1. PAN EUROPEAN RESEARCH NETWORKING JISC Committee for networking 29 April 2002 Matthew Scott - Commercial Manager DANTE

2. DANTE- Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe Founded in 1993 by NRENs as a not for profit organisation NRENs are shareholders and customers (except in UK where roles are split: HEFCE and UKERNA) Builds and manages the network that provides Pan european connectivity for 27 NRENs, serving over 3000 research centres across Europe Also connects to other regional research communities across the world.

3. Introduction to GÉANT: The latest Pan European network New network launched December 2001 after: –9 month tender process –6 month implementation and migration from old network Now connects 31 countries in Europe –7 new countries connected –20 X more bandwidth

4. GÉANT Gigabit Connectivity (possibly 2.5 Gbps) Geographic Expansion/Global access Guaranteed Quality of Service Objectives (pre tender) Technical/commercial Environment 10 Gb connectivity largely untried outside labs Huge investment in infrastructure by Telcos Competition in market varied greatly

5. Effect of deregulation

6. Pan European Network History 20004000600080001000012000 IXI 1990-1993 EUROPANET 1993-1996 EUROPANET 2 1996- 1997 TEN-34 1997-1998 TEN-155 1998-2001 GEANT 2001 - Trunk network capacity (KBps)

7. Pan european Network History- logarithmic scale 1101001,00010,000100,0001,000,00010,000,000 IXI 1990-1993 EUROPANET 1993- 1996 EUROPANET 2 1996- 1997 TEN-34 1997-1998 TEN-155 1998-2001 GEANT 2001- KBps

8. GEANT backbone topology March 2002

9. GÉANT - Capacities Network Capacity @10 Gbps = 90 GBps Network Capacity @ 2.5 Gbps = 30 GBps Other Capacities = 3 Gbps Total Network Capacity =123 GBps Subscribed access Capacity = 32 GBps

10. GÉANT Backbone Access Speeds

11. How much does a Pan european network cost?

12. How is GEANT funded? NRENS subscriptions pay for 100% of total costs incurred by DANTE EC pay 50% of allowable costs claimed by DANTE to DANTE NRENS then receive from DANTE approx 50% credit on their paid subscriptions

13. Geographic expansion New connectivity planned for Malta and Croatia Regional Balkan network under consideration Other feasibility studies now underway: –EUMEDCONNECT- 12 mediterranean/N African NRENs –CAESAR - connecting to South American NRENs

14. Global Connectivity European Distributed Access Connectivity to North American research organisations –2 x 2.5 Gbps from January 2002 –Discussions with North America about reciprocal connectivity (paid for by US/Canada)

15. Guaranteed Quality of Service Objective is end-to-end QoS by combinations of edge to edge QoS ‘IP premium’ guarantees bandwidth,delay,loss etc using mainly Diffserve techniques VPN service suitable for IPv6 and other testbeds/GRIDS etc NREN University NREN University GEANT

16. Thank you for your attention Matthew Scott - Commercial Manager DANTE Matthew.scott @dante.org.uk