1. The GÉANT network: current status and future plans Vincenzo Capone Business Development Officer GEANT, Cambridge (UK) vincenzo.capone@dante.net IVTW14/EVN-NREN Meeting, Groningen (NL) - 13/11/14

2. 2 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Summary The GÉANT backbone International connectivity North America South America Africa China Asia-Pacific GÉANT service portfolio GÉANT Open Calls projects ICOF project SKA/GÉANT @ SC14

3. 3 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Europe’s 100Gbps Network e-Infrastructure for the “data deluge” Latest transmission and switching technology Routers with 100Gbps capability Optical transmission platform designed to provide 500Gbps super- channels 12,000km of dark fibre Over 100,000km of leased capacity (including transatlantic connections) 28 main sites covering European footprint

4. 4 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate We selected… (for transmission) DTN-X solution from Infinera Why? Photonic integration Large pools of “virtualised” BW Ease of use Excellent service wrap

5. 5 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Switching/routing layer MX series of IP/MPLS switch/routers from Juniper Why? Supports a wide array of switched services (based on EoMPLS) Includes MP2MP as well as P2P Optimised for Ethernet Supports 100GE 120Gbps/slot (new SCBs) Also good at routing… …and ready for “virtualisation”… …and SDN 5

6. 6 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate GÉANT: At the heart of the Global R&E Village http://global.geant.net/

7. 7 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate North America (today) GÉANT Interconnects with: CANARIE (Canada) ESnet (USA) Internet2 (USA) NISN (USA) Transatlantic Capacity: 60Gbps for IP traffic 10Gbps for point-to-point connectivity Reciprocal funding for links from GÉANT and NSF funding 30Gbps for LHC and ITER Projects

8. 8 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate North America (tomorrow) EEX (ESNet Extension to Europe) 2 x 100G New York - London 100G Washington - Geneva 40G Boston – Amsterdam The intra-European section is provided by GÉANT In production for Jan. 2015

9. 9 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate North America (tomorrow) GÉANT 100G circuit New York - Paris Expected 2015 ANA-100G Internet2 100G circuit (expected end 2014) NORDUnet 100G circuit (expected end 2014) The foreseeable total bandwidth for R&E trans-Atlantic is going to be 640Gb (backup included)

10. 10 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Latin America RedCLARA is the regional R&E Network for Latin America RedCLARA connects 13 Latin American NRENs Interconnects with GÉANT at 5Gbps RedCLARA is self-sustaining following EC-funded ALICE and ALICE2 projects (2003-2013) EC-funded ELCIRA Project Collaboration to extend eduroam & eduGAIN in Latin America Create pilot of collaboration tools (webconferencing, large file transfer)

11. 11 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Caribbean C@ribNET is the regional R&E Network for the Caribbean Connects 13 Caribbean countries Interconnects with GÉANT at 155Mbps EC funding to February 2015 provided via World Bank Discussions for EC funding beyond 2015 underway C@ribNET was officially launched in February 2013 Event involved steel drum master class including UK participation via Janet and GÉANT

12. 12 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate North Africa and Middle East: EUMEDCONNECT3 www.eumedconnect3.net Currently connects Algeria at 622Mbps Egypt connects to GÉANT at 622Mbps via own link Work to re-build the network underway, focusing on Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan and Palestine EUMEDCONNECT3 2011 – 2015 3.3M Euro, 36% EC funding Managed by DANTE with support of NRENs from Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy and Spain Actively supported formation of the Arab States Research and education Network (ASREN) Regional network since 2004 Network reach affected by Arab Spring

13. 13 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Sub-Saharan Africa (today) UbuntuNet Alliance is regional organisation for Southern and Eastern Africa UbuntuNet PoPs in London & Amsterdam with connectivity from: Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa, Sudan & Zambia EC-funded AfricaConnect project is 4-year project from May 2011 to build out regional network Total Budget of 15 M Euro (divided in 80:20) Partners: UbuntuNet Alliance, UA member NRENs, WACREN and AAU, and some EU NRENs. DANTE is the Coordinating Partner First AfricaConnect operational links implemented in March 2014 2 x 10G connection to GÉANT www.africaconnect.eu www.ubuntunet.net

14. 14 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Sub-Saharan Africa (tomorrow) TENET/SANREN (ongoing arrangement on UbuntuNet usage) SKA is a pushing factor towards major upgrades 2 x 100G upgrade on WACS cable system 20G dedicated for SKA soon, up to 100G in 5yrs Upgrade from 10G to 40G on SEACOM cable system Total foreseeable capacity for S.A. is going to be 240G

15. 15 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Central Asia CAREN connects GÉANT with Central Asia : Kazakhstan: 622Mbps Kyrgyzstan: 600Mbps Tajikistan: 155Mbps Turkmenistan: 155Mbps CAREN hubs in Frankfurt and Hong Kong 2 nd phase due to end in March 2015 but further extension planned http://caren.dante.net Also, Afghanistan connects at 155Mbps to GÉANT in Vienna via NATO-funded SILK-Afghanistan project.

