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BOREAS-Net :
Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network
David Farmer
Joint Techs
February 12, 2007
What is BOREAS-Net?
Boreas is the Greek god of the north wind BOREAS-Net stands for: Broadband
Optical Research Education And Science Network (yes, the acronym was reverse-engineered!)
A consortium formed to build a RON See web page at http://www.boreas.net
What is BOREAS-Net?
Connects members to the national research nets in Chicago and Kansas City
Connects to other RONs especially in Chicago with CIC OmniPoP and StarLight
Also connects to more affordable and diverse commercial Internet services
Who belongs to BOREAS-Net?
The founding members of BOREAS-Net are: Iowa State UniversityUniversity of IowaUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of Wisconsin – Madison
Access Sites
Kansas City – Colo in I2 Suite at Level3 Same facility as NLR
Chicago – Colo in StarLight and in I2 Suite at Level3 (900 N Kinsbury, AKA 600 W Chicago)NLR is at 111 N Canal (facility was space and
power limited)CIC has dark fiber between sites
Access Sites
Two Access Nodes on each participating CampusDiverse fiber paths to campus and diverse
Nodes on campus Extra Access Nodes
Eau Claire, Milwaukee, St. Paul
Multihaul Network
A single network collapsing traditional Access, Metro, Regional, and Long-haul requirements and technologies
Hay!!! That’s us…
http://lw.pennnet.com/articles/article_display.cfm?article_id=256523
Transport Services
10G Ethernet Wave Transport 10G SONET Wave Transport 1G & 2 X 1G Ethernet Sub-Wave
Transport SONET Sub-Wave Transport
(by special request only)
Creating BOREAS-Net
CIOs agreed in principle on Nov. 1, 2004 to create a RON
A technical team was tasked with issuing an RFP for dark fiber
Fiber RFP was issued June 17, 2005 CIOs agreed to an MOU on Dec. 19, 2005,
formally creating BOREAS-Net
Buying Fiber
Wisconsin and Minnesota already owned fiber along the I94 corridor
BOREAS-Net purchased 455 miles of fiber from Wiltel(Level3) on Dec 21, 2005
BOREAS-Net purchased 391 miles of fiber from FiberLink Mar 2, 2006
Some laterals were also purchased for Ames,IA from McLeod and ICN
Buying Hardware
Optronics RFP released Mar 3, 2006 Contract with Infinera signed Oct. 9, 2006 First hardware shipped Dec 4, 2006 First segment install started Dec 13, 2006 All segments accepted Jan 24, 2007
Current Status
1,544 miles of fiber are lit with Infinera DWDM gear
14 add-drop nodes and 22 amplifiers Fiscal Agent University of Minnesota NOC services by WiscNet Field service contract with Level3
Costs
Capital Costs: $6.3MDual nodes on major campuses added
about 10%
Annual Operating Costs about $1.0M
Next steps
Get Lab running Includes; Terminal Node, Add-Drop Node,
Three-Way Node, and Amplifier Node Finish Maintenance Network Build circuits Determine procedures for operation
Fiber Connectors
Frequently older fiber on campuses has hand-polished connections. Don’t even try using these. Either splice through them (if possible) or at least splice on new UPC pigtails.
Fiber Cleaning
Be prepared to become obsessive about fiber cleaning. A dirty connection can cut transmitted power in half. That’s more than the design tolerance for most DWDM installations, and even a dB or two can matter a lot in many cases.
Fiber Testing
Hire a professional fiber testing outfit to test your fiber BEFORE you order your hardware. They know more about fiber than you will ever hope to know. They can be an enormous help in finding and eliminating problem spots.
Future Directions
Work with Northern TierMaybe eventually all the way to SeattleMaybe to Winnipeg
Fiber option to OmahaMaybe some day a ring to Kansas City
Expand foot print within Primary States Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Technical Team
Pat Christian (Project Mgr)
Robert Davis Frank DiGravina David Farmer Jay Ford Bill Jensen Paul Lustgraaf Mike McQuiston
UW–MadisonUIowaUMinnUMinnUIowaUW–MadisonIAStateIAState
BOG – BOREAS Operator Group(the CIOs) Steve Cawley Steve Flaegle John Kingland Ron Kraemer
UMinn
UIowa
IAState
UW-Madison
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