The Future Internet is Present in Europe:The Future Internet is Present in Europe:The Future Internet is Present in Europe:The Future Internet is Present in Europe:Role of Research & Education Networks Role of Research & Education Networks 

(NRENs) & GÉANT(NRENs) & GÉANT(NRENs) &  GÉANT(NRENs) &  GÉANT

Vasilis MaglarisVasilis MaglarisProfessor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, NTUAChairman, NREN Policy Committee ‐ GÉANT Consortium

maglaris@netmode ntua grmaglaris@netmode.ntua.gr

APAN 31th Meeting

February 22nd 2011Hong Kong

The GÉANT Service AreaThe GÉANT Service AreaThe GÉANT Service AreaThe GÉANT Service Area

GÉANT COST:GÉANT COST: 40 M40 M€€//year (equally shared year (equally shared by EC and NRENs)by EC and NRENs)

É• Not just the GÉANT backbone

• Federated services via 37 NRENs and4000+ Campuses to 50 M+ users000 Ca puses o 50 use s

Total European R&E Networking Cost:Total European R&E Networking Cost:International (GÉANT) / National (NREN) / Campus Costs follow the 1/10/100 rule

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Campus Costs follow the 1/10/100 rule

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GÉANT global connectivityGÉANT global connectivity

•AfricaConnect

•GÉANT2 global connectivity –February 2009

The Key Challenge forThe Key Challenge for NRENsNRENs ‐‐ GÉANT:GÉANT:The Key Challenge forThe Key Challenge for NRENs NRENs ‐‐ GÉANT: GÉANT: A Tsunami of Global HighA Tsunami of Global High‐‐End RequirementsEnd Requirements

10 Gig+ NREN – GÉANT Footprint, June 2009g p

High-End Users (HPC, CERN, ITER,…) require stable production services:• Provisioning 10-40-100 Gbps networks (DWDM over dark fiber, leased λ)• Meeting robustness, reliability, security requirements• Enabling multi-domain e2e monitoring & on-demand hybrid resource allocation• Managing converging e-infrastructures as a High Performance Computing &

N t ki (HPCN) Cl d F t I t t (FI) S i & A li tiF t I t t (FI) S i & A li ti

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Networking (HPCN) Cloud Future Internet (FI) Services & ApplicationsFuture Internet (FI) Services & Applications

LHC Tier0LHC Tier0 Tier1 Optical Pri ate Net orkTier1 Optical Pri ate Net orkLHC Tier0 LHC Tier0 –– Tier1 Optical Private NetworkTier1 Optical Private Network

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ITER Proposed ConnectivityITER Proposed ConnectivityITER Proposed ConnectivityITER Proposed Connectivity

Shorter alternative:ORIENT/TEIN3

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Future Internet Experimental Research:Future Internet Experimental Research:Future Internet Experimental Research:Future Internet Experimental Research:An Opportunity for NRENsAn Opportunity for NRENs

• Requirements:– Sharing optical backbones & housing for FI experiments

E l i l ld di i• Emulating real‐world conditions 

• In isolation from production traffic (slicing, virtualization)

Interconnection of local testbeds (e g OpenFlow wireless labs)– Interconnection of local testbeds (e.g. OpenFlow, wireless labs)

• NRENs as infrastructure providers & innovation brokers:I EE FI P i P bi P hi (PPP) & FIRE– In EuropeEurope: FI Private‐Pubic Partnership (PPP) & FIRE provisioning of NREN – GÉANT facilities (e.g. FEDERICA)

In the USUS GENI experimental platforms provisioning of– In the USUS: GENI experimental platforms   provisioning  of Internet2, NLR, ESnet, RON facilities (e.g. VINI)

– In APANAPAN: SINET (JP) CERNET (CN) KOREN (KR) AARNet (AU)– In APANAPAN: SINET (JP), CERNET (CN), KOREN (KR), AARNet (AU),…

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i bili f i l hi bili f i l hSustainability of FI Experimental ResearchSustainability of FI Experimental Research

• A concern in the times of crisis but FI Research is a highhigh‐‐riskriskA concern in the times of crisis but FI Research is a highhigh risk risk strategic investmentstrategic investment

