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Forskningsnettet (FSKnet) optical network upgrade

Forskningsnettet (FSKnet) optical network upgrade. Status for the infrastructure upgrade process April 2008. Nordunet Conference 2008 in Espoo 11th April 2008 Deputy Director Martin Bech, UNI•C martin.bech@uni-c.dk.

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Forskningsnettet (FSKnet) optical network upgrade

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  1. Forskningsnettet (FSKnet) optical network upgrade Status for the infrastructure upgrade process April 2008. Nordunet Conference 2008 in Espoo 11th April 2008 Deputy Director Martin Bech, UNI•C martin.bech@uni-c.dk

  2. September 2005 letter to the Ministry: We have seen the future – and it needs more bandwidth!

  3. January 2007: The actual application

  4. Great help from Tony Breach, NORDUnet: Compiling the budget

  5. April 2007: We got the money – but that’s just where the work starts…

  6. What do we need in Denmark? • Our own optical infrastructure • 10Gbps production network • λ-connections for research projects (nationally and internationally) • λ-connections for separate parts of one institution • Hopefully user-controlled λ-network provisioning (in a few years)

  7. AAU DTU AU Ørestad SDU SDU-1 SDU-2 AU-1 AU-2 AAU-1 AAU-2 Wavelengths for the production service DTU UNI-C Ørestad

  8. Is there any research in Denmark requiring λ-networking at all?

  9. The User Community • University reform in 2006/07 reducing 25 institutions to 10 • But this left ”all” Universities with buildings in ”all” cities • Other research institutions than Universities • Potentially 120 addresses • More than 100.000 prople have Forskningsnettet as their daily Internet supplier

  10. University of Aarhus: 23 locations

  11. First step:Call for tender for WAN connections Framework contracts with multiple vendors for: • Dark Fibre for the National Ring infrastructure • Dark Fibre for Access Connections • Transmission capacity (100Mbps, 1Gbps, 10Gbps, 40Gbps, …) The actual procurement is done in a ”mini-competition” among suppliers qualified in the framework contracts

  12. 31st August 2007: Tenders for framework contracts for WAN connections

  13. Contracts with the WAN suppliers

  14. 2nd step:Mini-competition for the National Ring • Among the 3 suppliers on the framework contracts (GC, Telia, Nianet) • Evaluation criteria favoring the shortest possible distance • Contract entered with Global Connect A/S in December 2007

  15. The acquired fibre ring • 1154km length • 8 OADM sites • 11 ILA sites • Distance between any part of two fibre sections/spans: >5m • Attenuation <0.2dB/km @1550nm • PMD < 0.2 ps/√km (currently a problem) • Delivery not yet completed! • Nevertheless, the fibre ring measurements are a preprequsite for the equipment tender

  16. 3rd step:Pre-qualification for DWDM equipment suppliers • Announced 8th February 2008 • ≥40 x 10Gbps platform • EoI due 11th March 2008

  17. A lot of interest…

  18. Suppliers selected for the closed call for tender for DWDM equipment • Nortel • Alcatel-Lucent • Ciena • NokiaSiemens • Conscia (Cisco) Selected on the basis of references, technical abilities, R&D efforts and financial capacity- but not on actual prices

  19. 4th step: RFQ and Tender • 1200 km without regeneration • Expandable and upgradable platform • Option for a Metro solution • Great help from local people as well asJanne Kanner from Funet,Afrodite Sevasti, GRNET and theTERENA community in general • Issued 28th March 2008 • Deadline 8th May 2008

  20. 5th step: Negotiation process • In May and June 2008 • Reducing the number of suppliers from 5 to 2 and ultimately to 1 • Contract signing envisaged on 7th July 2008

  21. 6th step: Delivery and commissioning • Delivery starts with some documentation in July and ends with • Acceptance test is to be passed on 15th October 2008 • Commissioning test to be passed in November 2008.

  22. 7th step: Launch Event • At the Forskningsnet conference in Kolding on the 11th November 2008 • You are all invited!

  23. 8th step: Operation and enjoyment • Bringing Lambdas into Denmark • Participating in user-controlled Lambda provisioning initiatives • Operations in cooperation with NORDUnet/NUNOC (hopefully)

  24. Lessons learned (so far) • Twisting EU tendering rules to allow for a negotiation process becomes increasingly difficult • You have to do a fair bit of marketing towards the vendors • PMD values below 0.2 ps/√km are not trivial in the real world.

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