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SEGP Frustrations
Maryland has 3 major state-wide networks UMATS (1988) SAILOR (1992) networkMaryland 1998)
And one NGN Interface MAX GIGPOP 1999)
UMATS Customers University System of Maryland (13 institutions and multiple
regional satellite campuses and research facilities)
Smattering of Community Colleges (slowly justifying connection & cost)
Maryland State Department of Education
Internet 2 Sponsored Education Group Partnership (SEGP) Public Libraries K-12 Community Colleges Public and Private State Universities City of Baltimore Museums and Non Profits
networkMaryland Customers State Agencies
Focus on Executive Branch
County Government
Local Government
County School Systems
Higher Education (transparent access only)
SAILOR Customers (ERATE 30%) County Library Systems County Government K-12 Community Colleges Municipal Government State Government Governmental - Non-Profit
Complexity of Protocols – Pride and Passion
UMATS 100% IP Based over Sonet, gigE, Clear Channel
Carrier Services, NO ATM
SAILOR ATM, Low Speed Clear Channel
networkMaryland Sonet - DWDM Core Transport, FRASI Last Mile
Frame/ATM Service
Solving the Problem First, it’s okay to have several state networks,
after all, isn’t this how the Internet started?
Here’s where the pride and passion come in, don’t they talk to one another? Don’t they want to talk to each other?
Solution? Baltimore Research & Education Network (BERnet)
Brief history of BERnet?
October 2002 Lambda proposal to the net.work.Maryland Engineering &
Advisory Board
December 2002 Net.work.Maryland Advisory Board Approves Concept
April 2003 MOU signed by Chancellor and Secretary Governor BERnet Partners begin meeting to formalize process JHU - Sailor – UMATS (USM) - UMB - UMBC - City of Baltimore -
Morgan –MAX
May 2003 Founding members equally contribute capital dollars Barter arrangement with City of Baltimore for access and
fiber
July 2003 City begins locating fiber within the city and between
the BERNet POP and participating institutions
September 2003 Fiber testing begins
October 2003 UMB, UMATS, City of Baltimore, and MAX online BERnet I2 and I1 passing traffic (120Mb/s average combined)
November 2003 Press Release announcing BERnet UMATS configures OC 3 x 2 (310Mb/s) as redundancy for
BERnet
December 2003 – January 2004 Morgan, Sailor, JHU, and DBM
Add new partners, but there will be a modest fee for service
Infrastructure – New Concepts State’s Baltimore POP has become a Maryland peering point for
all state-wide networks but transparent so that the networks can maintain their individualism
Those doing business with education in Maryland become part of a Maryland network grid community
Maryland has the potential to become one of the most connected states in the country, and Baltimore one of the best connected cities on the East coast
BERnet will help education and government produce a trained workforce
Conclusions
State partnering was key to BERnet’s success
All participants are equal and information flows efficiently and equally
Metropolitan educational and professional services can be extended to rural areas
Foundation is there to allow specialized networks to continue to build, while taking advantage of the peering arrangement in Baltimore
This partnership has saved the USM and the State a lot of money, and has created a resource to create a true education network that peers with the State