Tesis Doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Departamento de Tecnología Electrónica y de las Comunicaciones. Fecha de Lectura: 28-04-2023This PhD thesis focuses on the investigation, design and evaluation of a reference
architecture for the adoption of SDN in service provider networks. For
this purpose, a hierarchical orchestrator Software Defined Transport Network
Controller (SDTN), responsible for the control and management of the endto-
end transport network across multiple domains, has been included. The
SDTN will be the single entry point to the network and will interact with
the Operational Support and Business Support Systems through standard
interfaces to provide the necessary transport network services. This architecture
has been tested with various scenarios and typical services to test its
usefulness for current and future requirements.
This work includes an explanation of the network automation initiatives
available in the literature and contains a description of the set of key concepts
to properly explain software-defined networking and its direct relationship to
network slicing. It also includes definitions of the standard protocols, service
models, network models and device models used in this work. It includes a
subsection of some relevant carrier tests.
Based on the structure of the enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM)
framework defined by the TMForum, the proposed architecture for implementing
and operating the service lifecycle (Service Management and Operation)
is presented. The services evaluated were Layer 3 and Layer 2 Virtual
Private Networks; in both cases, the implemented YANG models are presented,
and the designed provisioning flows was executed and evaluated in
concept tests carried out in Telef´onica Colombia and Spain.
In an evaluation of future services, an analysis of the proposed architecture
is included to allow the “Network Slices” management. To evaluate this,
the results of a Network Slicing concept test performed in Telef´onica Spain
are presented. The provisioning of each Slice included the announcement of
more than 5000 BGP prefixes between network endpoints, service restoration
and service deletion.
Additionally, it proposes, designs and evaluates the flow for the correct
entry of a new device to the operator’s network without human intervention.
The Zero touch provision validates the complete installation of a network
operating system (NOS) and an updated configuration on a device. The
devices used were CASINI white boxes in combination with two well-known
protocols such as DHCP and FTP.
The main results of this work include the publication of papers in peerreviewed
international journals, the presentation of papers at high impact
international conferences and work published in standardization bodies such
as Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) or public technical documents
such as the Telecom Infraproject specification