Transcript NLR Planning principles, assumptions & guidelines

“Gigabit or Bust”
Reaching all users
Dave Reese
CTO, CENIC
17 September 2002
CENIC
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A 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation founded by
California Institute of Technology, California State University,
Stanford University, University of California, and University of
Southern California
Mission is to facilitate and coordinate the deployment,
development, and operation of a set of seamless and robust
advanced network services.
Provides both Internet and Internet2 (Abilene) access to
Associates (and other research networks)
Serves all 100+ Community Colleges (2 yr colleges)
Digital California Project connects K-12 schools in all 58 counties
of California with over 70 nodes/access points
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CENIC - Dark Fiber Network
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Current Status of CENIC Fiber Backbone
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Signed contracts for over 1,000 miles (1600 km) of dark fiber in
California
Companies: Level(3), Williams
IRU for 1 mile of conduit to join w/campus entrance fiber (UCSD)
Hardware selection in final stages (Cisco 15808 DWDM)
Additional 540 miles (870 km) under consideration
Fiber from University to backbone
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All University of California campuses
Stanford University
USC (University of Southern California)
CalTech
Phase 2 to include California State University campuses
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CalREN Networks
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CalREN - Serving Research & Commodity
1. CENIC will build two distinct CalREN networks
a) Using fiber and DWDM as common layer
b) CalREN/DC = Digital California (production commodity, five-9’s)
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OC-48c backbone, T-1,DS-3,OC-3,OC-12,GigE connections
3.8Gbps of Internet-1 connectivity
Commodity peering in Los Angeles and Palo Alto
c) CalREN/HPR = High Performance Research (Abilene-like)
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10GigE LANPHY backbone, GigE, 10GigE connections
10GigE to Abilene in Los Angeles
d) CalREN/XD = Experimental Development/Research
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Providing 3 OC-192c connections Los Angeles-San Diego for DTF/SDSC
Capability to provide 10G wavelengths between researchers
Access to dark fiber for specific research needs
2. CENIC and PNWGP leveraging project towards a National Light
Rail (NLR) dark fiber resource
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POP Architecture
DWDM
10 Gig E
Gig E
Experimental
10Gig E
Gig E
CalREN/DC
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NLR
Connection Options: Dark Fiber (C or D WDM),
Managed Wavelength Services (GigE and up),
Traditional Circuits (T1 to OC-12c)
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National Light Rail - What it is
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(in general)
Public/Private Sector research based partnership on a national,
20yr. IRU’d, fiber footprint to primarily support research,
experimental and education networking with e2e bandwidth
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Start by provisioning a linear transcontinental system with 4 shared
‘s (plus some private waves). Positioned for geographical and wave
expansion. Seek full national ring(s) in near future.
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‘Shared ’s’ 4 lit to start. One for initial shared ip service + One
subdivided wave(s) etc. Other 2 under discussion. Could be lots more.
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‘Private
’s for NLR Partners individually or collectively
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Also a separate fiber pair (and possible conduit access/use) in a
smaller geography for physical level optical network research
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Coordinated ‘MetaPoP’ services, capabilities and facilities to help
research and researchers, including academic support staff, rack
space, instrumentation, measurement points and tools for
research, operational .edu and commodity internet traffic. This will
be done mostly by NLR Partners but structured in a way to
achieve coordination with and interoperability among one another.
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Goals to Support:
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Research! (including Network Research:)
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Experimentation in networking and in education
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Regional fiber/  efforts in .edu & research sectors
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Education
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Academic Med. Center driven Clinical activities
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Development & implementation of network & computing
technologies not otherwise likely to be generally available
commercially as early as needed in R&E.
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Enabling deterministic and other e2e bandwidth/ ’s, dark fiber
and conduit for Grid, eScience etc. & for ‘Regionals’ etc.
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e2e !
1. A root goal of NLR is establishing end-to-end
connectivity between campus and lab desktop,
server, apparatus and sensor, etc. endpoints. A
major part of the NLR effort is to establish and
interconnect the fiber/wave and broadband
wireless based local loop and campus & lab
based infrastructure required for the needed
e2e connectivity and performance.
2. e2e goal requires
a) Fiber/waves between PoP’s to Campus/Lab
b) Intra-campus
c) Inter-pop national & regional backbone
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AUP & CoU ‘free’
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Physical Layer NLR = No AUP other than ‘legal and
non-interfering’
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NLR Shared IP services = No AUP other than ‘legal
and non-interfering’.
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Private or Shared Waves = No AUP other than ‘legal
and non-interfering’.
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But, Research & Experimental bandwidth ‘subdivisions’
may (each) have AUP/CoU as determined by the
project, program, sponsor, users
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Allocation of Waves, Dark Fiber & Conduit
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Initial allocations are for R&E uses and users
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In general wrt waves where there are 4 or less
remaining ’s in segments priority will be given to
educational, research and clinical uses and users
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Dark fiber and conduit allocation approach TBD via
research community
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NLR managing directors ultimately determine
allocations not driven by specific contracts/agreements.
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Lit National NLR Core Fabric Fiber
A. Starting footprint - operational 3/2003-7/2003
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5,207 miles
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B. Multi-Loop core for owned fiber R&E net? - June 2004?
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11,000 miles
Dashed lines for regional not costed
7-28-02 ronj
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National LightRail: cost-effective owned lit R&E fiber fabric
7/03 footprint
Canarie
fabric
Leading-Edge e2e services & experimental
network facilities via MetaPoPs and inter-gigapop
links for research & next gen. tech., arch., grids,
DTF expansion, content, sensors, apparatus …
Up to 40 dedicated 10 gigabit waves with up to
hundreds of dedicated gigabit links system-wide.
SEA
10 gbs
IEEAF
donation
BOS
CHI
SUN
Detroit
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CLV?
PIT
NY
10 gbs
IEEAF
Donation
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DEN
Raleigh
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ATL
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MetaPoPs & Core Nodes
ADM sites
Desired Expansion PoPs/ADM
National LightRail” (NLR)
NLR Under Consideration
International Broadband
Metro/WAN owned Fiber ‘Rings’ connecting strategic R&E endpoints.
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For more information on
NATIONAL LIGHTRAIL
please contact any of:
Tom West <[email protected]>
Ron Johnson <[email protected]>
Charlie Catlett <[email protected]>