Transcript Trans-National Education

Connecting research &
education in the UK
Josh Howlett
Head, International Collaboration
22 May 2013
CEENGINE, Kiev
The UK’s research and education network
• Available to 18M users
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Higher & Further Education
Academic research
Primary & Secondary schools
Adult & community learning
• Over ¼ of the UK population
• Janet is a not-for-profit
company, owned by the UK’s
research & education
community
Adult
Local
Authorities
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Schools
Higher &
Further
Education
Meeting customer requirements
•To deliver a highly reliable and secure network
– Careful design choices
– Carrier class network equipment & infrastructure
– Strict SLA’s
•To provide a network that is flexible in meeting future
demand
– Design enable capacity scaling at controllable cost
•To provide a network that is more agile in dealing with
change
– Management by Janet NOC
– Close working relationship with industry partners
higher and further
education
schools and local
government
joint education &
local government
“whole regional
public sector”
Janet national backbone
Janet’s national and regional architecture
UK ISPs
Internet
global research
health
public sector
Janet multi-service network architecture
requirements to be served
general use
e-research
IP production network
network
R&D
service
development
test-beds
test-beds
special purpose
bandwidth
flexible transmission platform
new service
Current network – SuperJanet5 – 2006 to 2013
• Dedicated transmission
infrastructure provided to
Janet by Verizon Business
• Janet operates the IP and
Ethernet services
External
Peers
VM
Microsoft
Limelight
Init7
Global Transit
Teliasonera
Global Transit
TiNET
Google
Akamai
NetrinoUK
Google
BBC
Akamai
BTnet
aql Janet 3G
Bogons
Last year:
448G
InTechnology
RM Education This year so far: 489G
Getronics
Coming soon:
709G
Logicalis UK
Pipex
T’house
~300 external peers
INUK
North
VT Group
Virgin Radio
IXManchester
LINX multicast
Edge-IX
MCIX
LINX
Telecity
HX
NHS
Gamma
Amazon
BBC
Getronics
Limelight
TMnet
Pathe News
Redstone
Datahop
GÉANT
Gamma
Manc’r
Akamai
NHS
Exa Net
Synetrix
Google
InTechnology
100Gbit/s
10Gbit/s
1Gbit/s
Global Transit
TiNET
Level 3
Janet6
• Replacement of the Janet UK-wide
backbone
• Design and delivery rooted in
customer requirements
• Highly scalable
• Highly reliable
• Flexible
• Key specifications:
• 6500km fibre
• Ciena 6500 transmission
platform, scalable to 8.8Tb
• Juniper T4000 & MX960
• Managed by the Janet NOC
• In operation mid-2013
Services
• Janet delivers 40+ services
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Connecting to Janet
Technical advice
Security
Communicating
Infrastructure
Research
Training
Purchase frameworks
Cloud
There’s going to be more!
Janet future services – meeting customer requirements
• Video services
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Any video client
Multiple participants
Easy scheduling
Customisable
• Telephony
– SIP based telephony delivered over Janet
• Access and Identity Management
– Integrated product set, including eduroam and other AIM services
– Moonshot: the future of AIM
• Janet pilot with 44 organisations
• GÉANT pilot
• Mobile services
– Janet 3G
– 4G trials with EE
e-Infrastructure for research: directions & priorities
• maximising research investment
• strengthening cross-border links
• open market for researchers
• gender equality
• accessing scientific knowledge
• joint programming
use of e-infrastructure –
UK priorities for support:
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engineering & manufacturing
life sciences
energy
construction (smart cities)
information economy
financial & professional
services
Thank you
Janet, Lumen House
Library Avenue, Harwell Oxford
Didcot, Oxfordshire
t: +44 (0) 1235 822200
f: +44 (0) 1235 822399
e: [email protected]