2022 IEEE 3rd Global Conference for Advancement in Technology (GCAT)

Bangalore, India. Oct 7-9, 2022

A Service Migration Strategy for Communication

Networks
Chaitanya K Mallikarjun B C
Dept of Electronics and Telecommunication Dept of Electronics and Telecommunication
Siddaganga Institute of technology Siddaganga Institute of technology
Tumkur, India Tumkur, India
[email protected] [email protected]
2022 IEEE 3rd Global Conference for Advancement in Technology (GCAT) | 978-1-6654-6855-8/22/$31.00 ©2022 IEEE | DOI: 10.1109/GCAT55367.2022.9971843

Abstract- The requirement for IT infrastructure is continually can start installing the network operating systems (NOS). The
changing, and new solutions are being developed as a result. Here issue of in unstable situations, service migration optimization
in this scenario, the existing is referred as an old router and and queue length stability are considered [5], along with
proposed is referred to new router configuration as an illustrative migration-aware placement and routing optimization. We are
example. Hence there is a need for migration. In this work, A going to migrated the routers and the services running on the
detailed network service migration strategy has been discussed,
routers. Power outages, configuration mistakes, and different
presented, and realized over real time scenario. This migration
strategy requires a detailed, step-by-step methodology. Planning types of attacks, which can cause delays and data loss across
migration steps with several phases is the next and most crucial the Internet, can affect the stability and reachability of
step. Successful migration requires level of planning. Logically, we particular sections of the network [6].
are configuring the ports while physically disconnecting the fiber In this project, we will consider the current network as also
from router a and patching it to router b. The next phase is known as the X Network, and migrate to the proposed network
documentation, which includes in service notification (ISN) and also known as the Y Network. In which the services which are
performance reports. We'll verify the new router's performance running on the X Network will all so be migrated to the Y
after the migration to see whether it has any delays or packet losses Network. A summary of the most recent service migration
that are lower than those of router A.
research efforts in mobile edge computing is provided, along
Keywords— Migration, Routing protocol, SAP, LAG, OAM-
PM session. with a taxonomy that was developed based on numerous
research areas for effective service migration [7]. A secure
I. INTRODUCTION connection for private data services between two or more sites
A subcategory of information technology known as "network is known as a point-to-point connection [8]. In [9] In terms of
infrastructure" is used to offer network services that enable migration cost optimization, the management of competent
connections and communications between devices. Hardware, resources, and other crucial variables, the joint migration to
software, and infrastructure for basic networking are included. SDN and IPv6 networks is regarded as being essential. Driven
The topic of transitioning legacy networks of Internet service by the increased massive wireless data traffic from different
providers to a software-defined networking (SDN)-based application scenarios, efficient resource allocation schemes
architecture without disrupting connection and moving toward should be exploited to improve the flexibility of network
the complete adoption of Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) is resource allocation and capacity of 5G networks based on
examined in this article [1]. An integrated network system is network slicing [10]. The network as a whole is subject to a
created by networking integration, which mixes various progressive migration where energy efficient network routers
hardware and software components. MEC, or multiaccess edge are placed across several planning periods, even though each
computing, is regarded as the 5G network's skeleton. To router might gradually raise and reduce the consumption
achieve Quality of Services (QoS) with extremely low latency, dependent on load [11]. In [12], The way to do this is thought to
the succeeding MEC network mixes networking and compute be through migrating services between MECs. This article offers
at the network's edge [2]. In addition to serving as hosts, a tiered migration strategy for applications that are used as active
network nodes also function as routers, sending data to and services and are contained either in virtual machines (VMs) or
from other nodes in the network. MANETs need a routing containers. A point-to-point connection is a type of closed
protocol that is effective and implements the quality of service network data transfer that doesn't use the open Internet and is
(QoS) mechanism [3]. To determine if a network device is therefore always safe without the need for data encryption.
upgradeable or has to be replaced, an intelligent method for POC1, POC2, POC3, and POC4 are the four points of
network device status identification must be used [4]. Networks connection between them. POC is point of connectivity.in this
system integrators are frequently experts in network systems project we only use to migrate the POC4 layer.
with knowledge of connectivity, administration, security, x POC4 - ‘POC4’ all POC4 links (POC4-POC4, POC4-
wiring, and hardware. Once network system integrators have POC3, POC4-POC2, POC4-POC1).
identified the necessary hardware, including routers, hubs,
switches, servers, ports, cabling, client PCs, and phones, they

