1. CLCAR 2009 Mérida Venezuela
Marcio Faerman
RNP – Red Nacional de Enseñanza e Investigación de Brasil

2. Research Panorama in Brazil
I – Expansion and Consolidation of National System of Science, Technology and Innovation
II – Promoting Technological Innovation in Business
III – Research, Development and Innovation in Strategical Areas 1. Bio and Nanotechnology 2. Information and Communication Technologies 3. Health 4. Biofuels 5. Electrical Power, Hidrogen and Renewable energy sources 6. Oil, Gas and Coal 7. Agribusiness 8. Biodiversity and Natural Resources 9. Amazon and Semi-Arid Brazilian regions
10. Meteorology and Climate Change 11. Space Program 12. Nuclear Energy Program 13. National Defence and Public Security
IV – S,T & I for Social Development
Research in Numbers
~ registered researchers
Recently created 101 science and technology consortia
Source: Science & Technology Ministry - Action Plan

3. About RNP
RNP is Brazil’s NREN (National Research and Education Network), fully supported by the federal government to provide advanced network services to the higher education and research community.
RNP has operated its own IP network since 1992, and has continually renewed its technology since then.
Since 2002, RNP, together with CPqD, the leading telco R&D centre, has built and operated a wide-area optical network testbed (Project GIGA), which is now being directed to Future Internet research and development, beginnng in 2009.
© 2009 – RNP

4. Research networks and testbeds in Brazil
World-class research networks to support large-scale collaborations:
RNP national backbone network - up to 10 Gbps
upgrading to hybrid packet-circuit architecture in 2010
RNP metropolitan dark fibre networks in capital cities
international connections to Latin America and Europe (through RedClara) and to North America (with ANSP)
upgrading to 20+ Gbps in 2009 (including RedClara2/ALICE2)
cross-border fibre to neighbouring countries (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile) by 2010
Large-scale optical network testbeds provided through:
Project GIGA km (with CPqD, federal support)
Project KyaTera km (SP state support)
Future (from 2010) availability of experimental capacity on production network infrastructure
Experimental network R&D in Brazil

5. Research and Testbed Networks in Brazil, 2009
to GEANT (Madrid)

6. RNP Network – 2010 Possible 10G linksPA MA TO CE AC RO PI RN GO MT DF MS PB PE AL MG SE
all links: 10G waves
hybrid packet-circuit architecture
dynamic circuits under study
capacity to be available for FI experimentation SP BA
LNCC ES RJ PR RS SC

7. Dynamic circuits for a hybrid network
A requirement for international cooperation
Experimental evaluation underway: I2-DCN x AutoBAHN x ARGIA
Collaboration provided by international partners: Internet2, Canarie, GEANT, NORDUnet
Various research groups engaged: CPqD, UECE, UFES, UFF, UFPA, UFRJ, UFRS, UFSC, UNIFACS, USP
Experimental network R&D in Brazil

8. Project GIGA testbed
Since 2002 RNP, the local NREN, and CPqD, the leading R&D centre in telecom, have jointly coordinated a large-scale experimental R&D initiative in networks and applications, built around a wide area optical testbed network in southeast Brazil, with the active participation of research groups from over 50 research institutions and local industry.
In 2009, a second phase of this initiative was begun to focus more clearly on the future of the Internet, with support for a “clean-slate” approach
proposed provision of GENI or FIRE-style testbed with virtualised resources and programmable network devices
testbed to be extended using circuits from RNP’s future hybrid Research Network
Experimental network R&D in Brazil

9. RNP involvement in testbeds: pertinent strategic objectives
testbed as a “pre-deployment” laboratory for future versions of RNP networks, with planetary scale experiments (using our international connections) when appropriate
FIRE / GENI class testbed for Future Internet architectures and applications
Wide involvement of Brazilian R&D groups and open to collaboration (federation) with similar initiatives in other countries
Focus on research and prototype development
Maintain close links with academic community and local industry
Participation in planetary-scale experiments
Experimental network R&D in Brazil

10. Some FI research activities in Brazil
GIGA Phase 2 will support a wide variety of concurrent FI research activities, both in networking technologies and user applications.
“Horizon” (new Internet architectures) approved in 2008 by Funttel (Brazil) and ANR (France)
UFRJ, Unicamp, PUC-Rio, UMPC (FR), industrial partners
“Web Science” (consortium led by UFRJ) approved in 2008 by CNPq (National Institutes for S&T (INCT): 3 to 5 years)
experimental research into “Future Internet Architectures” (researchers from RNP, UFF, UFPA, UNIFACS, USP)
initial construction of optical+wireless testbed, with adoption of PlanetLab/VINI for network virtualization, based on RNP network
Experimental network R&D in Brazil

