Photonic-Empowered%20Applications:%20The%20Photonic%20TeraStream,%20OMNInet%20StarLight,%20and%20NetherLight

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iCAIR

• Photonic-Empowered Applications The Photonic
  TeraStream, OMNInet StarLight, and NetherLight
• Joe Mambretti, Director, International Center for
  Advanced Internet Research, Northwestern
  University -- http//www.icair.org
• Director, Metropolitan Research and Education
  Network, MREN -- http//www.mren.org
• iGRID2002
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Sept. 23-26, 2002

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Introduction to iCAIR
Accelerating Leading Edge Innovation and
Enhanced Global Communications through Advanced
Internet Technologies, in Partnership with the
Global Community

• Creation and Early Implementation of Advanced
  Networking Technologies - The Next Generation
  Internet All Optical Networks, Terascale Networks
• Advanced Applications, Middleware and
  Metasystems, Large-Scale Infrastructure, NG
  Optical Networks and Testbeds, Public Policy
  Studies and Forums Related to NG Networks

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Photonic Empowered Applications
iCAIR

• Multiple Global Next Generation Applications Are
  Currently Being Designed and Developed
• Highly Distributed, including World-Wide
• Resource Intensive (Computationally Intensive,
  Bandwidth Intensive, Data Intensive, Storage
  System Intensive, et al.
• Many Based on Grid Computing Infrastructure
• Highly Asymmetric
• Utilization of Dynamic Multi-Wavelength Lightpath
  
• (Lambda-Switching) Provisioning
• Flexible DWDM-based networking vs Todays
  Point-to-Point Optical Networks
• Optical Network Aware A Capability for
  Directly Discovering and Signaling for the
  Required Network Resources, Including Lightpaths

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Photonic TeraStream
iCAIR

• The iCAIR iGRID2002 Demonstration Shows How
  Global Applications Can Use Intelligent Signaling
  to Provision their Own Lightpaths to Optimize
  network Based Resource Discovery and Performance,
  for example, To Enable Access To and Dynamic
  Interaction with Very Large Amounts of
  Distributed Data.
• Supported by Innovative Architectural Method that
  Envisions
• Closer Integration Between Applications and
  Advanced Networks
• Liberating Applications From Restrictions in
  Todays Communication Infrastructure
• Key technologies
• a) Intelligent application signaling,
• b) Dynamic lambda provisioning on the OMNInet
  testbed,
• c) Extensions to lightpaths through dynamically
  provisioned L2 and L3 configurations, in part, to
  allow for access to multiple types of edge
  resources.

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iCAIR Optical Metro Net Initiative (OMNI)
iCAIR

• Terascale NG Optical Metro Net Reference Model
• Removal of Hierarchical Layers,
  Circuit-Orientation, Migration to Peer Model,
  Connectionless-Orientation
• Cost/Benefit Implications of Eliminating ATM and
  SONET
• IETF Architectural Premises, eg,
• Powerful, Smart Core,
• Complexity and Intelligence at Edge
• Flexibility
• Dynamic Resource Allocation and Adjustment
• DWDM From Point-to-Point to Enabling
  Lambdas-on-Demand to Dynamic Provisioning via
  Apps

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iCAIR
Prototyping The Global Lambda Grid in Chicago A
Photonic-Switched Experimental Network of Light
Paths
l1
l2
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iCAIR
Apps
Clusters
C O N T R O L P L A N E
Dynamically Allocated Lightpaths


NEW!
Switch Fabrics
Physical Monitoring
Multi-leveled Architecture
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10GE Links
GE Links
iCAIR
CSW
ASW
IEEE 802.3 LAN PHY Interface, eg, 15xx nm 10GE
serial
l1 l2 l3 l4
10GE Links
Multiwavelength Fiber
Multiple l Per Fiber
ASW
DWDM Links
GE Links

NNN
Multiwavelength Optical Amplifier

• Optical,
• l Monitors, for
• Wavelength Precision, etc.

Power Spectral Density Processor, Source
Measured PSD
Computer Clusters Each Node 1GE Multi 10s,
100s, 1000s of Nodes
Multiple Optical Impairment Issues, Including
Accumulations
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Optical Layer Control Plane
Client Layer Control Plane
Client Controller
Optical Layer Control Plane
UNI
Controller
Controller
Controller
Controller
Controller
I-UNI
CI
CI
CI
Client Device
Client Layer Traffic Plane
Optical Layer Switched Traffic Plane
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OMNInet Technology Trial
Evanston
West Taylor
GE
GE
Optical Switching Platform
Optical Switching Platform
Passport 8600
Passport 8600
Application Cluster
Application Cluster
OPTera Metro 5200
OPTera Metro 5200
S. Federal
Lakeshore
To CaNet4 (future)
10GbE WAN
GE
GE
Optical Switching Platform
Passport 8600
Application Cluster
Optical Switching Platform
Application Cluster
Passport 8600
OPTera Metro 5200

