BY

DIVYAMANI
M.K
4KV05EC025
 Introduction
 Ethernet services
 Basic Ethernet service standards
 Ethernet based access aggregation in DSL networks
 Mobile WIMAX network architecture
 Ethernet services support and anchor in the access
network
 Interworking with DSL networks
 Conclusion
 References
 Ethernet services have become common telecommunication
services for establishing and connecting private networks.
 Transparent layer connectivity is provided based on Ethernet
technologies.
 While the basic Ethernet technology is standardized by IEEE
802, mobile WiMAX deploys the IEEE 802.16e radio
interface.
 Within its scope as a universal cellular access network
technology, the support of Ethernet services over a Mobile
WiMAX access network is a useful extension.
 Based on the concept of an Ethernet virtual connection
(EVC), the MEF distinguishes two kinds of Ethernet services
as shown in the below figure. 
    1.E-LINE SERVICE: E-Line service is a point-to-point
connection carrying Ethernet frames between two customer
interfaces of the network.
    2.E-LAN SERVICE:E-LAN service provides multipoint-to-
multipoint connectivity for Ethernet frames across a number
of customer interfaces.
 IEEE 802.1Q-2005 (Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks)
adopts from 802.1D .The standard supports up to 4094
VLANs on the same bridged LAN infrastructure, which is
usually sufficient for corporate networks but limits its
applicability for larger provider networks.
 IEEE 802.1ad-2005 amends the IEEE 802.1Q-2005 standard
to enable service providers to offer the capabilities of IEEE
802.1Q virtual bridged LANs.
 IEEE 802.1ah (Provider Backbone Bridges) is a new
amendment to IEEE802.1Q-2005 and IEEE802.lad-2005.
 DSL networks are deploying Ethernet services based on
Q-in-Q technologies in the access network to aggregate
customer traffic, segregate different services, and even
provide transparent LAN connectivity with support for
customer assigned VLAN-IDs.
To facilitate all the different modes within the same
access network infrastructure, C-VIDs and S-VIDs are used
in a DSL specific manner:
 For business TLS users.
 For business or residential users.
 For residential users .
 The network access provider (NAP) establishes and operates
the radio access network and offers its services to one or
multiple network service providers (NSps).
 The Mobile WiMAX network reference architecture is built
on two logical networks entities, the access serving network
(ASN), providing link layer connectivity and local mobility
over the IEEE 802.16e radio interface, and the connec-tivity
serving network (CSN).
 The design of the Mobile WiMAX network architecture
allows an ASN to connect to multi-ple CSNs for load
balancing as well as network sharing purposes.
 To facilitate interoperable implementations of equipment for
WiMAX access networks, the ASN is decomposed into a set
of base stations (BSs) connected to a central control and
gate-way instance called the ASN-gateway (ASN-GW).
 Primarily designed for access to the Internet and delivery of
IP-based services, the Mobile WiMAX reference
architecture is able to handle Ethernet services as well.
 The main difference to the IP services network architecture
is the modification of the data path between the mobile
station (MS) and the CSN to support the transport of
Ethernet frames.
 The transport of Ethernet frames over the IEEE 802.16e
radio interface between the MS and the BS requires the
application of the Ethernet-specific part of the packet
convergence sublayer (Ethernet-CS) instead of the IP-CS.
 A CSN supporting Ethernet services contains the bridging
function for forwarding Ethernet frames between connected
MSs and the Ethernet service provider.
 The configuration of the bridge in the CSN determines
which kind of Ethernet service is provided to a particular
MS.
 Due to its location behind the mobility anchor in the CSN,
the bridge does not have to cope with mobility issues in the
access network.
 The dynamics of the access network in a cellular
infrastructure requires management functions by a control
plane, which allow the instantaneous provisioning of any
kind of Ethernet services to any place in the access network.
 Network Entry Discovery and Selection/Reselection .
 WiMAX Key Hierarchy and Distribution .
 Authentication, Authorization and Accounting.
 Network Entry and Exit.
 QoS and SFID Management .
 ASN Anchored Mobility Management.
 CSN Anchored Mobility Management.
 Radio Resource Management .
 Paging and Idle-Mode MS Operation
 An important usage model of Ethernet services over Mobile
WiMAX is interworking with DSL networks to offer DSL
services over a wireless infrastructure.
 The WiMAX network provides a DSL conformant T reference
point to the subscriber and connects the user interface with
Ethernet to the V aggregation point of the DSL network.
 DSL specific network functions in the Mobile WiMAX network
with support for Ethernet services realize the exact network
behavior for Ethernet-based aggregation according to DSL
Forum.
 DSL user authentication is performed by the DSL network across
the Ethernet connectivity of' the WiMAX network.
 Ethernet services over Mobile WiMAX will offer transparent
Ethernet connectivity over a wireless access network exactly
in the same way as metro Ethernet network providers today
offer wired Ethernet services.
 The approach of the WiMAX community is to align the
Ethernet service provisioning model as closely as possible to
the model for IP services.
 Mobile WiMAX supports an integrated approach to provide
fixed, nomadic, and mobile IP services and Ethernet services
out of the same network infrastructure.
 
1. Metro Ethernet Forum, "MEF 6 - Ethernet Services Definition
Phase 1," June 2004.
2. IEEE 802.1 Q-2005, "Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks."
3. IEEE 802.1 ad-2005," Amendment 4: Provider Bridges."
4. Broadband Forum TR-101, "Migration to Ethernet-Based DSL
Aggregation." Apr. 2006.
5. WiMAX Forum Network Architecture, Stages 2 and 3,
Release 1 v. 1.2;//http:www.wimaxforum.org.
6. H. S. Jeon, M. Riegel, and S. J. Jeong "Transmission of IP
over Ethernet over IEEE802.16 Networks,"draft-ietf-16ng-
ip-over-ethernet-over-802.16-07.txt, work in progress.