Next Generation Networks architecture by ITU-T

Robert W ojcik
Department of Telecommunications

21st January 2009, Krak ow, Poland

Outline

The beginnings The denition Fundamental characteristics of NGN NGN architecture

Outline

The beginnings The denition Fundamental characteristics of NGN NGN architecture

Outline

The beginnings The denition Fundamental characteristics of NGN NGN architecture

Outline

The beginnings The denition Fundamental characteristics of NGN NGN architecture

Outline

The beginnings The denition Fundamental characteristics of NGN NGN architecture

The motivation towards NGN

the Internet was designed for simple connectivity of best-eort trac explosion of data trac strong demand for new multimedia services increasing demand for mobility

The genesis

ITU-T Workshop on IP Networking and Mediacom in Geneva, April 2001 ITU-T Workshop NGN: what, when and how, Geneva, July 2003

no common understanding of what an NGN is!

So why did ITU-T take lead, when there was no consensus?

The genesis

ITU-T Workshop on IP Networking and Mediacom in Geneva, April 2001 ITU-T Workshop NGN: what, when and how, Geneva, July 2003

no common understanding of what an NGN is!

So why did ITU-T take lead, when there was no consensus?

The genesis

ITU-T Workshop on IP Networking and Mediacom in Geneva, April 2001 ITU-T Workshop NGN: what, when and how, Geneva, July 2003

no common understanding of what an NGN is!

So why did ITU-T take lead, when there was no consensus?

The genesis

several institutions began to work on NGN overlaps ? Focus group on NGN (FGNGN) was created under ITU responsibility
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Alliance of Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) Telecommunication Technology Association (TTA) Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC) 9th Global Standard Collaboration (GSC)

The genesis

several institutions began to work on NGN overlaps ? Focus group on NGN (FGNGN) was created under ITU responsibility
European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Alliance of Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) China Communications Standards Association (CCSA) Telecommunication Technology Association (TTA) Telecommunication Technology Committee (TTC) 9th Global Standard Collaboration (GSC)

Outline

The beginnings The denition Fundamental characteristics of NGN NGN architecture

ITU-T Y Series Recommendations

GLOBAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INTERNET PROTOCOL ASPECTS NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS Frameworks and functional architecture models Quality of Service and performance Service aspects: Service capabilities and service architecture Service aspects: Interoperability of services and networks in NGN Numbering, naming and addressing Network management Network control architectures and protocols Security Generalized mobility

Y.100-Y.899 Y.1000-Y.1899 Y.2000-Y.2899 Y.2000-Y.2099 Y.2100-Y.2199 Y.2200-Y.2249 Y.2250-Y.2299 Y.2300-Y.2399 Y.2400-Y.2499 Y.2500-Y.2599 Y.2700-Y.2799 Y.2800-Y.2899

Related documents

ITU-T Recommendation Y.2001, General overview of NGN, 12/2004 ITU-T Recommendation Y.2011, General principles and general reference model for Next Generation Networks, 10/2004 ITU-T Recommendation Y.2012, Functional requirements and architecture of the NGN, 09/2006 ITU-T Recommendation Y.2121, Requirements for the support of ow-state-aware transport technology in NGN

Areas of key importance in NGN

Identied by ITU-T Recommendation Y.2001, Section 8

General framework and architectural principles Architecture models for the NGN End-to-end QoS Service platforms Network management Security Generalized mobility Network control architecture and protocols Service capabilities and service architecture Interoperability of services and network in NGN Numbering, naming and addressing Disaster and relief communication capabilities

Keywords

ITU-T Rec. Y.2001 decoupling between transport and service generalized mobility GII (Global Information Infrastructure) NGN overview

Denition
ITU-T Rec. Y.2001 (12/2004)

Next Generation Networks (NGN) A packet-based network able to provide telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies. It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and ubiquitous provision of services to users.

Denition
ITU-T Rec. Y.2001 (12/2004)

Next Generation Networks (NGN) A packet-based network able to provide telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies. It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and ubiquitous provision of services to users.

Denition
ITU-T Rec. Y.2001 (12/2004)

Next Generation Networks (NGN) A packet-based network able to provide telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies. It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and ubiquitous provision of services to users.

Denition
ITU-T Rec. Y.2001 (12/2004)

Next Generation Networks (NGN) A packet-based network able to provide telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies. It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and ubiquitous provision of services to users.

Denition
ITU-T Rec. Y.2001 (12/2004)

Next Generation Networks (NGN) A packet-based network able to provide telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies. It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and ubiquitous provision of services to users.

Denition
ITU-T Rec. Y.2001 (12/2004)

Next Generation Networks (NGN) A packet-based network able to provide telecommunication services and able to make use of multiple broadband, QoS-enabled transport technologies and in which service-related functions are independent from underlying transport-related technologies. It enables unfettered access for users to networks and to competing service providers and/or services of their choice. It supports generalized mobility which will allow consistent and ubiquitous provision of services to users.