11. International collaborations - 1
RNP strongly supports CLARA and the ALICE2 project, partially financed by the EU, which will improve international links within Latin America and to GEANT
RNP is investing in cross-border fibre projects connecting Brazil to Southern Cone countries: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
RNP and ANSP provide redundant connectivity to RedCLARA by ceding bandwidth between US and Brazil
RNP is a member of
GLIF (Global Lambda Interactive Facility)
development of circuit technologies and their use
CineGrid
technologies and network support for digital cinema
Experimental network R&D in Brazil

12. International collaborations - 2
RNP has recently supported a number of projects seeking US funding (IRNC2 programme from NSF).
FENRIR, “Federated Experimental Network Resources for International Research” – NORDUnet
“Supporting eScience applications using path-engineered multi-layer hybrid networks and wide-area file systems” – U. Virginia
“AmLight Teleconcordia: Collaboratory Without Walls For Computational Science” - FIU
Experimental network R&D in Brazil

13. Conclusion
RNP
provides network connectivity within Brazil and with other countries
is modernizing its infrastructure to provide high-quality IP and end-to-end circuit connectivity for scientific collaboration, both at national and international levels
provides experimental infrastructure for FI R&D
is “well-connected” to research communities in FI in Brazil
Experimental network R&D in Brazil

14. RNP – Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa
RNP is the Brazilian NREN
maintained by the Brazilian government (since 1989) to enable network access to the national research and education community
provides national (inter-state) and international R&E connectivity for more than 300 public and private universities and research centers through the provision of advanced networking infrastructure
also provides commodity access – one-stop shopping
promotes the development of advanced networking and applications
Since 2000, RNP is managed for the federal government by a non-profit private company, RNP-OS, legally recognised as an “Organização Social”, which allows the government to contract its services without competitive tender.
Annual cost of RNP is around US$ 25M (70% telco contracts)
RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking

15. RNP’s service networks
RNP includes the following funded connectivity:
National backbone network – Rede IPÊ
1 PoP (Point of Presence) in each state – usually a federal university
Link capacity depends on the available telco infrastructure
Currently from 2 Mbps to 10 Gbps
Direct intercity connections between state PoP and non-local federal instituions (education, science and technology)
Currently from 2 to 155 Mbps (depends on the institution)
Community-based optical metro networks connected to PoPs
Currently being built out – 4 out of 27 already in operation
No service charges are made to end user institutions
Non-federal institutions are normally required to fund their own access links
RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking

16. Rede IPÊ – national backbone network
Last big reform in 2005 (5th phase)
Capacity reflects available telco infrastructure
Currently composed of:
Multigigabit core network
4 PoPs at 10 Gbps, and 6 PoPs at 2.5 Gbps
IP over lambdas ( km)
Terrestrial SDH connections to 15 PoPs
Most links are 34 Mbps
Some at 2 Mbps
Some upgrades in 2007 to 102, 155 and 622 Mbps
2 PoPs connected by satellite at 2 Mbps
RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking

17. Connections to federal institutions located outside cities with PoPs
These include:
Universities, Technical Colleges, Agrotechnical schools, belonging to the Ministry of Education
Research Centres belonging to the Ministry of S&T
One of the most interesting cases is INPE – National Institute for Space Studies
Activities in Meteorology, Earth Observation, Environment, Space technology, …
Main campus in São José dos Campus, SP (155 Mbps to SP)
Satellite communications centre in Cuiabá, MT (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network)
Radiotelescope in Eusébio, CE (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network)
Large computing centre (CPTEC) in Cachoeira Paulista, SP (155 Mbps to Rio de Janeiro)
RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking

18. New computing cluster at INPE/CPTEC (2007)
Cluster of 1100 processors, with peak rate of 5.7 Tflops.
62 TB of formatted disc storage
Cost of US$2.4M.
Occupied 416th of the “Top 500”
Inaugurated on 31/7/2007
RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking

19. Community-based optical metropolitan networks
Since 2004, RNP has also concentrated its attention on metropolitan networks, to provide adequate access to the multigigabit IPÊ network
Funding provided by Science and Technology ministry, complemented by contributions from state and city governments and by private R&E participants
These metro networks are based on owned dark fiber networks, shared between the R&E institutions served
typically operate at 1 Gbps and permit:
interconnection of the campi of the participating institutions
access to RNP´s IPÊ network PoP
reduction of current costs
easy to upgrade (e.g. to 10 Gbps) – just replace the terminal equipment
Pilot project: o projeto MetroBel na cidade de Belém do Pará, whose metropolitan area has a population of 2.2 millions
network was inaugurated in May 2007
RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking

