Transcript GEANT and the Future of Pan-European Networking

GÉANT and
The Future of Pan-European Networking
CCIRN, 3rd July 2004
John Boland
CEO HEAnet
Member of DANTE Board of Directors
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
Trends since 1991
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Traffic
Hosts
1000
Access b/w
External b/w
100
10
2004
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1991
Ratio to 1991 value
100000
INTERNET 2
RESEARCH
COMMUNITIES
Belfast
GENERAL
INTERNET
JANET
London
GÉANT
Citywest
Dublin
Galway
INEX
Limerick
Cork
Frankfurt
INTERNET 2
RESEARCH
COMMUNITIES
GENERAL
INTERNET
Belfast
London
GÉANT
Citywest
Dublin
Galway
INEX
Limerick
Cork
Frankfurt
Basic Issues in GN2
Project
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Financial Arrangements
Capacity
Wavelengths & Fibre Questions
Research Activities
Disruptive
emerging
Technology
GÉANT:
One element of a strategy
Experimental
Advanced
IPv6,
Optical,...
GRIDS
GÉANT
All
research
disciplines
Very
demanding
communities
Research on
networking
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
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
Relative Cost of Connectivity Compared with
Number of Suppliers
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lat 25
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co 20
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Trend Line
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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
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
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
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE &
MAJOR JOINT RESEARCH TOPICS
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Security
Performance Monitoring
End-To-End Guarantees
Mobility
Service Activities
• SA1 : Procurement
• SA2 : Network Operations and Basic
Services
• SA3 End-to-End Quality of Service
• SA4 Connecting Other World Regions
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
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
MAJOR JOINT RESEARCH TOPICS
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Security
Performance Monitoring
End-To-End Guarantees
Mobility
e-VLBI
•Exploits GEANT on a pan-European Basis
•Real time
•Throughput 512 Mbps -1+Gbps
•Better Quicker Science
•Look Back Further in Time
Support for European VLBI
Radio Telescope
Correlator
Data Flows
(RT or non-RT)
EVN Traffic Flows over GÉANT
SE
NORDUnet
JANET
UK
JIVE
PL
SURFnet
CZ
PSNC
BE
NL
DFN
DE2
DE1
FR
2.5G
10G
CH
AT
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GARR
256M
512M
1G
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5-GHz Global VLBI image of an
FRII radio galaxy
–Picture provided courtesy of European VLBI Network
After GÉANT: What’s 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