Access to dark fiber in Serbia

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Access to dark fiber in Serbia Montenegro
NREN National Research and Education Network of
Serbia Montenegro

• Zoran Jovanovic
• Slavko Gajin
• Belgrade University Computing Center

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Backbone of the NREN in 2000.
Novi Sad
2 Mbps
Beograd
2 Mbps
2 Mbps
Kragujevac
2 Mbps
2 Mbps
Kruševac
Niš
Podgorica
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First access to dark fiber after the SINSEE pilot
phase
Novi Sad
1 Gbps
Beograd
2 Mbps
2 Mbps
Kragujevac
155 Mbps
Grnet
2 Mbps
2 Mbps
Kruševac
Niš
Podgorica
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Topology - January 2004. SEEREN and Gbps backbone
Subotica
SMIN Telekom Srbija 34 Mbps
1 Gbps
Novi Sad
1 Gbps
SEEREN 34 Mbps
Beograd
1 Gbps E
Kragujevac
1 Gbps E
Niš
2 Mbps or 1 Gbps (E?)
Podgorica
GRnet GEANT
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MAN backbone of Belgrade
1 x C3550-12G
Institute Vinca
1 x C3550-12G PMF distribution node
Internal Optical network of Vinca
International and intercity links
University of Arts
1 x C3550-12G LOSTUD Distribution node
1 x C3550-12G LOV distribution node
1 x C6509 RCUB Central Node
Faculty of Economy
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
1 x C3550-12G LOMED distribution node
Faculty of Philosophy
Institute of Economy
1 x C3550-12G LOTEH distribution node
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Where are we now

• Completing the national Gbps backbone
• Completing the Gbps MAN networks in Belgrade, Nis
  and Novi Sad.
• Starting the Gbps backbone in Kragujevac
• Expanding the network to high schools and even
  primary schools
• Establishing services
• For the first time normal international
  connectivity - SEEREN

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Newest technology

• Avoiding the PST infrastructure and using dark
  fiber
• Low end newest technology (still 1 Gbps)
• 500 times higher capacity on the internal
  backbone and 45 times higher capacity for
  international connectivity in 3 years
• Dark fiber to individual institutions wherever
  possible
• Investments are very low compared to POS
  solutions

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Cooperation!

• Exceptional cooperation of all universities,
  Ministry of Science and Technology and Telekom
  Srbija
• Even without a legal entity, all key players were
  pushing in the same direction
• Contracts with Telekom Srbija where we guaranteed
  that the NREN cannot be used for any form of
  commercial traffic (according to GEANT AUP)
• Young team of experts at university computing
  centers throughout the country

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Conclusions (1)

• From 0.1 of the backbone capacities of developed
  countries, we reached about 40.
• Capacity of the international connectivity is
  below 1 of the capacity of most developed
  countries.
• All Web and FTP traffic on international links is
  still passing through proxy servers
• We believe that our technological solution has
  the best price/perfomance
• There will be a fast increase in the number of
  users of the network
• Our wish is to soon be on the better side of the
  digital divide at least for the NREN

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Conclusions (2)

• The development was done under the following
  circumstances destroyed economy, 600.000
  refugees, more than 1.000.000. unemployed and
  very low salaries. Donations like SEEREN were
  crucial.
• Our NREN had the best possible support,
  especially from the Ministry of Science,
  Technology and Development of Serbia
• Cooperation with Telekom Srbija, when clear AUP
  is defined in contracts, opened the access to
  dark fiber
• New services on the NREN are emerging distant
  learning, GRID infrastructure,
• Our Network Information System NetIS is already
  expanding to the SEEREN network

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SEEREN

• The best way to change the less developed SEE
  countries
• Exceptional cooperation between participants
  new friendships
• Coordination by GrNet in SEEREN and EU and NATO
  proposals at the highest level
• Thanks to EU, GrNet, DFN, Hungarnet, RoEduNet,
  Dante, Cesnet and CEENET for helping us to make a
  great step forward
• Best investment in the future of the region