20. MetroBel 12 institutions with 32 campi
each institution has its own pair of fibers (for internal connectivity)
30 km ring (48 fibres)
10 km extension to Ananindeua (36 fibres)
12 km access links (6 fibres)
Institution A
Institution C
Institution B
RNP PoP
to IPÊ network
RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking

21. Community metro networks nationally
By mid 2010, RNP expects to have deployed all 27 of these networks, reaching all the metropolitan campi of around 250 R&E institutions countrywide at 1 Gbps
In most of these the local governments are participating for internal IT and for connecting schools and hospitals
This digital empowerment is expected to have significant consequences for the use of the national and international networks for scientific collaboration

22. Adoption of hybrid (packet + circuit) architecture
Since 2002, the more advanced R&E networks in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific have been developing new forms of administering networks.
Led by the Netherlands and Canada, these networks have sought to provide massive bandwidth, using WDM optical infrastructure, providing simultaneously:
Packet-switched network, like the present Internet
Circuit-switched network, for high-bandwidth applications such as grid computing and interactive HD video, which require dynamic provisioning
Such initiatives provide support for international collaboration through the GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility)

23. Hybrid networks in Brazil?
The main argument for hybrid networks is cost – they are the cheapest way to deploy really high capacity networks
RNP feels it cannot ignore this tendency, without restricting certain classes of scientific collaboration.
The hybrid architecture will be probably not be adopted everywhere at the same time, but will be introduced together with higher bandwidth links

24. Traditional e-Science Communities
High Energy Physics
LCG
EELA-2, CBPF
OSG T2s
UERJ, UNESP
Astronomy
Major Partner of SOAR Telescope
Remote Observation Rooms
Dark Energy Survey (DES)
LSST
Brazilian National Observatory,
Brazilian National Astrophysics Lab

25. INPE- Climate Studies, Weather Forecast, Earth Observation
Discussions
Cross Disciplines - Agriculture, Health
SX6
SCD1
SCD2
Weather forecast models
Bulletins
PCD
Satellite Imagery

26. Connections to federal institutions located outside cities with PoPs
These include:
Universities, Technical Colleges, Agrotechnical schools, belonging to the Ministry of Education
Research Centres belonging to the Ministry of S&T
One of the most interesting cases is INPE – National Institute for Space Studies
Activities in Meteorology, Earth Observation, Environment, Space technology, …
Main campus in São José dos Campus, SP (155 Mbps to SP)
Satellite communications centre in Cuiabá, MT (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network)
Radiotelescope in Eusébio, CE (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network)
Large computing centre (CPTEC) in Cachoeira Paulista, SP (155 Mbps to Rio de Janeiro)
RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking

27. New computing cluster at INPE/CPTEC (2007)
Cluster of 1100 processors, with peak rate of 5.7 Tflops.
62 TB of formatted disc storage
Cost of US$2.4M.
Occupied 416th of the “Top 500”
Inaugurated on 31/7/2007

28. Connections to federal institutions located outside cities with PoPs
These include:
Universities, Technical Colleges, Agrotechnical schools, belonging to the Ministry of Education
Research Centres belonging to the Ministry of S&T
One of the most interesting cases is INPE – National Institute for Space Studies
Activities in Meteorology, Earth Observation, Environment, Space technology, …
Main campus in São José dos Campus, SP (155 Mbps to SP)
Satellite communications centre in Cuiabá, MT (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network)
Radiotelescope in Eusébio, CE (soon to be 1 Gbps – metro network)
Large computing centre (CPTEC) in Cachoeira Paulista, SP (155 Mbps to Rio de Janeiro)
RNP role in Brazilian R&E networking

29. e-Health RNP RUTE e-Health Network Computer Assisted Medicine INCT
~130 Health Institutions
Remote Diagnostic
Special Interest Groups
Computer Assisted Medicine INCT
Virtual Physiological Human
Multi-Scale – Organs to Molecular Level
USP, Unifesp, UFSC, UFMG, UFPE, UFRGS, UFRJ, UERJ, LNCC, RNP
At ICT Lyon 2008