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The rest of the document is structured as follows. We discuss III. ROUTING PROTOCOLS:
infrastructural details in Section II. Routing protocol is The collection of established guidelines used by routers to
covered in Section III. Migration process in Section IV. communicate between sources and destinations is known as a
Results in Section V. Final stage is discussed in routing protocol. Instead of moving the data from the source to
VI. In Section VII, we conclude up the paper. the destination, they merely update the routing table that
contains the data. The classification of routing protocol are
II. INFRASTRUCTURE DETAILS static and dynamic routing protocols. The dynamic routing
classification is shown in Fig 2.
A. EXISTING NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
This will consider specifics of both the old and new ISIS
infrastructure. Details on connectivity and configuration for The IS-IS (Intermediate System - Intermediate System)
end-to-end communication are covered. We need to understand protocol is an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) for the Internet
the how this existing network is working so we can be able to that is used to distribute IP routing information across a single
migrate this network. Autonomous System (AS) in an IP network. It is a member of
They are six POC4 sites which are in the cluster through which the family of IP Routing protocols. The sharing of topological
they are connected to POC3. Where each of the POC4 sites are information between the routers and their nearest neighbors is
running the services, which are 2G,3G,4G,5G and RAN. a requirement of the link-state routing protocol IS-IS.
Current:
a. X POC4 Nodes are connected using via Ring
Topology, dual-homed to X POC2/3 and part of IS-
IS.
b. X POC4 nodes are connected to other POC4 nodes by
2 x 1G LAG.
c. X POC4 Nodes connected to X POC2 routers are
connected by 2x1G LAG.

B. PROPOSED NETWORK INFRASTRUCTUR

Security, high availability, and scalability are some of the Fig2: Classification of dynamic routing.
factors that will be considered when creating this infrastructure. MPBGP
The proposed infrastructure is show in Fig1.
Targeted: The Border Gateway Protocol's Multiprotocol Extensions for
a. All X POC4 Nodes will be SWAPPED with Y POC4 BGP (MBGP or MP-BGP), commonly known as Multiprotocol
Nodes and connected to Y POC2/3 routers using. BGP or Multicast BGP, is an extension that permits the
b. 2 X 10G LAG between all devices. simultaneous propagation of numerous address types(sometimes
c. X L3 IS-IS Routed Interface on POC2/3 Routers and referred to as address families). While conventional BGP only
between POC4 Routers using New Link-Net IP supports IPv4 unicast addresses, multiprotocol BGP supports
Address. IPv4 and IPv6 addresses as well as both unicast and multicast
versions of each.
IV. MIGRATION PROCESS
Step1 – SURVEY
The survey of the current infrastructure will be the first step in
the migration process. Planning, implementation, and testing
come next. There will be thorough documentation of each
stage.
Detailed Survey of existing Infrastructure
1. Checking the version which the router is using.
information about the device, including its model, IOS
version, and RAM.
2. Physically connectivity details will be considered like
port connectivity.
3. Logical connectivity of an existing router.

Fig1. Proposed network infrastructure logical diagram.

