p acket s witching b est p ractices

PPACKET ACKET SSWITCHING WITCHING BBEST EST PPRACTICESRACTICES

NRIC V Council MeetingNRIC V Council MeetingJune 26, 2001June 26, 2001

PHILIP L. PATRICKMember – Focus Group 2, Subcommittee A2

Director – Business Development, LongBoard (www.LongBoardinc.com)

San Jose, CaliforniaFOR

KARL F. RAUSCHERChair - Focus Group 2, Subcommittee A2

Director – Bell Labs Network Reliability, Lucent Technologies

Network Reliability and Interoperability Council V

04/19/23K. F. Rauscher

2

NRIC V Focus Group 2.A2Focus Group 2.A2

Packet Switching Best Practices Packet Switching Best Practices Network Reliability

• Charter• Membership• Deliverables• Recommendations / Next Steps

Outline


3



Charter

The purpose of the Packet Switching Best Practices Subcommittee is to provide recommendations for the FCC and to the telecommunications industry that, when implemented, will assure optimal reliability of public telecommunications networks. The duties of the Subcommittee will be to gather the data and information necessary to prepare studies, reports, and recommendations for assuring optimal packet switched network reliability within the parameters set forth in the NRIC V Charter. The Subcommittee will also monitor future developments to ensure that network reliability is not at risk.

Building on the work of NRIC IV, as appropriate, the Subcommittee will continue to develop best practices recommendations and refine or modify, as appropriate, best practices recommendations. The Subcommittee will evaluate and report on the extent to which telecommunications common carriers and equipment suppliers are using best practices recommendations and applicable ANSI Committee T-1 standards, and identify ways to increase the use of best practices and relevant Committee T-1 standards by telecommunications service providers and equipment suppliers.

The Subcommittee’s scope includes packet switching-based wireless network services.


4



OthersOthersEquipment SuppliersEquipment Suppliers

MembershipService Providers and/or

Network OperatorsService Providers and/or

Network OperatorsAT&TAT&T PJ Aduskevicz, PJ Aduskevicz, Chair 2.B1Chair 2.B1

Rick Canaday Rick Canaday BellSouthBellSouth Marc SchwaitMarc SchwaitCovad CommunicationsCovad Communications

Michael MarchandoMichael MarchandoLevel3Level3 Doug Sicker, Doug Sicker, S.C. ChairS.C. Chair

WorldcomWorldcom Ahmed PatelAhmed PatelQwest Qwest Rachel TorrenceRachel TorrenceSprint Sprint Danmei WuDanmei WuSBC CommunicationsSBC Communications

Jim LankfordJim LankfordArvind Mallya Arvind Mallya

VerizonVerizon Wayne ChilesWayne ChilesWINFirstWINFirst Rich BaughmanRich Baughman

AlcatelAlcatel Ken BiholarKen BiholarCisco SystemsCisco Systems

Art ReillyArt ReillyJuniper NetworksJuniper Networks

Fred StringerFred StringerLongBoardLongBoard Philip PatrickPhilip PatrickLucent Technologies Lucent Technologies

Anil MacwanAnil MacwanKarl Rauscher, Karl Rauscher, CHAIRCHAIR

Nortel NetworksNortel NetworksDean HendersonDean Henderson

Marconi CommunicationsMarconi CommunicationsBrad NelsonBrad Nelson

FCC FCC Kent Nilsson, Kent Nilsson, D.F.O.D.F.O.

Whitey ThayerWhitey ThayerPCIAPCIA Alberto Ruiz de Gamboa, Alberto Ruiz de Gamboa, Telcordia TechnologiesTelcordia Technologies

Rick Harrison, Rick Harrison, Chair 2.A1Chair 2.A1

Gary HaywardGary HaywardPeter ShelusPeter Shelus

SAIC SAIC Hank KluepfelHank KluepfelUSTA USTA Norb LucashNorb Lucash

Also, participation from Also, participation from NRIC V FG 4, NRIC V FG 4, Network Interoperability:Network Interoperability:Ross Callon, Juniper NetworksRoss Callon, Juniper NetworksScott Bradner, Harvard UniversityScott Bradner, Harvard University

Memberships include:Memberships include: ASQ, ATM Forum, IEC, IEEE CQR, ASQ, ATM Forum, IEC, IEEE CQR, IPDR, ISC, NIIF, NRSC, NSTAC, QuEST, RQMS IPDR, ISC, NIIF, NRSC, NSTAC, QuEST, RQMS

Forum, SIP Forum, T1A1, TL9000 Forum, SIP Forum, T1A1, TL9000 (see Slide 15)(see Slide 15)


5



Deliverables• Network Reliability Best Practice Recommendations for Packet Switched

Telecommunications Network Services

• Refinement / Modification of Existing (Circuit Switching) Best Practices

• New Best Practices

• the Subcommittee will continue to enhance current list of Best Practices

– from outages reported under voluntary trial (Subcommittees 2.A1/2A2, Data Reporting and Analysis)

– from review of Best Practices by Focus Group 4, Network Interoperability– concise statement of characteristics of packet switching networks and services

• draft formed at the IEEE Technical Committee on Communications Quality & Reliability (CQR) International Workshop (May 2001)