30. Biodiversity Culture and Arts Other Emerging Areas Amazon, Semi-Arid
27 institutions community
Data and Model oriented
Culture and Arts
National Library – International Digital Library
Museum e-Collections
Coordination with EU-LA ProIdeal
Cinegrid – HD Movie gigabit/s transmission – Jul ´09
Brazil, USA and Japan

31. e-Infrastructure is There
BR Synchrotron Light National Lab
Distributed Computing Infrastructures
EELA-2, OurGrid, VCG
SINAPAD HPC
Petrobras HPC
INPE/CPTEC HPC
Multi-gigabit network
RNP
Gigabit metro network
2010 at all state capitals
Large Instruments
Synchrotron
Microscopes
Telescopes
FP6 RinGrid Project

32. High Speed Transport WG Diagnostics and Failure Recovery Automation WG
R&D for Inovation
High Speed Transport WG
Diagnostics and Failure Recovery Automation WG
e-Learning Infrastructure WG
e-Education WG
Virtual Community Grid WG
Virtual Museum WG
Overlay Network WG
Public Key Infrastructure for Education
Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure
MonIpê –End to End Monitoring Service
TV Content Exchange between universities

33. The “global” Grid coverage
How to take care of the future of e-infrastructures?
At Feb review:
100 sites, 10K CPUs
1st gLite release foreseen for March’05
6 domains and

34. The EELA Project EELA (SSA under EU FP6) EELA-2 (CP-CSA under EU FP7)
E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America
EC support: 1.7 M€
CIEMAT extra support: 0.4 M€
10 Countries (3 in Europe)
2 International Organisations
20 Members (7 in Europe)
E-science grid facility for Europe and Latin America
EC support: 2.1 M€
CETA-CIEMAT extra funds: 0.3 M€
Currently 16 Countries (11 in LA)
2 new countries (Panama & Uruguay)
1 International Organisation (CLARA)
Currently 78 Members (62 in LA)
32 Institutions joining (31 in LA)
Currently 13 JRUs (9 in LA)
4 new JRUs (3 in LA)
At the final review EELA was awarded the highest EC rank:
“Good to excellent project”

35. CLARA Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas
Latin American network backbone
9 nodes, interconnecting 13 Latin American NRENs
ALICE2 , was approved by the EC and will receive funding until 2012 both from the EC and from LA-NRENs.
The project, which began in November 2008, is coordinated by CLARA, which is seeking to acquire long-term access to telecommunications infrastructure, such as optical fibre and wavelengths, which can be used to provide scalable network capacity with low maintenance cost.
to Europe (GÉANT2) 622 Mbps
Financed by EU (in part)
Mexico – USA (Pacific Wave): 1 Gbps

36. Multi-domain Coordination

37. EELA Grid Sustainability Proposal for LA

38. Interoperable Network Monitoring
Compatible with perfSONAR
Collaboration with Internet 2, GEANT and other NRENs
Goal is to provide uniform monitoring across multiple domains

39. Logistics to fill up network pipe

41. Communicating Cyberinfrastructure and e-Collaboration
Virtual Community Grid WG (partnership with LNCC)
National Public key infrastructure for Education
Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure
Partnership with National System of High Performance Computing - SINAPAD Program led by LNCC
The EELA-2 Project – E-science Grid Facility for Europe and Latin America
“Programa de Fomento al Uso de Redes Avanzadas en Latinoamérica para el Desarrollo de la Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación”, OEA/FEMCIDI/CLARA
RINGrid Project – Remote Intrumentation Grid
HEPGrid, Sprace
Brazilian e-Science collaboration

42. Brazilian e-Science Collaboration Network: major objectives
Promote colaboration in e-Science and provision of Cyberinfrastructure amongst its members;
Encourage the expansion of the Collaboration Network;
Promote Collaboration Network participation in national and international e-Science projects;
Contribute to the discussion and formulation of public policy for the development of e-Science and investment in Cyberinfrastructure.

43. General Considerations
Multiple network domains must be taken into consideration for end to end quality services
Both nationally and internationally
Seamless coordinated inter-operation between academic networks still a challenge
A lot of progress being made lately thanks to big pushers / early adopters
Astronomy, High Energy Physics Community, Climate, Earth Observation
Integration between network, data repositories, compute, storage resources, applications and users is key
Cross disciplinary engagement
Need broad strategical planning for partnerships, collaborations and funding
Looking forward to increasing collaboration with Colombia

44. RNP – Red Nacional de Enseñanza e Investigación de Brasil
Gracias!
Marcio Faerman
RNP – Red Nacional de Enseñanza e Investigación de Brasil