BTs view on research networking

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BTs view on research networking
Bruno Tideman
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Agenda

• BT organization/ capabilities
• Current research networks
• Market developments
• Building blocks
• Summary

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Organization
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Our Global Capabilities

• Global reach through BT-owned infrastructure and
  partnerships with local/regional telcos
• Delivering service to 400 cities in more than
  100 countries

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Pan-European Fibre Network

• Ring topology with multiple redundant connections
• Core backbone running at speeds up to 10 Gbit/s
• Over 200,000 customers connected

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GigaPort Research Network

• Semi collapsed backbone in Amsterdam 80Gbs
  (darkfibers)
• 29 DWDM 10Gbs lambdas (darkfiber local loops)
• 14 managed darkfibers

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LEANet WAN Research Network
Birmingham
Norwich
ICC
Microsoft
Hyatt Hotel
Cambridge Uni
Cambridge
Science Park
AdastralPark
Colchester
US, ATT
Essex Uni
BT Tower
Europe Farland Network
NIC
BT Centre
Angel Centre
Global Switch
UCL
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Commercial vs. Research

• QoS
• Bandwidth
• Price
• Availability
• Services

• Traditional low level network testbeds are
  unstable
• Suitable environments needed for high value
  service development.
• Commercial test networks are linked to products
  and future profit
• Technology transfer is in-built not an optional
  extra

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Commercial Focus

• Virtual Organisations
• spans corporate departments to large groups
  across the globe.
• large or small,
• static or dynamic
• event or project driven (disbanded once the
  event expires)
• Resource or entity that is to be shared.
• Bandwidth
• Computer
• Storage devices
• Sensors
• Absence
• Central location
• Central control
• Pre-defined security relationships.

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Building blocks

• IPv6
• Managed wavelenghts
• Optical CPE
• Higher value services

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What do we need?

• Business model for research infrastructure,
  product development and early adopter phases.
• No trading below costs
• Wider research community on commercial research
  networks
• Research technology transfer leading to
  profitable services
• Building high-capacity, scalable data centric
  networks that are Low cost
• Simplifying the network architecture
• Lowering equipment costs
• Lowering operational costs
• and flexible to offer new service opportunities

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IP-Optical Internetworking

• The simplification of Data Networking

NEW
OLD
OPTICAL INTERNETWORKING
? ? IP All Optical Networking ? ?
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Possible Timescales
Collaborative approach, by Products / Networks /
Markets, to define research priorities
Commercial Strategy, Network Strategy, Trading
Agreements, Technology transfer, Channel, Market
Analysis , Business Development
Research defined where appropriate.
Product /Service Development (Fabric,
Connectivity, Applications)
Align with IST objectives.
Services, Administration, Network Design.
Build IST Proposals
Commercial Roll-out and Execution
Partners Suppliers
Align commercial Research.
Virtual Orgs
Commercial
Sensor Testbeds
SME Consumers
Jun 03 - IST 2
Nov 02 - IST 1 Call
Feb 03 - IST submit
Jul 03
Jan 03
Jul 04
Oct 02
Jan 04
Jan 05
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Summary

• Global GRID is an emerging market of commercial
  significance and is still in early definition and
  research stages!
• Operators should be able to make a profit to
  create a stable industry.
• Research community can benefit from Optical IP
  Networking by partnering with operators and vise
  versa.

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• Telegraph charged for WORDS,
• Voice charges by the MINUTE,
• Data charges for BITS,
• Global GRID will charge for CYCLES.
• Discussion?