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- the present invention relates to the management of communications networks and, in particular, to the optimization of topology and technology types within a network to support certain traffic types.
- communications networks have been designed as tightly coupled systems wherein one traffic type, one technology type, and one topology type are linked together to define and provide communications service through the network.
- a communications network being designed to primarily handle voice traffic may utilize a completely different selection of technology and topology type than a network being designed to primarily handle data (computer) traffic.
- Generic routing nodes are interconnected to form a core communications network.
- “generic” it is meant that the routing nodes are not configured to utilize a single type of switching technology in the context of a single type of networking topology. Instead, the generic routing nodes are dynamically configured by an optimizer functionality to implement a certain switching technology type and networking topology type, and thus optimize portions of the communications network to handle different types of traffic. Traffic of the various different types may then be routed for handling by its correspondingly optimized portion of the network.
- FIGURE 1 is a block diagram of a client/server environment wireless communications network in accordance with the present invention
- FIGURE 2 is a logical view of the overall traffic, topology and technology managed by the optimizer functionality
- FIGURE 3 is a flow diagram for the process implemented by the optimizer functionality in connection with managing traffic types, topology types and technology types;
- FIGURE 4 is a block diagram illustrating a layered-type concentration within the network of FIGURE 1;
- FIGURE 5 is a block diagram illustrating operation of the optimizer to partition the network of FIGURE 1 into a plurality of optimized sub-networks.
- FIGURE 1 a block diagram of a client/server environment wireless communications network in accordance with the present invention.
- the clients 10 comprise a plurality of base stations 12 that support subscriber communications over an air interface 14 with a plurality of mobile stations 16.
- the server 18 comprises a mobile switching center 20 having functionalities for network signaling and control 22, gateway operations 24 for interfacing the network to the Internet or an intranet, and service provision 26 for supporting subscriber access to services such as, for example, voice mail, intelligent networking (IN), and the like.
- Interconnecting the clients 10 to the server 18 is a core network 30 comprised of a plurality of edge routers 32 supporting connections to the base stations 12 and the mobile switching center 20, and a plurality of cell switch routers 34 that are interconnected 36 in at least an almost fully-meshed network configuration that supports the use of a number of different types of networking topologies (such as, for example, linear, star, mesh, ring, tree, and the like). Some of the cell switch routers 34 support connections to the edge routers 32.
- the edge routers 32 and cell switch routers 34 of the core network 30 comprise generic nodes.
- generic it is meant that the edge routers 32 and cell switch routers 34 are not configured to utilize a single type of switching technology (such as, for example, frame relay, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM), ethernet, or the like) in the context of a single type of networking topology.
- ATM asynchronous transfer mode
- edge routers 32 and cell switch routers 34 refers to an ability of the edge routers 32 and cell switch routers 34 to utilize, on an as needed and specified basis, any one of a number of available switching technologies (such as, for example, those mentioned above) when supporting the routing of subscriber communications through the core network 30 using one of a number of networking topologies (such as, for example, those mentioned above) between the clients 10 and the server 18.
- the subscriber communications may be of any traffic type (such as, for example, voice, data, facsimile, video conferencing, and the like).
- the network includes an optimizer functionality 50 that implements a layered- type concentration mechanism to ensure proper distribution of the required subscriber traffic to the right place, at the right time, and with the appropriate bandwidth granularity.
- a layered-type concentration mechanism categorizes the available switching mechanisms (such as, for example, the edge routers, cell switch routers, base station switching capabilities, line card switching capabilities, and the like) based on their aggregate size and level of concentration represented (for instance, 10 Gbit WAN concentration. 155 Mbps concentration, and 2 Mbps concentration).
- the optimizer functionality 50 utilizes an optimized virtual traffic, topology and technology concept that manages the topology and technology used within the core network 30 (by controlling generic cell switch router and edge router configuration) and confines subscriber traffic to that portion of the core network that has been optimized (based on a topology and technology selection implemented through the generic cell switch routers and edge routers) to handle a specific type of subscriber traffic.
- Object oriented design templates 60 referred to herein as "optimizer constituents classes" specify certain associations of traffic type, topology type and technology type that most efficiently support certain communication(s) through the core network 30 (i.e., optimize the core network for that communication).
