The SuperJANET4 Project

SuperJANET III Managed ATM backbone Core operates at 155 Mbit/s Service delivery primarily IP Institutions connect at MANs or PoPs

SuperJANET III million users Typical applications Mbit/s Traffic is London Centric Contract expires 31st March 2001

Driving force for change Enrichment of the learning process Regionalisation of education Broadening access Advances in technology Opening out the network

Future Requirements SuperJANET4 will connect 200 HE institutions 600 FE institutions Backbone capacity a minimum of 2.5 Gbit/s National Scope High capacity to London

Future Requirements Must support IP Must allow bandwidth reservation Some bandwidth partitioning may be required Will be used to roll out IPV6 Internet2 and other new services Must evolve

We are interested in UK wide coverage Not necessarily from a single supplier Lit fibre We’re not a telco

We are interested in FM arrangements for PoPs xDSL technology

We are interested in Off tariff pricing Solutions not specific technologies Reliability Resilience

Project Milestones Launch formal procurement Dec 1999 Responses returned by Mid Feb 2000 BAFO responses byMid April 2000 Award contract byEnd June 2000 Roll out new network byMid Dec 2000 Move service to new networkDec 2000 to Mar 2001

Project activities requirements analysis and follow- on activities backbone design, procurement and rollout definition of MAN/backbone interface revision of JANET management model

Requirements analysis Aug - Dec ’99Jan - Jun ’00Jul - Dec ’00 first call initial analysis input to procurement ongoing development of requirements products...

SJ4 and other JANET changes Aug - Dec ’99Jan - Jun ’00Jul - Dec ’00 SJIII upgrades SJ4 definition... procurement... roll-out FEFC definition... roll-out to 400+ colleges Procurement/roll-out of new regional networks

Backbone acquisition Aug - Dec ’99Jan - Jun ’00Jul - Dec ’00 discussions with suppliers topology design operational requirement formal procurement contract award(s) study network equipment Roll-out by supplier(s) acquire equipment commission and test awareness / training 31 March 2001: SJIII ends

MAN/backbone interface: progress to date MAN to be delivery mechanism common standards of service to institution’s door, irrespective of attachment point set of operational goals agreed process under way to define standards

Contact points web site: list: or direct to individual members of the SuperJANET4 team