REUNA2: The Chilean BroadBand Network

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RedCLARA Status and Projections
Florencio Utreras Executive Director of
CLARA August 26, 2007
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ALICE Creating a LA Research Network connected
to Europes GEANT

• EC Funded project within the _at_LIS Program
• 12.5 Million Euros. 10 Million from EC, 2.5
  Million from LA NRENs
• 3 years
• Provides infrastructure, training, seminars,
  meetings, dissemination, sustainability actions
• Partners
• Coordinator DANTE
• Europe FCCN, RedIris, Renater, GARR
• Latin America 18 NRENs representing 18
  countries
• May 30, 2003 Project Officialy Started

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ALICE Approach

• Invite all 18 Latin American Countries to
  participate from the initial stage
• Creation of CLARA, the organization of LA NRENs
• 18 (100) LA Countries
• Legally established in Uruguay
• Management structure in place
• Establishment of RedCLARA
• The Network
• The Operations are carried out by CUDI in Mexico
• The Engineering is subcontracted to RNP in Brazil
• The Information Systems is subcontracted to REUNA
  in Chile

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RedCLARA The LA Network Provided by ALICE
November 2006
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The WHREN/LILA Project

• WHREN Western Hemisphere Research and Education
  Network
• LILA Links Interconnecting Latin America
• IRNC Project funded by NSF and leaded by FIU and
  CENIC in the US.
• CLARA, CUDI, RNP, ANSP from Latin America
• Acquired IRU of Dark fiber Tijuana-San Diego.
  Running GbE on top of it. (to Pacific Wave)
• 2.4 Gbps Sao Paulo-Miami shared with CHEPREO
  ANSP (to Atlantic Wave)

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WHREN/LILA Links
San Diego
Miami
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ALICE Project Extension

• The ALICE Project was scheduled to end on March
  31, 2006
• The EC approved the Extension until March 31,
  2008
• A new funding is expected to be approved during
  2008
• An intermediate plan has been implemented by
  CLARA and DANTE

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Backbone links
RedCLARA POP in Miami
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Intercontinental Connections
ALICE funded Links
LILA funded Links
CLARA funded Links
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Complete Topology
ALICE funded Links
CLARA funded Links
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Miami-Tijuana Link Planned
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RedCLARAs Vision for 2009

• Future backbone should be composed at least of
  CLARA owned dark fiber in the following links
• AR-CL
• AR-BR
• The Intercontinental link to Europe should reach
  2.5 Gbps during 2010 growing to 1.2 Gbps in 2008
• The PA-MX and PA-CL should be at least STM-4 as
  well as the BR-MX
• The Node in Miami should be connected to PA at
  1.2 Gbps
• The CLARAs Miami Node should be connected to MX
  thru the US Internet2 New Network using a 2.5
  Gbps Leased Wavelength for backup

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RedCLARAs Services

• IPv4 and IPv6 best effort services are the basis
• Premium IP services with QoS will be available
• Multicast on IPv4 and IPv6 for all NRENs
• Secure paths for special applications will be
  offered
• Identity Management will be coordinated by CLARA

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Is this future possible?

• ALICE2 is crucial for all this to become a
  reality
• Collaboration with the US through IRNC Programm
  is expected to continue
• Collaboration with Internet2 will make possible
  additional paths between Panama-Miami-Mexico
• Other partners may include some
• Additional funding is being sought
• Self sustainability is expected in a 5 years time
  frame

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