Researchers: Marcelo Yannuzzi, Xavi Masip, René Serral and Eva Marín
Duration of the Project: from September 2010 until August 2013
Consortium: Telefónica I+D (Spain), ADVA Optical Networking (Germany), Technische Universitaet Braunschweig (Germany), Seoul National University (South Korea), and Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Spain)
The segmentation of IP and carrier-grade technologies has not only produced the carrier’s organizational segmentation, but also a fragmentation of the technical competence through separate Network Management Systems (NMSs). In the isolated Internet and carrier-grade management ecosystems, even simple operations, such as IP link upgrade, require multiple human-assisted configurations, and are far from automation. As a result, carriers are seeking ways to alleviate the dependency on manual processes that do not only create management expenditures, but also lead to a heavy overprovision of the IP network. In the project ONE, we propose to break down the current isolation between the IP and carrier-grade management ecosystems. As first step towards a commercially-viable autonomic management solution, we plan to design and prototype an ontology-based communication adapter between the two NMS systems, enabling: i) automated provisioning of IP links; ii) policy-based setup/release of resources; and iii) coordinated self-healing. We emphasize that the solution does not aim to integrate the NMSs, but it should enable their communication, and thus effectively exploit a set of common objectives as they evolve in the current and future systems.
CRAAX is leading the functional design of the ONE adapter (WP3 Leader) including critical aspects such as Ontology Mapper, Management Controller, and Smart Analytics.