Work Area Overview

Mission Statement:

To produce industry agreed specifications of the routing and transport network infrastructure for applications such as mobile backhaul/transport infrastructure, data center interconnect, video distribution etc. This work typically being in the form of architecture, equipment requirements, interoperability and conformance test plans, implementation guidance and education materials.

Work Area Director: David Sinicrope, Ericsson

This work accelerates industry adoption of new technology and deployment of new services and infrastructure. The work includes the introduction of and migration to SDN and virtualization of the network infrastructure where commercially viable.Business Impact:

Scope:

Control, management and data plane for the IP layer down to the physical layers, including time and synchronization, OAM, routing, resiliency, scalability, security, virtualization of the transport infrastructure, and enablement of software driven networking.

Project Streams

Project Stream	Description	PS Leaders
Non-PS Assigned	Projects that don’t fit under the scope of an existing Project Stream or if they fit under the scope of more than one Project Stream, are developed under the Non-PS Assigned category.	David Sinicrope, Ericsson

Project Stream	Description	PS Leaders
Cloud Interconnect (CI)		David Sinicrope, Ericsson (acting)

Project Stream	Description	PS Leaders
Mobile Transport and Routing (MT&R)		Dean Cheng, Huawei Technologies David Sinicrope, Ericsson

Project Stream	Description	PS Leaders
Packet Optical Evolution (POE)		Dean Cheng, Huawei Technologies

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Projects in Progress for this Work Area

*State (C:contribution, SB: Straw Ballot, FB: Final Ballot, P:Published)

Note: SB and FB dates are for resolution.

WT/MD/SD#	Non-PS Assigned Projects	Abstract	Related Contributions	Editor(s)

WT/MD/SD#	Cloud Interconnect Projects	Abstract	Related Contributions	Editor(s)
WT-350 Phase 2	Ethernet Services using BGP MPLS Based Ethernet VPNs (EVPN)		JIRA contributions Bandwidth Profile Discussion	Rao Cherukuri, Distinguished Fellow
MD-367i2	Data Center Interconnect and other applications of EVPN - Tutorial		JIRA contributions	Guiu Fabregas, Nokia

WT/MD/SD# (ARO Link)	Mobile Transport and Routing Projects (wiki Link)	Abstract	Related Contributions	Editor(s)
WT-221a2	Technical Specifications for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks - Amendment 2	This provides a new amendment to TR-221 which includes specifications on timing (phase/frequency) synchronization, enhancements on scalability such as support of multi-area LSP signaling and BGP LSP routing. This amendment is applicable to address backhaul up through 3GPP Rel.11 and beyond.	JIRA contributions	Haijun Wang, China Unicom Yuanlong Jiang, Huawei Technologies
MD-391	5G Transport White Paper		JIRA contributions	Yuanlong Jiang, Huawei Technologies
WP.5GTransport	White Paper for 5G Transport Networks			Dean Cheng Huawei Technologies
SD.5GTransport	Study Document for 5G Transport Networks			Dean Cheng Huawei Technologies
WT-521	5G Transport Networks	TBA	TBA	TBA
SD.FlexEMPLS45G	Study Document for FlexE in IP/MPLS Networks for 5G			Dean Cheng Huawei Technologies

WT/MD/SD#	Optical Packet Evolution Projects	Abstract	Related Contributions	Editor(s)
MD-366	IP/Optical Integration - White Paper		JIRA contributions

Completed Deliverables

Document
Number

Title & Abstract

Project

Baseline Contribution

TR-221

Technical Specifications for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks

TR-221 provides technical architecture and equipment requirements for MPLS based mobile backhaul networks. It provides solutions and end-to-end reference architectures for transport services addressing control, user and management traffic in mobile networks. It also includes specifications for various transport scenarios that are depicted in this reference architecture. The intent of TR-221 is to promote the multi-vendor interoperability for equipments used in mobile backhaul networks based on MPLS. TR-221 may be used as a basis for conformance testing.

MT&R

TR-221a1

Technical Specifications for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks
Amendment 1

MT&R

TR-221a2

Technical Specifications for MPLS in Mobile Backhaul Networks
Amendment 2

This provides a new amendment to TR-221 which includes specifications on timing (phase/frequency) synchronization, enhancements on scalability such as support of multi-area LSP signaling and BGP LSP routing. This amendment is applicable to address backhaul up through 3GPP Rel.11 and beyond.

MT&R

JIRA contributions

TR-319 Part B

Achieving Packet Network Optimization using DWDM Interfaces - Physically Separated/Logically Separated Model

Network Providers have identified the potential to better integrate their packet and DWDM/optical networks to address growing network capacity demands, increase efficiency and reduce OPEX. This document specifically addresses Packet and DWDM/Optical integration.

Integrated packet/optical networks and network node equipment are based on a variety of protocols and functionalities specifications (e.g., physical layer, data plane, control plane, management plane, etc.) from different SDOs. This document identifies the set of specifications that are necessary for implementation of integrated packet optical networking equipment. The working text is aimed at fostering the development of interoperable solutions from multiple vendors to be the benefit of consumers and suppliers of broadband services alike.

POE

JIRA contributions

MR-238 (PDF)

MMBI White Paper on Use of MPLS in LTE

MR-305i3

MPLS Mobile Backhaul Evolution - 4G and Beyond - Tutorial

MR-325

Seamless MPLS for efficient broadband services delivery - Tutorial

CI

MR-339

DWDM Integration Tutorial

POE