Advancing South-East Europe into the eInfrastructure era

The proven power of many

Dr.-Ing., PMP, Jorge-A. Sanchez-P.GRNETsanchez@grnet.grhttp://www.grnet.gr

also on behalf of SEEREN, SEE-GRID, SEEFIRE, SEELight and 6DISS initiativeshttp://www.seeren.orghttp://www.see-grid.orghttp://www.seefire.org http://www.6diss.org

Agenda

• eInfrastructures & ERA• Pan-European running efforts• Actions for fast tracking• Expansion of eInfrastructures & ERA in SEE

Informatio

n

Age

1781

2000

Industrial A

ge

The Information Age. What is next?

…The World Wide Grid

Tier0/1 facility

Tier2 facility

10 Gbps link

2.5 Gbps link

622 Mbps link

Other link

Tier3 facility

Grid computing represents a fundamental shift in how we approach distributed computing, like the fundamental shift in information access introduced by the Web.

The Grid is: – A collaboration & resource sharing infrastructure with

origins in the sciences– A distributed service integration and management

technology– a mechanism to coordinate resource sharing and

problem solving – A disruptive technology that enables a virtualized,

collaborative, distributed world– An open source technology & community– An analogy with the Power Grid– A marketing slogan

• But more significantly is that in the Grid – the sum can be greater than the parts – real opportunities and new capabilities can be

constructed dynamically from distributed services

…eInfrastructures and the ERA

• The integrated networking & middleware environment is also called electronic infrastructure or eInfrastructure.

• The technologies of the Grid-enabled eInfrastructure, allow new methods of global collaborative research - often referred to as electronic science or eScience.

• The combination of high-speed core networks and broadband access, Grid-middleware technologies and advanced virtual collaborative environments, constitute the World Wide Grid

• WWG applications are one of the major global research and development topics of this century that in time will come to be seen as a commodity service.

• The creation of such an eInfrastructure, which will provide fully integrated communication and information processing services, is a key objective of the European Research Area.

• The reality is that today, the Grid is a "work in progress", with the underlying technology still in a prototype phase, and being developed by hundreds of researchers and software engineers around the world.

Network – Connectivity Service

Collaborations

Grid infrastructureComputing/storage service

The context of eInfrastructures in Europe

• The vision is to build a European-wide Grid-based infrastructure on top of a broadband networking infrastructure– Transparent and reliable;– Open to wide user and provider

communities;– Pervasive and ubiquitous;– Secure and provide trust across multiple

administrative domains;– Provide better, cheaper service to its users – Integrates computing power, storage,

sensors, instruments and databases.

• We are just in the beginning… Single service networks…to multiservice ones…

OpenReliable Scalable

Persistent Transparent

Person-centricPervasive

Secure / trusted Standards-based

User interface

grid (mobility…)Economies business models

Properties

Facilities Models

Virtual organisation

systems Management co-ord. and

orchestrationInformation representation

Research Themes

NextGeneration

Grid(s)

The context of eInfrastructures in Europe

• Strongly supported by the European Council, the European Parliament and Member States budgets (Lisbon Agenda, EC Policies)

• In the preparations for the 7th Framework Programme (at stake: Research Infrastructures (RI) is one of the proposed six FP7 axes, increase of FP-budget)

• Looking for the Return of Investment (RoI)…!

Excellence through

collaboration

Basic research through

competition

Technology Patforms

Human resources

Research infrastructur

es

Coordination of national

programmes

6 axes for FP7

20002000 20012001 20022002 20032003 20042004 20052005 20062006 20072007 20082008

FP5FP5FP6FP6

Complementary to National infrastructuresComplementary to National infrastructures

