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Title: Ohios Regional Optical Network Linda Roos


1
Ohios Regional Optical NetworkLinda Roos
  • CEF Networks Workshop
  • May 17, 2005

2
OARnet Background
  • Founded in 1987 as part of the Ohio
    Supercomputing Center
  • 90 higher ed member institutions
  • Board of Regents funding
  • OSTEER advisory council
  • Internet2 gigapop

3
Third Frontier Network
  • Phase 1 replace backbone with dark fiber
  • Phase 2 connect 17 universities to network with
    dark fiber or gig circuits
  • Phase 3 connect other universities and colleges
  • Phase 4 connect other partners

4
Dark Fiber Acquisition
  • RFP issued during Summer of 2002
  • Dark fiber was strongly preferred, but leased
    services considered
  • Vendors who bid dark fiber were required to offer
    a minimum of a single pair of fiber over their
    network

5
Dark Fiber Acquisition
  • Determined that leased lambdas were too expensive
    and not widely available
  • Selected a bid from Spectrum Networks for single
    pair of fibers
  • American Electric Power (AEP)
  • Williams Communications (Wiltel)

6
Dark Fiber Acquisition
  • 4.6 M for 20 year IRUs
  • 342K/yr for maintenance
  • 1600 route miles
  • Truewave, SMF-28, LEAF or Terra Light Fiber
  • Aerial and buried

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TFN Financing
  • 21M investment
  • Financing from Ohio State University
  • Loan for fiber (7M)
  • Short-term financing (2M)
  • Financing from state capital budget (8.5M)
  • Equipment
  • Last mile to 17 institutions

9
Implementation
  • TFN Advisory Committees
  • Lighting and Architecture
  • Price Modeling Committee
  • Last Mile Committee
  • Implementation Committee
  • Began in late 2002

10
Lighting and Architecture Committee
  • Made recommendations
  • Requirements for equipment
  • Requirements for PoPs
  • Service levels

11
Equipment
  • Cisco 15454 integrated solution (DWDM)
  • all of the amps, mux/demux etc. integrated
  • Multi Service Transport Platform (MSTP)
  • ITU G.709 compliant
  • Cisco routers (GSR 12000) and switches
  • Juniper M7i routers

12
Implementation
  • Using MPLS
  • 2.5 gig backbone
  • Hired 2 optical engineers
  • Using Cisco Transport Manager software
  • First fiber cut tested redundancy

13
Last Mile Committee
  • RFP issued in Dec 2003 for last-mile connectivity
    to all higher education and K-12 sites
  • OC3, gig circuits and10 gig circuits

14
Price Modeling Committee
  • Associate specific costs with fees
  • Commodity internet costs separated from other
    costs
  • Cost-effective intra-Ohio bandwidth to encourage
    collaboration

15
What is next?
  • Connect institutions with state-funded last mile
    connections
  • Assist institutions with last mile solutions
  • Investigate fiber possibilities
  • Seek partners for network

16
Contact Information
  • Linda Roos
  • OARnet
  • lroos_at_oar.net
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