- templates 60 which may be instantiated as objects with their associated methods (i.e., operations) to be invoked, are maintained in the optimizer functionality 50 and are downloaded for storage in local memory (not shown) within the edge routers 32 and generic cell switch routers 34. Responsive to communications support needs within the core network 30, the optimizer functionality 50 then invokes the operations associated with selected ones of the templates 60 at each implicated edge router 32 and/or generic switch node 34 to configure the core network 30, through the individual router nodes, to implement a desired network optimization.
- FIGURE 2 wherein there is shown a logical view of the overall traffic 70, topology 72 and technology 74 managed by the optimizer functionality 50.
- the double arrow 76 represents the two-way activity produced by processes that are spawned and the operations that are invoked across the different implicated edge routers 32 and/or cell switch routers 34 to represent and control traffic 70 types, topology 72 types and technology 74 types during core network configuration.
- This two-way activity 76 results in data collection concerning the present network configuration, procurement to switching nodes of the optimizer constituents, utilization of an expert system to select and invoke needed configuration methods, and testing of network operation to confirm optimization.
- step 100 the optimizer functionality 50 verifies the edge routers 32 and cell switch routers 34 currently present within the core network 30. This verification may be performed, for example, through a polling exercise where identification requests are made of the switching node, and acknowledgments are monitored from the active nodes.
- step 102 the optimizer functionality 50 validates the identity of the active (i.e., acknowledging) nodes. A copy of the currently in effect templates 60 representing the optimizer constituent classes are then downloaded as objects from the optimizer functionality 50 to the validated, active nodes.
- the optimizer functionality 50 invokes the operations associated with selected ones of the traffic 70 types, topology 72 types and technology 74 types at certain ones of the edge routers 32 and/or generic cell switch routers 34 to configure a sub-set of resources (such as, for example, virtual circuits, routers, connection admission control, and the like) within the core network 30, through the individual implicated router nodes of that sub-set of resources, to implement a desired network optimization.
- the action of step 104 is taken only when needed to effectuate an updating to the optimization of the network.
- This determination is made by an expert system of the optimizer functionality 50 in response to a monitoring of network operation or a change in traffic type and/or volume of certain types of traffic being handled by the core network 30 and/or network condition (in terms of link failure, node addition or deletion, and the like).
- the process in step 106, enters a test mode utilizing a dedicated test virtual channel to determine whether the newly implemented optimizer constituents meet or exceed an expected level of network optimization.
- This test mode procedure is preferably implemented within only that sub-set of the overall network that has been reconfigured.
- step 108 the operations for the selected ones of the optimizer constituents are propagated in step 1 10 throughout an affected portion (i.e., a number of resources such as, for example, virtual circuits, larger than the originally affected sub-set of resources) of the core network 30. If no (branch 112), the optimizer constituents previously implemented within the sub-set of the network are canceled in step 114. In one implementation, the process then loops 116 back to step 104 after "m" time periods or loops 118 back to step 100 after "n" time periods, wherein n>m, to effectuate periodic dynamic optimization of the network configuration.
- an affected portion i.e., a number of resources such as, for example, virtual circuits, larger than the originally affected sub-set of resources
- the process loops 116 back to step 104 when triggered by a first event (for example, comprising a certain network status or state or data change), or loops 118 back to step 100 when triggered by a second event (for example, comprising a certain network status or state or data change), to effectuate sporadic dynamic optimization of the network configuration.
- a first event for example, comprising a certain network status or state or data change
- a second event for example, comprising a certain network status or state or data change
- FIGURE 4 wherein there is shown a block diagram illustrating a layered-type concentration within the network of FIGURE 1.
- the first level 150 is located at the line card 152 which concentrates calls from a plurality of cells 154 (for example, comprising time slots on a given air interface 14 frequency) onto a single 2 Mbps link
- the second level 158 is located at the base station controller (i.e., the remote switching point) 170 which concentrates a plurality of links 156 together onto a single 155 Mbps link 160.
- the third level 162 is located at the core network 30 and mobile switching center 20 which concentrates a plurality of links 160 together to provide 10 Gbit service.
