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Interconnection Intents
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Abstract
This memo introduces the use case of the usage of intents for
expressing advance interconnection features, further than traditional
IP peering.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. Evolution of Network interconnection . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. Interconnection intents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Interconnection intent structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
6. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction
The success of Internet-based services has been built on top of the
global reachability of content accessed by the end-users, which is
facilitated by the interconnection of individual networks owned by
distinct service providers constituting independent administrative
domains.
Such interconnection services have been initially based simply on
delivery of IP traffic between the interconnected parties leveraging
on BGP. This peer model enables full connectivity. However, the
traditional interconnection model shows some limitations.
New capabilities based on network programmability and virtualization
are producing service situations where a connectivity only approach
is not sufficient. The availability of computing capabilities
internal to the networks, or attached to them, enable new scenarios
where those capabilities can be consumed through the advertising or
exposing of these execution environments from the perspective of the
raw infrastructure (i.e., compute, storage and associated
networking). In addition or complementary to that, even service
function could be advertised in order to make them available for
interconnection.
All these scenarios present clear evolutions of the interconnection
model which can not be simply expressed through existing mechanisms,
or at least, cannot be expressed in a simple (and comprehensive) way
with such existing mechanisms. Here is where an advanced
interconnection intent can assist on declaring the goal of the
interconnection transcending pure IP traffic exchange and including
more advance capabilities as the ones mentioned before.
2. Evolution of Network interconnection
It becomes clear the trend to increasingly rely on multi-domain
scenarios for the provision of services. For instance, the access
today to an on-demand OTT video on Internet implies the interaction
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of more than one single administrative domain. Thus, end-to-end
service delivery over multi providers or domains will become the
norm.
Complex network services leveraging on virtualization solutions and
leveraging on different infrastructure environments pertaining to
distinct administrative domains, that is, operated and managed by
distinct providers, can be easily foreseen.
It is then necessary to explore mechanisms for interconnecting that
multiple domain environments in a common, portable way independently
of the owner of such infrastructure.
3. Interconnection intents
The interconnection intent should provide enough abstractions to
express a variety of interconnection options.
The purpose of the interconnection intent can be multiple:
o to enable multi-domain network service programming, by soliciting
interconnection of service functions in different domains
o to enable multi-domain deployment of virtualized network
functions, by advertising the availability of compute and storage
resources in different domains
o to enable IP traffic interchange as in traditional peering
o to facilitate whatever combination of all of them
4. Interconnection intent structure
To be done.
5. Security Considerations
To be done.
6. IANA Considerations
This draft does not include any IANA considerations
Acknowledgments
This work has been partly funded by the European Commission through
the H2020 project 5GROWTH (Grant Agreement no. 856709).
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Author's Address
Luis M. Contreras
Telefonica
Ronda de la Comunicacion, s/n
Sur-3 building, 3rd floor
Madrid 28050
Spain
Email: luismiguel.contrerasmurillo@telefonica.com
URI: http://lmcontreras.com/
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