TEN 155 network

GÉANT network and International extensions

Grid testbeds DataGrid, CrossGrid, GridLab, GRIP, GRIA

(other) testbeds

IPv6 testbedsIPv6 testbeds6NET, 6IX, etc

GÉANT2 network and International extensions

Grid-empowered Infrastructures

EGEE, DEISA, SEE-GRID

IPv6 actions

Framework Programme 6

Grid-empowered infrastructures

EGEE2, SEE-GRID2, etc

Consolidating Initiatives

Testbeds Testbeds: DILIGENT, MUPPET, LOBSTER, EUROLABS, GRIDCC

FP7FP7

Grid Research Projects: GRIDCOORD, NEXTGRID, COREGRID, AKOGRIMO, SIMDAT, etc

eInfrastructure running projects

Network – Connectivity Service

Collaborations

Grid middlewareComputing/storage service

SIMDAT SIMDAT

Applications for the Researcher and Student

Time

Astronomy

Earth Observation

ChemistryGeophysics

Nanotechnology

Digital Libraries

Climate modelling

Biodiversity

Industry

eHealth

Physics Bioinformatics

Example EGEE project

SIMDAT SIMDAT

Support by Strategy/Policy Groups

The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) and the eInfrastructure Reflection Group (eIRG) will play a major role in this context.

ESFRI/eIRG will develop a roadmap for RI for the next 10-20 yearsA clear vision of the needs for research infrastructures in the medium–long term should be defined as well as a corresponding roadmap.

FP7…

• What is FP7?– The Framework Programme (FP) is the European

Union's main instrument for funding research and development.

– It has been proposed for FP7, however, to run for seven years. It will be fully operational as of 1 January 2007.

– It is designed to build on the achievements of its predecessor towards the creation of the European Research Area, and carry it further towards the development of the knowledge economy and society in Europe.

• What will be the overall budget for FP7?– In the Commission's proposals for the seventh

framework programme to the European Parliament and Council of 6 April 2005, the Commission proposed that the maximum overall amount for Community financial participation in the EC seventh framework programme should be EUR 72 726 million. For nuclear research and training activities carried out under the Euratom treaty EUR 3092 million are forseen for 2007-2011.

01/07/2005 UK Presidency of the EU commences

21/09/2005 Commission proposal of the Rules for Participation+ Commission proposal of Specific Programmes

12-15/12/2005 First reading 2006-2007 Feb/March 2006 Common Position on EC

Framework Programme + Parliament 1st Reading on Rules

April 2006 Common Position on EC Rules

July 2006 Council and Parliament: Adoption of FP and Rules

November 2006 Launch of FP7 1st Calls Spring 2007 First deadlines expected

How will FP7 be structured?

• The proposed Seventh Framework Programme will be organised in four programmes corresponding to four basic components of European research:

– Cooperation: Support will be given to the whole range of research activities carried out in trans-national cooperation, from collaborative projects and networks to the coordination of national research programmes. International cooperation between the EU and third countries is an integral part of this action.

– Ideas: This programme will enhance the dynamism, creativity and excellence of European research at the frontier of knowledge in all scientific and technological fields, including engineering, socio-economic sciences and the humanities. This action will be overseen by a European Research Council

– People: Strengthening, quantitatively and qualitatively, the human potential in research and technology in Europe by putting into place a coherent set of Marie Curie actions.

– Capacities: The objective of this action is to support research infrastructures, research for the benefit of SMEs and the research potential of European regions (Regions of Knowledge) as well as stimulate the realisation of the full research potential (Convergence Regions) of the enlarged Union and build an effective and democratic European Knowledge society.

Ideas

People (MC)Collaborative Research

Projects

Research CapacityResearch

infrastructure

Support for SME

Convergence Regions

Science and Society

Agenda

• eInfrastructures & ERA• Pan-European running efforts• Actions for fast tracking• Expansion of eInfrastructures & ERA in SEE

• PanEuropean coverage (33 countries/NRENs)• Access at 10 Gb/s • 3900 Universities and Research Instittes• 15 million users + eScience Projects (e.g. Grids)• 3 Layer architecture:

– The Pan-European Interconnection: TEN34 TEN155 GÉANT (GN1 in FP5) GÉANT2 (GN2 in FP6)

