NOAA s NWS Telecommunication Gateway RTH Washington Fred Branski

NOAA’s NWS Telecommunication Gateway RTH Washington Fred Branski Office of the Chief Information Officer NOAA’s National Weather Service 8 th APSDEU Meeting Oct 10 -12, 2007

NWSTG/RTH Functional Overview Ø The NWSTG/RTH is Ø the central communication facility of the NWS; Ø the primary acquisition and distribution center for NWS data and products; Ø the primary acquisition and distribution center for international data and products to meet WMO, ICAO and bi -laterally agreed US requirements; Ø A major data exchange hub for NOAA and other agency data and products. v Will become Washington Global Information Systems Center (GISC) within the WMO Information System (WIS). “Taking the pulse of the planet”

NWSTG/RTH Functional Overview The NWSTG includes Ø WMO Regional Telecommunication Hub (RTH) Washington Ø ICAO OPMET Databank (KWBCYMYX) Ø the ASOS Operations and Monitoring Center (AOMC) • Operational oversight of U. S. federal automated surface observing systems Ø the AWIPS Network Control Facility (NCF) • AWIPS is the main NWS’ system which supports the NWS forecast and warning mission requirement • The NCF is the central communications hub and technical support center for AWIPS “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Replacement & Backup NWSTG (RTG/BTG) Ø Full functional replacement of existing capabilities Ø Expanded capacity and capability Ø Transition to new technology – Message queuing (MQ) for internal transport – Network centric systems interconnectivity – Relational database central processing engine – NAS/SAN storage solutions Ø Highly scaleable architecture Ø Planned Hardware refresh “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Government Networking Requirements - NOAAnet • IP-based networking solution − Any-to-any connectivity − High degree of bandwidth scalability − Optimum redundancy and survivability − IP convergence (i. e. , voice, video and data over IP) − High-end performance • Network security remains paramount, particularly in light of today’s socio-political threats • Segmentation from the public Internet • Minimizes risk of security or privacy breaches “Taking the pulse of the planet”

NOAAnet Transition Ø NOAAnet: RTG OC-12 / BTG OC-3 (OC-12 in progress) Ø Customer transitions to NOAAnet: December 2006 to September 2008 Ø Internal underway, NWS regions done, NCF, NESDIS soon Ø External – direct to NOAAnet or through an Access Point – Initially two Access Points for external connectivity – One within the RTG facility but external to the infrastructure (temporary to facilitate transitions) – One in New York City– GTS, AFTN / FAA / Hawaii / Micronesia, Others? – Possibly Atlanta, Chicago, Tacoma, ? ? ? (based on need &cost) “Taking the pulse of the planet”

NWSTG NOAAnet Transition Current Customer Connectivity

NWSTG NOAAnet Transition No Direct Connect RTG Customers

NWSTG NOAAnet Transition End State for Customer Connectivity

RTG/BTG Status &Performance Ø RTG IOC June 26, 2006 / RTG FOC – July 31, 2006 Ø Performance Metric Threshold – System Availability (averaged monthly) 99. 90% – Warning Message Latency (averaged monthly) 10 seconds – Routine Message Latency (averaged monthly) 60 seconds – Daily Traffic Volume (averaged monthly) 1. 2 TB Ø NWSTG Performance Results (measured February) Ø Performance Category – – Threshold System Availability Warning Message Latency Routine Message Latency Daily Traffic Volume 99. 90% 10 seconds 60 seconds 1. 2 TB Actual 100% < 1 second 1. 1 TB “Taking the pulse of the planet”

RTG/BTG Performance - RUC 13 4. 5 Gb/day 67 K products per day Avg Internal Delay: 1. 31 sec Avg Total Delay : 6. 91 sec

RTH Washington Thruput Times “Taking the pulse of the planet”

RTH Tokyo – RTH Washington Text Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bytes from RJTD 150 Kb 100 Kb 50 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 15 Seconds

RTH Tokyo – RTH Washington Text Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Products from RJTD 150 100 50 # Products by size 150 100 50

RTH Tokyo – RTH Washington Binary Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bytes from RJTD 3 Mb 1 Mb Min, Avg & Max input delay 15 Seconds

RTH Tokyo – RTH Washington Binary Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Products from RJTD 1000 500 # Products by size 1000 500

RTH Tokyo – RTH Washington Pictorial Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bytes from RJTD 200 Kb 150 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 4 Seconds 1 Seconds

RTH Tokyo – RTH Washington Pictorial Link Products from Monday Oct 08, 2007 RJTD 3 # Products by size 3

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Text Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bytes from AMMC 80 Kb 40 Kb 20 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 15 Seconds

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Text Link Products from Monday Oct 08, 2007 AMMC 150 100 50 # Products by size 150 100 50