16. 16 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate China: ORIENTplus Direct EU-China R&E connectivity since 2007 2nd phase: July 2011 – Dec 2014 €4m budget; EC (FP7) contribution: 940K € for connectivity only Partners: BASNET, CERNET, CESNET, CSTNET, DFN, E-ARENA, GARR, GRNET, JISC, NORDUNET, PSNC Hybrid: high-capacity IP and point-to-point connectivity services London – Beijing link upgraded to 10 Gbps in January 2013 to meet increasing usage Major applications: (high-energy physics, astrophysics, meteorology, genomics, radio-astronomy etc.) Enables transnational education (TNE) initiatives (e.g agreement between CERNET and JISC)

17. 17 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Asia-Pacific (today) TEIN4 for Asia-Pacific is the world’s largest regional R&E network TEIN4 receives funding of €8 million from EC TEIN5 2016 – 2020 under discussion with EC Managed by TEIN*Cooperation Center (based in Korea) 2 x 2.5G connection with GÉANT ORIENTplus project provides 10Gbps link from China to Europe 2.5G to Australia (AARNET) 2 x 40G AARNET to North America 10G Japan to TEIN 10Gbps via MANLAN to GÉANT www.tein.asia

18. 18 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate TEIN future upgrades Beijing – Hong Kong upgrade to 10G Australia (AARNET) 10G to TEIN 2 x 100G to US (100G to NZ) India (NKN) – plans for NKN links to GÉANT at 2 x 5G next year Singapore (SingAREN) - 10G direct to GÉANT (1Q ‘15) Korea (KOREN) – 2.5Gbps via TEIN Malaysia (MYREN) - upgrade to 622Mbps or higher underway Pakistan (PERN) - upgrade to 622Mbps or higher underway The total foreseeable bandwidth to TEIN could go up to 40G Japan (JGN/NICT, SINET4/NII and MAFFIN) – 10G direct eastward to GÉANT for SINET5 underway, up to 100G in 5 yrs. Asia-Pacific (tomorrow)

19. 19 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate GÉANT: The Best-connected R&E Network Americas & the CaribbeanMiddle East & AfricaAsia & Oceania (cont.) CANARIE C@ribNET CEDIA CUDI ESNet INNOVA|RED Internet2 NISN (NASA) NLR RAAP RAGIE RAICES RAU2 REACCIUN2 Red CoNARE RedCyT RENATA REUNA RNP USLHCNet Canada Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, BVI, Dominica, Dominican Rep., Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad Ecuador Mexico USA Argentina USA Peru Guatemala El Salvador Uruguay Venezuela Costa Rica Panama Colombia Chile Brazil USA ANKABUT ARN ENSTINET EUN KENET MoRENet Qatar Foundation RENU RwEdNet SARInet SUIN TENET TERNET ZAMREN Asia & Oceania AARNet AfRENA ASGC BdREN CamREN CERNET CSTNET INHERENT/ITB United Arab Emirates Algeria Egypt Kenya Mozambique Qatar Uganda Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sudan South Africa Tanzania Zambia Australia Afghanistan Taiwan Bangladesh Cambodia China Indonesia JGN-X HARNET KazRENA KOREN/NIA KRENA-AKNET LEARN MAFFIN MYREN NKN NREN PERN2 PREGINET REANNZ SINET3/NII SingAREN TARENA ThaiREN/ThaiSARN ThaiREN/UniNet TuRENA TWAREN VINAREN Japan Hong Kong Kazakhstan Korea Kyrgyzstan Sri Lanka Japan Malaysia India Nepal Pakistan Philippines New Zealand Japan Singapore Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan Taiwan Vietnam 65 countries outside Europe connected to GÉANT http://global.geant.net/

20. 20 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate GÉANT Service Portfolio Connectivity IP, up to 100Gbps access (for NRENs) MD-VPNs (L2 and L3) BoD and Point-to-point circuits (GÉANT+) Wavelengths: 10-100Gbps End to end Performance perfSONAR – Network monitoring & testing eduPERT – Performance troubleshooting AAI: eduGAIN – Secure access, single sign-on One Stop Shop Consultancy International co-ordination Bespoke solutions

21. 21 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate OPEN CALL GÉANT Open Call – some background…. “Open Call” EC process to select new partners (leveraging talent outside GÉANT ) EC requirement that 50% of GÉANT’s R&D budget (€3.3m) spent via Open Call Used to meet project objectives – focus on innovation (new services/technologies) and enabling new users 18-month projects EC contribution €100k–350k

22. 22 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Funding outcomes €4.5m total budget 21 projects 37 beneficiaries 30 new partners €3.3m EC Contribution Funding outcomes

23. 23 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Next steps Wide consultation across Consortium and beyond Launch Open Call - September 2015 Select themes early 2015 (EC preference is a focus on “Services” + inclusion of more businesses) Next steps

24. 24 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate ICOF project 24 Clock transfer techniques developed NEAT-FT aims at an comparison of clocks at NPL (London) and SYRTE (Paris) connected through 760 km of dark fibre mostly belonging to GÉANT Parts of link situated in noisy environments, e.g. the metropolitan areas of London and Paris and the Eurotunnel. Techniques of cancelling fibre-induced phase noise uses fully bi-directional links Up to 8 bi-directional EDFAs also high- gain fibre Brillouin amplifiers at the end points.

25. 25 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate GÉANT/SKA demo @ SC14 SuperComputing 2014 is to be held in New Orleans (US), 17-21 Nov. 2014 GÉANT will host SKA at the booth (SADT staff present) Remote operation session to the Australian SKA (ASKAP) precursor (Murchison) Remote connection to the University of Cambridge Press release: http://www.geant.net/MediaCentreEvents/news/Pages/GEANT-exhibiting- at-SC14.aspxhttp://www.geant.net/MediaCentreEvents/news/Pages/GEANT-exhibiting- at-SC14.aspx

26. 26 Connect | Communicate | Collaborate www.geant.net www.twitter.com/GEANTnews | www.facebook.com/GEANTnetwork | www.youtube.com/GEANTtv Connect | Communicate | Collaborate Thank you! (Questions?)