– The NREN (MAN/WAN)

– The Campus Network (LAN/MAN)

• Emphasis on switched end-to-end provision of services across multiple interconnected networks

• Gaining improved understanding of user needs• Migration from IP services to combination of

routing and switching, network control, light paths

Evolution: From Geant to Geant2

• GÉANT2, a new generation HYBRID Network backbone: IP(v6) + switched end-to-end provision across interconnected networks over DARK FIBER among 15 countries & growing– The Next Generation Hybrid Network

will enable advanced collaborative platforms via hybrid IPv6 & Manageable Layer 1-2 (Ethernet & Light-path switching over Dark Fiber) Services

– R&E HPCN and Grid requirements motivated the design and deployment of GÉANT2 as a hybrid, dark-fiber network

CEF Networks workshop 2005, 17th May 2005, Prague – Otto Kreiter (otto.kreiter@dante.org.uk)

GÉANT2

10G 2.5G

NREN A

NREN C

primary

backup

primarybackup

DFDWDM

OXCand/orL2 switch

Nx10G

NREN B

NREN D

LHC - CERN

GÉANT2 Global Connectivity

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

INFSO-RI-508833

EGEE

EGEE is the largest Grid infrastructureproject in the World?:

• 70 leading institutions in 27 countries, federated in regional Grids

• Leveraging national and regional grid activities

• ~32 M Euros EU funding for initially 2 years starting 1st April 2004

• EU review, February 2005 successful

• Preparing 2nd phase of the project – proposal to 3rd EU Grid call September 2005

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

INFSO-RI-508833

EGEE Activities

• 48 % service activities (Grid Operations, Support and Management, Network Resource Provision)

• 24 % middleware re-engineering (Quality Assurance, Security, Network Services Development)

• 28 % networking (Management, Dissemination and Outreach, User Training and Education, Application Identification and Support, Policy and International Cooperation)

EGEE emphasis is on production grid operations

and end-user support

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

INFSO-RI-508833

gLite

• First major release of gLite announced on April 5 – Focus on providing users early access to prototype

– Reusing existing components

– Addressing current shortcomings

• Interoperability & Co-existence with deployed infrastructure• (Cautious) service oriented approach

– Follow WSRF standardisation

• Site autonomy

Globus 2 based Web services based

gLite-2LCG-2

gLite-1LCG-1

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

INFSO-RI-508833

Deployment of applications

Pilot New

• Pilot applications– High Energy Physics– Biomed applications

• Generic applications –Deployment under way– Computational Chemistry– Earth science research – EGEODE: first industrial application– Astrophysics

• With interest from – Hydrology– Seismology – Grid search engines – Stock market simulators– Digital video etc.– Industry (provider, user, supplier)

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

INFSO-RI-508833

Country providing resourcesCountry anticipating joining EGEE/LCG

In EGEE-0 (LCG-2): >100 sites >10,000 CPUs >5 PB storage

Computing Resources – Feb. 2005

More that 30 international partners - 2500 person months of work over 3 years - 33 MEuro total cost

Wide-scale native IPv6 testbed. Connectivity speed 155 Mb/s (STM-1)

GRNET actively participates in main activities: Network operation and services, e.g. IPv6

native network (NTUA, AUTH, CTI, FORTH), DNS, Multicast, IPv6 migration mechanisms, etc.

Applications development and testing, Videoconference, DVTS, etc.

Management, e.g. Weathermap, DDoS (Panoptis), GriD tools, etc.

To NorthTo NorthAmericaAmerica

To JapanTo Japan

To KoreaTo Korea

To BrazilTo Brazil

Agenda

• eInfrastructures & ERA• Pan-European running efforts• Actions for fast tracking• Expansion of eInfrastructures & ERA in SEE

GRNET – Network GRNET – Network infrastructureinfrastructure

12-PoP high speed backbone network based on 2.5Gbps leased lambdas and Gigabit routers.