Objectives of ITU-T NGN

Economic aspects

promote fair competition encourage private investment dene a framework for architecture and capabilities to be able to meet various regulatory requirements provide open access to networks

Objectives of ITU-T NGN

Economic aspects

promote fair competition encourage private investment dene a framework for architecture and capabilities to be able to meet various regulatory requirements provide open access to networks

Objectives of ITU-T NGN

Economic aspects

promote fair competition encourage private investment dene a framework for architecture and capabilities to be able to meet various regulatory requirements provide open access to networks

Objectives of ITU-T NGN

Economic aspects

promote fair competition encourage private investment dene a framework for architecture and capabilities to be able to meet various regulatory requirements provide open access to networks

Objectives of ITU-T NGN

Social aspects

ensuring universal provision and access to services promoting equality of opportunity to the citizen promoting diversity of content, including cultural and linguistic diversity recognizing the necessity of worldwide cooperation with particular attention to less developed countries

Objectives of ITU-T NGN

Social aspects

ensuring universal provision and access to services promoting equality of opportunity to the citizen promoting diversity of content, including cultural and linguistic diversity recognizing the necessity of worldwide cooperation with particular attention to less developed countries

Objectives of ITU-T NGN

Social aspects

ensuring universal provision and access to services promoting equality of opportunity to the citizen promoting diversity of content, including cultural and linguistic diversity recognizing the necessity of worldwide cooperation with particular attention to less developed countries

Objectives of ITU-T NGN

Social aspects

ensuring universal provision and access to services promoting equality of opportunity to the citizen promoting diversity of content, including cultural and linguistic diversity recognizing the necessity of worldwide cooperation with particular attention to less developed countries

Outline

The beginnings The denition Fundamental characteristics of NGN NGN architecture

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

Decoupling of service provision from transport, Y.2011

e.g., Video services (TV, movie, etc.) e.g., Data services (WWW, e-mail, etc.) e.g., voice telephony services (audio, fax, etc.) NGN services CO-CS, CO-PS and CLPS layer technologies NGN transport

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

End-to-end QoS in NGN

Flow-state-aware (FSA) transport technology 4 classes of service (service contexts)

ARS, GRS, MRS, VRS

ow-based dierentiation stateful aggregations in-band and out-of-band signaling

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

Generalized mobility

Generalized mobility The ability for the user or other mobile entities to communicate and access services irrespective of changes of location or technical environment. The degree of service availability may depend on several factors including Access Network capabilities, service level agreements between the users home network and the visited network (if applicable), etc. Mobility includes the ability of telecommunication with or without service continuity.

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

Generalized mobility, Y.2012

Home Core NGN-1 Home Core NGN-2

Visited Access

User-2

User-1

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

Generalized mobility, Y.2012

Visited Core NGN Home Core NGN-1

Visited Access

User-1

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

Interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces

Other NGNs IWF NGN IWF IWF IWF

IWF Internet

PLMN

PSTN

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristics of NGN

The list

packet-based transfer decoupling of service provision from transport support for a wide range of services
real time, streaming, non-real time and multimedia

broadband capabilities with end-to-end QoS generalized mobility interworking with legacy networks via open interfaces unrestricted access by users to dierent service providers converged services between xed/mobile independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies support of multiple last-mile technologies

Fundamental characteristic summary

C. Lee and D. Knight, Realization of the Next-Generation Network
Pre-NGN Video services (TV, movie, etc.) Video services network New policy regulation environment (horizontal) Data services (www, email, etc.) Data services network New business environment (compositional)

Telephone services

Telephone services network

Service-based policy/regulation Access network provider domain Voice Internet Video MM Pol. reg. ANP 1 (DSL) ANP 2 (DSL) IP (future packet ?) platform Pol. X Reg. x User ANP 3 (Opt) CNP 1 CNP 3 Core network provider domain CNP 2 Service/application provider domain SP1 SP2 SP3 SPm

xDSL/optic based fixed-mobile

ANP N (cable)

Resource-based pol./reg.

Outline

The beginnings The denition Fundamental characteristics of NGN NGN architecture

NGN architecture overview

NGN Architecture: Generic Principles, Functional Architecture, and Implementation

Third party application providers ANI Service stratum Application functions Services control Service user profiles Service control functions Management functions

Transport user profiles

Network attachment control functions

Resource and admission control functions

Transport control functions End-user functions Media handling functions Other networks

Access functions UNI

Access transport functions

Edge functions

Core transport functions

Gateway functions NNI

Transport functions Transport stratum Control Media Management

Bibliography I

General overview of NGN, Recommendation ITU-T Y.2001, December 2004. General principles and general reference model for Next Generation Networks, Recommendation ITU-T Y.2011, October 2004. Functional requirements and architecture of the NGN, Recommendation ITU-T Y.2012, September 2006. Requirements for the support of ow-state-aware transport technology in an NGN, Recommendation ITU-T Y.2121, January 2008.

Bibliography II

M. Carugi, B. Hirschman, and A. Narita, Introduction to the ITU-T NGN focus group release 1: target environment, services, and capabilities, Communications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 43, pp. 4248, October 2005. J. Cochennec, Activities on next-generation networks under Global Information Infrastructure in ITU-T, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 40, pp. 98101, July 2002. K. Knightson, N. Morita, and T. Towle, NGN architecture: generic principles, functional architecture, and implementation, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 43, pp. 4956, October 2005.

Bibliography III

C. Lee and D. Knight, Realization of the Next-Generation Network, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 43, pp. 3441, October 2005. J. Song, M. Y. Chang, S. S. Lee, and J. Joung, Overview of ITU-T NGN QoS Control, Communications Magazine, IEEE, vol. 45, pp. 116123, September 2007.

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