Internet2 Virtual Briefing

1. Internet2 Virtual Briefing International Collaborations Internet2 International Partnerships 17 July 2002 Powered by the Internet2 Commons

2. Internet2 International Goals • Ensure global interoperability • of the next generation of Internet technologies and applications • Enable global collaboration • in research and education providing/promoting the development of an advanced networking environment internationally

3. International Partners • Build effective partnerships in other countries • With organizations of similar goals/objectives and similar constituencies • Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding

4. MoU in brief • Provide/promote interconnectivity between communities • Collaborate on technology development and deployment • Facilitate collaboration between members on applications • Encourage technology transfer

5. Europe-Middle East ARNES (Slovenia) BELNET (Belgium) CARNET (Croatia) CESnet (Czech Republic) DANTE (Europe) DFN-Verein (Germany) GIP RENATER (France) GRNET (Greece) HEAnet (Ireland) HUNGARNET (Hungary) INFN-GARR (Italy) Israel-IUCC (Israel) NORDUnet (Nordic Countries) POL-34 (Poland) RCST (Portugal) RedIRIS (Spain) RESTENA (Luxembourg) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) SWITCH (Switzerland) TERENA (Europe) JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom) Americas CANARIE (Canada) CRNET (Costa Rica) CUDI (Mexico) REUNA (Chile) RETINA (Argentina) RNP2/ANSP (Brazil) SENACYT (Panama) Asia-Pacific AAIREP (Australia) APAN (Asia-Pacific) APAN-KR (Korea) APRU (Asia-Pacific) CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China) JAIRC (Japan) JUCC (Hong Kong) NECTEC / UNINET (Thailand) SingAREN (Singapore) TAnet2 (Taiwan) International MoU Partners

6. Networks reachable via Abilene – by country Europe-Middle East Asia-Pacific Americas Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom *CERN Australia China Hong Kong Japan Korea Singapore Taiwan Thailand Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Mexico United States More information about reachable networks at www.internet2.edu/abilene/peernetworks.html Also, see www.startap.net

7. 16 November 2001 STAR TAP/Star Light APAN/TransPAC, Ca*net3, CERN, CERnet, FASTnet, GEMnet, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, RENATER, SURFnet, SingAREN, TAnet2 Pacific Wave AARNET, APAN/TransPAC, CA*net3, TANET2 NYCM BELNET, CA*net3, HEANET, JANET, NORDUnet, GEANT* SNVA GEMNET, SINET, SingAREN, WIDE Sacramento Washington Los Angeles LOSA UNINET OC3-OC12 San Diego (CALREN2) CUDI AMPATH REUNA, RNP2 RETINA, ANSP El Paso (UACJ-UT El Paso) CUDI * ARNES, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS How?STAR TAP, Abilene, CA*net ITN

8. Resources • www.internet2.edu/international/ • Mailing lists: • mou-rep@internet2.edu • intl-info@internet2.edu • send an email to <listproc@internet2.edu> subscribe <listname>or send email to apreston@internet2.edu • Contact us: • Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu • Ana Preston apreston@internet2.edu

9. ARENAhttp://arena.internet2.edu • ARENA (funded in part by NSF) • Interactive atlas: • Links to research and education networks • NOC and technical contact information • Who connects to which network • Which networks are connected together (peer) • Pathfinder tool draws a path and shows bandwidth from one institution to another • Major efforts underway to complete project and provide useful tools • Major issues: scalability and maintenance • Distributed database of databases?

10. arena.internet2.edu

11. Asia to US connectivity(June 2002)

12. Pacific Wavehttp://www.pacificwave.net/ • Project of the Pacific NorthWest Gigapop • 2 gigE switches in telco hotel (Westin Building) in Seattle • Interconnecting AARNET, Abilene, CA*net3, DREN, ESNET, TANET2, TransPAC (in part, funded by NSF) others

13. APANhttp://www.apan.net • APAN is Asian partner on TransPAC link • APAN network made up of country-owned p2p links contributed to APAN

14. TransPAChttp://www.transpac.org • Connections APAN to US • OC-12 POS Seattle (Pacific Wave) to Tokyo • OC-12 ATM Chicago (StarLight) to Tokyo • Together 1.244 Gbps Tokyo to the US

