1. RMDCN-TT report Matteo Dell’Acqua Meteo-France
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

2. Agenda RMDCN Task Team members and ToRs IMTN overview and status
RMDCN status
1st TT meeting outcome 2

3. Task Team members Hans Janßen, Germany
Leonid Bezrouk, Russian Federation
Steve Foreman, United Kingdom  
Giuseppe Leonforte, Italy
Klas Linne, Sweden
Isabella Weger, ECMWF
Yves Buhler, EUMETSAT
Mariana Grueva, Bulgaria
Roar Skålin, Norway
Zhao Licheng, China
Hiroyuki Ichijo, Japan
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

4. Task Team ToR
To review the matters related to the operation of the RMDCN
To ensure coordination between all RA-VI Member countries and other Members connected to the RMDCN
To maintain close coordination with the TT on WIS Development and Implementation
To make proposals for upgrading the capacities of the RMDCN considering the future implementation and operation of the WIS and the impact of the future GISCs and DCPCs on the performance of the network
To assist the RA-VI Member countries in joining the RMDCN and implementing their connection
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

5. Task Team ToR – con’t To liaise with the CBS-OPAG-ISS
WIS core network is driven by ICG-WIS ! Liaising with ICG-WIS need to be included in the ToRs : comment from Hiro
MdA : this cn be done through myslef and through the chairs of OPAG-ISS, who are both members of the TT
To prepare in collaboration with ECMWF possible changes in the RMDCN, including the preparation of a new procurement for the RMDCN
To review the TORs of the RMDCN Operation Committee (ROC) and its membership taking into account the current RMDCN configuration and its future
Chaired by M. Dell’Acqua
1st meeting of the TT May 2010 in Prague
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

6. Migration process forming WIS core network
Consolidation of IMTN clouds
IMTN
cloud I
IMTN
cloud II
IMTN
Consolidation was completed in Nov 2009
IMTN
WIS core network
Migration process forming WIS core network 6

7. Before consolidation of clouds
Exeter
Sofia
Melbourne
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
Beijing
Nairobi
Washington
IMTN Cloud I
Jeddah
Prague
Toulouse
Dakar
Algiers
Offenbac h
Brasilia
Cairo
New Delhi
Moscow
IMTN Cloud II: RMDCN
Before consolidation of clouds 7 7

8. After consolidation of clouds
Exeter
Sofia
Melbourne
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
Beijing
Nairobi
Washington
Jeddah
Prague
Toulouse
Dakar
Algiers
Offenbach
Brasilia
Cairo
New Delhi
IMTN cloud : RMDCN
Moscow
RA I
RA II
RA III
RA IV
RA V
RA VI 8 8

9. WIS network architecture
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

10. RMDCN status 48 Sites: All ECMWF Member States now Mission Critical
44 NMCs, ECMWF, EUMETSAT (2), DRS for The Netherlands
27 Mission Critical Sites
All ECMWF Member States now Mission Critical
Minimum 2 Mbps AL; 1.5 Mbps IP Bandwidth
New Members in
IMTN:
USA
Australia
South Korea – supported by UK
Morocco – ECMWF Co-operating State
some RA-VI countries have not joined RMDCN, mainly due cost concerns. This situation is not likely to change in a near future
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

11. RMDCN status
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

12. RMDCN Geographical coverage
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

13. New potential Sites Canada South Africa Brazil Israel
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
16th ROC, May 2010, Prague
Slide 13
October 2010

14. Global RMDCN performance
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
16th ROC, May 2010, Prague
Slide 14
October 2010 14

15. RMDCN status – con’t
ECMWF started a pilot project to demonstrate the use of automatically and dynamically assigned secure internet connections to provide resilience against RMDCN failure.
RTH Norrköping acts a backup to ECMWF
Technical workshop organised by ECMWF In February 2010 on the RMDCN to review the technologies available in order to start planning and designing the next generation RMDCN.
MPLS IP VPN is likely to continue to prevail as the dominant global network technology for the coming years
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

16. Meetings
The 16th meeting of the RMDCN Operations Committee (ROC) was held on May 2010 in Prague
… in conjunction with the 1st meeting of RA VI Task Team on the RMDCN
Identify future options for the RMDCN
Identify issues
Network design
Service Level requirements
Financial implication
Increasing needs for bandwidth
Establish outline plan for the next generation RMDCN and possible time schedule for an ITT process
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

17. 1st TT meeting - Actions
Refine requirements lists and look at the impact of requirements on others issues (techical, financial, contractual)
Should help in defining the level of the requirement
ECMWF, with TT members
Define scenarios for the strategic evolution of the RMDCN, as WIS core network and RA-VI GTS network, supporting various technology, various performance level and various SLA
Document the trade-off RMDCN/satellite broadcasting system for GTS global exchanged data  Liaise with EUMETSAT
Investigate mix terrestrial technology
Germany, Italy, ECMWF, EUMETSAT (local contribution), UK, Bulgaria
Investigate multi-vendors solutions
Contractual, administrative aspects
Impact on WMO / ECMWF MoU
ECMWF, UKMO, WMO Sec, Germany
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

18. 1st TT meeting - Actions (con’t)
What kind of products/data will be exchanged on a global basis in the forthcoming 5 years
Strategic view of traffic flows
Japan, Russia, UK, France, China
EUMETSAT 5-years strategy for redistribution of high volume satellite data
EUMETSAT
Amend ToRs of TT to take into account the requirements of the WIS core network
MdA
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

19. 1st TT meeting - ROC Members
ECMWF ( chair and Secretariat)
Experts from all RA-VI GISCs participating in the RMDCN (4)
Experts from RA-VI DCPCs participating in the RMDCN (max of 3)
Experts from RA-VI NCs participating in the RMDCN (2)
Experts from 3 GISCs (different Region) outside Ra-VI participating in the RMDCN on a rolling basis every 2-years
WMO Secretariat
Chair of RMDCN TT
Each countries can have only one representative
Meeting in general annually and more if appropriate
The chair can invite expert from RMDCN centres
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

20. 1st TT meeting - ROC ToRs To monitor the operation of the RMDCN
To control interfaces with the GTS
To investigate options to improve the reliability, security and performance of the network
To assist in the implementation of connection to the RMDCN
To assist in migration
To review the performance and the evolution of the RMDCN and make proposal to the TT
To assist the TT with possible changes in the RMDCN
To review new technologies and make proposal to the TT to improve the RMDCN
To report to the TT on the operation of the RMDCN and propose options to improve it
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010

21. 1st TT meeting - Potential timetable for RMDCN NextGen
RMDN TT report, Offenbach
October 2010