Interconnects academic and research institutions (more than 80 today) at up to 1Gbps and primary and secondary schools (more than 10.000) at Mbps.

A total of up to 1.500.000 potential end-users.

International 2x2.5Gbps (to be upgraded to 2x10Gbps – 3Q05)

2.5 Gbps

64 Kbps

128 Kbps

teikal-hndc

256 Kbps

512 Kbps

1024 Kbps

2 Mbps

4 Mbps

34 Mbps

auth

sch

2 Mbps

4 Mbps

34 Mbps

1024 Mbps

Thessaloniki-2

Herakleio-2

Athens-2

Acropolis

Ilissos

Cyprus

Chania

Rethymno

Herakleio

2.5 Gbps

1 Gbps 100 Mbps

34 Mbps64 Kbps

128 Kbps

512 Kbps1024 Kbps

2 Mbps

4 Mbps

155 Mbps 256 Kbps

Syros

GEANT

GEANT(Athens)

Athens-3

ariadne-t,ekt,uoa,ntua,grnet-grid

unipi,panteion,aua,hua,ypepth

SEEREN

aegeanauebteipirteiath,sch

sch

iti, utnc, itsak, komvos,teiser, teikoz

2 Mbpsceti, teikav, ilsp

1024 Kbps

1 Gbps

100 Mbps

igme-2, oipp, cedefop, afs

uom, teith

Thessaloniki

34 Mbps

uom, teith

2 Mbps

2 Mbps

AMREJ, ISTF, INIMA,MARNET, BIHARNET,RoDUnet

sch

Xanthi

uth

34 Mbps

100 Mbps

sch

Larissa-2

100 Mbps

teilar

Larissa

2 Mbps

sch

sch

Ioannina-2

34 Mbps

uoi

uion

2 Mbps

512 Mbps

teiep

100 Mbps

sch

sch

Patra-2upatras

upatras, teipat, uop, iceht,teimes, teiep

teikal

aegean, shc

eapPatra

34 Mbps

4 Mbps

2 Mbpsimbc

teiher

uoc, forth

Herakleio

100 Mbps

100 MbpsIoannina

ilsp-igme

teiep, uth, oasp, pasteur,selete, ipthil

teikav

nestor

hua-ypepth-teihal-teilam-hafa-rae-pi schools-otesearch-kethi-cres-bioacademy-eugefound-elot-certh-ntua2-ncmr-ekdd-noa-fleming-syzefxis-grnet-aua-gsrt-fireacad-parliament-asfa-kape

gscp

Athens

1 Gbps

1 Gbps 1 Gbps

AIX

Vivodi, PanafoNet,GlobalOne, IDEALnet,Compulink, Internet Hellas-STET, AT&TGlobalNetwork, NetOne, Grapes,HellasOnLine, Altec CN,OTEnet, Forthnet,SparkNet, Tellas, Equant

1 Gbps

GRNET – Grid infrastructureGRNET – Grid infrastructure

6 clusters/sites in deployment (770 CPUs, 34 TBs storage).

Involves all major research and academic institutes working on Grids-eScience all over Greece.

High Energy Physics, Bio-informatics, Meteorology, Astronomy, Computer scientists-Virtual Collaboration Environments

Providing services to the Pan-European GRID community through the EGEE Project and the SEE community through the SEE-GRID Project.

Dark fibre plans (2005)Dark fibre plans (2005) Initiated the process of acquiring dark fibre spans in

4Q2004. Tenders for DF issued in 1Q2005 (first public ones

released in Greece) aiming at three fibre lines: One terrestrial in northern Greece (Thessaloniki-

Xanthi) Two submarine lines in the Aegean Sea (Syros-Samos

islands and Athens-Crete) DF Tenders requirements:

15-year IRUs. Maintenance support at layer-1 (against fibre cuts and

fibre performance degradation). Fibre pairs supporting 10Gbps transmission. Option of installing GRNET optical equipment (passive

or active) in intermediate locations of the end-to-end fibre spans. Monitoring system for automatic detection of fibre cuts or performance degradation with indication of each Failure Report TimeAvailability of at least 99%Optional protection of fibre spans.

