The Pacific Institute for Network Integrity and Performance Studies

1. The Pacific Institute for Network Integrity and Performance Studies David G. Michelson davem@ece.ubc.ca University of British Columbia Electrical and Computer Engineering

2. The Goal: The Pacific Institute for Network Integrity and Performance Studies: • will add wireless infrastructure to BCIT’s Internet Engineering Lab • will provide research and development facilities for use by both academia and industry • will be a unique Canadian facility for developing and evaluating innovative methods that ensure and enhance the performance of both wired and wireless networks

3. Research Themes • Network Integrity – identify and correct protocol vulnerabilities and other security issues • Link Characterization – develop models that enhance the accuracy of network analysis and simulation • Network Performance – assess and improve the performance of wireless networks in the presence of severe traffic and channel impairments

4. Outline • Where are we coming from? • How does wireless fit in? • What are the research themes?

5. 1. Where are we coming from? • BCIT’s Internet Engineering Lab is an advanced research facility for applied R&D in networking technologies. • Concentrates on Internet protocol problems and projects, focusing on the following areas: • Quality of Service • Network Performance Evaluation • Internet-Enabled Process Control Networks • Network Security

6. IEL Floor Plan

7. Equipment Room • 14 full-height open equipment racks for common equipment. • 10 full-height closed equipment racks for corporate members. • All connections run through a central cross-connect panel.

8. IEL Control Room • All equipment controlled through KVM switches to 6 consoles in operations room: • Windows/Linux hardware configuration tools. • Telnet connections via in-band Ethernet. • Telnet connections via out-of-band Ethernet & serial. • UTP and Fibre ports for workstations. • Voice and video multi-media services.

9. Logical Structure of the IEL

10. Remote Operations • Researchers can operate lab equipment remotely via VPN connection. • Physical adds/moves performed by lab staff.

11. History of IEL • 1998 – Concept developed by Michael Hrybyk. • 1999 – Received $900,000 0f CFI and BCKDF funding to create lab infrastructure. • 2000 – Founding members form advisory panel. – Construction of lab begins. – Spirent Communications becomes primary lab sponsor. • 2001 – Lab construction complete (May) – Lab officially opened June 11th

12. Some Current Activities • Founding member of the ATEAM (Advanced Test Engineering and Measurement), including: • Spirent Communications (sponsor) • Centaur Lab (North Carolina State University) • Ohio Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center • CalNGI Network Performance Reference Lab(San Diego Supercomputer Center) • Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico • Conducting numerous network performance studies for various high profile industrial clients

13. Some Current Activities - 2 • Conducting numerous network performance studies for various high profile industrial clients • International partnerships and collaborations: • Performance of Industrial Ethernet Networks • U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology and • General Motors • ISA – Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society • Identification of Protocol Vulnerabilities • National Infrastructure Security Coordination Centre (UK) • Cisco Systems – Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group

14. 2. How Does Wireless Fit In? • The growth and penetration of wireless networks into the Canadian economy and society in recent years has been impressive • IDC Canada projects double-digit growth in the Canadian wireless sector: $7.1 billion in 2003; $10.3 billion by 2006 • The potential of wireless networks for yielding economic, social, and even environmental benefits are considerable

15. Trends in Wireless • Voice -> dispatch -> email -> network access -> m2m • Growing integration of wired and wireless networks into homes, offices, industrial plants, critical national infrastructures • Continuing need to boost coverage, throughput, capacity, and reliability • New physical layer technologies: UWB, MIMO, other advanced modulation schemes • Wireless access vs. wireless networks: Routing, QoS, throughput, etc. • Growing role of IETF and IEEE 802 in setting wireless standards

16. Industry Academic Collaborations • CITR – Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research(Network Centres of Excellence) • TRIO – Telecommunications Research Institute of Ontario • OCRI – Ottawa-Carleton Research Institute • TRLabs – Telecommunications Research Labs

17. CWCnet - Canada Network of Wireless Centres • NewMIC – Vancouver • WinBC Lab – Vancouver • IEL -> PINIPS – Vancouver (BCIT) • NEWT – Calgary (TRLabs) • WISELAB – Ottawa (CRC) • NRC IIT – Ottawa, Moncton, Fredricton, St. John, Sydney • TARA – Halifax • CCMC – St. John’s (Memorial University)

18. CWCnet NEWT WiseLab NewMIC WinBC PINIPS CCMC TARA NRC/IIT

19. PINIPS = BCIT IEL++ • BCIT’s Internet Engineering Lab: • focuses on integrity and performance of wired networks • The Pacific Institute for Network Integrity and Performance Studies: • will extend focus to include wireless networks and wired networks with wireless networks • will emphasize a multidisciplinary and multi-institutional approach to research