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Step2 – PLANNING b) Configuration of SAP
The most important step in any migration is planning. Once the field engineers are ready according to the guidelines
Migration can be successfully completed if planning is done of migration engineer they will be patching the port by
with thorough attention of all small details. fibre(cables).
a) planning for the installation of new hardware at the We need to check the port are up are down in the ‘router b’ if
locations. the port are up then only we can config on that ports.
For new setup architecture at locations, the following factors Router # show ports
are taken into consideration. Service access points (SAP)
1. Arrangement will be made prior to the migration In the existing ‘router a’ ports which are associated to the
activity to ensure rack space and power are available services like 2G,3G & 4G are disconnected and patch to new
for the Y POC4 nodes and appropriate access is ‘router b’.
available to these sites. After patching we need to configure one after the other ports
2. The IOS version, RAM, and Flash on every router Example if port 2 is associated with service 3G
should be sufficient to handle the new routing protocol Router # config port 0/0/2
architecture. After all the configure of service ports in ‘router b’ now we
b) preparing for router configuration need to check SAP.
The next stage is to plan the configuration of every router after Router # show service SAP using
the physical connectivity of every new router has been planned.
c) Configuration of LAG
The steps below are included in configuration.
1. Setting up IP addresses on each interface in The term "link aggregation" (LAG) refers to a number of
accordance with the new IP addressing scheme. IP techniques for leveraging numerous concurrent network
addressing should be designed so that it is scalable and connections to improve throughput above the limit of a single
that distribution-level summarization is possible. link's (one connection's) capacity.
2. Configuration of Ports where it involves both In this LAG configuration there are two types of lag which are
upstream, downstream, 3G ports& 4G ports lag1 which is used for connecting for upstream (up site router)
depending up on the requirements. and lag2 downstream (down site router).
3. Configuring routing protocols: Routing protocols are Router # show lag description
set up on routers in order to exchange routing data. d) Configuration of routing Protocols
c) Making plans for the first migration.
A default route, routes to networks that are not directly
Now, a first site migration timetable and plan can be created.
connected, and routes to networks that are reachable through
The following stages will be part of the first site migration plan.
route-based VPNs are all added during routing configuration.
1. Install the router b in the site which will be done by FE
Only the BGP routing protocol will be add to the POC3/POC2,
(field engineer) at the site.
In the POC4 the ISIS routing protocol will be add.
2. Disconnect a single fiber from between each node in
Router # show router bgp summary all
the X POC4 ring and use it to create a new ring with
the Y POC4 routers. e) Checking for error, alarms and oam-pm sessions
3. Migrate associated RAN services from X POC4 routers After all checking for any match error in ports by
to Y POC4 routers. Router # show port <port id> | match error
4. Check node services after each migration. This will be checked for all the ports which were up for
5. After all the activity completed decom the X router. connection.
Step3 – IMPLEMENTATION For alarms
Router # show system alarms
Once the new ‘router b’ is installed in the site, the field
If any alarms found troubleshooting is done.
engineers in the current location will try to do the migration
Oam-pm session
physically by patching the port. The migration engineers will
These management tools or capabilities are designed to make it
do the configuration logically, all the configuration will be done
possible to monitor a network and quickly restore it in the event
in the putty software.
of a failure.
a) IP address configuration OAM-PM stand for operation, administration and management
Firstly, we need to check the IP address of new ‘router b’ – performance monitoring. In this we can check how the data
installed in the site by login in to the putty. will be transferred from source to destination by any packet
Router (conf-router) # ip address loss, delay and sessions
Then checking of the version of newly installed router Router # show oam-pm sessions.
Router (conf-router) # show version once the migration is done form the ‘router a’ to ‘router b’ we
need to decom the ‘router a’ which means shutdown.

Step4 – DOCUMENTATIONS

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Details of the physical link. When migration is done the whole VII. CONCLUSION
process should be documented. The networks which are existed are having slow data transfer
There are two types of documentation we are going to do rate compared to the new equipment available in markets, so
a. ISN (In Service Notification) we are migrating it to updated ones as per customer
1. In ISN we check all service is running fine or not requirements. The problem of deciding when or where to
if all service is not working fine we are migrate these services in response to user mobility and demand
responsible to troubleshoot it. changes has a great deal of potential to be solved by service
2. If same is working fine we made a document as migration to the most recent network infrastructure. Network or
requested format by customer and share same network service migration needs careful preparation. It can be
service logs to customer as confirmation all completed smoothly with the least amount of downtime with
service is running fine. good planning and documentation.
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Fig3. All the sites migrated to Y network in the cluster.

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