Onderwijs en onderzoek zijn internationaal georiënteerd. Het netwerk van GÉANT verbindt alle research en education-netwerken van Europa met elkaar en met de wereld. De voorbije jaren heeft GÉANT fors geïnvesteerd in samenwerking met de nationale netwerken, zoals SURF. In deze sessie krijg je een blik op hoe het nieuwe netwerk eruit ziet, waarom dat belangrijk is en wat eraan zit te komen.
Bram Peeters, Chief Network Operations Officer bij GÉANT
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GÉANT
Infrastructure and Services to advance Research,
Education, and Innovation on a global scale:
GÉANT Association
Europe’s National Research & Education Networks (NRENs)
Projects
Participate/Coordinate EC-funded projects
Community
Conferences, Task Forces, …
GÉANT Network
Pan-European e-Infrastructure
Edu-x services
Portfolio of Services
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38 European National
Research and Education
Networks (NRENs)
+ NORDUnet (5 Nordic NRENs)
(en ja, ook SURF, natuurlijk)
Reach:
over 10,000 institutions and
50 million academic users
GÉANT: European Membership Association
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The Challenge:
Traffic
7 days of an LHC link
6 months of an LHC link
7 days of an Internet
exchange link
6 months
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The Harder Challenge:
Science Traffic
7 days of an LHC link
6 months of an LHC link
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Fibre Network at start of project
14 countries (+NORDUnet) on fibre
Short term contracts => higher maintenance
costs, to be replaced
Other countries on (typically high cost)
leased lines
London
Amsterdam
Brussels
Paris
Frankfurt
Prague
Bratislava
Budapest
Ljubljana
Zagreb
Milan
Marseille
Madrid
Geneva
Vienna
Hamburg
Commercial
Dark Fibre
NREN
Spectrum
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT 1:
GN4-3N: FIBRE AND SPECTRUM
FIBRE INFRASTRUCTURE
AT START OF GN4-3N (2019)
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Infrastructure Project 2: EaPConnect (https://eapconnect.eu/)
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CONNECT
SO1: Extend network infrastructure
(digital highways) to scale-up scientific
exchange across borders
SO2: Increase the use of services , offer
new services to enhance international
cooperation.
SO3: Strengthen EaP NRENs’ position in
the national R&E ecosystems
RENAM: Moldova
GRENA: Georgia
URAN: Ukraine
AZSciencenet: Azerbaijan
Asnet-AM: Armenia
INTEGRATE STRENGTHEN
1st Phase: 2015-2021
2nd Phase: 2020-2025
Total funding: 24.5 M€
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Conclusions Q&A
2019 – 2023 projects:
• European footprint
• EC-funded investment
Result: the new GÉANT network
• Fiber and spectrum
• 32 + 5 countries
• Long term control
The European Approach:
Invest in Infrastructure
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Submarine cables – who is driving?
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R&E makes it on the charts
”Content Providers”
Change the market
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Accessing the Network: Different Shapes and Sizes
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Fibre Pair:
Cable
Consortium
Member
Spectrum
Anchor
Tenancy
Spectrum
IRU
Capacity
IRU
Capacity
Lease
Purchase Complexity
Connectivity
Potential
Fibre pair
Anchor
Tenancy
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NREN collaboration models
Single Ownership
Cost Sharing
Coordinated Planning and Back Up
Regional Projects
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Global Research – Global Network
Advance North
Atlantic
Collaboration
CAE-1
APOnet
Bridging Europe,
Africa, Americas
(BEAA)
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GÉANT’s Intercontinental
Traffic:
• 75% North America
• 19% Asia-Pacific region
GÉANT’s Global Challenge: Connectivity and Traffic (@31 Dec 22)
0,6
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
% of Average Global Traffic
% of Global Connectivity
USA & Canada Latin America N. Africa & W. Asia
W&C Africa E&S Africa Russia
Central Asia Asia Pacific
North America
North America Asia-Pac
Asia-Pac
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January 2023
25% of GÉANT traffic is
intercontinental
GEANT & partners
~ 1.9 Tbps (2022) 35% growth
Current NREN connectivity into Europe
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An example: BELLA and EllaLink
First-ever direct GÉANT-
RedCLARA interconnection
Transatlantic R&E connectivity
needs met for next 25 years
• Spectrum available for use by
European & Latin American NRENs
• Supports Copernicus traffic with
dedicated wave
Capacities for specific R&E
collaborations
GÉANT-RedCLARA latency
reduced up to 2/3 Source: https://ella.link
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BELLA Establishes Connectivity on EllaLink
Over 2 years for manufacture and
deployment
Final Splice: 400km NE Mid-Atlantic ridge in
early March 2021
BELLA connectivity went live in August 2021
EllaLink Inauguration
Sines, Portugal - 1 June 2021
• Over 10 years in the making
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A second example: Collaboration across the Atlantic
• Advanced North Atlantic (ANA) Collaboration:
• Collaborative effort to provide multiple, diverse links to
support R&E collaboration across the North Atlantic
100 Gbps
PAR-NY
100 Gbps
AMS-MONT
100 Gbps
LON-WASH
2 x 100 Gbps
NY-LON
NY-AMS
4 x 100 Gbps
WASH-GEN
BOST-AMS
2 x NY-LON
100 Gbps
AMS-NY
Moving to 400G soon
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A third example:
Medusa: Europe - Mediterranean
€40M EU-funding
200Gbps end-to-end
international connectivity
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Fifth Example: CAE-1 and the Asia-Pacific Europe Ring
• CAE-1
• A 10-year collaboration starting in 2019 to connect Europe and Asia-Pacific at
100 Gbps between London and Singapore
• Asia-Pacific Europe Ring (AER)
• A collaboration of ten R&E networks and institutions to provide mutual back-up
between Europe and Asia-Pacific across diverse links.
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Objective 1: Procure connectivity to at least 2 world regions
GN5-IC1 (International Connectivity) Project
3 years GÉANT project - €15M funding
Two Main Objectives:
Objective 2: Create intercontinental connectivity investment plan
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Objective 1: Deliver Connectivity to at least two world regions
• First region: Asia
• Marseille – Singapore: 100G
• Connection to a hub
• Collaborate with regional partners
• Next region: North America
• Ambition: access to up to 4 systems
• Spectrum!
• Collaborate with regional partners
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Objective 2: Produce a Long-term Investment Plan
Reference
topology
Network and User Needs
Sustainability
Performance, resilience, security
Link ownership, partnerships, contract duration
Geopolitical risks
Infrastructure
Existing, Planned
Preparing for
IC2 and
beyond
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To summarize
NRENs deal with science traffic at global scale
Infrastructure control: fibre or spectrum
Project funding – more projects will come
NRENs collaborate at global scale