Currently (July 2005) in contract preparation phase. RFP followed by an RFI for transmission equipment

under preparation

Received offersReceived offers

932 km of dark fibre932 km of dark fibre

GRnetPoP1

GRnetPoP2

CarrierPoP2 90 km

CarrierPoP1140 km 70 km

G.652 fibre

GRnetPoP5

GRnetPoP6

CarrierPoP7

CarrierPoP6 164 km 174 km36 km

CarrierPoP8

8 km

G.652 fibre

GRnetPoP3

GRnetPoP4

CarrierPoP5

CarrierPoP3

115 km 100 km46 km

G.653 fibre G.652 fibre

CarrierPoP4

8 km

Dark fibre plans (2006+)Dark fibre plans (2006+) The whole of the GRNET backbone is

planned to be implemented using dark fibre pairs obtained via long-term IRUs.

Within 2006, tenders will be released requesting for dark fibre between all of the existing GRNET PoPs currently operating with leased lambdas.

Actions for obtaining dark fibre towards the northern part of Greece, in an attempt to establish cross border fibre links with neighbouring countries, are also planned.

Tender for long haul, multiple wavelengths optical transmission & switching equipment also planned for 2006

Greek School NetworkGreek School NetworkThe The Greek School Network uses Greek School Network uses GRNET GRNET as as backbonebackbone with 7 entry with 7 entry points.points.

8500 schools connected8500 schools connected

To give access to the young generationTo give access to the young generation

The The Distribution network Distribution network consists of 51 consists of 51 nodes (one in each prefecture):nodes (one in each prefecture):

• 9 main nodes,9 main nodes,• 42 secondary nodes42 secondary nodes

and are equipped with 60 routers, and are equipped with 60 routers, 41 41 servers, servers, a large number of telecommunication circuits a large number of telecommunication circuits and the appropriate softwareand the appropriate software

Greek Broadband Task ForceGreek Broadband Task Force Lack of fiber…task Force for the to influence the faster

deployment/installation of fiber in the whole country

Formed by the Secretariat of the Information Society - Ministry of Economy and Finance- to coordinate all actions in broadband Access as a path to Regional Development and Information Society

Consists of representatives of all ministries, related general secretaries, information society, industry (SEPE) and GRNET GUNET. Three members (and the coordinator) of the scientific committee of BBTF are from GRNET staff and were instrumental in its initiatives.

Promotes specific actions with targets (among others): interconnected broadband access regional networks wireless hotspot and satellite access for remote areas

http://www.broad-band.gr

AgendaAgenda

eInfrastructures & ERA Pan-European running efforts Actions for fast tracking Expansion of eInfrastructures & ERA

in SEE

SEEREN

SEEREN

A roadmap for establishing National Grid Initiatives

Conceptualization: working on areas of common interest

A couple of rakis in Ochrid…Followed by a memoranda of understanding

INIMA (Albania) -2000RoEduNet/RNC (Rumania) -2000UNICOM-B (Bulgaria) -2000MARNET (FYROM) -2000GRNET (Greece) -2000AMREJ (FRY) -2001ULAKBIM (Turkey) -2001

…and first interconnections…

Athens-Belgrade [2Mbps PCM] daily graph (5 Minute Average)

Athens-Sofia [5.2Mbps ATM] daily graph (5 Minute Average)

Vision

The vision… ‘ease the digital divide in SE Europe’.Help promote scientific and educational cooperation between EU MS and SEE Act as an enabler for dissemination and development of the next generation of Internet technologies in SEE states that are on course to joining the EU.Contribute to the reconstruction and stabilisation of the region.

