Transcript Slide 1
Kees Neggers
SURFnet
SC2003
Phoenix, 20 November 2003
• Question 2
e-infrastructure
• e-infrastructure is the innovation engine for a
modern economy
• new network infrastructure is an enabler for new
applications
• research and higher education community are the
early adopters
GigaPort innovation engine
GigaPort Network
Application in research and higher education
Application in business and by citizens
Application in education
Application in government
Application in healthcare
GigaPort NG Network
Application in research and higher education
Application in business and by citizens
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1999 - - - - - 2003 2004 - - - - - 2007
2008 - - - -
SURFnet5 2001-2005
• Partners BT and Cisco
• 15 PoPs connected by
thirty 10 Gbit/s lambdas
• Dual stack IPv4 and IPv6
since 2001
• More than 100 institutes
connected at Gbit/s level
• 500,000 users
Global Lambda Integrated Facility 2003
10 Gbit/s
New York
MANLAN
Stockholm
NorthernLight
IEEAF
10 Gbit/s
2.5 Gbit/s
10 Gbit/s
2.5 Gbit/s
10 Gbit/s
CA*net4
Tokyo
WIDE
10
Gbit/s
IEEAF
10 Gbit/s
Chicago
StarLight
10 Gbit/s
SURFnet
10 Gbit/s
Amsterdam
NetherLight
NSF
10 Gbit/s
DWDM
SURFnet
Dwingeloo
ASTRON/JIVE
10
Gbit/s
2.5 Gbit/s
SURFnet
10 Gbit/s
Tokyo
APAN
2.5 Gbit/s
10 Gbit/s
London
UKLight
Geneva
CERN
Prague
CzechLight
VLBI at JIVE in Dwingeloo today
Lambdas as part of instruments
www.lofar.org
• Question 5
What did we learn
• Point to point lambdas are a powerful service
• Current Optical-Electrical-Optical equipment can
allocate sub-lambdas to individual applications
• Management is still cumbersome
Hybrid network architecture seems to be the only
valuable NREN option for the future:
– Packet switched internet for regular many-to-many usage
– Light Paths for new high speed few-to-few usage
SURFnet6 overview
• Realization of a next generation hybrid network with
seamless end-to-end communication:
– Based on SURFnet owned dark fiber, already 3000 km in place
– Native IPv4, IPv6 and Lambda Services over a single
transmission infrastructure managed via a single control plane
– Multi-domain networking
– Ethernet services as part of the WANs
– Intelligence of networks and the associated responsibilities at
the edges
• Paving the way to a ubiquitous and scalable
Services Grid
Positioning GigaPort NG Network
Joint development with Virtual laboratory for EScience project from the University of Amsterdam
Research
Pilot
Function
Applications
Generic application
services
Virtual Laboratory for E-Science
Grid services
Network
infrastructure
GigaPort-Network
Civil
infrastructure
Innovation cycle
Market