Research Networking in Europe Fernando Liello Quantum Policy

Research Networking in Europe Fernando Liello Quantum Policy Committee INFN - Trieste 30/11/1999 1

The Basic Question n Many People Believe That ISP’s Can Provide Everything n At an Affordable Price n Latency Management n Stream Synchronization n Will Research Use Only Commercial Services in the Future? 30/11/1999 2

European Infrastructure n Not the Very Highest Performance in the World n Very Solid n Bears Global Comparison in All Aspects n Leads in Some 30/11/1999 3

TEN-155 Topology (2000) TEN-155 Transit Po. P AUCS KPNQwest TEN-155 Po. P IE Interconnections PT SE BE GR CY AUCS IL Abilene ESNet LU UK NL AUCS PL US 622 Mbps FR AT DE SI CZ HU 310 Mbps 155 Mbps JP (mbs) JP (ip) CH <100 Mbps 155 Mbps 34/45 Mbps 10 Mbps 30/11/1999 ES AUCS IT 4

Geographic Scope n n n n n Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia France Germany Greece Hungary 30/11/1999 n Nordu. Net n Denmark Finland Iceland Norway Sweden n n Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania n n n n Luxembourg Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Spain Switzerland United Kingdom 5

NREN’s Capacity Trends 30/11/1999 6

Users’ Requirements n General Connectivity n Distributed Data And/Or Computing Resource Access n Remote Use/Control of Instruments n Virtual Experiments n Distributed Design and Manufacturing 30/11/1999 7

TEN-155 Experience n Quality of Service n Managed Bandwidth Service End-to-End Capacity Allocation n Guaranteed Delay and Latency n n Virtual Private Networks Privacy n Services for Mission Oriented Communities n Distributed Data-Bases n 30/11/1999 8

GEANT Infrastructure n Multi-Gigabit Core n 2. 4 Gbps in 2000 n Dark- or Gray-Fibers in Future? European Distributed Access (EDA) n AUP-Free for Research & Education n Intercontinental Connections n n N. –America, 30/11/1999 Asia–Pacific, S. –America, … 9

New Strategic Attitude n Support Global Research Traffic n Promote Interconnect With Research Networks in Other World Regions n Share Costs of Intercontinental Capacity n Distinguish Between Research and Commodity Traffic? 30/11/1999 10

GEANT Service Offer n Best Effort IP n Research Traffic Interchange n End-to-End Quality of Service n Virtual Private Network n Bandwidth Allocation / Reservation 30/11/1999 11

Economically Reasonable Modest Investment Increase n Scale Economies n n Co-ordinate Bandwidth Purchase n Intercontinental Capacity Redundancy n Better Peering Negotiating Position EC Support n Easily Scalable in Future n 30/11/1999 12

Procurement Approach n Public Procurement Rules n Phased Approach n Guaranteed Service Continuity n Non-homogeneous technology 30/11/1999 13

GEANT Timetable n January 2000 n EC Produces Framework for RN 1 n March 2000 n GEANT Detailed Specifications n April 2000 n Start Element Procurement n September 2000 n Evaluation / Negotiation Phase n October-November 2000 n Funding for TEN-155 Expires n December 2000 n GEANT 30/11/1999 14