Multi-Partner European Test Beds for Research Networking

1. Multi-Partner European Test Beds for Research Networking IST FP6 Project in 2nd Call, “Research Networking Test Beds” Project Overview, December 2004

2. MUPBED: Project Objectives • Main Goal • integration and validation, in the context of user-driven large scale test beds, of state-of-the-art on-demand circuit switching techniques, and in particular of ASON/GMPLS, as enablers for future upgrades to European research infrastructures. • Objectives • To identify service/network requirements of high-end applications for European research environments; • To define the ASON/GMPLS features matching the above requirements and enabling, the penetration of broadband services in Europe; • To find and experimentally validate solutions for interoperability between different network domains; • To assess the ability of ASON/GMPLS solutions to support demanding research applications, such as Grid computing, through lab and field trials with a large user community (including NRENs); • To develop guidelines for the introduction of ASON/GMPLS technologies and ultra-broadband services in future European research infrastructures. (note: here the term “ASON” covers multiple transport technologies, such as WDM, OTH, SDHalso frequently used is the term “ASTN” in this context; acronyms: see last slide)

3. Key Project Data • Planned duration: • 3 years; begin: 1st July, 2004 • Consortium: 16 partners from 8 countries • Denmark • Germany • Hungary • Ireland • Italy • Spain • Sweden • Poland • Available Test-beds: • 2 ASON/GMPLS focussed test-beds (Italy, Germany) • 1 broad-band end-user focussed test-bed with GMPLS (Sweden) • 1 IP/MPLS focussed test-beds (Spain) • 1 Ethernet based test-bed (Poland) • a variety of ultra-broadband users and applications  “User Community”

4. MUPBED Consortium • Equipment Manufacturers • Marconi ONDATA (Germany); Project Co-ordinator • Marconi SpA (Italy) • Juniper Networks (Ireland) • Network Operators • Telecom Italia – TILAB (Italy) • Deutsche Telekom - T-Systems (Germany) • Telefonica I+D (Spain) • Matav (Hungary) • Research Centres • ACREO (Sweden) • TU Denmark (Denmark) • CSP - Innovazione nelle ICT s.c. a r.l. (Italy) • CoreCom (Italy) • University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany) • DFN-Verein (Germany) • GARR (Italy) • CSIC/Red.es (Spain) • PSNC (Poland)

5. Basic Reference Architecture Users / Applications IT platforms SW components CPU Storage Sensors / Instruments I/O devices IT IT IT IT IT IT IT IT Interaction between IT platforms and network IP/MPLS IP/MPLS IP/MPLS ASON/GMPLS ASON/GMPLS ASON/GMPLS Network Network Domain 1 Network Domain 2 Network Domain 3 Interoperability between network domains • The Project will create a large experimental environment that will be used to assess the network solutions under investigation, and that will be offered as an open test platform to other European research projects and users. • The test bed will represent a multi-layer network based on IP/MPLS and ASON/GMPLS technologies, equipped with a unified control plane and designed to support the highly demanding applications of the European research community.

6. MUPBED: ASON/GMPLS Network Scenario Dynamically configurable, client oriented, multi-carrier domain networks Client network A ASON/GMPLS network carrier A ASON/GMPLS network carrier B Client network D UNI UNI Control plane interface between client and transport network: User Network Interface (UNI) UNI Client network B Client network C UNI Control plane interface between carrier domains: Inter-carrierExternal NNI (E-NNI) Applications

7. Layout of planned MUPBED Network Northern Europe test bed Eastern Europe test bed Acreo user community PSNC Acreo TB PIONIER DTU NORDUnet Central Europe test bed Western Europe test bed T-Systems FAU GÉANT T-Systems TB UPC DFN user community user community RedIRIS Labs TID TB xyz Academic TID xyz Private R&D TILAB TB GARR Networks TILAB IP + ASON/GMPLS CSP RESEAU IP + WDM user community IP + 10GE CoreCom Southern Europe test bed IP + WDM + 10GE IP/MPLS

8. Key Strengths of MUPBED Proposal • leveraging on outstanding testbeds that are already available • TILAB (LION) • T-Systems (GSN) • ACREO • Telefonica I+D • PSNC • strong inclusion of NRENs and (ultra-) broadband users • a strong consortium composed by leading European operators, vendors and NRENs • leveraging on and closely cooperating with a strong IST IP: NOBEL • full vertical coverage: from application/services to transport • the envisaged solution will provide a “service open” approach(i. e. will not be restricted to a limited set of services only) • solution offered to “User Community” beyond consortium

9. Research Infrastructure Standardisation Bodies and Forums (e.g. ITU, OIF, IETF) Relationships with other Activities & IST Projects NOBEL Phase 2(planned) NOBEL 2005 2004 2006 2007 2008 Feasibility studies and test-beds from other Projects, e.g. LION, GSN MUPBED CommunicationNetwork Equipmentand IT SW, MW, HW Contributions

10. Summary • Benefits from MUPBED for customers • user control of network resources (VPNs) • flexible broadband on demand for applicationswith stringent requirements • very high bandwidth with low delays • high quality of service (QoS) level (high availability, ...) • Benefits from MUPBED for network providers • simplification of operational processes • efficient network solutions leading to cost savings • open platform which is flexible to support services not foreseen beforehand (service neutral approach) • end-to-end services in an environment based on different domains which are operated autonomously • Challenges • design and implementation of network functions supporting the application requirements • inter-operability between multiple vendor and operator domains to be able to build a pan-European research backbone • prove of solutions and dissemination of results

11. Further Information • Web: • http://www.ist-mupbed.org • Project Co-ordinator: • Jan.Spaeth@Marconi.com

12. Appendix: Some Acronyms • ASON: Automatically Switched Optical Network • ASTN: Automatically Switched Transport Network • GMPLS: Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching • IST: Information Society Technologies • IT: Information Technology • MPLS: Multi-Protocol Label Switching • NNI: Network-Network Interface • NREN: National Research and Education Network • UNI: User-Network Interface