CANARIE CAnet 3 Status Report

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CANARIECAnet 3 Status Report

• http//www.canarie.ca http//www.canet3.net

Bill.St.Arnaud_at_canarie.ca Tel [phone]
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CAnet 3 National Optical Internet
Consortium Partners Bell Nexxia Nortel Cisco JDS
Uniphase Alcatel
CAnet 3 Primary Route
CAnet 3 Diverse Route
GigaPOP
ORAN
Deployed a 4 channel CWDM Gigabit Ethernet
network 400 km
Deploying a 4 channel Gigabit Ethernet
transparent optical DWDM 1500 km
Condo Fiber Network linking all universities and
hospital
Multiple Customer Owned Dark Fiber Networks
connecting universities and schools - 3500km
Netera
MRnet
SRnet
ACORN
St. Johns
BCnet
Calgary
Regina
Winnipeg
Charlottetown
RISQ
ONet
Fredericton
Montreal
Vancouver
Halifax
Ottawa
Seattle
STAR TAP
Toronto
Chicago
New York
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CAnet 3 Status

• All GigaPOPs and regional networks connected and
  operational
• ORANs up and running in Nfld, PEI, Quebec,
  Alberta
• Announcements expected shortly for ORANs in BC,
  Manitoba, Ontario and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
• 360network connection to Europe and NY through
  Dalhousie coming soon
• Will make Canada Dalhousie global hub for most
  international research traffic
• Several US networks and universities looking to
  connect directly to CAnet 3
• NYSERnet to be completed shortly
• UoMinnesota in discussions
• Traffic volumes exceeding 500 Mbps peak on all
  links
• Network expected to be reach peak capacity by
  September with on-going WDD trials and HDTV
  sessions between UoCalgary and McGill
• Numerous countries have built or plan to build
  networks modeled on CAnet 3 and proposed CAnet
  4
• Chile, Brazil, Poland, SURFnet, Greece Czech
  Republic, Australia, CENIC, NYSERnet, Quilt
• Over 200 university research institutions and
  2000 school connected
• Over 2000 schools connected
• Over 50 International peers and over 20
  International transit networks

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Peer Networks

• USA 6 networks
• Abilene (Internet 2), ANL (Argonne), vBNS (NSF),
  Esnet (Energy), NISN (NASA), NREN (NASA)
• NEW Nysernet July 2001
• STARTAP in Chicago 20 national networks
• CERN, IUCC, APAN/ TRANSPAC (Korea, Malaysia,
  Australia, Philipines), RENATER2 (France), SINET
  (Japan), SingAREN (Singapore), SURFnet
  (Netherlands), NORDUnet (Iceland, Norway, Sweden,
  Finland, Denmark), TANet2 (Taiwan)
• New Reuna Chile, RTP Brazil, MIRnet Russia,
  Renater2 (France), KRnet (Korea)
• TEN-155 in New York 26 European networks
• ACOnet (Austria), ARNES (Slovenia), BELnet
  (Belgium), CESNET (Czech Republic), DFN
  (Germany), GARR (Italy), GRNET (Greece), HEAnet
  (Ireland), HUNGERNET (Hungary), JANET (U.K.),
  POL34 (Poland), RCCN (Portugal), RedIRIS (Spain),
  RENATER2 (France), RESTENA (Luxembourg), SWITCH
  (Switzerland), Nordunet (Iceland, Norway, Sweden,
  Finland, Denmark)
• Seattle 4 networks
• NTON (DARPA), Supernet (DARPA), PCNW (Washington
  State)
• New Australia (AARnet), ESnet

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Internet Transit Service

• Internet 2 and CANARIE offering research transit,
  e.g.
• Europe (DANTE) or Asia to US agency networks
  NASA, NREN
• Australia to Europe (DANTE)
• Korea to STAR TAP
• Will promote international collaboration in
  advanced research
• New 360network donation through Dalhousie
  (Halifax) will significantly enhance Canadas
  participation as a global hub for advanced
  networks