SEEREN: A “small” step for the SEENRENs, a big leap for the region…

South-Eastern European Research and Education Network

Interconnects the Research and Education Networks of AL, BA, BG, MK, CS, HU, RO and GR among them and to GEANT.Launched and entered its stable operation on Jan. 2004.

in 2005 connectivity is co-funded by GEANT2. SEEREN2 to start at the end of 2006.

Constitutes today the South Eastern European segment of the multi-gigabit pan-European Research and Education network GÉANTDistributes the Network Management & Operations to competent Academic Groups in the Region (the Virtual Network Operations Center – VNOC concept developed by GRNET).SEEREN capitalized on the growing aspiration of the SEE countries to integrate to the rest of Europe and eventually be equal peers with advanced European nations. Still a major driving force. SEEREN enacted a communication channel between the SEE scientific community. Refocused the R&E community in their common endeavors and wealthy cultural heritage that dates from several hundred years ago.

more at www.seeren.org

Help in establishing the NRENs

EU-Balkan countries Action Plan in Science and Technology

A Greek Presidency Initiative with Solid RootsMinisterial Conference (26-27/6/2003) adopted the documents (Shared vision, Action Plan)Shared Vision document, sets the Political context – Zagreb process and Thessaloniki Summit and defines four Main Goals: Improvement of Infrastructures, Improvement of Human Potential, Institution Building, Joint RTD activities.The Action Plan: Specifies the objectives and thematic priorities, proposes for the implementation: instruments ( Multilateral, Regional, Bilateral ), implementing modalities, (Workprogramme, ad-hoc group).

(Re)integrate the SEER&E community

Turkey, Croatia, Albania, FYR of Macedonia already membersBulgaria and Serbia-Montenegro joined in OctoberBosnia-Herzegovina?

Turkey, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia already membersSerbia-Montenegro joined in OctoberBulgaria?, Bosnia-Herzegovina?, Albania?

Campus Architecy. and Civil Eng.

Campus Medicine

Medicine

Pharmacy

Campus Technical Eng.

Electrical Eng

Mechanical Eng

Technolog.

Campus Agriculture

Campus Nat. Sciences and Math

Campus Social Sciences

NOC

Cisco 7304 Cisco 3550-12G Cisco 2950G-48-EI

Law

Economy

Cisco 4006

GbEconnection

InternetConnection

Building I

Legend

Philosophy Philology

Architecture

Internet

Building II

Dentistry

Networking Infrastructure Grant (NIG) with Bulgaria finished (200k €)Networking Infrastructure Grant (NIG) with FYR of Macedonia (200κ €). Metropolitan Network in Skopje inaugurated in September 2004Advanced Networking Workshop (ANW) “Policy Issues for NRENs in South East Europe” (25κ €) in Varna, Bulgaria http://www.terena.nl/conferences/nato-anw2003

Upgrade of infrastructure

Access to Advanced Services

Deployment of IPv6Formalize the continuation of the dissemination and promotion of the best practices from the 6NET project to the SEEREN network of countries and partners, that was started in March 2004,Help the main SEEREN beneficiary countries to study potential deployment scenarios/solutions over the SEEREN infrastructure, experiment and get familiar with IPv6,Support (technically) the continued connectivity of SEEREN countries via IPv6, that was started in March 2004,Support the transfer of 6NET’s IPv6 application demonstrations to SEEREN.Provide information about experiences of IPv6 deployment in less developed network user communities.Organise a joint technical workshop based on the 6NET Cookbooks and the programme of workshops in SE Europe, held within the scope of the SEEREN project.Produce joint reports on the results of the 6NET-SEEREN cooperation.

