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Cesnet visit. General Overview SURFnet&GigaPort Kees Neggers Managing Director SURFnet 26 November 2002. SURFnet. Provides the Dutch National Research Network Not for profit company 200 connected organisations, 500.000 users Turnover (2002): 35M€ Infrastructure services:

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  1. Cesnet visit General Overview SURFnet&GigaPort Kees Neggers Managing Director SURFnet 26 November 2002

  2. SURFnet • Provides the Dutch National Research Network • Not for profit company • 200 connected organisations, 500.000 users • Turnover (2002): 35M€ • Infrastructure services: • innovation paid for by government • cost effective exploitation for higher education and research

  3. SURFnet AUP • Full service for Research and Higher Education Institutes • All others, including industry, test and development activities for advanced applications

  4. GigaPort objectives • Accelerate innovation using NGI technologies for: • Business • Research and Education • Healthcare • Offer: • State-of-the-art research network as testbed • Know-how regarding NGI applications • Access to innovative user group (students) • Contacts to form consortia

  5. GigaPort funding 1999-2002 € 71 mln Source Destination Ministry for Education, Science and Culture Management Applications knowledge generation 2 9 14 Access projects 4 62 35 16 Research network International connectivity Ministry for Economic Affairs

  6. GigaPort Projects and organization Ca. 50 FTEs Ca. 70 FTEs Ca. 40 FTEs

  7. Specifications of SURFnet5 • 100 times as fast as SURFnet4 • IP over optical transmission infrastructure • Based on 10G Lambda’s • Introduction of new IP features, e.g. • Authentication and Classes of Service • IPsec, Multicasting and IPv6 • MPLS, VPN and Traffic Engineering • In partnership with industry

  8. Timepath SURFnet5

  9. Selection of partners SURFnet5 • The choice of the partner(s) is the full responsibility of SURFnet • The partnership encompasses both innovation and operation of SURFnet5 • European procurement procedure • Negotiated procedure with publication of a contract notice

  10. GigaPort Network in full operation • Partners: BT Ignite and Cisco Systems • Backbonecapacity:> 30 x 10 Gbit/s • Number of PoPs:23 growing to 25 • Access capacity:2 x 10 Gbit/s and lambdas • Protocol: IPv4 and IPv6

  11. The network for 10 Gbit/s Tyco New York 2.5 Gbit/s Amsterdam NetherLight Dwingeloo ASTRON/ JIVE 10 Gbit/s Level3 DWDM SURFnet 2.5 Gbit/s SURFnet Chicago StarLight 2.5 Gbit/s SURFnet 2.5 Gbit/s CERN CERN

  12. GigaPort Next Generation Lambdas DWDM SURFnet5 network POS SURFnet4 network ATM GigaPort Next Generation SURFnet4 project GigaPort 1995 1999 2003 2007

  13. Conclusion: essential elements • High ambition level, use of leading edge technology, not just copying the USA • Broadbased commitment from several Ministries and the Business Community • Armslength Project Organisation with flying start based on existing organisations • Communicate: internationally, nationaly and per stakeholders group

  14. Main challenges • Address high costs of ‘last mile’ access to • network • Reinforce role of universities and research • institutes as accelerators • Accelerate rate of experimentation by business • Achieve shared sense of urgency and opportunity

  15. Kees.Neggers@SURFnet.nl www.surfnet.nl www.gigaport.nl

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