Transcript 24.04._Vasilis_GEANT2_JSCC_April_25_07

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European NRENs & GÉANT2
Vasilis Maglaris
[email protected]
Chairman, NREN Policy Committee - GÉANT Consortium
Professor, National Technical University of Athens – NTUA
European Commission (DG INFSO-M) & Nordic Council of Ministers
Delegation to Russia
JSSC, Moscow April 25, 2007
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GÉANT2: A European R&E
Networking Model
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Interconnects 34 National Research & Education Networks-NRENs of the extended
European Research Area (ERA) http://www.geant2.net/
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Connects more than 3500 Research & Education (R&E) Institutions
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Serves > 30 million end-users + e-Science Projects (e.g. GRIDs) under NREN
Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP) rules
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The model: A 3-tier Federal Architecture, partially subsidized by National and EU
Research & Education funds:
– The Campus Network (LAN/MAN)
– The NREN (MAN/WAN)
– The Pan-European Interconnection: TEN34  TEN155  GÉANT (GN1 in FP5) 
GÉANT2 (GN2 in FP6): Hybrid Optical Backbone (+ Cross Border Fibers)
GN2 EC Subsidy < 10% of total European R&E Networking Cost
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Governance: NREN Policy Committee
Project Management: GN2 Exec, DANTE http://www.dante.net/
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The NREN PC
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Austria (ACOnet)
Belgium (BELNET)
Bulgaria (ISTF)
Croatia (CARNet)
Czech Republic (CESNET)
Cyprus (CYNET)
Germany (DFN)
Estonia (EENet)
France (RENATER)
Greece (GRNET)
Hungary (HUNGARNET)
Ireland (HEANet)
Israel (IUCC)
Italy (GARR)
Latvia (LATNET)
Lithuania (LITNET)
Luxembourg (RESTENA)
Malta (UoM)
Netherlands (SURFNET)
Nordic Countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway,
Sweden (NORDUNET )
Poland (PSNC)
Portugal (FCCN)
Romania (RoEduNet)
Russia (JSCC)
Slovakia (SANET)
Slovenia (ARNES)
Spain (RedIRIS)
Switzerland (SWITCH)
Turkey (ULAKBIM)
United Kingdom (UKERNA)
PLUS NON-VOTING MEMBERS:
Delivery of Advanced Network Technologies to Europe
Ltd. (DANTE)
Trans-European Research & Education Networking
Association (TERENA)
PERMANENT OBSERVERS: CERN,, AMREJ,, MARNET
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NRENs – GÉANT:
A European Success Story
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Some factors
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Century old Telecom (+ 40 years ARPAnet - Internet) experience: Proven strong “Network
Externalities”  Sharing tradition
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Industry needs for Next Generation Network proofs of concept, synergy with R&E community
 the ARPAnet paradigm from the US of America to the “US of Europe”
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Foresight of National + EU funding authorities, triggered by NREN planning – SERENATE,
EARNEST Studies, http://terena.nl/pubications/files/SERENATE-FINAL.pdf
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A decade (+) of success in serving R&E needs of the Continent  Easing “digital divides” &
involving powerful education communities (educators, students, pupils?)
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NRENs as public utilities for the R&E communities – extending “commons” principle
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Solidarity – human networking of NREN community
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Stable Governance: NRENs, PC, Exec (+ DANTE & TERENA)
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GÉANT2
Hybrid
Network
Topology
15+ NRENs
interconnected
within the Dark
Fibre (DF) “cloud”
Rest, via leased
“lambda” and
SDH circuits
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Bandwidth Requirements per User
SERENATE Study Final Report, 2003
Cees de Laat, David Williams et. al.
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Provision of end-to-end (e2e)
Services to e-Science Initiatives
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Up to 2005: Gigabit Packet Switched IP (Layer 3) & Premium IP e2e Managed Bandwidth Services, VPNs
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Now DF NRENs, subscribe to GÉANT+ : A dual lightpath (2x10 Gig) mandatory hybrid service involving
– 10 Gig IP Routed Service (IPv6)
– 10 Gig Layer 2 Switched Service (multiplexing GigE’s and/or SDH circuits for e2e NREN requirements)
National – local circuits provisioned by NRENs & Campuses
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The hybrid NREN - GÉANT2 service model enables DF NRENs to order additional 10 Gig lightpaths for:
– Layer 2 Switched e2e circuits (e.g.1 GigE) on GÉANT2
– 10 Gig Optical Private Networks (OPNs) configured for large e-Science projects using GÉANT2 DWDM,
NREN & Campus lightpaths
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Pricing of additional e2e lightpaths: Incremental costing of GÉANT2 Dark Fiber, charged to projects via
hosting NRENs. Global extensions (if possible) may use GÉANT2 lightpaths under similar terms
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Planning based on common understanding and “accurate” prediction of requirements (bandwidth, availability,
delay, jitter …)
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Who, how and to what extend provisions, manages, monitors, charges, absorbs the costs, undertakes risks in
a multi-domain network of HPC - GRID resources?
