Josh HowlettHead, International Collaboration

22 May 2013CEENGINE, Kiev

Connecting research & education in the UK

The UK’s research and education network• Available to 18M users

– Higher & Further Education– Academic research– Primary & Secondary

schools– Adult & community

learning

• Over ¼ of the UK population

• Janet is a not-for-profit company, owned by the UK’s research & education community

Local Authorities &Schools

Higher & Further Education

Adult

 

•To deliver a highly reliable and secure network

– Careful design choices– Carrier class network equipment & infrastructure– Strict SLA’s

•To provide a network that is flexible in meeting future demand

– Design enable capacity scaling at controllable cost•To provide a network that is more agile in dealing with change

– Management by Janet NOC– Close working relationship with industry partners

Meeting customer requirements

public sector

Janet’s national and regional architecture

“whole regional public sector”

“whole regional public sector”

joint education & local government

joint education & local government

Internet

InternetUK

ISPsUK

ISPs

schools and local government

schools and local government

higher and further education

higher and further education

global research

health

Janet multi-service network architecture

flexible transmission platform

IP production network

special purposebandwidth

test-bedstest-beds

general use e-research

network R&D

service developme

nt

requirements to be served

new service

Current network – SuperJanet5 – 2006 to 2013

• Dedicated transmission infrastructure provided to Janet by Verizon Business

• Janet operates the IP and Ethernet services

Pathe News

Akamai

Virgin Radio

Bogons

Logicalis UKPipex

BBC

Datahop

InTechnology

INUK

RM Education

LINX multicast

NHS

Redstone

Google

NetrinoUK Gamma

Getronics

Telecity HX

Getronics

aql Janet 3G

VT Group

Akamai

Google

Edge-IX

Manc’r

MCIX

Last year: 448G

VM

IXManchester

Google

Limelight

Limelight

InTechnology

NHS

This year so far: 489GComing soon: 709G

~300 external peers

~300 external peers

Akamai BTnet

Gamma

Exa Net

BBC 10Gbit/s 1Gbit/s

100Gbit/s

Init7 T’house North

Amazon

Microsoft

Synetrix

TMnet

Level 3

ExternalPeers

Janet6

• Replacement of the Janet UK-wide backbone

• Design and delivery rooted in customer requirements• Highly scalable• Highly reliable• Flexible

• Key specifications:• 6500km fibre• Ciena 6500 transmission

platform, scalable to 8.8Tb• Juniper T4000 & MX960• Managed by the Janet NOC

• In operation mid-2013

• Janet delivers 40+ services

• Connecting to Janet• Technical advice• Security• Communicating• Infrastructure• Research• Training• Purchase frameworks• Cloud

Services

There’s going to be more!

• Video services– Any video client– Multiple participants– Easy scheduling– Customisable

• Telephony– SIP based telephony delivered over Janet

• Access and Identity Management– Integrated product set, including eduroam and other AIM

services– Moonshot: the future of AIM

• Janet pilot with 44 organisations• GÉANT pilot

• Mobile services– Janet 3G– 4G trials with EE

Janet future services – meeting customer requirements

e-Infrastructure for research: directions & priorities

• maximising research

investment

• strengthening cross-border

links

• open market for researchers

• gender equality

• accessing scientific knowledge

• joint programming

use of e-infrastructure –UK priorities for support:• engineering &

manufacturing• life sciences• energy• construction (smart

cities)• information economy• financial & professional

services

Janet, Lumen HouseLibrary Avenue, Harwell OxfordDidcot, Oxfordshiret: +44 (0) 1235 822200f: +44 (0) 1235 822399e: Service@ja.net

Thank you