An Open Optical Testbed Facility for Future Internet Experimentation and Validation

1. An Open Optical Testbed Facilityfor Future Internet Experimentation and Validation

2. At a glance • i2CAT experimental facility is aimed to • Facilitate the experimentation and validation of Future Internet services and network technologies • Offer a real field trial to improve and validate ICT projects • Promote Public-Private-Partnership inside and outside Catalonia • Platform • Outcome from several R+D+I projects • National and regional • DREAMS(PROFIT 2007, CIDEM 2007&2008) • PAIS (InfoRegió 2009) • SILVIA (InfoRegió 2010) • European • ARGIA, FEDERICA (FP7), • PHOSPHORUS(FP6), MANTICORE, … • Total budget 2.254.205€ • Partners • Orange, Tecsidel, Tradia, CTTC, UPC, W-Onesys, Mediapro, eyeOS, iglor, Atos Research,SVH and i2CAT • PoPEquipment Business Services

3. Platform • AnInnovationMetropolitanFacilityto Test Multi-layer Devices on a Real Environment Experimental testbed for several FP7 EU projects: FP7 GEYSERS, FP7 BONFIRE, … • 60km-optical ring • 3 ROADM-based optical nodes • 10G and 2.5Gbps interfaces • L1/L2 interfaces • Cloud Services • Juniper MX480 • Presents an ideal environment to validate prototypes for Future Internet technologies, architectures, protocols and services. • Capable for the end users to reconfigure their assigned resources according to their testing, validation and research needs. • User-empowered platform, where users can establish and control their network resources

4. Concept & Objectives • Open Testbed Facility • i2CAT EXPERIMENTA open testbed allows access to network resources as a service at different network layers. Users can configure the network to fulfill their needs. The optical validation platform is designed to support multivendor equipment. • Advanced Experimental Services • i2CAT EXPERIMENTA platform offers multi-layer services to test network applications and devices at different OSI layers on a real environment. • Infrastructure as a Service • Physical network substrate is virtualized to offer virtual isolated slices to final users. • Users can manage and configure their virtual substrate through a dedicated software tool which deals with hardware particularities and manages concurrency. • Parallel disruptive validations and experiments • By virtualizing the network, parallel disruptive tests are supported running above the same physical infrastructure. • Promote an innovative environment to empower technology validation • The collaborative platform environment promotes research, development and innovation between public and private (PPP) entities.

5. Experimental Service Catalog • Connectivity and testbed Services • Add/drop capabilities on each ROADM node • 2.5 & 10G line connections • L1, L2, end-to-end services • E2E network performance monitoring services • Collocation services at the PoPs • Dark fibre field trial availability • Media Services • 10G lambda media services • 4k media demonstration room • Advanced Video-conference and VoIP services • Current validation & research activities • ROADM technology validation • GMPLS deployment tests • FTTH Lab testbed @ UPC Castelldefels • FTTH EPON/GPON validation & research platform • Point of Presence Equipment • Colorless ROADM • 2.5 & 10G cards • L1 connectivity + add/drop • L2 Transport

6. Experimental Infrastructure

7. Experimental Infrastructure

8. GLIF international connections

9. GLIF international connections

10. EXPERIMENTA Points of Presence • Experimental 2.5/10 Gbps ROADM ports • L1/L2 Interfaces • OpenFlowSwitchs • Virtual Machine Servers • Juniper MX480 • Universal Edge Router • PoPEquipament • PoP Topology

11. EXPERIMENTA Resources

12. L1 Services • Node Campus Nord (Omega) • L1 dark fiber port (odd) • L1 10G @940+932 • L1 10G OTN @948 • L1 2.5G @936+938 • L1 2.5G PM @942+944 • L2 10G MEF (6 ports) • Node Pedrosa (Orange) • L1 dark fiber port (odd) • L1 10G @930+940 • L1 2.5G @934+934 • Node 22@ (IMI) • L1 dark fiber port (odd) • L1 10G @930+932 • L1 10G OTN @948 • L1 2.5G @934+944 • L1 2.5G PM @938+942 • L2 10G MEF (6ports): connected Clients: ATOS, SantPau, Mediapro, Cromosoma, SantVicençdelsHorts.

