Next Generation Internet in the Netherlands

Kees NeggersManaging Director SURFnet

NORDUnet2000 Helsinki 29 September 2000

TopicsTopics

• Introduction

• GigaPort

• SURFnet5

• International Connectivity

• Access Projects

• Applications

• Closing remarks

SURFnetSURFnet

• Provides the Dutch National Research Network

• Not for profit company

• 200 connected organisations, 400.000 users

• Turnover (1999): 20 M€

• Infrastructure services:– innovation paid for by the government

– cost effective exploitation for higher education and research

SURFnet Network - evolutionSURFnet Network - evolution

SURFnet4155 Mbit/s

SURFnet19,6 kbit/s

SURFnet264 kbit/s

SURFnet32 Mbit/s

SURFnet434 Mbit/s

SURFnet520 Gbit/s

100 Gbit/s

1 Gbit/s

10 Mbit/s

100 kbit/s

10 kbit/s

1 Mbit/s

100 Mbit/s

10 Gbit/s

1987 1989 1992 1995 1997 2002

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Start of GigaPort initiativeStart of GigaPort initiative

• SURFnet realised that

• a new infrastructure project was needed

• the required funds couldn’t be delivered solely by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

• Higher Education and Research are drivers for network innovation

• the project would have a broader economic value

Opinion articlein newspaper

(August)

Parliament motion: Invest

also in knowledge

infrastructure(November)

Submission of request for grant

(June)

Submission of business plan(September)

Grant of71 M€

(October)

Start of the project

(April)

1997 1998

History of the GigaPort initiativeHistory of the GigaPort initiative

1999

GigaPort objectivesGigaPort objectives

• Accelerate innovation using NGI technologies for:

– Business

– Research and Education

– Healthcare

• Offer:

– State-of-the-art research network as testbed

– Know-how regarding NGI applications

– Access to innovative user group (students)

– Contacts to form consortia

GigaPort funding 1999-2002GigaPort funding 1999-2002

Source

Ministry for Economic Affairs

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International connectivity

3516

4

142

Destination

100% = € 71 mln

Ministry for Education, Science and Culture

Management

Applications knowledge generation

Access projects

Research network

GigaPort projects and organisationGigaPort projects and organisation

Nation al research n etwork(SURFn et5)

Access p rojects

In tern ation al con n ectivity

G igaPort-Netw ork

Kn owled g e g en eration

P ilot p rojects

Kn owled g e sem in ars

G igaPort-Applications

G igaPort-M anagem entand Steering Com m ittee

SURFnet AUPSURFnet AUP

• Full service for Research and Higher Education Institutes

• All others, including industry, test and development activities for advanced applications

GigaPort-Network target for 2002GigaPort-Network target for 2002

National Research Network 100 times faster than SURFnet4

(partnership) 20 Gbit/s access, minimum 15 PoPs

IP over optical transmission infrastructure

New IP features, e.g. QoS

Access projects Pilots for wired and wireless access

(multiple partnerships) (GPRS, xDSL, Fiber to the Dormitory, Gigabit Ethernet Cable modems,

UMTS, )

International connectivity AMS-IX: 5 Gbit/s

(procurement) Europe: 2,5 Gbit/s

Rest of world: 2.5 Gbit/s

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Organisations

Users

Users

Users

IntercontinentalIntercontinental

NationalResearch Infrastructure

SURFnet4 / SURFnet5

Access

IP over wireless LAN

AccessIP over GSM,

UMTS

Access

IP over cable,xDSL,Fiber

EuropeEurope

AmsterdamInternet Exchange

AmsterdamInternet Exchange

Overview GigaPort NetworkOverview GigaPort Network

SURFnet4 topologySURFnet4 topology

Specifications of SURFnet5Specifications of SURFnet5

• 100 times as fast as SURFnet4

• IP over optical transmission infrastructure

• 80 Gbit/s backbone - 20 Gbit/s access

• Introduction of new IP features, e.g.– Authentication and Classes of Service

– IPsec, Multicasting and IPv6

– MPLS, VPN and Traffic Engineering

• In partnership with industry

SURFnet5 rolloutSURFnet5 rollout

• 31 December 1999, contract signed with Telfort and Cisco Systems

• Summer 2000 start pilot network

• 4 GSR+ nodes, 2.5 Gbit/s links

• January 2001 start (pre)production network

• 15 GSR+ nodes, DWDM, 10 Gbit/s links

• January 2001, Collapsed backbone, 4 GSR+

• 2002 Upgrade collapsed backbone

SURFnet5: Pilot networkSURFnet5: Pilot network

• Four-node GSR+ network @2.5G POS-framing

• Status: up-and-running

• Available until November 2000 for testing:– Performance tests using GIGAcluster

