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A Short TransPAC Update

Dr. Jennifer M. Schopf

Director, International Networking

Indiana University

jmschopf@indiana.eduAugust 11, 2014

Supported by the National Science Foundation

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Introduction• IU currently has two international networking

projects– Funded by the US National Science Foundation– Part of the International Research Network

Connections (IRNC) Program• America Connects to Europe (ACE)• TransPAC, focuses on Asia• http://internationalnetworking.indiana.edu/

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TransPAC Today• 15+ year history• Cooperative partnership among Indiana University,

APAN, TEIN*CC, NICT-Japan, NII-Japan, CERNET, and others

• 30Gbps deployed between US and Asia– 10Gbps LA-Tokyo funded by NSF– 10Gbps Tokyo-LA funded by NICT– 10Gbps LA-Beijing funded by CERNET+NSF

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Current TransPAC Projects• Deployment of measurement tools• Deployment of dynamic circuit services• Development of SDN (OpenFlow) services• Support for application end-users

• In Year 5 of 5 year award– Runs through May 2015

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We have applied for• TransPAC4: Pragmatic Application-Driven

International Networking • To run Jan 2015-Dec 2019• New project requests $1.2M/year for 5 years• Includes funding for circuits, exchange points,

application support, research

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System Design• Built-in redundancy and alternative paths• Easy transition from the current TransPAC3 circuits• Complementary paths and approaches to our

partners’ sister circuits• Full support of production traffic, through reliable

technology choices and capacity matching current and growing needs

• Ongoing support for experimental traffic • Fiscally responsible approaches

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TransPac4 Phase 1 (2015-2016)

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TransPAC4 Phase 2 (2017-2019)

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Why not 100G in Year 1 (2015)?• Price tag: $2-3M per year, just for the circuit• A year of the ANA-100G link has shown that

the technology may not be fully stable yet• Current Asian inter-country connectivity not

yet 100G in many cases• Few applications require more than 10G flows

right now• Few exchange points are ready for this now

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Details• Transport: Support for Layer 3 peering as well

as multiple mechanisms for dynamic Layer 2 circuits

• Experimental work with SDN, FlowVisor, InterDomain Controllers, Path Hinting, WAN acceleration

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End User Engagement• Directly engage with user communities• Focusing on end-to-end performance• Application Advocacy Specialists will work

closely with end users with network needs– including US branch campuses in Asia

• Potential to be transformational to international science

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IRNC Other• Solicitation

– http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14554/nsf14554.htm

• Indiana University submitted 2 other proposals to the IRNC program– NetSage: Measurement of international links

• IU, U Hawaii, UC Davis/ESNet

– International Network Operations• Waiting on notification – hopefully this fall

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Introducing Joe Lappa

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Some meetings to think about• PRAGMA 27

– October 15-17, 2014, Indiana Univ. Bloomington– http://www.pragma-grid.net/workshops.php

• GENI Engineering Conference 21– October 20-23, 2014, Indiana Univ. Bloomington– http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GEC21Agenda

• I2/ESnet Tech Exchange– October 26–30, 2014, Indianapolis, IN– http://www.internet2.edu/news-events/events/technolog

y-exchange/

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Questions/Comments?• Group Website:

http://internationalnetworking.indiana.edu/• Me:

Jennifer Schopf – jmschopf@indiana.edu • Are you trying to transfer data to the US?

– Please let us know! – We have resources to help you