GÉANT and The Future of Pan-European Networking CCIRN, 3 rd July 2004 John Boland CEO HEAnet Member of DANTE Board of Directors

Outline of Presentation HEAnet as European NREN GN2 – Proposing the Next Generation of European Networking Financial Background Capacity Wavelengths & Fibre options Major Joint Research Topics Application Example

INTERNET 2 RESEARCH COMMUNITIES GENERAL INTERNET INEX Belfast Citywest Dublin Galway Limerick Cork JANET London Frankfurt GÉANT

London Frankfurt GÉANT INEX Belfast Citywest Dublin Galway Limerick Cork London Frankfurt INTERNET 2 RESEARCH COMMUNITIES GENERAL INTERNET

GÉANT Topology April 2004

Basic Issues in GN2 Project Financial Arrangements Capacity Wavelengths & Fibre Questions Research Activities

GÉANT GÉANT: One element of a strategy GRIDS IPv6, Optical,... All research disciplines Very demanding communities Research on networking Technology Advanced Experimental Disruptive emerging next generation Internet

Financial Arrangements EC support for Geant Integrated Project –Network Infrastructure –Developmental Elements Funded by the NRENS and the EC Framework Programme 6 (FP6) Extending the Range of Connections

EC & NREN funded 186 MEuro over 4 years (US $230M) –Starting end Meuro available from EC 93 MEuro payable by NRENs –assuming 50% co-funding –Based on bandwidth subscribed for

Relative Cost of Connectivity Compared with Number of Suppliers

Some Indications from Market in Europe 40Gbps becoming available Cost of Interfaces for 40Gbps v. high Multiple 10Gbps may be more flexible solution Would allow Hybrid Network –Mix of IP and non-IP –Terminate on Routers and Switches

Managed Wavelengths and Dark Fibre Whether to invest in dark fibre IRUs and transmission equipment/management and maintenance/repeater stations etc In terms of costs - –May not be advantage in Western Europe –Less competitive markets : more offers of dark fibre in Central and Eastern Europe

Some exciting possibilities Costs for 10Gbps are still reducing Additional Wavelengths will drop in price Multiple, dual-homed 10Gbps affordable in a number of locations 10Gbps Lambda possible building block Provide switched GEs to high-end users

NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE & MAJOR JOINT RESEARCH TOPICS Security Performance Monitoring End-To-End Guarantees Mobility

Service Activities SA1 : Procurement SA2 : Network Operations and Basic Services SA3 End-to-End Quality of Service SA4 Connecting Other World Regions

Networking Activities NA1 Management of GN2 NA2 GN2 Dissemination Activities NA3 Support for Users & User Consultancy NA4 NREN Development & Support NA5 Foresight Study NA6 Co-ordination of RTD Activities

Joint Research Activities JRA1 Performance Measurement and Management JRA2 Security JRA3 Bandwidth Reservation & Allocation (Bandwidth on Demand) JRA5 Ubiquity (Mobility) and Roaming Access to Services JRA4 Technology & Service Testing

MAJOR JOINT RESEARCH TOPICS Security Performance Monitoring End-To-End Guarantees Mobility

Exploits GEANT on a pan-European Basis Real time Throughput 512 Mbps -1+Gbps Better Quicker Science Look Back Further in Time e- VLBI

Support for European VLBI Radio Telescope Correlator Data Flows (RT or non-RT)

EVN Traffic Flows over GÉANT UK SE FR NL BE DE1 DE2 CZ PL CH IT AT SURFnetJANETGARRPSNCDFN NORDUnet 2.5G 10G 256M  512M? 1G  JIVE

5-GHz Global VLBI image of an FRII radio galaxy –Picture provided courtesy of European VLBI Network

Improved backbone infrastructure for European research and education - building on GÉANT core Support integrated, multi-national research teams with challenging (networking) requirements - e.g. GRIDs Integration of European services into a world-wide scope Support constantly growing requirements and rapidly evolving technology: spearhead development of next generation communication technologies ahead of the market After GÉANT: What’s needed?