- the expert system implemented by the optimizer functionality 50 relies on artificial intelligence in order to emulate the kind of intelligent behavior shown by experts
- Expert systems contain a knowledge base and an inference engine
- the knowledge base contains the specific domain knowledge (or facts), and the inference engine controls the reasoning process and user interface
- the expert system implements the actions of step 104 wherein the methods associated with the traffic 70 types, topology 72 types and technology 74 types are selected and then invoked at certain ones of the edge routers 32 and/or generic cell switch routers 34 to configure a sub-set of resources within the core network 30, through the individual implicated switching nodes, to implement a desired network optimization
- the knowledge base may comp ⁇ se information that the network under consideration for optimization must withstand worst-case traffic with a long-term dependency (i.e., self-similar traffic), and that the network is packet switched.
- Operation of the inference engine in the context of this knowledge base may produce the following optimization of the network: l)vo ⁇ ce traffic is given first priority, video conferencing traffic is given second p ⁇ o ⁇ ty, and Internet traffic is given lowest priority and is shaped with a 50 msec delay in order not to degrade other user flows, 2) the topology type is partially meshed for datagram routing; and, 3) the technology type is IP packets over ATM for quality of service
- the knowledge base may comprise information that the network under consideration for optimization is a legacy circuit-switched application that must provide for hard end-to-end guaranteed performance.
- Operation of the inference engine in the context of this knowledge base may produce the following optimization of the network: 1) with legacy traffic, all types are of equal pno ⁇ ty with hard end-to-end performances; 2) the topology type is a star for limited routing end- points; and, 3) the technology is ATM for circuit emulation over AAL1
- the knowledge base may comp ⁇ se information that the network under consideration for optimization is to be divided into sub-networks, and the sub-network under consideration for optimization is to handle 80% packet switched and 20% circuit switched emulated traffic.
- Operation of the inference engine in the context of this knowledge base may produce the following optimization of the network: 1 ) the packet switched traffic is scheduled with a p ⁇ oritization scheme buffer and that the circuit switched emulated traffic cannot accept a cell delay va ⁇ ation greater than a certain threshold; 2) the topology type is a combination of mesh and tree; and, 3) the technology type is IP over multiple protocol label switching (MPLS) for packet switched traffic and ATM native emulation service for the circuit switched emulated traffic, with both technologies implementing a ship-in-the-night mode of operation.
- MPLS protocol label switching
- the knowledge base may comprise information that the network under consideration for optimization is a simple office, home office (SOHO) environment where 384 Kbps flows are required in a certain number of houses per point of presence. Operation of the inference engine in the context of this knowledge base may produce the following optimization of the network: 1 ) the SOHO traffic requires connections to H.323 codecs and signaling; 2) the topology type is a tree from the point of presence (i.e., a point to multi-point arrangement); and, 3) the technology type is MPLS with extended LDP for support of "set-up to N" and "tear-down from M" messages in order to negotiate add-on and deletion of leaves.
- SOHO simple office, home office
- the methods associated with the selected traffic 70 types, topology 72 types and technology 74 types are invoked at certain ones of the edge routers 32 and/or generic cell switch routers 34 to configure a sub-set of resources within the core network 30, through the individual implicated switching nodes, to implement a desired network optimization.
- the inference engine is capable of selecting both technology and topology for the network as well as priorities for traffic handling in order to provide an optimized configuration.
- the expert system evaluates known facts and applies certain rules to configure the overall network (in terms of technology and topology) in a way that differs from a preset default configuration.
- dynamic modification of the network configuration may be implemented to maintain the network in an optimal configuration for handling communications.
- FIGURE 5 wherein there is shown a block diagram illustrating operation of the optimizer to partition the network of FIGURE 1 into a plurality of optimized sub-networks.
- the concentration input 164 and other data relating to the knowledge base that are processed by the expert system dictate an inference that the network must be partitioned into plural sub-networks 200, with each sub-network optimized in accordance with the operation of the expert system to provide certain communications service.
- the plural sub-networks 200 interact with each other as needed, and may (if necessary) have overlapping or shared resources (including, for example, virtual circuits and nodes).
- the included nodes are configured by invoking the methods associated with the selected traffic 70 types, topology 72 types and technology 74 types to provide optimal performance tailored to the needs of the traffic being handled.
- the network further functions, responsive to the presence of plural optimized sub-networks 200, to route and confine traffic to the appropriate correspondingly optimized sub-network.
- the third example discussed above illustrates how two subnetworks 200, one for packet switched traffic and another for circuit switched emulated traffic may be configured by the optimizer 50.
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