{LHC T0 – T1, EGEE, DEISA, eVLBI} + {NRENs, GÉANT2, DANTE}
pave the way & uncover hidden issues (technical & managerial)
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LHC TIER0 – TIER1 Optical Private Network - OPN,
scenario based on work by Roberto Sabatino DANTE
RAL
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Nordugrid
FNAL
BNL
TRIUMF
ASCC
UK
DK
CERN
T0
CW
NL
SARA
GEANT2
DE
FR
IT
ES
GRIDKa
IN2P3
PIC
CNAF
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Towards Globalization of
R&E Networking
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Funding opportunities
– EC, EuropeAid http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/index_en.htm
– EC, DG INFSOM http://ec.europa.eu/comm/dgs/information_society/index_en.htm
– The EU Thessaloniki Agenda for the Western Balkans
http://europa.eu/abc/doc/off/rg/en/2003/pt0861.htm#fn1
– NATO (Science for Peace), World Bank, European Investment Bank (EIB)
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Strong Inerest by the UN (World Summit on the Information Society: Geneva 2003, Tunis 2005)
http://www.itu.int/wsis/
– Internet Governance Forum (IGF 2006), Athens Sept. 2006 http://www.igfgreece2006.gr/
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Global connectivity of Pan-European R&E Network GÉANT/GÉANT2
– North America (USA – Internet2/ESNET, Canada - Canarie)
– Latin America (ALICE)
– Asia – Pacific (ΤΕΙΝ2)
– Mediterranean Countries (EUMEDconnect,
– South Africa (TENET)
– South-Eastern Europe (SEEREN, SEEFIRE)
– Ukraine, Belarus, Virtual Silk - Caucasus (?)
– Central & Western Africa (?)
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Latin American R&E
Networking
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ALICE (America Latina Interconectada
Con Europa) project
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80% funded by the European
Commission, managed by DANTE
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Beneficiary NRENs from 19 Latin
American partners, including the Latin
American research networking
association CLARA (+ partner NRENs
from France, Italy, Portugal, Spain)
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Setup: 2003 to develop RedCLARA
(regional R&E network in Latin America)
+ connectivity to GÉANT 622 Mbps
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Owing to its success ALICE has been
extended until March 2007 (originally
May 2006)
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Mediterranean R&E
Networking
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80% funded by the European
Commission EuropeAid,
managed by DANTE
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Beneficiary NRENs of
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel,
Jordan, Lebanon, Malta,
Morocco, Palestinian
Authority, Syria, Tunisia,
Turkey (+ partner NRENs of
France, Greece, Italy, Spain)
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Feasibility study: 2001-2002
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Design, procurement: 20022003
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Operation: 2004-2006 (now 11
countries) + connectivity to
GÉANT
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Asian Pacific R&E
Networking
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80% funded by the European
Commission EuropeAid, managed by
DANTE
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Beneficiary NRENs of Brunei, China,
Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,
Vietnam (+ partner NRENs of France,
Netherlands, UK)
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Feasibility study: 2004
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Operation of regional network +
connectivity to GÉANT:
2005, 4 x 622 Mbps
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South Eastern European R&E
Networking – SEEREN2
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80% funding by the European
Commission (100% for SEEREN1
in FP5, 2002-2004) managed by
GRNET (Greek NREN)
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Beneficiary NRENs of Albania,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYR of
Macedonia, Serbia & Montenegro
(+ partner NRENs of Bulgaria,
Greece, Hungary, Romania +
DANTE & TERENA)
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Current SEEREN2 - GEANT2
connectivity: 155  622 Mbps via
the GÉANT2 subscriptions of
GRNET, RoEduNet, ISTF and
HUNGARNET - cross border dark
fiber between HUNGARNET –
AMREJ (leapfrogging)
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GÉANT2:
Policy Issues for NREN Participation
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One National R&E Entity represents all R&E communities of a National State (its Service Area) and
participates on their behalf in the NREN Policy Committee
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This not for profit entity (NREN) must:
– Be a member of the GN2 Consortium or admitted upon unanimous agreement of Consortium
voting members
– Abide by the GN2 Consortium Agreement & NREN PC resolutions
– Publish its AUP (applicable to all traffic accessing GÉANT2)
– Support R&E networking in its Service Area, within the Extended European Research Area
– Provide access to all AUP compliant national R&E users via their campus LAN or MAN (or
other R&E network within their service area)
– Contribute to the Cost-Sharing of GN2 according to PC Resolutions
– Participate in the NREN PC and (if possible) to GN2 Activities (NA’s, SA’s, JRA’s)
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Under the conditions above a GÉANT2 NREN is entitled to:
– National subsidiarity
– Collective privileges of GÉANT2 NREN’s (hybrid services, global connectivity, joint research…)
– EC co-funding, if eligible
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Conclusion: NRENs & GÉANT2 as
Global e-Science Enablers &
Advanced Networking Testbeds
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NRENs - GÉANT2 provide cost effective e2e switched & light path connectivity within the
Dark Fiber Cloud (DWDM footprint)
+ Global IPv4 – IPv6 coverage (and progressing towards Global Hybrid networking)
+ Network management, resiliency & support
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e-Science (GRID) Virtual Organizations obtain customized, production quality hybrid
networking services, beyond leasing individual circuits, wave-lengths or dark fibers
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e-Infrastructures as equalizers, reduce the DIGITAL DIVIDES in Europe & Globally:
Big Science affordable via Virtual e-Science
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NRENs - GÉANT2 stimulate Network Research & enable novel concept evaluation by
emulations in a global production environment via virtualization of facilities & services
e- Infrastructures: A CONCERTED EUROPEAN EFFORT
Our Research Networking & HPC/GRID communities share the same mission: Provision of
leading edge e-Infrastructures for Research and advancement of HPCN technologies as
European added value
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