• Advanced Internet‐based e‐Infrastructures perceived as creative commonscreative commons and a stimulus to recovery:stimulus to recovery: Obama’screative commonscreative commons and a stimulus to recovery:stimulus to recovery: Obama s initiative &  EU FI PPP…

• Some problem areas:–– SubsidiaritySubsidiarity between Federal (EC) & National policies– Selection of Projects based on periodic peer reviews (spirals), old 

boys networksy–– SynergiesSynergies with major vendors (Cisco, Juniper, NEC, HP…) and Cloud 

SPs (IBM, Google, SAP...); IPRs & openness– Emphasis on attracting endend‐‐usersusers:: EU Living Labs & FIRE IntegratedEmphasis on attracting  endend usersusers:: EU Living Labs & FIRE Integrated 

Projects Open Calls  (up to 250 K Euros/year per “user”)

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Sustainability FactorsSustainability Factors (1/2)(1/2)

• Sustainability depends on active endorsement of diverse userdiverse userSustainability depends on active endorsement of diverse user diverse user communitiescommunities (beyond ICT researchers)

•• UsersUsers need to understand (and appreciate) the benefits and ( pp )economic incentives in using multifaceted FI experimental platforms

• Priorities, requirements and budgetary constraints of users need to guide planners/providersplanners/providers of FI experimental l tf ( f i dl i t f li i fplatforms (e.g. user‐friendly open interfaces, policies for 

reproducibility of experiments)

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Sustainability Factors (2/2)Sustainability Factors (2/2)

• FI experimental platforms should attract users by developing –deploying user friendly tools, based on efficient resource efficient resource allocation algorithmsallocation algorithms (e g Virtual Network Embedding)allocation algorithmsallocation algorithms (e.g. Virtual Network Embedding), monitoring schemesmonitoring schemes (slice and substrate oriented) and novel novel information modelsinformation models (e.g. ontologies assisting users to locate ( g g gand compose virtualized resources in a distributed FI environment) 

•• Operational costsOperational costs should be assured, required for seamless infrastructure support (and hardware – software upgrades)

• Well defined SLAsSLAs and broadly acceptable pricing modelspricing models are required, in line with legacy Service Provider practices

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FederationFederation is tightly related withis tightly related with SustainabilitySustainabilityFederation Federation is tightly related with is tightly related with SustainabilitySustainabilityThe FI will be a shared multiThe FI will be a shared multi‐‐domain ecosystem where:domain ecosystem where:

• Users should be able to run their applications/experiments by• Users should be able to run their applications/experiments by dynamically selecting diverse sliversselecting diverse slivers within a slice (basket) of the federated FI facility

• Federated FI facilities should be able to upgrade their scope by• Federated FI facilities should be able to upgrade their scope by incorporating additional testbeds, thus attracting a wider user base: Need for open, scalable federation architecturesopen, scalable federation architectures (bases: PlanetLab SFASFA Panlab TeagleTeagle)PlanetLab SFASFA, Panlab TeagleTeagle)

• Exploit synergies with established advanced R&E eR&E e‐‐InfrastructuresInfrastructuresshould be exploited:

In the US Internet2Internet2 NLRNLR are used as backbone facilities for GENI– In the US Internet2Internet2, , NLRNLR are used as backbone facilities for GENI infrastructures – e.g. OpenFlow testbeds, VINI…

– In Europe, NRENs NRENs ‐‐ GÉANTGÉANT can provide support for advanced connectivity services amongst European virtualized infrastructuresconnectivity services amongst European virtualized infrastructures

– In Asia‐Pacific advanced R&E networks provide virtualized platforms, interconnecting FI testbeds

• Plan towards a global federated environment for FI experimentsglobal federated environment for FI experiments• Plan towards a global federated environment for FI experimentsglobal federated environment for FI experiments

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Potential role of GÉANTPotential role of GÉANT –– NRENsNRENsPotential role of GÉANT Potential role of GÉANT –– NRENs NRENs in the FI Ecosystemin the FI Ecosystem

P i i FI f d t d l tfP i i FI f d t d l tf (FIRE FI PPP) ith WAN b t t Gi bit•• Provision FI federated platforms Provision FI federated platforms (FIRE, FI PPP) with WAN substrate Gigabit+ connectivity at all protocol layers/planes (including Bandwidth on DemandBandwidth on Demand) & core virtual facilities (systems, logical routers, virtualized data centers…) 