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Binary Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bytes from AMMC 15 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 15 Seconds

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Binary Link Products from Monday Oct 08, 2007 AMMC 20 10 5 # Products by size 20 10 5

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Text Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Transmission Delay Avg Thruput to AMMC Internal Delay Total Delay 250 Seconds 150 Seconds

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Text Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Transmission Delay Max Thruput to AMMC Internal Delay Total Delay 400 Seconds (6. 67 Min) 250 Seconds (4. 167 Min) 100 Seconds 50 Seconds

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Text Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bltns Thruput to AMMC 1600 Bltns 1000 Bltns 600 Bltns

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Binary Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Transmission Delay Avg Thruput to AMMC Internal Delay Total Delay 1600 Seconds (26. 67 Min) 800 Seconds (13. 33 Min) 200 Seconds (3. 33 Min)

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Binary Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Transmission Delay Max Thruput to AMMC Internal Delay Total Delay 2000 Seconds (33. 33 Min) 1500 Seconds (25 Min) 500 Seconds (8. 33 Min)

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Binary Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bltns Thruput to AMMC 3000 Bltns 2000 Bltns 500 Bltns

RTH Melbourne – RTH Washington Binary Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bits/Sec Thruput to AMMC 120 Kbps 80 Kbps 20 Kbps

To KWBC CMC – RTH Washington Link (Thursday, May 17 2007) To CWTO Bandwidth Utilization Bytes (bytes/sec) Frames (frames/sec) Bandwidth Utilization Total

CMC – RTH Washington Text Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bytes from CWTO 150 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 10 Seconds 5 Seconds

CMC – RTH Washington Text Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Products from CWTO 800 200 # Products by size 800 200

CMC – RTH Washington Binary Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bytes from CWTO 800 Kb 200 Kb Min, Avg & Max input delay 10 Seconds 5 Seconds

CMC – RTH Washington Binary Link Monday Oct 08, 2007 Products from CWTO 400 100 # Products by size 400 100

RTH Washington All products Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bytes to KWBC 800 Mb 400 Mb 200 Mb Min, Avg & Max input delay 150 Seconds

RTH Washington All products Monday Oct 08, 2007 Products to KWBC 40 K 10 K # Products by size 40 K 10 K

RTH Washington All products Monday Oct 08, 2007 Transmission Delay Avg Inter-System Thruput Internal Delay Total Delay 160 Seconds 20 Seconds

RTH Washington All products Monday Oct 08, 2007 Transmission Delay Max Inter-System Thruput Internal Delay Total Delay 800 Seconds (13. 33 Min) 500 Seconds (8. 33 Min) 100 Seconds

RTH Washington All products Monday Oct 08, 2007 All Bltns Thruput 11, 500 Bltns 9, 500 Bltns 8, 000 Bltns

RTH Washington All products Monday Oct 08, 2007 Bits/Sec Thruput 1. 8 Mbps 1. 4 Mbps 800 Kbps 200 Kbps

Issues Ø MTN Cloud 1 Expiry – Contract end - Dec 2007 – BT interested in 1 year extension – WMO coordination meeting November 2007 Ø RTH Exeter – RTH Washington Link – Delays up to 5 hours – Psbl traffic shaping issue – Traffic growth expected – Should we up bandwidth up current link or wait for cloud 1 replacement? “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Issues Ø CMC – Washington Link – – – No problem with existing traffic on link Plan to move NAEFS data to operational link Psbl move of RADAR data to link NWS/OCIO investigating cost of upgrade Should we look at NESDIS requirement also? Ø WMO Information System (WIS)? – – Washington GISC interaction with Asia & Euro GISCs? Metadata catalogue coordination? Communication requirements? When to address this - next meeting? “Taking the pulse of the planet”

KWBC Operational Support KWBC Communication Control Center (CCC) - Tech Control Point of contact 24 hours every day Toc. Nwstg@noaa. gov Phone: +1 301 713 -0902 Fax: +1 301 587 -177 Data Management Staff: Walter Smith - Team Lead, Data Management walter. smith@noaa. gov +1 301 713 -0864 ext 139 Julie Hayes - Family of Services Manager julie. hayes@noaa. gov +1 301 713 -0864 ext 120 Richard Robinson - Data Manager richard. robinson@noaa. gov +1 301 713 -0864 ext 179 Cynthia Cromwell – Data Manager cynthia. cromwell@noaa. gov +1 301 713 -0864 ext 143 Fred Branski, Branch Chief – Ops Support, Perf Monitoring & Data Mgmt fred. branski@noaa. gov +1 301 713 -0864 ext 121 “Taking the pulse of the planet”

Thank You! Additional Questions? ? ? “Taking the pulse of the planet”