Transcript Slide - International Workshop on African Research & Education

South African National Research
Network (SANReN)
International workshop on African
Research and Education Networking
25-27 September 2005, CERN, GENEVA
Imraan Saloojee
DST, South Africa
[email protected]
Presentation Outline
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The Square Kilometer Array
RadioTelescope (SKA)
The need for a high speed research
network
Current situation
Envisaged future
Challenges
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The SKA
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Largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built
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Global initiative from the start
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Estimated budget $1.5bn
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Based on new technology to reduce cost and
increase sensitivity, field of view, multi-beaming,
frequency range and flexibility
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1 million square metres of effective collecting area.
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100 times more sensitive than today’s best
instruments.
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A distributed array of antennas.
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A software telescope
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Economic opportunities
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Possible SKA structure in Southern Africa
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Cost of Bandwidth
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Future of Radio Astronomy and success of SKA bid
depends on availability of low cost bandwidth for
optical fibre for data transmission
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Huge infrastructure in region
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Bandwidth makes it possible to locate large scale
science infrastructure in developing world
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The need for Research Networks in S.A.
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Enabler for international collaboration
 Science no longer succeeds in silos
Sources of research input globally
distributed + HUGE
Able to tackle more challenging problems
Research facilities expensive, avoids
duplication
Allows researchers to spend more time
researching
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GEOSS
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Radio Astronomy in South Africa
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HartRAO
only Radio
Astronomy
observatory
in Africa
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Key role in
international
VBLI
Shared sky coverage with major observatories at all wavelengths
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Current Research Network in South African
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TENET is the “bandwidth consortium” that arranges general
Internet access for some of these (via TELKOM)
The TENET family
 GEN2 agreement with Telkom (approximately half of
commercial rates)
 All` universities and Universities of Technology
 Plus U of Lesotho and U of Swaziland
 HMO, HSRC, MRC, iThemba labs, NLCSA, NRF, HartRAO CHE,
SAASTA,,
 More than 600 000 users
CSIR, ARC and some other government research labs not part of
TENET family.
Small connection to GEANT through TENET
Bandwidth Limited and even at half commercial rates expensive
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SAT-3/WASC/SAFE
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SAT-3/WASC Landing
Points
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SAFE Landing Points
1. Portugal
2. Spain (Canaries Islands)
3. Senegal
4. Côte d’ Ivoire
5. Ghana
6. Benin
7. Nigeria
8. Cameroon
9. Gabon
10. Angola
11. South Africa
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12. South Africa
13. France (Reunion)
14. Mauritius
15. India
16. Malaysia
The Géant Connection (1)
Established in Oct 2004
GRE tunnel through TELKOM SA’s IP network between…
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Géant’s London PoP; and
TENET’s International Gateway in Cape Town
“Provisional” in that…
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it shares long-haul bandwidth with general Internet
traffic;
It will ultimately be superseded by dedicated link
Traffic flow is small, but growing fast…
Great “feel good” impact on research community
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Future Research network in SA
SANReN: The SA Government is creating an NREN
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Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Driven by needs of “big e-science” projects
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SALT, VLBI, SKA, HESS, ALICE Project,
NBN, GBIF, GEOSS, SAEON,HPCC, NLCSA
Strengthen links to Géant;
Will not provide general Internet access
All TENET institutions will connect, either directly
or via a SANReN/TENET gateway
First phase in place by early 2006
Dedicated connection to Géant (1 Gb/s going to
10Gb/s)
TENET is project Manager for DST
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Benefits of SANReN for South Africa (1)
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Leverages global resources and programmes for SA
Scientists
 High speed connectivity to over 3000 research
institutions worldwide
 Enables access to huge amounts of information
from primary research facilities around the
world e.g High Energy Physics, e-VLBI, Human
Genome, EO data
Continued Participation of SA researchers in cutting
edge science and innovation
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Benefits of SANReN for South Africa (2)
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Makes the establishment of large
scale science infrastructure like the
SKA in South Africa more attractive
Enables better and wider use of
expensive infrastructure
Provides a platform for innovation
Enhances SA reputation as a science
destination
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Probable SANReN design
SANReN PoPs
 Johannesburg
 Durban
 Port Elizabeth
 Bloemfontein
 Cape Town
 Limpopo Province
Architecture
 10 Gb/s backbone
 Up to 10 Gb/s connections
to sites
 International Connection
through SAT3 or EASSy
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Support IPv4 and 6
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Sites
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10 sites including TENET gateway will
connect in phase 1
Further 10 in phase 2
Additional sites thereafter
Deployment model will depend on
final outcome of negotiations
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Leasing, IRU, ownership
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Challenges
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Challenge 1: Long-haul connectivity
Challenge 2: Terrestrial infrastructure
Challenge 3: Market structure in SA
Establishment of differential regime for research and
academic networks to be provided for
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Licensing of private research and academic networks
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Pricing for bandwidth which is available for research
and academic purposes on existing networks
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Interconnection
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The University of Witwatersrand
11.3 Mb/s Internet access
Cost breakdown
Appox. unit cost ($ per kb/s per
month)
Carrier transit cost in UK
$4.00
7%
Long haul to UK (via SAT-3 cable) cost
63 %
Transport and peering within South
Africa
30 %
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Summary
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ESTABLISHES LONG TERM CAPABILITY TO
TRANSACT AT THE HIGHER END OF GLOBAL
KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION FLOWS
Strong Government support and drive for R&D
SANREN will establish 10Gb network with
connecting all research institutions into GEANT
Will carry research traffic
Negotiations at advanced stage
Government commitment to use legislative and
regulatory options to reduce cost of research
bandwidth
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