AbileneHOPI v1 14 Sept 05

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Abilene/HOPI v1 14 Sept 05
Steve Cotter Director, Network Services Internet2
scotter_at_internet2.edu ONT2 Workshop, NASA Ames
Research Center 1214 September, 2005
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Abilene/HOPI v1 14 Sept 05

• Introduction
• Network Abilene
• IP-over-DWDM (OC-192c) backbone in partial mesh
  configuration
• 39 direct connections (OC-3c ? 10 Gbps)
• 3 10 Gbps (10 GE) connections (OC-192c SONET also
  supported)
• 7 OC-48c connections 3 GE connectors
• 26 connected at OC-12c (622 Mbps) or higher
• 235 Primary Participants research universities
  and labs
• 125 Sponsored Participants individual
  institutions, K-12 schools, museums, libraries,
  research institutes
• 34 Sponsored Educational Group Participants
  (SEGP) state-based education networks
• Testbed HOPI (Hybrid Optical Packet
  Infrastructure)
• Objective Evaluate hybrid architecture / new
  technologies for next-generation Abilene
• Resources
• MPLS tunnels across Abilene and its packet
  switched network
• 10 GE lambda across NLR
• MAN LAN Exchange Facility
• 10 G Circuit between NYC and London

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• 5 yr Roadmap Optical Services
• 2005-2007
• WaveCo complementary relationship for carrier
  provided wavelengths to augment backbone
• Collocation and dark fiber services via FiberCo
• Layer 1 measurement / monitoring
• 2008
• Wavelength services
• Static Core wavelengths for IP backbone
• Point-to-point unprotected protected variable
  duration waves
• GMPLS dynamic provisioning dynamic set up on the
  order of minutes
• 2009-2010
• GMPLS dynamic provisioning dynamic set up on
  the order of seconds or less

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• 5 yr Roadmap Optical Technology
• 2005-2007
• Deployment of OEO OOO add/drop switches
• Electronic dispersion compensation
• O-UNI
• 2008
• Multi-degree R-OADM
• Wavelength conversion
• 40G transport / switching on selected routes
• Optical layer security
• 2009-2010
• Alien / transparent wave service

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• 5 yr Roadmap Interoperability Issues
• 2005-2007
• Interdomain control plane
• Interdomain AAA
• Optical device interoperability testing
• 2008
• Interdomain dynamic resource allocation
• 2009-2010
• Real-time dynamic provisioning across multiple
  domains

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• Key Themes / Issues
• Framing / encapsulation
• End-to-end interoperability across multi-domain,
  multi-vendor regional optical networks
• Transitioning experimental services to the
  production environment

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• Key Research
• Traffic engineering / resource allocation across
  hybrid architecture
• Measurement
• Optical layer security
• Optical packet switching
• Layer 1 multicast via OXC