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BOREAS-Net : Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network

BOREAS-Net : Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network. Paul Lustgraaf Mike McQuiston March 30, 2007. What is BOREAS-Net?. Boreas is the Greek god of the north wind

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BOREAS-Net : Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network

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  1. BOREAS-Net : Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network Paul Lustgraaf Mike McQuiston March 30, 2007

  2. What is BOREAS-Net? • Boreas is the Greek god of the north wind • BOREAS-Net stands for: Broadband Optical Research Education And Science Network (yes, the acronym was reverse-engineered!) • A consortium formed to build a Regional Optical Network (RON) • See web page at http://www.boreas.net

  3. What is BOREAS-Net? • Connects members to the national research nets in Chicago and Kansas City • Connects to other RONs especially in Chicago with CIC OmniPoP and StarLight • Also connects to more affordable and diverse commercial Internet services

  4. Who belongs to BOREAS-Net? • The founding members of BOREAS-Net are: • Iowa State University • University of Iowa • University of Minnesota • University of Wisconsin – Madison

  5. BOREAS-Net Design

  6. Why Do We Need Amplifiers? • Signal strength is lost with distance due to absorption. This is called attenuation. • Attenuation varies by fiber type. • Signal strength can be boosted by amplifiers. • Amplifiers must typically be used every 70 to 100 kilometers.

  7. Access Sites

  8. Access Sites • Kansas City – Colo in I2 Suite at Level3 • Same facility as NLR • Chicago – Colo in StarLight and in I2 Suite at Level3 (900 N Kingsbury, AKA 600 W Chicago) • NLR is at 111 N Canal (facility was space and power limited) • CIC has dark fiber between sites

  9. Access Sites • Two Access Nodes on each participating Campus • Diverse fiber paths to campus and diverse Nodes on campus • Extra Access Nodes • Eau Claire, Milwaukee, St. Paul

  10. Transport Services • 10G Ethernet Wave Transport • OC192c SONET Wave Transport • 1G Ethernet Sub-Wave Transport • SONET Sub-Wave Transport (OC3-OC48, by special request only)

  11. Capacity • Each wave supports 10 Gigabits. • Currently configured for ten 10G waves. • 100 Gbps per segment. • Can be expanded in ten wave increments. • Equipment can support up to 80 waves. • For a total of 800 Gbps on each segment.

  12. Creating BOREAS-Net • CIOs agreed in principle on Nov. 1, 2004 to create a RON • A technical team was tasked with issuing an RFP for dark fiber • Fiber RFP was issued June 17, 2005 • CIOs agreed to an MOU on Dec. 19, 2005, formally creating BOREAS-Net

  13. Buying Fiber • Wisconsin and Minnesota already owned fiber along the I94 corridor • BOREAS-Net purchased 455 miles of fiber from Wiltel(Level3) on Dec 21, 2005 • BOREAS-Net purchased 391 miles of fiber from FiberLink Mar 2, 2006 • Some laterals were also purchased for Ames,IA from McLeod and ICN

  14. Buying Hardware • Optronics RFP released Mar 3, 2006 • Contract with Infinera signed Oct. 9, 2006 • First hardware shipped Dec 4, 2006 • First segment install started Dec 13, 2006 • First wave provisioned Jan 17, 2007 • All segments accepted Jan 24, 2007

  15. Current Status • 1,544 miles of fiber are lit with Infinera DWDM gear • 100 Gbps configured • 14 add-drop nodes and 22 amplifiers • Fiscal Agent is University of Minnesota • NOC services by WiscNet • Field service contract with Level3

  16. Infinera Add-Drop Node

  17. Infinera Amplifier Node

  18. Example Amplifier Hut

  19. Hut Environment • Multiple rooms, each with air conditioning. • DC power plant with several hours of battery capacity. • Generator backup power. • Remote monitoring of: door access, temperature, power.

  20. McLeod Aerial Fiber

  21. BOREAS-Net Costs • Capital Costs: $6.3M • Dual nodes on major campuses added about 10%, but increase reliability greatly. • Annual Operating Costs about $1.0M • Costs are shared among members.

  22. Next Steps For BOREAS-Net • Test lab in Madison: • Includes Terminal Node, Add-Drop Node, Three-Way Node, and Amplifier Node • Build circuits • Finalize procedures for operation • Establish Network Operations Center

  23. National Networks • New Internet2 network. • National LambdaRail (NLR) • Regional Optical Networks (RONs) • Northern Tier Network Consortium • http://ntnc.org

  24. New Internet2 Network

  25. National RON Map

  26. Future Directions • Work with Northern Tier • To Fargo, North Dakota. • Maybe eventually all the way to Seattle • Maybe to Winnipeg • South Dakota is looking at options • Expand foot print within Primary States • Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin

  27. National Developments • Internet2 and National Lambda Rail have agreed to merge by June 2007. • The disposition of the two national networks is unclear at this time.

  28. Implications for ISU • Commodity Internet. • Internet2 connection. • Waves for research projects. • Other uses.

  29. Commodity Internet Connections • ISU will use BOREAS-Net for our commodity Internet connections. • ISU will connect to one or more Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Kansas City. • U of Iowa will connect in Chicago. • We will provide backup to each other. • We also act as an ISP to the ICN.

  30. Internet2 connection • ISU will connect to the Great Plains Network (GPN) in Kansas City at 10 Gbps. • GPN will connect to the Internet2 network at 10 Gbps. • U of Iowa will connect in Chicago. • We will back each other up.

  31. Waves for Projects • Both 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps waves will be available for research projects. These can be connected to other networks to get almost anywhere in the world. • SONET connections (OC3 to OC192) can be accommodated by special arrangement.

  32. Other uses for BOREAS waves • Off-site backups • Storage at Iowa City? • Disaster recovery? • Dynamic waves • For example, an astronomy project may need to be connected to San Diego today, Japan tomorrow, and Hawaii the day after.

  33. Competing For Grants • Grants today often involve extensive collaboration and sharing of large datasets. BOREAS allows ISU to compete for these grants, e.g. the BP grant. • The connectivity provided by BOREAS eliminates some of our geographical disadvantage compared to peer institutions.

  34. Wave Pricing • 1 Gbps: $25K per year • 10 Gbps: $160K per year • These prices get you from the edge of campus to anywhere BOREAS goes. Other networks may have additional charges. • Depending on your situation, it may cost more to get from the edge of campus to your location.

  35. Contact Us! • Angela Bradley • bradley@iastate.edu • 294-4514 • Mike McQuiston • mmcquis@iastate.edu • 294-8558 • Paul Lustgraaf • grpjl@iastate.edu • 294-0324

  36. Thank You Questions?

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