Yves Poppe

Dir, Liaison R&E networks and institutions.

PacRim Transpac meeting

Honolulu

February 2002

Evolution of intra/trans Pacific capacity

The battle of the Pacific

Capacity coming online Gbps* RFS TPC-5 (club) 20 20 dec98 China-US (club) 20 80 jan 01 PC-1 (Global Crossing & Marubeni) 80 640 apr01 Japan-US (club) 80 640 oct01 Tycom Pacific 360 7.680**

2Q02? FP-1 FLAG Pacific 160 5,120*** 2Q02 360 Pacific 4,800*** 3Q02 JNAC MoU US-Can-Jp-Ch-Kor-Tw 5,120****

2Q04? total 9,060

* = Design capacity** = april: Tycom joins FLAG aug 8th 01: FLAG withdraws, Tycom continues alone***= project dropped ****=financing not completed

Transpacific cables up to end 2001

TPC-5: 2x2x5=20

China-US: 4x8x2.5=80

Japan-US: 4x16x10=640 (80)

PC1: 4x16x10 (80 as of apr 01)

SC: 3x16x10= 480 (60)

East-Asia cable systems

APCN

Feb 97

10Gb

Planned 2001/2002:

-APCN2 160Gb-2.56Tb

-C2C 160Gb-7.68Tb

-EAC 80Gb-2.56Tb

APCN2

Design capacity: 4pairs x 64 wavelenghts x 10gig = 2.56Tb at RFS : 160Gb

C2C

Design capacity : 8x96x10=7.68Tb at RFS : 460Gb

EAC

Design capacity: 4x64x10=2.56Tb at RFS: 80Gb

Central Asia submarine cables

i2i Mumbai – Chennai Singapore

3Q02 160Gb initially;

8.12Tb design capacity

Will offer considerable capacity between indian

subcontinent and Far-East

Affordable high capacity toward Europe still lacking

ChennaiChennai

The R&E Community benefits from the cornucopia with steady budgets.

TRANSPAC network went from 155mb to 2x622mb AARnet buys its own IRU from Australia to Seattle NREN direct STM-1’s to USA SURFnet takes first 2.5gb lambda in service on Jan 10th

2002 linking Netherlight and STARlight UKERNA and Dante will each put 2.5gig connections in

service in 1stQ02 CERN will put 2.5gb lambda in service summer 2002 Dante builds Geant with 10gig core with budget foreseen for

2.5gig core Ca*net4 OC192 backbone for C$18million

BCE Teleglobe’s GlobeSystemsm Network

R

R

Lake Cowichan NodeCERNET

Beijing

MIMOSKuala Lumpur

Des Laurentides Node

Pennant Point Node

R

R

New York City60 Hudson Node

NORDUnetStockholm

UKERNALondon

SURFNETAmsterdam

New York City25 Broadway Node

LAN

Univ. of Costa RicaSan Jose

CERNET

ESnet

vBNS

NREN

TeleglobeInternet

MIRNet

Moscow

CANARIEMontreal

. of Kuwait

Customer ManagedRouter

Backbone Router

ATM Switch

R

KEY:

.MUABangkok

Abilene

MIMOSKuala Lumpur R

Los Angeles Node

TeleglobeATM

Multicast InterneteXchange

PennsaukenR

DANTELondon

STAR TAP

KISTI

.

OnetOntario

RISQQuebec

TELEGLOBE R&E network connections

MUA

BCnet

BELnet

R

Un of Kuwait

NCA

R

R

UNAM

Mexico

HEAnet

HEAnetCERIST

Transpac

STARLIGHT

100 BaseT Ethernet(IP traffic to all customers

on DVB aggregated)

DVB

Carrie

r

48

Mbps

Teleglobe Router

Teleglobe Router

TeleglobeInternet

Traffic ShaperTraffic Shaper

DVB Modulator

DVB Modulator

DVB Gateway

DVB Gateway

DVB Indoor Unit

DVB Indoor Unit

LNBLNBISP

RouterISP

Router

NationalInternet

NationalInternet

PID

PID

PID

Packet Identifiers (PIDs) are virtual channels

PID

Direct Video Broadcast : R&E access for countries with less developped infrastructures

University A

University B

University C

University D

12-18 months planning horizonTranspacific:

No new cables likely Lit capacity will be increased depending on market conditions –

prices likely to stabilizeIntrapacific:

With APCN2, EAC and C2C: room for price declines Backhaul and local loop costs will remain a problem.

Asia R&E connectivity: 2.5gig Transpac capacity likely Hyunhai/Genkai project extended to China Japan, China, Taiwan direct 2.5gigs to USA? India will be able to join. Divide between bandwidth rich and bandwidth poor APAN

members could persist