Material preparation Dissemination Longer-term assistancePersonal expertise & Cookbooks

Expertise & material from 6NET, Euro6IX, GEANT, NRENs, …

IPv6 modules tuned for each Workshop

Workshop organisation &technical support

Support for IPv6 deployment & future IST participation

SEEREN

SEEREN

SEEGRID: the “eInfrastructure inclusion” into SEE

South-Eastern European Grid-enabled eInftastructure

Established at least one fully operational and certified grid site in all participating SEE countries

each contractor setup at least one site third parties setup additional sites5-50 nodes targeted in each siteEGEE SEE ROC caters for the operations

HEP and Biomed applications, developed by EGEE, deployed in the regional infrastructure. Two additional Grid applications developed by SEE-GRID partners deployed in the regional infrastructure:

Volumetric Image Visualization Environment (VIVE) for medical images and other static or time-dependent scalar and vector 3D fieldsSearch Engine for South-East Europe (SE4SEE) for Grid-aided web-crawling & data indexing

To achieve sustainability of the grid infrastructure assists in establishing a National Grid Initiative in each SEE country

more at www.see-grid.org

SEE-GRID infrastructure

National Certification Authorities

Need of trust and security -> National Certification AuthorityAt European Level need to cooperate -> EUGridPMAThe SEE-GRID project will be a relying party in the EUGridPMA (along with EGEE, DEISA, and other major grid projects)GRNET will establish a regional SEE-GRID “Catch-all” CA for the partners who do not yet have a PMA-accredited Grid CAProject partners are assisted to develop their own Grid CA and apply for membership in PMA

SEEFIRE: looking for asustainable eInfrastructure

South-Eastern European Fibre Infrastructure Studies

is producing studies on the options available for acquiring an optical fibre network infrastructure and strategies for the development of R&E networking in SEE.is raising awareness among stakeholders of NRENs, governments, users and telecommunication operators, about providing interconnection facilities in SEE to reduce the digital divide. Will provide:

a benchmark of existing and potentially available optical fibre for NRENs in the region; an analysis of the technical options available for the deployment of dark fibre and the management of optical transmission by NRENs in the region;reports on economic aspects and regulations;dissemination of information and increased awareness about dark-fibre deployment both at technical and policy-making levels

more at www.seefire.org

Submarine Fibre Cable/Systems Worlwide

Submarine Fibre Cable/Systems Europe

Submarine Fibre Cable/Systems Mediterranean

Submarine Fibre Cable/Systems Black Sea

SEA-ME-WE3 (South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe)  smw3cbp.francetelecom.com

Landed and connected countries : Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal,

France, U.K. Belgium, Germany

2700 Km at 2 x 10 Gbit/s

Principal parties to the construction and maintenance agreement : KDD, DBP TELEKOM, SINGAPORE TELECOM, Telekom Malaysia, VSNL (India), France Telecom, Marconi (Portugal), BT (U.K.), MPT (Myanmar) etc. [Total of 88 telecommunications carriers from 64 countries]

Eastern Mediterranean Optical System-1 (EMOS-1)

In Service: 1990

2880 Km at 1X 280 Mbit/s

Landing countries: Palermo, Italy – Lechaina, Greeece – Marmaris, Turkey – Tel Aviv , Israel

Purchasers: Telecom Italia, OTE, Turk Telekom, Bezeq

SEELight: the lambda facility for SEE R&E

South-East European Lambda Network Facility for R&E

Proposal for the deployment of an advanced regional network infrastructure (lambda network facility) for R&E, under the Hellenic Plan for the Economic Reconstruction of the Balkans (HiPERB).SEELight is the response to the need of SEE for high-quality research and education. The project will

help create a viable economy-of-scale model for the region to reduce networking costs per country, support the evolving needs of SEE R&E communities in the fields of domestic and international data communications, provide the foundation for network-based information exchange and co-operation towards a SEE Regional Information Societyserve as a testbed for development of new services, and allow the SEE R&E community to participate in international networking activitiesassist the SEE countries to achieve their development goals, support the growth of their National Research & Education Networks (NRENs), accelerate research, fuel national and regional economic growth, and aid their integration with the rest of Europe.

