The GÉANT Network & GN3 Tom Fryer, DANTE CLARA-TEC San José, Costa Rica Tuesday, 11 th August 2009
What is GÉANT? The pan-european research and education backbone network A high-capacity internet reserved exclusively for research and education Connecting 38 countries in Europe 90 networks in 82 countries worldwide Hybrid structure shared IP and dedicated circuits Added-value services
History 10 Gbps August 2004 I the combined effort of project and partners
History 10 Gbps June 2009 I the combined effort of project and partners Maps by Michael Enrico Network Engineering & Planning Team DANTE
GÉANT topology GÉANT topology April 2009
Expand the European Reach New Members AMRES - Serbia MARNET - Macedonia MREN - Montenegro Associate Partners BASNET - Belarus JSCC - Russia RENAM - Moldova URAN - Ukraine
Expand the Global Collaboration IP and circuit services Collaborate with other world regions Example DICE GÉANT global connectivity April 2009
GEANT IP global connectivity A End B End Capacity Peering with Paid for by Washington Frankfurt 10Gbps I2, Esnet GEANT New York Amsterdam 10Gbps I2, Esnet, Canarie, NLR, SINET NSF - IRNC New York Viena 5Gbps ESnet US-LHCNET ALICE2 PoP Madrid STM-4 RedCLARA EC & ALICE2 countries Eumedconnect Various GEANT PoPs 513Mbps total capacity (7 spur links between 34 and 155Mbps) Eumedconnect EC and Eumedconnect partners
GEANT IP global connectivity (continued) A End B End Capacity Peering with Paid for by TEIN2 PoP Frankfurt 3 X STM-4 TEIN2 EC and TEIN2 partners TEIN2/ ORIENT Copenhagen 2.5Gbps TEIN2, CERNET EC, GEANT, China, TEIN2 partners India London 100Mbps ERnet GEANT and ERnet India Geneva 400Mbps TIFR, ERnet TIFR South Africa London 1Gbps Ubuntunet Alliance TENET
GEANT Circuit connectivity to North America Circuits A End B End Capacity To be used by Paid for by New York Paris 10Gbps I2, Esnet, Canarie GEANT New York London 10Gbps I2, Esnet Internet2
GN3 Project Characteristics Total cost ca 182 M over 4 years Approximately 51% EC funding 38 project partners Ca 500 person years over 4 years for service development, research, and networking 450 individuals registered on project portal Challenges: building a distributed virtual team Flexibility and efficiency
Structure of GN3 project Joint Research Activities: JRA1: Future Network JRA2: Multi-domain Resources and Services JRA3: Enabling Communities Service Activities: SA1: GÉANT Network Architecture Design and Planning, Procuring, Building and Operating SA2: Multi-Domain Service Operation SA3: End-User Services in a Federated Environment SA4: Software Governance Networking Activities: NA1: Management NA2: Joint Dissemination and Outreach NA3: Status and Trends NA4: Liaison and Support
GN3 Project Structure Promote, Liaise & Study Explore & Develop Create & Operate Services NA2 Promote Control & Mgmt Provisioning JRA1 Control & Mgmt Provisioning Backbone & Global Links SA1 Cost Shared Common NREN Network Coordinate Administrate NA1 Manage NA4 Liaise Control & Mgmt Provisioning JRA2 Security Network Factory Multi Domain Connectivity SA2 Services to Institutions NA3 Study Access Control Identity JRA3 Composable Services Software Governance SA4 Development Environment Roaming & Identity SA3 Services to Individual End Users
Summary: the GN3 Vision A dependable component of the European e-infrastructure Bridging the digital and geographic divide in Europe GÉANT a global hub in R&E networking The GÉANT Service Area A network management architecture An enabler for network research, a network factory Identity services for remote access Contribute to standards and the public domain Innovation and technical leadership for R&E
Project Progress Regular GN3 partner meetings since September 2008 Monthly Project Management Team meetings since December 2008 Activity/Task Leader Kick-Off 12 May 2009 GN3 Architecture Workshops, 3 rd WS 7/8 July 2009 GN3 Kick-off Meeting (All-Hands) 8-10 September 2009 GN3 Launch, Stockholm, 1/2 December 2009 www.geant.net public website