– MPLS Traffic Engineering plus Fast ReRoute

– New multicast features

– IPv6

SURFnet5: Pilot network (schematic)SURFnet5: Pilot network (schematic)

SURFnet4

Enschede

Delft Eindhoven

Amsterdam

POS framing2.5 Gbit/s

SURFnet5: Pre-production networkSURFnet5: Pre-production network

• Collapsed backbone with:– 2 core sites (each 2 GSR+s interconnected at 10G POS)

– 15 concentrator sites (each 1 GSR+ connected to both core sites at 10G POS)

• Status: Currently being built

• Available end of 4Q 2000 (except one concentrator)

• Selected customers connected to SURFnet4 *and* SURFnet5

Hempoint SP (SARA)

Concentrator (15x)FRR

POS framingat 10 Gbit/s

Telfort’s DWDMNetwork: Alwaystwo separate routes

SURFnet5: Pre-prod network (schematic)SURFnet5: Pre-prod network (schematic)

POS framingat 10 Gbit/s

SURFnet5 Production networkSURFnet5 Production network

• Putting the pre-production network into production

• Planning: Summer 2001

• Start migrating all 200+ customers to SURFnet5

• Upgrade of the 4 core routers to ?

• Available until the end of 2005

SURFnet5 PoPsSURFnet5 PoPs

SURFnet5 access capacitySURFnet5 access capacity

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capa

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100 Gbit/s

1 Gbit/s

10 Mbit/s

100 Mbit/s

10 Gbit/s

1999 2000 2001 2002

155 Mbit/s

2,5 Gbit/s

20 Gbit/sSURFnet5

10 Gbit/s

1.0 Gbit/s

SURFnet4

GigaPort External connectivityGigaPort External connectivity

• Global Internet Connectivity 622 Mbit/s– two 155 Mbit/s connections from Teleglobe in New York

– two 155 Mbit/s connections from Level 3 in Amsterdam

• 155 Mbit/s to Abilene in NY, 155 Mbit/s to STAR TAP

• 155 Mbit/s to TEN-155, 622 Mbit/s in October

• Gigabit Ethernet connection with the AMS-IX

• CfP in preparation for:

• 2.5 Gbps Global Internet Connectivity in Amsterdam

• Partnership for Trans-Atlantic Lambda’s

GigaPort Network AccessGigaPort Network Access

• Broadband access anytime anywere

• target 2002: 20% of students >2 Mbit/s at home

• Pilots with access technologies

• GPRS pilot with Libertel (Vodafone) and Ericsson.

• Two xDSL pilots with four Universities– Eager Telecom in Twente

– Cistron in Amsterdam and Delft

• Technology Assesment Cable TV, no pilot yet

• Fiber to the Dormitory, Evaluation of bids

• Gigabit Ethernet, Call in preparation

Example Students University TwenteExample Students University Twente

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1999 2000 2002

POTSISDN

TV-cable

ADSL

FTTHethernet

GigaPort-Applications programmeGigaPort-Applications programme

Pilot projects with partners, e.g. (financed by partners)•Video over IP (IBM, NOB, SURFnet)•Online services platform (Lucent, KPN, TNO)•Billing and security (Ericsson, KPN)•Teleconsulting (Rotterdam hospital, Lucent, Siemens)•Virtual Port (Rotterdam Port, ABN AMRO, CMG, ECT)

Knowledge generation (financed by GP-A)•Working apart together•Multimedia management•Electronic transactions•Mobile services•Middleware

Technology push

Market pull

Generic ServicesGeneric Services

• Authentication (chipcards, TTP)

• LDAP and Directory Enabled networking

• Encryption (IPsec)

• Real-time multimedia conferencing

• Multiparty virtual reality communication

SURFworksSURFworks

• Conferencing

• Streaming Video

• Chipcard based transaction environment

• SURFnet Video Portal

Conclusion: essential elementsConclusion: essential elements

• High ambition level, use of leading edge technology, not just copying the USA

• Broadbased commitment from several Ministries and the Business Community

• Armslength Project Organisation with flying start based on existing organisations

• Communicate: internationally, nationaly and per stakeholders group

Main challengesMain challenges

•Address high costs of ‘last mile’ access to network

•Reinforce role of universities and research

institutes as accelerators

•Accelerate rate of experimentation by business

•Achieve shared sense of urgency and opportunity

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