Ioannina

Mytilini

Chios

Samos

Syros

Komotini

Athens

Rhodos

Agrinio

Preveza

Florina Thessaloniki

Patra

Iraklio

Larissa

Drama

Beroia

Lamia

Livadia

Bucharest

Skopje

Tirana

Belgrade

Banja Luka

Xanthi

Plovdiv

Sofia

Ruse

VelikoTarnovo

Bitola

Serres

Gjirokastra

Vranje

Nis

Kragujevac

Pirot

Novi-Sad

Subotica

Craiova

Timisoara

Turnu Severin

Resita

Chania

Kardzali

Edessa

Prilep

Tetovo

Elbasan

Ohrid

Korce

Arad

Cluj-Napoca

Targo-Mures

Brasov

Ploiesti

Oradea

Szeged

Slatina Pitesti

Zvornik

Bjeljina

Sabac

Sarajevo

Budapest

Podgorica

Shkodra

Vlora

TuzlaZenica

Brcko

Mostar

Blagoevgrad

Stara Zagora

Varna

Burgas

Gabrovo

PlevenShumen

Svishtov

Pravetz

Pancevo

Uzice

Valjevo

Kraljevo

Cacak

Novi Pazar

Bor

SomborZrenjanin

Leskovac

Valjevo

Krusevac

Iasi

Galati

Zagreb

Osijek

Split

Debrecen

SEELight: answers to a RFI

Ioannina

Mytilini

Chios

Samos

Syros

Komotini

Athens

Rhodos

Agrinio

Preveza

Florina Thessaloniki

Patra

Iraklio

Larissa

Drama

Beroia

Lamia

Livadia

Bucharest

Skopje

Tirana

Belgrade

Banja Luka

Xanthi

Plovdiv

Sofia

Ruse

VelikoTarnovo

Bitola

Serres

Gjirokastra

Vranje

Nis

Kragujevac

Pirot

Novi-Sad

Subotica

Craiova

Timisoara

Resita

Chania

Kardzali

Edessa

Prilep

Tetovo

Elbasan

Ohrid

Korce

Arad

Cluj-Napoca

Targo-Mures

Brasov

Brazi

Oradea

Szeged

Slatina Pitesti

Zvornik

Bjeljina

Sabac

Sarajevo

Budapest

Podgorica

Shkodra

Vlora

TuzlaZenica

Brcko

Mostar

Blagoevgrad

Stara Zagora

Varna

Burgas

Gabrovo

Pleven Shumen

Svishtov

Pravetz

Pancevo

Uzice

Valjevo

Kraljevo

Cacak

Novi Pazar

Bor

SomborZrenjanin

Leskovac

Krusevac

Iasi

Galati

ZagrebOsijek

Split

Debrecen

Baia Mare

Targoviste

Alba Iulia

Constanta

Suceava

Bacau

Sibiu

Promachon

Evzoni

Kakkavia

Drobeta (Targu Severin)

Nadlac

BorsSandorfalva

Kozlodui

Djerdap

Kalotina

Kosava

Montana

VidinBregovo

GueshevoBobovdol

ProvadiaBotevgrad

Strategic priority

SEE eInfrastucture initiatives are pieces of the larger puzzle of RTD efforts that address the future of the SEE region

Increasing the retention of talented scientists in the SEE

Pursuing joint R&D efforts among SEE countries

Making available the benefits of the Information Society for all SEEtizens

Easing the digital divide between the region and the rest of the continent

Improvement of regional competitiveness in all market sectors

Regional political stability and cohesiveness

Pave the way for future enlargement steps of the European Union

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Conclusion

eInfrastructure one of the key objectives of ERA

Immense momentum currently in Europe and the World

Inclusion in the European trends very importantGet involved in fora setting the strategy at European level; i.e., eIRGGet involved in the formulation of FP7, the EU-Western Balkan Action Plan in science and technology, in shapping the structural fund of the EU to include eInfrastructuresContribute into the development of the regionAcquire dark fibre for the NREN and for the international connectivityHomogenize your network (end-to-end)Build robust 24x7 clusters with user supportBuild applications on top of your eInfrastructureConnect the youngsters that will bring the changeAssist the government to develop competition in the market

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