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Connect. Communicate. Collaborate
GÉANT2 and University Connectivity to NRENs
Michael Nowlan, DANTE (with thanks to Cathrin Stöver)
UBUNTUNET-CONNECT 2008Tuesday 11th November 2008, Lilongwe, Malawi
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateDANTE
• Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe• Established in 1993 and based in Cambridge, UK• Not for profit Organisation• Created and Owned by a subset of Europe’s National
Research and Education Networks (NRENs)• 50 Members of Staff from 14 different countries
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GÉANT2 Topology
January 2008
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateGÉANT2
• 7th generation of pan-European research network infrastructure• Funded jointly by European NRENs and European Commission • Project partners include 30 of Europe’s national research and
education networks (NRENs), DANTE and TERENA• Connects 34 European countries and serves over 3500 research and
education establishments across Europe • Service Activities and Joint Research Activities• Project timescale September 2004 - August 2008
– Extension to Q2 2009• Four year project, GEANT3 planned from Q3 2009 to Q2 2013
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North Africa and Middle East - EUMEDCONNECT
• 11 Mediterranean Countries connected since 2004, 7 wholly reliant
• serving 1.4M users in 400+ Institutions
• Major users includeEUMEDGRIDMedGeNet
• Closely connected to GEANT2
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Why NRENs and Global Connectivity?• Research, Science and Technology
– Researchers able to participate in global collaborative teams
– Resources/knowledge available to the global research community
• Societal benefit (including education, development and health)
– Improving lives as a result of implementing advanced communications that support the well-being of the population
• Catalysing and stimulating the information economy
– Providing services to transform business, society, and personal lives.
– Implementing collaborative innovation and access to information
– Acting as incubator for technology transfer to industry and commerce(3 pillars of an NREN by G. McLaughlin,
DANTE)
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateNREN Life Cycle
• Highly regulated Telecom environment• Universities seen as competitors to suppliers• Restricted market for networking• Restrictive tariffs• Unavailability of high speed circuits
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateNREN Formation
• Starts as cooperation between universities• Voluntary staff effort, working groups• Allocate/second staff to work full time at one institution• Eventual incorporation with appropriate staffing and
funding• In Ireland it took 9 years 1983 to 1992
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborate“small” country NREN
• Close community in Education and Research• Short communications path to Funding Authority• Close connection between industry and education• Head of Funding Authority is Chairman of NREN board
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateNREN Financial Models
• Initially university supported and funded• Small seed funding from university funding authority• Moved to extra state funding• Connected institutions pay significant connection fees
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateNREN Funding Models
• Totally state funded• Totally university funded• Top-sliced by funding authority• A mix of the above• See Terena Compendium
http://www.terena.org/activities/compendium/
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateInstitution attitudes
• May reflect the costs of services• May not understand the true costs• May not pay much to the NREN• May pay a lot for the local loops• Needs to reinforce the supplier/customer relationship with
the NREN
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NREN in a competitive market
• Universities always looking for a better deal• NRENs may not be able to compete with commercials on
cost, but must compete on services & identity• NRENs must ensure they represent “value for money” • NRENs can respond to education/research needs and
provide extra shared services beyond bandwidth• Research & Education market is pre-competitive so a
strictly free market analysis may not apply
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NRENs for societal benefit – some examples
• The power of telemedicine– Remote assistance– Access to specialists– Telesurgery training and mentoring
• Climate Research– Malaria, Dengue, Yellow fever, etc– Crop research– Floods and droughts
• Modelling and predictions– Earthquakes (and resulting Tsunamis)– Volcanoes
• Digital Heritage
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RedCLARA
3M users in app. 750 institutions
13 countries connected
Major users:
Grids, telemedicine, e-learning, agricultural research
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•9 Asian countries and Australia connected since 2006
• Serving 30M users in 3,800 institutions
• Major uses include:
China/EU traffic
Tele-medecine
E-learning programmes
• Strong co-operation between partners