y.1564 Service

Activation

IEEE 1588 Slave Clocks

Performance Monitoring Y.1731

Technology Progress

Technology Trigger

Peak of Expectations

Trough of Disillusionment

Slope of Enlightenment

Plateau of Productivity

© European Advanced Networking Test Center – eantc.com Sep 2012 Hype Cycle model (five stages) © Gartner 1995

Ethernet Microwave

MPLS-TP Multi-Vendor

ERPS

SyncE

IEEE 1588 Boundary Clocks

Multi-Vendor

MPLS-TP Single-Vendor

Further Information

16-page public white paper available free of charge

Paper copies at the interop demo area

http://www.eantc.de/cewc2012

Live interoperability demos at the showcase area:

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Morning

Coffee

Break

(10:40)

MPLS-TP Support in

Microwaves (EXP bit

prioritization)

Precision time

protocol and

synchronous

Ethernet – hybrid

mode

Hierarchical

Service

OAM

Afternoon

Coffee

Break

(15:30)

Floor Packet Percentage

testing

Precision Time

Protocol : Best

master clock

selection

Service

Activation Test