Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Australias Path to Virtualisation of Networks TNC 2009, Malaga Alex Reid Chris Hancock AARNet Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC About this talk AARNet & its Network National Broadband Network Network Services Virtualisation of Network Services Layer 1: optical circuits, dynamic allocation Layer 2: virtual private Ethernets Layer 3: IP services, VPN Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNet: Facts Non-profit owned by members Members: 38 universities + CSIRO Annual Budget: $A46m Funding: subscription & traffic charges Staff numbers: 41 head count Staff Locations: 6 Licensed Telecomms carrier #61 PoPs: 24 Peerings: 280 at 14 PoPs (526 adjacencies vs 139 for Int2) Size (km x Gbps): >410,000 (more than SURFnet or SUNET) Reliability: 100% uptime on backbone in 2008 2009 = 20 years of AARNet 3 AARNet is 20!!! Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Australia vs Europe 4 Area: 9,938,000 sq km Population: 729,000,000 Area: 7,686,850 sq km Population: 20,500,000 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNets Domestic Network 5 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNets International Network 6 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNets Domestic Optical Network 7 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 International Optical Connections 8 10Gb circuit for dedicated 1Gb light paths 10Gb circuit for general R&E IP traffic Interconnect with National LambdaRail, etc Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Worldwide Optical Connections 9 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 National Broadband Network (NBN) Announced by Government April 2009 Replaces $4.7B Tender process $43B estimated cost Initial injection of $4.7B Owned by the Government, with Private input Target date 2017 Fibre to the Home/Premises (FTTH/FTTP) 100 Mbps to 90% of population 12 Mbps to the rest (Wireless + Satellite) Backhaul Blackspots Initiative $250M Competitive backhaul from regional centres Inviting organisations to install, keep some, offer rest for community Announced April 2009 Deployment this year 10 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNet & the NBN Welcome this development Collaborate/cooperate Immediacy is Key some Projects require action now! Applaud the Black Spots Programme Regulatory Reform is Vital NRENs have different needs Most homes: Kbps 1-20 Mbps Mbps Leading-edge homes4-8 Mbps Mbps Gbps Businesses / government4-8 Mbps Mbps Gbps Research centres Mbps1-10 Gbps Gbps Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNet Roadmap 12 10G 1G Access 40G 10G Access 100G 40G Access AARNet3AARNet3.5AARNet4 Near National 8 x 10G Near National 8 x 10G 80 x 100G L3 VPN VPLS L3 VPN VPLS National 8 x 40G National 8 x 40G P2P 1G Ethernet G.MPLS Customer Connections Network Services IP Backbone DWDM Backbone Today1-3 years 3 -5 years EN4R LightPaths EN4R LightPaths D-EN4R NCN D-EN4R NCN Lambda Paths Research & Collab. tools 40G 40G Access (As at July 2008) Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Network Services IP Network: 1G & 10G connections Dark Fibre Wavelengths Optical circuits, EN4R D-EN4R: dynamic circuit provisioning / virtual team networks FENRIR VPLS/VLAN (eg to Perth, Hobart & Darwin) Dynamic VPLS/VLAN Traffic routing Rate-limited IP connection 13 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Layered Virtualisation Layer3= IP packet level, using standard VPN multi- party, recognised by IP address, usually secure (encrypted); host software aware & implemented. Layer2= private Ethernet, NCN multi-party, plug in at Ethernet level, host transparent; implemented in hardware/firmware/combination, in router? Dynamic setup? [real Ethernet vs virtual Ethernet]. Layer1= optical circuit, hard-wired simulated using MPLS; dynamic setup via DCN, Dragon, UCLP, etc. 14 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Technology Layers 15 Facilities, Fibre Construction Optical Transmission Network MPLS SDH Network L3VPN VPLS On Net Off Net NCN ARCS 10G Ethernet Point to Point Ethernet Point to Point Ethernet Point to Point Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 National Collaboration Network NCN 16 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 NCN - Examples 17 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Applications IP traffic (on-net and off-net) Rate-limiting traffic types Routing types of traffic (eg across SXTransPORT) VPN Virtual organisations HD videoconferencing (eg medical operations) Privacy preserving eVLBI over optical circuits eVLBI over mixture of optical & IP circuits Dynamic eVLBI 18 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 eVLBI 19 Real time correlation at JIVE, NL - Aug-07 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Medical Videoconference 20 Professor Stitz (Royal Brisbane Hospital) Professor Bokey (Concord Repatriation Hospital) Live surgical demonstration performed at Kyushu University (Japan) Aug-08 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 OptIPortal 21 CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra U Queensland U Melbourne Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 LightPath & Layer 3 22 Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC Thank You! 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