20. Unique aspects of PINIPS • Emphasis on network integrity and performance rather thannew modulation and coding schemes or new content • Emphasis on proof-of-performance rather than proof-of-concept • A common framework for dealing with wired and wireless networks

21. PINIPS Research Disciplines • Industrial applications of data networks • Protocol vulnerability analysis • Traffic modelling • Networking and security protocols • Propagation and channel modelling • Antenna array communications systems • Multi-user detection • Software development for mobile and personal communications • Emergency and disaster communications

22. Hussein Alnuweiri (UBC) Peter Anderson (SFU) Stephen Braham (SFU) Jim Cavers (SFU) Eric Byres (BCIT) Dan Hoffman (UVic) Nokia Networks Sierra Wireless JalaaM Technologies Victor Leung (UBC) Dave Michelson (UBC) Shawn Stapleton (SFU) Son Vuong (UBC) Vincent Wong (UBC) Kui Wu (UVic) TELUS Trillium FatPort Academic and Industry Supporters

23. 3. What are the research themes? • Network Integrity – identify and correct protocol vulnerabilities and other security issues • Link Characterization – develop models that enhance the accuracy of network analysis and simulation • Network Performance – assess and improve the performance of wireless networks in the presence of severe traffic and channel impairments

24. Theme 1 – Network Integrity Byres, Hoffman, Vuong, Michelson • Theme 1.1 – Detection of Flaws in Protocol Specifications • Theme 1.2 – Detection of Flaws in Protocol Implementations

25. Theme 2 – Link Characterization Michelson, Stapleton, Leung, Wu • Theme 2.1 – Spatial Channel Modelling in Outdoor Environments • Theme 2.2 – Antenna Array Communications Systems • Theme 2.3 – Modelling the Propagation Performance Envelope

26. Theme 3 – Network Performance Leung, Alnuweiri, Anderson, Michelson, Wong, Wu • Theme 3.1 – Integrated Software and Hardware Simulation of Wireless Networks • Theme 3.2 – Scalable Quality-of-Service Provisioning in 3G Mobile Networks • Theme 3.3 – Wireless Mesh Networks

27. 4. How will the lab expand?

28. Proposed New Infrastructure • RF test and measurement equipment • Wireless channel/interference emulator • RF test fixtures and shielding, incl. GTEM cell • Network components and emulators • GGSN • IP network emulator • Outdoor antenna tower and measurement van • Web-based scheduling and remote access

29. Logical Structure of PINIPS

30. Typical Test Configurations • Lab allows creation of a complex network: • Load Generator and edge represent multiple Autonomous Systems (AS) or users. • Load Generator monitors traffic thorough network. • Servers provide specific traffic loads • Wireless Channel Emulator simulates complex propagation environmenr

31. The Goal: The Pacific Institute for Network Integrity and Performance Studies: • will add wireless infrastructure to BCIT’s Internet Engineering Lab • will provide research and development facilities for use by both academia and industry • will be a unique Canadian facility for developing and evaluating innovative methods that ensure and enhance the performance of both wired and wireless networks

32. Research Themes • Network Integrity – identify and correct protocol vulnerabilities and other security issues • Link Characterization – develop models that enhance the accuracy of network analysis and simulation • Network Performance – assess and improve the performance of wireless networks in the presence of severe traffic and channel impairments

33. A Rare Opportunity for Industry • To participate in and shape the creation of a new kind of wireless lab that emphasizes: • A common framework for wired and wireless networks • “Proof of performance” rather than just “proof of concept” • To benefit from a participation in a multidisciplinary/multi-institutional research environment

34. Need more information? Please contactDave Michelsondavem@ece.ubc.ca

35. Lab Members and Policy Who Can Use the Lab? Membership Policy

36. Full Corporate Membership • 3 weeks per year full access (7X24) • 2 weeks per year standby access (7X24) • 6 months advanced booking • Enclosed 48U equipment rack for one year • 24 CAT-5e, 12 MM, 6 SM Fiber • 30 Amps power (optional UPS) • Remote VPN access

37. Associate Corporate Membership • Full access (7X24) purchased on demand • 2 weeks advanced booking • Secure storage cabinet during testing • Remote VPN access

38. Academic Membership • Full access (7X24) purchased on demand • 2 weeks advance booking • Secure storage cabinet during testing • Remote VPN access