13. L2 Services • MEF 9 Ethernet Services • MEF 14 Traffic Management • E-LINE, E-LAN, E-TREE Services • Ethernet OAM • E2E QoS & VLANs Connections • 1G/10G L2 ports • Up to 10 Gbps Ethernet Services • Functionalities • Ports: Native VLAN ID/Priority, LAG, Shaper, Policer, ... • VLAN • Policies • QoS • ERP • Network Management • Transmode Network Manager (TNM) • Embedded Node Manager (ENM) TNM Server

14. Network Management System Physical Inventory Export (XML) Optical Circuit Export (XML) SQL access to DB Alarm integration (SNMP) PM Export (XML) TNM administration and security PM module FM module CM module Inventory module TNM Database Optical End-to-End Circuit Engine GUI TNM Clients TNM Server SNMP SYSLOG HTTP/FTP End to endopticalconnections Optical Network TNM basic packet Optional Software Modules GraphicalInterface Transmode Network Management

15. Experimental Connections • Xarxa MACBA - 100Mb • Xarxa Citilab -100Mb • Xarxa Lleida-IMAC - 30Mb • Xarxa MediaCAT-i2CAT - 10Gb • Xarxa Liceu - 30Mb • Xarxa Reus - 15Mb • Xarxa Olot - 15Mb • Xarxa Granollers - 30Mb • Xarxa Sant Cugat - 30Mb • Xarxa Mataro - 30Mb • Xarxa Hangar - 1Gb • Xarxa Girona - 30-100Mb • TV3 - 1Gb • Universitat Pompeu Fabra - 1Gb

16. Management Tool - OpenNaaS • Management and control of advanced networks • Management of Virtualized Transport Networks • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) models • End-to-end network provision services • Infrastructure Provisioning: • Testbed of Physical / Logical • ROADMs, switchs, routers and IP networks • Network Resources as a Service: • Creation and configuration of Experimental networks • L1 and L2 integration

17. Management Tool – GMPLS • GMPLS Management Toolprovidedby CTTC (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya). • Dynamic provisioning of optical connections end in real time. • Automation of the spread of the network topology status of the wavelengths to link. • Calculation on-demand routes and assignment of wave lengths. • 1 +1 protection developed. • Restoration end for unidirectional connections unprotected. • GUI (ADNETGEN) to request optical connections (soft-permanent). • Concurrency management system and configuration mechanisms of optical nodes. • Mechanism of optical access nodes through mutual exclusion. • Reception and processing of changes in the planning of channels (Channel Plan).

18. Monitoring Tools • LIMS – Lightweight IP Measurement System) provided by Tecsidel • A solution based on a light ad-hoc development, structured in a LEAs (Linux Embedded • Applications Systems) environment to obtain, collect, store and present active quality measurements on user access by means of probes and their testing servers. • Ready to comply with Spanish ministerial order: • ITC/912/2006 (Quality Order) • Data for reports to Internet Access users • compliance with ETSI EG 202 057/4 Standard • and further criteria developed by the GT3 • in regards to parameters: -% of successful user accesses, -% of failed data transmissions, lattency, jitter, data transmission • Data transmission speed attained.

19. Monitoring Tools Measurements (Performance Management) Alarms (Failure Management)

20. OpenFlow is an open standard that allows to run experimental protocols in production networks. OpenFlow OpenFlow Services • 5 NEC Openflow enabled switches + 3 HP OpenFlow enabled switches

21. Extensions • FTTH Extensions • Bufalvent Industrial Area • FTTH Labo @ UPC Castelldefels • SantVicenç eLearning Facility • i2Health Sant Pau • eHealth Centre • 4k Demo Room at Cromosoma 22@ • 10Gbps 4k content provider & visualizer • Citilab @ Cornellà • Future Internet Living Lab • eLearning Facilities • SantVicençdelsHorts • WiFi Mesh & Sensors Netorks • SantVicenç Mesh Network • Ajuntament Barcelona