• Support virtual resource allocation, scheduling,  federated admission control, roaming  AAI & secure operation of isolated communities, instantiating the concept of Infrastructure as a Service (Infrastructure as a Service (IaaSIaaS))instantiating the concept of Infrastructure as a Service (Infrastructure as a Service (IaaSIaaS))

• Deploy and test early prototype tools to create, monitor and control virtual resources allocated to FI user communities, towards the Network on Network on D dD d i iDemandDemand vision

• Complement efforts towards common, context aware descriptions of heterogeneous virtual networking elements, enabling resource discovery & resource discovery & provisioningprovisioning of composite services to meet user demands 

• Export  NOC functionalityNOC functionality to virtual communities to enable scalable management of virtual resources by stake‐holders of federated overlaysmanagement of virtual resources by stake‐holders of federated overlays

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Virtualization over GÉANTVirtualization over GÉANT NRENsNRENsVirtualization over GÉANT Virtualization over GÉANT ‐‐ NRENsNRENsLocal Facility A Local Facility B

NREN NREN

Federated Services NOC - Gateway

NREN NREN

GÉANTInternet

FIRE Core Facility

GENI Platforms

L l F ilit C Local Facility D

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Local Facility C Local Facility D

A Research Infrastr ct re ProjeA Research Infrastr ct re Project:ct: FEDERICAFEDERICAA Research Infrastructure ProjeA Research Infrastructure Project: ct: FEDERICAFEDERICAFFederated ederated EE‐‐infrastructure infrastructure DDedicated to edicated to EEuropean uropean RResearchers esearchers 

IInnovating innnovating in CComputing networkomputing network AArchitecturesrchitecturesIInnovating in nnovating in CComputing network omputing network AArchitecturesrchitectures

• EC FP7 – Capacities (DG INFSO-F,I f t t /GÉANT U it)e-Infrastructures/GÉANT Unit)

• 20 Partners (NRENs, DANTE, TERENA,Academic & Research Institutions Industry)Academic & Research Institutions, Industry)

• Provide FI researchers with virtualized experimental facilities as user slicesexperimental facilities as user slices(Infrastructure as a Service)

• Enable emulations in a controlledEnable emulations in a controlledenvironment reproducibility

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The FEDERICA ConceptThe FEDERICA ConceptThe FEDERICA ConceptThe FEDERICA Concept

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f É b i if É b i iFEDERICA usage of GÉANT+ 1Gbps CircuitsFEDERICA usage of GÉANT+ 1Gbps Circuits

Core Site Connectivity Non-core Site Connectivity

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Selected FEDERICA User SlicesSelected FEDERICA User Slices

b/ l b h f f lOneLab/PlanetLab Europe: The proof of concept slice (ELTE Hungary, KTH Sweden)

OpenFlow: The protocol experiment slices (Friedrich ‐Alexander University Germany, KTH Sweden, GARR Italy, Stanford University USA)

G3 system: The monitoring test slice (CESNET CzechG3 system: The monitoring test slice (CESNET Czech Republic)

Phosphor s Th l bilit t d li (i2CAT S iPhosphorus: The scalability study slice (i2CAT Spain, PSNC Poland)

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The FEDERICA ConsortiumThe FEDERICA ConsortiumThe FEDERICA ConsortiumThe FEDERICA Consortium(FEDERICAII Proposed Additions in Red/Italics)

National Research & Education NetworksCESNET Czech Rep.DFN Germany

NREN OrganizationsTERENA  The NetherlandsDANTE    UK

FCCN PortugalGARR (coordinator) ItalyGRNET GreeceHEA I l d

Universities ‐ Research Centersi2CAT SpainIBBT BelgiumHEAnet Ireland

NIIF/HUNGARNET HungaryNORDUnet Nordic countriesPSNC Poland

IBBT BelgiumKTH SwedenNTUA (ICCS) GreeceU i f E UKPSNC Poland

Red.es SpainRENATER FranceSWITCH Switzerland

Univ. of Essex UKUPC SpainPoliTO Italy

SWITCH Switzerland

Small EnterpriseMartel Consulting Switzerland

System VendorsJuniper Networks Ireland

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A FIRE R h P j tA FIRE R h P j t NOVINOVIA FIRE Research Project: A FIRE Research Project: NOVINOVINNetworking innovationsetworking innovations OOverver VVirtualized irtualized 

