SCIC in the WSIS Stocktaking Report July 2005: http:www'itu'intwsis

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SCIC in the WSIS Stocktaking Report(July
2005) http//www.itu.int/wsis

• The SCIC, founded in 1998 by ICFA, is listed in
  Section 7.8, on E-science
• The International Committee on Future
  Accelerators Standing Committee on
  Inter-regional Connectivity monitors the
  worldsresearch and education networks, tracking
  requirements and deals especially with digital
  divide issues. Its main goal is to foster global
  scientific collaboration, so enabling scientists
  around the world to participate in frontier
  scientific discoveries.
• No other initiative cited is quoted as working
  towards equality in scientific research. Such
  equality is a foundation of HEPs
  collaborations.
• We focus on cost-effective technology solutions
  that bring communities to a point where they can
  collaborate effectively and create a
  sustainable process of innovation
• For Africa this requires a modern optical fiber
  infrastructure

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The Global Lambda Integrated Facility for
Research and Education (GLIF)

• Architecting an international LambdaGrid
  infrastructure
• Grid applications ride on dynamically
  configured networks based on optical wavelengths.

GLORIAD Link Inaugurated 9/4/05
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Interconnecting Natl Lambda Rail (US)CANARIE
(CA)JGN2 (Japan)GEANT2 in EuropeCLARA in Latin
Am.
10 Gbps Links Across the Atlantic and Pacific are
a New Reality
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SCIC Monitoring WG -
Throughput Improvements
1995-2005
Bandwidth of TCP lt MSS/(RTTSqrt(Loss)) (1)
60 annual improvement Factor 100/10 yr
TCP throughput measured from N.
Some Regions 5-10 Years Behind
America to World Regions
From the PingER project, Jan 2005
Mid East (16)
C. Asia (8)
Latin America (37)
10000
10000
SE Europe and Parts of Asia May be Catching Up
(Slowly) India, Africa in Danger of Falling
Ever-Farther Behind
Edu (141)
1000
1000
Europe(150)
Canada (27)
100
100
Derived TCP throughput in KBytes/sec
S.E. Europe (21)
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Caucasus (8)
Africa (30)
India(7)
Russia(17)
China (13)
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Progress but Digital Divide is Mostly Maintained
(1) Matthis et al., Computer Communication Review
27(3), July 1997
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SCIC Main Conclusion for 2004Setting the Tone
for 2005

• The disparity among regions could increase even
  more sharply, as we deploy and learn to use
  advanced networks effectively, and develop
  dynamic Grid systems in the most favored
  regions
• We must therefore take action, to Close the
  Digital Divide
• To make physicists from all world regions full
  partners in their Experiments and in the process
  of scientific discovery
• This is essential for the health of our global
  experimental collaborations, our plans for future
  projects, and our field.

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New Focus on AFRICAMany Systemic
IssuesLack of energy,infrastructure. Lack of
expertise Problems of Disease
Political unrest Pricing Import duties
policies Corruption
800M People, 1.4 with Internet Access More than
an order of magnitude lower than in Europe (35)
North America (70)
M. Jensen
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Africa Coverage

• We now cover most (31) countries with many
  tertiary education centers (83 of the
  population)
• Recently added monitoring site in So. Africa
  (TENET)

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Satellites vs Terrestrial

• Terrestrial links via SAT3 SEAMEWE
  (Mediterranean Red Sea)
• Terrestrial not available to all within countries

Note Satellite Links are a Boon to the Region,
but typical unit bandwidth costs are 300-1000X
more than Fiber.There is a Continued Need for
Fiber Infrastructure
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SCIC in 2004-2005 http//cern.ch/icfa-scic

• Three 2005 ReportsFocus on the Digital Divide
• Main Report Networking for HENP H. Newman
  et al.
• Includes Updates on the Digital Divide,
  WorldNetwork Status Brief updates on Monitoring
  and Advanced Technologies
• 18 Appendices A World Network Overview Status
  and Plans for the Next Few Years of Natl
  Regional Networks, and Optical Network
  Initiatives
• Monitoring Working Group Report L.
  Cottrell
• Also See
• SCIC 2003 Digital Divide Report A. Santoro et
  al.
• TERENA (www.terena.nl) 2004 Compendiumon RE
  Networks in Europe

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ICFA Report (2005) Update Main Trends Continue,
Some Accelerate

• Current generation of 2.5-10 Gbps network
  backbones and major Intl links arrived in 2001-5
  in US, Europe, Japan Now Korea and China
• Growth 4 to Hundreds of Times Much Faster than
  Moores Law
• Proliferation of 10G links across the Atlantic
  Pacific Begin use of Multiple 10G Links (e.g.
  US-CERN) Along Major Paths by Fall 2005
• Tech. Progress Driving Equipment Costs Lower
• Commoditization of Gigabit and now 10-Gigabit
  Ethernet
• More than Just Bandwidth is NeededGrids demand
  seamless networks, with reliable high performance
  end-to-end, managed to enforce fair-sharing
  among priority tasks
• Emergence of the Hybrid Network Model
  UltraLight, GLIF
• Some regions (US, Canada, Europe Brazil) moving
  to dark fiber