15. AARNEThttp://www.aarnet.edu.au/ • 155mbps • Plan to run unprotected and utilize double bandwidth • Connects at Pacific Wave • Supports academic and research community in Australia Source: George McLaughlin, AARNET

16. CERNEThttp://www.edu.cn/ • 10mbps connection to STAR TAP • 10mbps to Japan (APAN) • Within China: • 16x2.5G DWDM system (two lambda’s are currently running) • OC48 POS links to 8 cities • OC3 POS SDH links to all provincial capitals (except Lhasa) • unicast and multicast Source: Xing Li, CERNET

17. KOREN/KREONET2http://www.koren21.net, http://www.kreonet2.net • Sharing 45mbps link across Pacific to STAR TAP • KREONET2 is led by KISTI and funded by Ministry of Sci & Tech • KOREN is funded by Ministry of Info and Comm and operated by Korea Telecom

18. SuperSINET Sites ● Jan. 2002 Oct. 2002 Oct. 2003 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● SINEThttp://www.nii.ac.jp/network-e.html • SINET national backbone network for higher education • SuperSINET for research projects (~14 versus 300 SINET universities) • 10gbps backbone in Japan • 155mbps Abilene in Sunnyvale

19. WIDE IPv6 Connectionhttp://www.wide.ad.jp/ • First international, native IPv6 connection • 45mbps Tokyo to Sunnyvale • Connects to Abilene IPv6 router in Sunnyvale • DV over IP applications development • Fujitsu at University of Maryland

20. Radio Frequency Signals from Space KSP Kashima Station Usuda Deep Space Center (ISAS) Kashima Space Research Center (CRL) Nobeyama Radio Observatory (NAO) 2.4Gb/s ATM Network NTT Musashino R&D Center KSP Tateyama Station (CRL) KSP Miura Station (CRL) KSP Koganei Station National Astronomical Observatory Communications Research Laboratory GEMNET • NTT Labs-owned and operated network • Connects NTT Research Labs in Japan • Plus several radio telescope installations • Plus U. Kyoto and U. Tokyo • 2.4Gb/s circuits • 33mbps connection to US, of which 10mb PVC to Abilene, also to STAR TAP

21. SingARENhttp://www.singaren.net.sg/ • Currently 27mbps across Pacific • Peers with Abilene in Sunnyvale • 45mbps PVC to STAR TAP/AADS switch

22. TANET2http://www.tanet2.net.tw/ • Recently upgraded to 90Mbps connection to Pacific Wave, Seattle • Connects select few, high-end research institutions in Taiwan • Peers with several nets at Pacific Wave

23. UNINNEThttp://www.uni.net.th/index_e.html • Funded by Ministry of University Affairs in Thailand • Connects most universities in Thailand • Via 155mbps links • Currently has 10mbps PVC to Los Angeles • Peers with Abilene in L.A. • Other major net in Thailand is run by NECTEC (Ministry of Science & Tech funding)

24. Asia-Pacificwhat’s coming up? • CJK Hub • Genkai project – GbE between Japan and Korea • Korea – China link? • TEIN • Europe to Asia link • 10mbps • RENATER managing, E. Commission interested in taking on broad European context

25. Genkai/Hyunhae Seoul Korea Busan 250㎞ Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan GbE • KJCN (Korea-Japan Cable Network) • Starting in 2002.3 • 12 fiber pairs with no relays • Starting from 50Gbps 2.88Terabit • (current traffic volume between KR and JP : about 500Mbps) By Koji Okamura

26. Europe to US connectivity (June 2002)

27. Europehighlights • TERENA (Trans European Research and Education Network Association) • Membership association of National Research Networks (NRNs) • No network, but technology and applications working groups

28. Europehighlights • Middleware Development • JISC work in U.K. • TERENA working groups • CERN experiments • Medical Applications • NIH and Ireland • Shared Classroom • Penn and Grenoble • Duke in Germany

29. Europemore highlights • GEANT • http://www.dante.org.uk • 31 countries connecting • Now 3x2.5gbps across Atlantic • Outreach to SE Europe (Balkans), Med. (+N. Africa), S. America (@LIS-CAESAR), Asia (TEIN) • “Lambda” point to point links • NetherLight in Amsterdam, to CERN, to Chicago

30. SURFnethttp://www.surfnet.nl/ • 2x622mbps to StarLight (production) • Lambda for research (2.5gbps) • StarLight counterpart in Amsterdam Source: Erik-Jan Bos

