Roadblocks on the Superhighway Dai Davies General Manager

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GÉANT and The Future of Pan-European
Networking CCIRN, 3rd July 2004
John Boland CEO HEAnet Member of DANTE Board of
Directors
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Outline of Presentation

• HEAnet as European NREN
• GN2 Proposing the Next Generation of European
  Networking
• Financial Background
• Capacity
• Wavelengths Fibre options
• Major Joint Research Topics
• Application Example

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INTERNET 2
RESEARCHCOMMUNITIES
GENERAL INTERNET
London
JANET
GÉANT
Frankfurt
INEX
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INTERNET 2
RESEARCHCOMMUNITIES
GENERAL INTERNET
London
London
GÉANT
Frankfurt
Frankfurt
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GÉANT Topology April 2004
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Basic Issues in GN2 Project

• Financial Arrangements
• Capacity
• Wavelengths Fibre Questions
• Research Activities

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GÉANT One element of a strategy
IPv6, Optical,...
next generation Internet
GRIDS
GÉANT
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Financial Arrangements

• EC support for Geant
• Integrated Project
• Network Infrastructure
• Developmental Elements
• Funded by the NRENS and the EC
• Framework Programme 6 (FP6)
• Extending the Range of Connections

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EC NREN funded

• 186 MEuro over 4 years (US 230M)
• Starting end 2004
• 93 Meuro available from EC
• 93 MEuro payable by NRENs
• assuming 50 co-funding
• Based on bandwidth subscribed for

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Relative Cost of Connectivity Compared with
Number of Suppliers
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Some Indications from Market in Europe

• 40Gbps becoming available
• Cost of Interfaces for 40Gbps v. high
• Multiple 10Gbps may be more flexible solution
• Would allow Hybrid Network
• Mix of IP and non-IP
• Terminate on Routers and Switches

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Managed Wavelengths and Dark Fibre

• Whether to invest in dark fibre IRUs and
  transmission equipment/management and
  maintenance/repeater stations etc
• In terms of costs -
• May not be advantage in Western Europe
• Less competitive markets more offers of dark
  fibre in Central and Eastern Europe

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Some exciting possibilities

• Costs for 10Gbps are still reducing
• Additional Wavelengths will drop in price
• Multiple , dual-homed 10Gbps affordable in a
  number of locations
• 10Gbps Lambda possible building block
• Provide switched GEs to high-end users

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NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE MAJOR JOINT RESEARCH
TOPICS

• Security
• Performance Monitoring
• End-To-End Guarantees
• Mobility

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Service Activities

• SA1 Procurement
• SA2 Network Operations and Basic Services
• SA3 End-to-End Quality of Service
• SA4 Connecting Other World Regions

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Networking Activities

• NA1 Management of GN2
• NA2 GN2 Dissemination Activities
• NA3 Support for Users User Consultancy
• NA4 NREN Development Support
• NA5 Foresight Study
• NA6 Co-ordination of RTD Activities

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Joint Research Activities

• JRA1 Performance Measurement and Management
• JRA2 Security
• JRA3 Bandwidth Reservation Allocation
• (Bandwidth on Demand)
• JRA5 Ubiquity (Mobility) and Roaming Access to
  Services
• JRA4 Technology Service Testing

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MAJOR JOINT RESEARCH TOPICS

• Security
• Performance Monitoring
• End-To-End Guarantees
• Mobility

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e-VLBI

• Exploits GEANT on a pan-European Basis
• Real time
• Throughput 512 Mbps -1Gbps
• Better Quicker Science
• Look Back Further in Time

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Support for European VLBI
Radio Telescope
Correlator
Data Flows (RT or non-RT)
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EVN Traffic Flows over GÉANT
SE
UK
JIVE
PL
CZ
BE
NL
DE2
DE1
FR
CH
AT
256M ? 512M ? 1G ?
2.5G 10G
IT
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5-GHz Global VLBI image of an FRII radio galaxy

• Picture provided courtesy of European VLBI Network

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After GÉANT Whats needed?

• Improved backbone infrastructure for European
  research and education - building on GÉANT core
• Support integrated, multi-national research
  teams with challenging (networking) requirements
  - e.g. GRIDs
• Integration of European services into a
  world-wide scope
• Support constantly growing requirements and
  rapidly evolving technology
• spearhead development of next generation
  communication technologies ahead of the market