10 Protection and Restoration

Alcatel University - 8AS 90200 0551 VT ZZA Ed.01

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10 Protection and Restoration Session presentation

Objective: to be able to describe the different kinds of protection in SDH program: 10.1 Equipment Protection : EPS 10.2 Network Protection 10.3 Network Restoration

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10 Protection and Restoration Equipment Protection: EPS

Equipment Protection Switching (EPS)

Multiplex Section Protection Linear Trail (MSP)

W W W
2

W
2

1+1

1:N

1+1
Protection against equipment failure and line failure

Protection against equipment failure

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10 Protection and Restoration EPS 1+1

Equipment 1

Equipment 2

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10 Protection and Restoration EPS 1:N

Equipment 1
Line 1

Equipment 2
Line 2

Equipment N
Line N

Equipment P

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10 Protection and Restoration Protection Mechanisms against Network Faults

Item to be protected Protection architecture Protection mechanism SNCP/I

connection dedicated to a Path

Linear structure SNCP/N

Linear structure

Linear MSP

Section

Ring structure

MS-SPRING

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10 Protection and Restoration Sub Network Connection Protection: SNCP

Sub Network

selection

broadcast

VC-n

VC-n

broadcast

selection

Sub Network

_____ working path ----- protecting path

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10 Protection and Restoration SNCP: switch criteria

Sub Network

Switching criteria (external commands)

Switching criteria (automatic)

Sub Network

_____ working path ----- protecting path

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10 Protection and Restoration Section Protection on a Linear Network: MSP

NE A Multiplex Section Working T X RX Protecting 1+1 protection NE B

T X T X

High priority line Working Low priority line Protecting

RX RX

1:1 protection

T X T X

Working

RX

1:N protection

Working
Protecting

RX

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10 Protection and Restoration MSP 1+1

broadcast selection

TX

Line A

RX

Multiplex section

RX

Line B

TX

selection

broadcast

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10 Protection and Restoration MSP 1:1

TX TX RX RX High priority line

RX RX TX TX

Multiplex section

TX extra traffic RX

TX RX Low priority line

RX TX

RX extra traffic TX

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10 Protection and Restoration Section Protection on a Ring Network: MS-SPRING (2 fiber)

Overview of the ring

Node A

Node B

Node D

Node C

Node A

Transmission direction Section overhead Normal traffic channels Protection channels Section overhead Normal traffic channels Protection channels

Node B

Detailed view of the ring

STM-16 fiber: Normal channel: AU4 #1-8 Protection channel: AU4 #9-16

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10 Protection and Restoration Two fiber MS-SPRING: failure study

PROTECTED SIGNAL SWITCH BRIDGE SWITCH BRIDGE

Failure

1
6

2
5

3
4

(*)

(*)

(*)

WORKING CHANNELS PROTECTING CHANNELS

1 fiber carries both type of channels

(*) All protecting AU-4 are put in passthrough in the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th NE

PROTECTED SIGNAL 10.13

10 Protection and Restoration Span Protection on a Ring Network: MS-SPRING (4 fiber)

Overview of the ring Node A Node B

Node D

Node C Fiber carrying the normal traffic Fiber carrying the protection traffic

Node A

Transmission direction

Node B

Section overhead Normal traffic channels Detailed view of the ring Section overhead Protection channels Section overhead Normal traffic channels Section overhead Protection channels

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10 Protection and Restoration Four fiber MS-SPRING: failure study

Failure
1 2

Working channel Protection channel

1 fiber carries one type of channel

Normal path Path after span failure 10.15

10 Protection and Restoration Network Restoration

Failure VC-n A B C VC-n D F E A few seconds later

Failure VC-n A B C VC-n D DXC F E

any NE

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10 Protection and Restoration Evaluation

Objective: to be able to describe the different kinds of protection in SDH

Thank you for answering the self-assessment of the objectives sheet

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