31. KPNQWEST T3 (21 Mb) CERN - North America, today STARTAP T3 ATM CERN PoP Chicago STM-1 ATM STM-1 POS STM-1 ATM TEN-155 ATM ESNET CERN CIXP CERNhttp://www.cern.ch • April 2002: OC12 to StarLight • Summer 2002: DataTag OC48 (2.4gbps) to StarLight Source: Paolo Moroni, CERN

32. HEANEThttp://www.heanet.ie • Serves the Irish universities • Using 2 of several OC3 (155mbps) links to peer in NYC • Upgrading backbone to 155mbps

33. NORDUnethttp://www.nordu.net/ • Connects together networks of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden • Upgraded from 310 to 622 (plus 155 to StarLight (production)) Providing transit to RUNNET (Russia), EENET (Estonia), UARNET (Ukraine) and NASK (Warsaw, Poland)

34. JANEThttp://www.ja.net • 2.5gbps backbone in UK • Connects MANs – connecting universities • Supporting UK gov’t funded e-Science projects • Utilizing GEANT connection to peer with Abilene

35. Global Terabit Research Network http://www.gtrn.net • GTRN AS • DANTE-provided router in NYC • DANTE-provided 2.5gbps links across Atlantic • Abilene tunnel • TransPAC (in part funded by NSF) router in Seattle • (Router at StarLight)

36. GTRN • More coordinated, cooperative, integrated management of global infrastructure • Lessons already learned between Abilene and GEANT engineering, operations teams • Philosophy: rough consensus and operating links – use what’s on the ground now • Need Asia, South America other parts of world • Motivating some ‘continental’ consolidation?

37. Americas Connectivity(June 2002)

38. Americashighlights • CLARA • Comunidad Latino Americana de Redes Academicas • Chile, Argentina, Brazil leading interconnections • Driven by opportunity to participate in GTRN, European interest • European interest/money • @LIS project • CAESAR study

39. Americashighlights • Remote instruments • Telescopes in Chile • Cosmic ray observatory (P. Auger) in Argentina • Earth-observation, environmental, biotechnology apps • Panama, Costa Rica • Discussions in progress: Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, Cuba

40. AmPATHhttp://ampath.fiu.edu • Florida International University leads • Potential to connect 10 countries at 45mbps each • Peering through Miami (collocated with SFGP) • Now has some NSF funding for workshops

41. Mexicohttp://www.cudi.edu.mx • Connecting 41 universities in México; expected 80 • Connecting to U.S.: • - via Tijuana – San Diego (with transit from CALREN2 to Abilene) at 155mbps • 100mbps between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso • “Convenios internacionales” with CANARIE, Internet2/UCAID, CENIC, REUNA, RETINA

42. Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa - RNP Connecting ~27 Brazilian states at 155 Mbps. RNP2 – AmPATH via DS-3 Brazilhttp://www.rnp.br

43. ANSP: Academic Network at Sao Paulo AmPATH via 45Mbps Brazilhttp://www.ansp.br

44. Argentinahttp://www.retina.ar • Red Teleinformática Académica • Red RETINA: • Connecting ~25 institutions • Retina2: via AMPATH

45. Red Universitaria Nacional – REUNA 10 POP’s from Arica to Valdivia 155 Mbps ATM/SDH Network Centrally operated from Santiago Basic Internet and Internet2 services REUNA3: Gigabit Backbone Project Iquique Antofagasta Copiapó La Serena Valparaíso Santiago Talca Concepción Temuco Valdivia Chilehttp://www.reuna.cl Geographical Distribution of REUNA2 POP’s

46. National Research Network - CRNet Costa Ricahttp://www.crnet.cr • Internet2 connectivity possibly through Los Arcos

47. Africahighlights • No dedicated R&E network connectivity from African continent to Internet2-type networks currently • European Commission funding connections from northern Africa to GEANT (European network)- EUMEDCONNECT

48. EUMEDCONNECT • Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, the Palestinian authority, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey • Egypt: Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) http://www.frcu.eun.eg/ • Morocco: Maroc Wide Area Network (MARWAN) http://www.marwan.ac.ma/

49. Other university networks, research links • South Africa: Tertiary Education Network (TENET) http://www.tenet.ac.za/ • National Institutes of Health MIMcom project • Satellite connectivity to malaria research sites in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania

50. www.internet2.edu