22. Extensions

23. Community • Access: 8x5 • Availability: On Demand • Communities: Future Internet, Optical Infraestructure, Media Services, Distributed Applications, Virtual Machines, … • Industrial experimenters: Atos Research, Mediapro (Imagina), Orange Catalunya Business Services, Tradia Telecom (Abertis), eyeOS, Iglor Audiovisual Solutions, • Research experimenters: CTTC (Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya ), UPC (UniversitatPoltècnica de Catalunya), CityLab, Digitalent Foundation. • Administration: Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, SantVicençdelsHorts, Callús, • Sectorial Rings: Cultural, Industrionl, Scientific,

24. Collaborators • Imagina • Media Services & Content Contributor • Atos • Cloud Services • Cromosoma / Digitalent Foundation • Media Development & 4k Demo Room • SantVicenç • eLearning Facility • WiFi Mesh & Sensors Network • Iglor • Internet & Audiovisual Services • EyeOS • Cloud Services • Orange • Dark Fibre & Connectivity Services • UPC • BAMPLA / GCO • CitiLab • Living Lab • Barcelona City Council • WiFi Mesh & Sensors Network • Open Data

25. Ecosystem • R&D projects • Competitive calls • Prototyping • Proof of concepts / Use cases • Validation services • Functional Validation • Stress testing (scalability, stabilization, … ) • Performance monitoring • Interoperability Testing • Demonstration marketplace • Innovation ecosystem to generate synergies among partners • App based ecosystem for demonstration • experimental cloud services for demonstration • EXPERIMENTA partners have visibility of the deployed apps • Apps development is boosted by extensive validation on real systems

26. Living Lab - Advanced User Testing • User testing. Testing, experimentation and creative inputs generation will be performed by organized groups of proficient active end users • These groups will be active to test and explore multi sectorial solutions and to add knowledge to existing technologies from the end user point of view and experiences in day to day situations • Qualitative methodologies (ethnography) will be utilized to collect personal information from end users on daily uses of mobile devices and solutions • Research design focused on users • Creation and dinamization of user groups • Exploration of the uses of technology users • Collection of user requirements from technologies their explore • Co-design of technologies with users • Collection of requirements and demand of new technology • Mentoring and consulting on Living Labs creation • Fostering of thematic living labs (microlivinglabs) • Workshops and activities on knowledge of the environtment, creativity and entrepreneurship • Specialized training on Cultural Design, Culture of Innovation, Techn-Anthropology, Techno-Culture and Living Labs and Livinglabization

27. Living Lab - Advanced User Testing

28. Living Lab - Advanced User Testing

29. Connections

30. FTTH Laboratory @ Castelldefels

31. Atos Research - Cloud Bursting Cloud Computing – Atos Sphere • Manage and transmit the images of the VM at different facilities by performing the following operations: • Transmission, moving an image from Atos existing infrastructure being managed & transmitted by Cloud Manager located at Atos. • Deployment,  an image using the i2CAT existing infrastructure or using the image transmitted by Atos VM Manager • Erase, remove the VM image. • Storage, save a copy of the image of the VM. • Modification, change or update the VM image attributes. ATOS (Av. Diagonal 200 Barcelona) Cloud Computing Environment XEN & OpenNebula Cloud Manager Mediacat (Castelldefels) XEN Hypervisor Support VM Images

32. Atos Research - Cloud Bursting

33. References • SILVIA (Serveis Intel·Ligentes de Validació de la Internet Avançada) InfoRegió 2010 • ROADM validation • Advanced validation & experimental services deployment GMPLS & OpenNaaS • Advanced network management tool development • PAIS (PlataformaAvançadaIntegrada de Serveis) • EU FP7 Testbed • IP GEYSERS (Generalised Architecture for Dynamic Infrastructure Services) • IP MANTYCHORE (IP Networks as a Service. A operational service of an improved version of Manticore II outcomes) • IP BONFIRE (Building Service testbeds on FIRE) • IP OFELIA (Open Flow in Europe: Linking Infrastructure and Applications) • Bufalvent FTTH Network Equipment Validation • EPON/GPON, Home Gateway • ArenaLife (Avanza National Project) Testbed • UHD (Ultra High Definition) & 4k demos. • 10 Gbps performance test of 2k & 2k uncompressed content

34. The i2CAT Foundation, Spain