• to be used as “checklist” to evaluate coverage• Special Reports from Monitoring Industry Developments or Specific Network

Outages (e.g., Commercial Power Outage Concern)


6



Deliverables• Evaluation of the industry use of, and recommendations to increase the

use of, Best Practices

• Commencing industry survey to evaluate and report on the the extent to which service providers and equipment suppliers are using Best Practices, and to identify ways to increase the use of Best Practices

– Subcommittee selected BPI Telcodata from responses to RFP• NRIC V and BPI Telcodata agreement on nondisclosure, exclusivity• $35K approved by steering committee, being raised from Council

– survey is designed to • be balanced in its coverage of industry • include, yet distinguish, circuit switching (2.A1) and packet switching (2.A2) networks• evaluate - industry use of Best Practices

- effectiveness of Best Practices- cost of implementing Best Practices

- risk of not implementing Best Practices

• Final Report to the Nation on Packet Switching Best Practices (Oct, 2001)

• Enhancements to improve Best Practice access and ease of use (Dec, 2001)


7



Recommendations / Next Steps

• The Subcommittee encourages Council member organizations, and other participating organizations, to support Best Practice Industry Survey by ensuring timely and accurate responses

• The Subcommittee continues to highly recommend that Power Best Practices be deployed to address Commercial Power Outage concerns; current draft available at: www.nric.org


8



Acknowledgements

• Kent Nilsson, FCC NRIC V Designated Federal Officer• FACA clarifications

• Tricia Paoletta, Doug Sicker, Level3 / NRIC V Steering Committee Leadership• leadership, coordination, and support

• Subcommittee members and organizations (listed on Slide 4)

• time, resources, expertise, concern for the best interests of the industry


9



Month 0 6 12 18 22

March, 2000 August, 2000 March, 2001 August, 2001 January, 2002

PLANNING

EXECUTION

REPORTING

|Charter Clarification|

|---Team Assembly ---|

|---------Develop New BPs.----------|

|-Refine/Modify Existing BPs.-|

|---------------------Coordinate with Other Focus Groups-------------------|

|------------------------------- Monitor Developments --------------------------------|

Council Meetings

Final Report

X XXX

|-- Evaluate the Use of BPs. --|

|-- Increase Use of BPs. --|

|--------| planned actual, in progress actual, completed

|--------| planned actual, in progress actual, completed

Additional Material: Timeline


10



Additional Material: AgreementAGREEMENT BETWEEN NETWORK RELIABILITY AND INTEROPERABILITY COUNCIL V AND BPI TELCODATA REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY AND EXCLUSIVITY OF NRIC MEMBERS’ DATA

The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council and Telcodata agree that, as a term of the agreement between them for Telcodata to conduct a survey on the use of best practices by the communications industry, that the information Telcodata collects from NRIC Members and other representatives of the industry will not be disclosed to third-parties.

NRIC and Telcodata further agree that only such Telcodata personnel that are

authorized by Telcodata will have access to such collected information. In addition, NRIC and Telcodata agree that individual companies will not be

identified by Telcodata as the source of specific responses in the survey’s discussion, so that the origin of specific company responses will be protected. Notwithstanding the above, Telcodata may list the names of companies that participate in the survey and may list participants in sub-sector categories, as long as such listing does not associate specific responses with a specific company.

Furthermore, NRIC and Telcodata agree that NRIC, including both this Council

and successor Councils, has the exclusive rights to the information collected and analyzed by Telcodata, including both the underlying data, the various drafts of the survey, and the completed survey.

NRIC and Telcodata also agree that Telcodata will securely store the responses

and analysis on behalf of NRIC.

Mr. Art Menko Patricia Paoletta President Chair, NRIC Steering Committee Telcodata (A BPI company) c/o Level 3 Communications, LLC 63 West Lancaster Avenue 8270 Greensboro Drive Ardmore, Pennsylvania 19003 McLean, Virginia 22102


11



Additional Material: Represented OrganizationsASQASQ American Society for QualityAmerican Society for Quality

ATM ForumATM Forum Asynchronous Transfer Mode ForumAsynchronous Transfer Mode Forum

IECIEC International Electrotechnical CommissionInternational Electrotechnical Commission

IEEE CQRIEEE CQR IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on IEEE Communications Society Technical Committee on Communications Quality & ReliabilityCommunications Quality & Reliability

IPDRIPDR Internet Protocol Data Record Organization

ISC International Softswitch Consortium

NIIFNIIF ATIS ATIS Network Interconnection Interoperability ForumNetwork Interconnection Interoperability Forum

NRSCNRSC ATIS ATIS Network Reliability Steering CommitteeNetwork Reliability Steering Committee

NSTACNSTAC National Security Telecommunications Advisory CommitteeNational Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

QuEST QuEST Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications

RQMS ForumRQMS Forum Telcordia Telcordia Reliability and Quality Measurements for Reliability and Quality Measurements for Telecommunications SystemsTelecommunications Systems

SIP ForumSIP Forum Session Initiation Protocol Forum

T1A1T1A1 ATIS Committee T1, Performance & Signal ProcessingATIS Committee T1, Performance & Signal Processing

p acket s witching b est p ractices

Documents