TransPAC and the GTRN

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TransPAC and the GTRN
James Williams TransPAC Executive
Investigator Indiana University
KDDI-A presentation July 24, 2002
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TransPAC High-performance connectivity between
the US and the Asia-Pacific region
The TransPAC Project is funded by the US National
Science Foundation and the Japan Science and
Technology Corporation
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Background
The TransPAC Project provides high-performance
network connectivity between the Asia-Pacific
region and the United States for the purpose of
encouraging educational and scientific
collaboration among scientists and researchers in
these respective areas.
Specifically, TransPAC connects the Asia-Pacific
Advanced Network (APAN) to the US
high-performance infrastructure (Abilene, the
vBNS and Fednets) and to other international
high-performance networks (Canarie, and EU
networks).
Web site www.transpac.org
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Background 2
The TransPAC Project is jointly funded by the US
National Science Foundation and the Japan Science
and Technology Corporation.
Indiana University provides technical and
administrative support for TransPAC in the US.
KDDI provides similar support for TransPAC in
Japan.
Web site www.transpac.org
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TransPAC May 1, 2002
On 15 October 2001, TransPAC was upgraded to
1.244Gbps. The new TransPAC network has dual
622Mbps connections from Tokyo to Seattle
(Pacific Wave Connection Point) POS and to
Chicago (StarLight Connection Point) ATM. The
Tokyo-Seattle link is supplied by Teleglobe. The
Tokyo-Chicago is supplied by KDDI.
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TransPAC Evolution May-June 2002
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May 2002
May 8 I received a phone call from a friend at
Teleglobe warning of troubles. I contacted
Patrick Smith. May 15 Troubles with Teleglobe
are officially confirmed May 23 RFP for new
TransPAC service released May 27 TransPAC
northern circuit fails. TransPAC now relying on
only southern circuit.
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June 2002
June 3 RFP responses due June 6 Initial award
to KDDI-A pending minor negotiations. June 10
Official award to KDDI-A June 21 Tokyo-Seattle
circuit complete, testing begins June 24
Testing shows errors, circuit examined, testing
continues June 25 Circuit is clean, routes
begin to be passed June 26 Traffic is passed
across the northern circuit again!
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TransPAC Network
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Building Global Cyberinfrastructure The Global
Terabit Research Network
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Digital Science

• Science is becoming almost totally digital.
• Data is being generated, collected, processed,
  analyzed, visualized and stored in digital form.
• Simulations and modeling are being carried out
  completely digitally.
• Historical and contemporary archives of science
  are being converted into digital form.
• All this is referred to as e-Science.

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Global e-Science

• Network-enabled global collaborative research
  communities (grids) are rapidly forming each
  can number in the thousands.
• These communities are based around a few
  expensive often unique instruments or
  distributed complexes of sensors that produce
  terabytes petabytes of data (high energy
  physics, astronomy, earth sciences, ).
• They carry out research based on these huge
  amounts of data using network-connected
  computation, storage and visualization facilities
  distributed world-wide.
• Investments to build these instruments and
  analysis facilities are international, with the
  clear understanding that results will be shared
  world-wide.
• All of this is global cyberinfrastructure.

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Some examples of global e-science

• NSF-funded Grid Physics Networks (GriPhyN) is
  developing software for petascale virtual data
  grids (i.e., capable of analyzing petabyte
  datasets) (http//www.griphyn.org/)
• The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) located at CERN
  (http//lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/) is an important
  international physics project.
• Earthscope Geological and Seismic Collaboratory
  (http//www.earthscope.org) is studying earth
  plate movement in the US and worldwide.
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)
  (http//www.sdss.org/) will integrate many
  separate astronomy observations.
• International Virtual Data Grid Laboratory
  http//www.ivdgl.org) is a testbed for gird
  environments.

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Global Cyberinfrastructure Components

• Huge hierarchical data storage facilities
  located worldwide
• Powerful supercomputer arrays located worldwide
  to analyze data
• Software to make use of the above to extract
  information from data
• Support and management structure for hardware,
  software and applications

Global high-speed research education (RE)
networks are the critical glue that connects
these facilities together and allows the
terabytes petabytes of data to be distributed,
accessed and analyzed worldwide.
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Global Cyberinfrastructure Network

• Provides a single global backbone
  inter-connecting global network access points
  (GNAPs) that provide peering within a region
• Provides global backbone speeds comparable to
  those of the RE networks, i.e. OC192 in 2002
• Allows coordinated global advanced service
  deployment (e.g. QoS, IPv6, multicast)
• Is based on stable carrier infrastructure or
  leased or owned fiber or wavelengths

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Global Cyberinfrastructure Network(2)

• Is persistent based on long-term agreements with
  carriers, router vendors and optical transmission
  equipment vendors
• Is scalable e.g. OC768 by 2004, multiple
  wavelengths running striped OC768 by 2005,
  terabit/sec transmission by 2006
• Allows GNAPs to connect at OC48 and above to
  scale up as backbone speeds scale up
• Provides a production service with 24x7x365
  management through global NOCs

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Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN)

• Announced 21 May 2002 in Brussels as a
  production service
• A partnership to establish a true world-wide
  next generation Internet to interconnect national
  and multinational high speed RE networks as a
  critical part of global cyberinfrastructure
• Initially involves NREN Consortium - Dante in
  Europe Internet2 in the US, Indiana University,
  STARTAP/StarLight Pacific Wave in the United
  States CANARIE in Canada
• Currently connects the major academic RE
  networks in Europe and North America
• Regionally based (initially Europe North
  America soon Asia Pacific, )

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Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN)

• Initially 2 x OC-48 unprotected POS
  Trans-Atlantic circuits provided by DANTE
• Trans North American capacity to Seattle
  (Pacific Wave) via Chicago (StarLight) will be
  provided by tunneling over Abilene
• Will run as a single AS (AS21230)
• Second set of Trans-Atlantic OC-48s are planned
• A set of 2 x OC12s (TransPAC) are expected to
  connect the Asia Pacific to the GTRN
• Will be governed and managed internationally
• Will provide NOC services across the globe

Web site www.gtrn.net
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Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN)
Anticipated additions in the next 90 days

• Router implementing the GTRN AS at STAR
  TAP/StarLight
• Router implementing the GTRN AS at Pacific
  Northwest GigaPop (PNG)
• Provide tunneled capacity across Abilene to
  connect these points
• Resulting GTRN topology Europe, North America
  Asia Pacific expected soon
• Participation in developing New York layer two
  exchange point

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Three GTRN features

• Strongly encourages regional aggregation
• Provides a mechanism for uniform advanced
  services deployment
• Provides stable carrier infrastructure and some
  carrier default protection

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Questions and discussion
James Williams Indiana University williams_at_iu.edu