• A four site network in Chicago -- the first 10GE
  service trial!
• A test bed for all-optical switching, advanced
  high-speed services, and and new applications
  including high-performance streaming media and
  collaborative applications for health-care,
  financial, and commercial services.
• Partners SBC, Nortel, International Center for
  Advanced Internet Research (iCAIR) at
  Northwestern, Electronic Visualization Lab at
  Univ of Illinois, Argonne National Lab, CANARIE

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Testbed Configuration
iCAIR
EVL UIC
8 l AWG
NWUEN-1
OFA
OFA
NWUEN-5
NWUEN-2
NWUEN-3
NWUEN-6
l1
l2
l1
l2
l3
l3

SW
Up to 8 l Per fiber
OFA
10/100/GE
10/100/GE
SW
StarLight
ADM
OC-12 to MREN
10/100/GE
NWUEN-8
NWUEN-9
To Optical MREN
Fiber
NWUEN-4
NWUEN-7
To CANet4, SURFnet and Other International Nets

• Scalable photonic switch
• Trunk side 10 G WDM
• Lambda specific interface

SW
10 GbE WAN
10/100/GE
Canet4
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Overlay Management Network (Current)
To Management Network ATM switch port
10/100 BT
BayStack 350
Photonic Switch
OPTera 5200 OLA
10/100 BT
Local Management Station

• MREN

Passport 8600

• Uses ATM PVC with 2 Mb/s CIR from existing
  network (MREN OC12)
• Hub and spoke network from 710 Lakeshore Dr.

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Metros As International Nexus Points
CAnet4
CERN DataTAG
ANL
StarLight
Tokyo? APAN
CalTech
I-WIRE
Amsterdam NetherLight
NCSA
SDSC
AP Metro2
TeraGrid
CSW ASW Cluster OFA
Prototype Global Lambda Grid
Optical Metro Europe
Miami to South Am?
Source International Center for Advanced
Internet Research
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Who is StarLight?

• StarLight is jointly managed and engineered by
• Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL),
  University of Illinois at Chicago
• Tom DeFanti, Maxine Brown, Andy Schmidt, Jason
  Leigh, Cliff Nelson, and Alan Verlo
• International Center for Advanced Internet
  Research (iCAIR), Northwestern University
• Joe Mambretti, David Carr and Tim Ward
• Mathematics and Computer Science Division (MCS) ,
  Argonne National Laboratory
• Linda Winkler and Bill Nickless Rick Stevens and
  Charlie Catlett
• In Partnership with Bill St Arnaud, Kees Neggars,
  Olivier Martin, etc.

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What is StarLight?

• StarLight is an experimental optical
  infrastructure and
• proving ground for network services optimized for
• high-performance applications

StarLight Leverages 32M (FY2002-3) in
experimental networks (I-WIRE, TeraGrid, OMNInet,
SURFnet, CAnet4, DataTAG)
710 N. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago Abbott Hall,
Northwestern University
Chicago view from 710
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STAR TAP and StarLight Services Description
US Networks ESNet (OC-3c soon OC-12c)Abilene
(OC-12c)vBNS (OC-12c)Fermilab (OC-3c)Argonne
(OC-12c)CANARIE (OC-3c)MREN (layer2) 6TAP
I-WIRE DWDM TRANSPAC (OC-12c) NORDUNET
(OC3c) 6TAPMREN (layer2 and 3) NREN (GE
soon) ESnet (GE soon) TeraGrid DTFnet
Abilene (2xGE)SURFNet (2xOC-12c, OC-48c)Argonne
(2xGE)Northwestern University (GE)AMPATH
(GE) vBNS (OC12c soon) CERN (OC-12c/48c
soon) CAnet4 (2xOC-192 soon)
WKN 20011202
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StarLight/NetherLight
Cees de Laat, U Amsterdam _at_ StarLight, USA
Tom DeFanti, UIC and de Laat _at_ NetherLight, The
Netherlands
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iCAIR
Chicago
O1
O2
GigE
GigE
SX
GigE
StarLight
GigE
?
259M
270M/540M
?
GigE
OMNINET
NTSC/SDI
Omninet
GigE
?
GigE
?
GigE
240M/480M
IPS Linux
Netherlight
10 Gpbs
?
2.5 Gbps
?
?
?
OMNINET
380M
GigE
GigE
SurfNet
SURFnet
Linux
O3
O4
UIC/EVL
400M/900M
Linux Traffic Generator
100M
GigE
DV
NU Leverone
Evanston, IL
iGrid 2002
240M/480M
Linux/IPS
Laptop
GigE TX
100M TX
GigE TX
SARAnet
400M/900M
Window DV/Linux
100M TX
Linux Traffic Gen
30M/60M
GigE SX
270M540M
Photonic TeraStream Application
Display
100M TX
Amsterdam
Nelle Bacon iCAIR August 21, 2002
259M
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Further Information
www.icair.org/omninet www.icair.org/igrid2002 www.
startap.net/starlight www.evl.uic.edu www.icair.o
rg www.mren.org www.canarie.ca www.anl.gov www.sur
fnet.nl www.globalgridforum.org www.globus.org www
.ietf.org www.ngi.gov
Ed by Foster Kesselmann