II f t tf t tIInfrastructuresnfrastructures

• EC FP7 – Cooperation p(DG INFSO-F, FIRE Unit)

• 13 Partners (NRENs, Academic & ResearchInstitutions, Industry)

• 30 Months (starts Sept. 2010)

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The NOVI ConsortiumThe NOVI ConsortiumThe NOVI ConsortiumThe NOVI Consortium1. National Technical University of Athens ‐ NTUA (Coordinator, Greece)

2. Martel GmBH (Switzerland)

3. Université Pierre & Marie Curie ‐ UPMC (France)

4. Consortium GARR (Italy)

5 Universiteit van Amsterdam UvA (Netherlands)5. Universiteit van Amsterdam ‐ UvA (Netherlands)

6. Fundació i2CAT (Spain)

7. DFN Verein (Germany)( y)+ Universität Erlangen ‐ Nürnberg

8. Institut National de Recherche en Automatique et Informatique ‐ INRIA(France)(France)

9. Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem ‐ ELTE (Hungary)

10. Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center ‐ PSNC (Poland)

11. Cisco Systems International B. V. (Netherlands)

12. Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung (Germany)

13. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – UPC (Spain)

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F d t d Pl tf f NOVI E i tF d t d Pl tf f NOVI E i tFederated Platform for NOVI ExperimentsFederated Platform for NOVI Experiments

(FEDERICA, (FEDERICA, PlanetLabPlanetLab, NRENs, GÉANT, Internet), NRENs, GÉANT, Internet)( ,( , , , , ), , , )

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European FI ReadinessEuropean FI ReadinessEuropean FI ReadinessEuropean FI Readiness• Core connectivity available via FIFI‐‐readyready NRENs – GÉANT

• Skilled human potential & testbed facilities in academia industry• Skilled human potential & testbed facilities in academia, industry, operators (Converged Networks, Federated Clouds, Wireless & Sensor Networks, Internet of Things…)

• Co‐financing from EU RTD Framework Programs (FP7, FP8?)

• European Commission, DG INFSO, Directorate F– GÉANT & e‐Infrastructures Unit – GÉANT,GÉANT, FEDERICAFEDERICAGÉANT & e Infrastructures Unit GÉANT,GÉANT, FEDERICAFEDERICA

– FIRE Unit ‐ Experimental facilities: OneLab2OneLab2,, Panlab2, (VITAL++, WISEBEDPanlab2, (VITAL++, WISEBED…) + …) + BonFIREBonFIRE, OFELIA, TEFIS, CREW, Smart Santander, OFELIA, TEFIS, CREW, Smart Santander; Experimental Research: NOVINOVI ; Support Action: FIREStationFIREStationNOVI…NOVI… ; Support Action: FIREStationFIREStation

• European Commission, DG INFSO, Directorates F & D–– FI PPPFI PPP + Future Internet Assembly, Future Internet ForumFuture Internet Assembly, Future Internet Forum: Close to market (3 

) ll f l h h h lyears) stimulusstimulus projects: core facility + use cases with high social  economic impact (technical innovation?)

•• Need for concerted planning at European & Global levelsNeed for concerted planning at European & Global levels

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Related Public Web PagesRelated Public Web PagesRelated Public Web PagesRelated Public Web Pages

• http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/foi/index_en.htm(link to EU Future Internet activities)

h // / /h (li k GÉANT)• http://www.geant.net/pages/home.aspx (link to GÉANT)

• http://www.fp7‐federica.eu/ (link to FEDERICA site)

• http://www.fp7‐federica.eu/documents/FEDERICA‐DNA2.2.pdf (link to FEDERICA Deliverable on User Slices)

h // f 7 i / (li k NOVI i )• http://www.fp7‐novi.eu/ (link to NOVI site)

• http://www.netmode.ntua.gr (link to netmode.ntua.gr laboratory)

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