1. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton1 ASTON project TF-NGN, Southampton April 19 th, 2002 Victor Reijs victor.reijs@heanet.ie

2. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton2 Introduction ASTON a step towards optical networking Born on July 30 th, 2001 FLAG Telecom/TERENA Preparation meetings December 6 th, 2001 February 12 th, 2002 Project proposal: April 2 nd, 2002

3. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton3 Activities Bandwidth on Demand... Network Management... Transport at 40 Gbit/s and beyond... 10 Gbit/s Ethernet connectivity over long distances… Next step project proposal… Proposed topology...

4. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton4 Proposed topology

5. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton5 Bandwidth on demand Real-time channel provisioning G-MPLS and/or if feasible O-BGP FLAG provides point2point SDH/SONET links Multi-provider testbed CESNET, FLAG Telecom, NetherLight, PSNC EXC will be used Multiple domain Closely linked with Network Management

6. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton6 Network Management Configuration management –Provisioning of soft permanent channels –Provisioning of (hard) permanent channels Fault management Performance management QoS monitoring and SLS auditing Closely linked with Bandwidth on Demand

7. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton7 Transport at 40 Gbit/s and beyond Assess technological challenges Establish contact with connectivity/equipment providers Create and operate a laboratory test Possibly create/operate a WAN testbed (like at PSNC)

8. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton8 10 Gbit/s Ethernet over long distances Get experience with dedicated dark fiber (40 km) Development methods of deployment in NREN Implement/test a long distance (600 km) connection between FLAG Telecom and CESNET Test 10 GE transit through FLAG Telecom

9. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton9 Follow-up project proposal Inventory of other projects Evaluating results/technologies/services for 2003/2004 Define activities in follow-up project Gather commitments Write/present project proposal

10. April19th, 2002TF-NGN, Southampton10 Present status Wait for commitment of FLAG Telecom Investigating new/other providers Start-up two activities within TF-NGN: –transport at 40 Gbit/s –10 Gbit/s ethernet Find organization(s) to support/rewrite BoD/NM and start brainstorming Commitments of NREN’s/equipment providers New proposal towards TTC on May 24 th, 2002

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