Nordic research networksNordic research networks

Peter VillemoesPeter Villemoes

NORDUnet A/SNORDUnet A/S

NORDUnet 2000NORDUnet 2000

Helsinki 28-30 September 2000Helsinki 28-30 September 2000

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NORDUnet missionNORDUnet mission

Common international service provider for the for the Nordic national networks for research, by Nordic national networks for research, by connecting them to each other and to the rest connecting them to each other and to the rest of the worldof the world

Common Nordic platform for international for international research network collaborationresearch network collaboration

International service provider for research for research networks in the Estonia, Poland, Russia, and networks in the Estonia, Poland, Russia, and UkraineUkraine

Network development in the Nordunet2 projectin the Nordunet2 project

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NORDUnet organisationNORDUnet organisation

Legal body is Danish limited company - Legal body is Danish limited company - NORDUnet A/SNORDUnet A/S

Shareholders are the Nordic states or state Shareholders are the Nordic states or state institutionsinstitutions

DK - UNI-C FI - Ministry of education IS - University of Iceland NO - UNINETT SE - Högskoleverket

Board members are representatives of the Board members are representatives of the national networks, mostly the national national networks, mostly the national managersmanagers

Financed by the Nordic national networksFinanced by the Nordic national networks

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4

USA455

45

310310

4

4 1

310

NORDUnet connectionsNORDUnet connections

Ten-155

310

255

Teleglobe

NETNODD-GIX

GTS

622 310

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ResiliencyResiliency

USAUSA diversified Transatlantic links (CANTAT-3, AC-1) duplicated commercial connections (GTS,

Teleglobe)

EuropeEurope diversified TEN-155 connections to Amsterdam

and Frankfurt diversified connections to NETNOD

NordicNordic diversified links to central Nordic countries backup arrangement on Iceland

GeneralGeneral Distributed Stockholm node over two sites

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60, Hudson St New York

Östra Wasa

KTH

GTS/Ebone

IS

NETNODCEEC

Stockholm layoutStockholm layout

SEGTS

TEN-155USA

SEGTSTEN-155

USA

USA

DK DKFIFI

NONO

TG

TG TG

TG622M DPT

Stockholm layoutStockholm layout

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Traffic from USATraffic from USA

Mbit/s

10

100

1000

Mo

nth

ly a

vera

ge

+103 per cent / year

1997 1998 1999 2000

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Extra-Nordic BandwidthExtra-Nordic Bandwidth

1

10

100

1,000

10,000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Mb

it/s +144 per cent / year

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0

100

200

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

MD

KK

/yea

r

NORDUnet CostNORDUnet Cost

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Unit bandwidth costUnit bandwidth cost

1

10

100

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Rel

ativ

e u

nit

s

- 43 per cent / year

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Expenditure IncomeExpenditure Income

USA 58%

Nor

dic

19%

Oth

er 4%

CE

EC

3 %

Oth

er 2 %

US

NS

F 1 %

EU 7 %

Nor

dic

netw

orks

87

%

Europe 19%

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The Nordic networksThe Nordic networks

NetworkBackboneMbit/s

SiteMbit/s

No ofSites

DK Forskningsnet 622 34- 200 110FI FUNET 622- 2,488 155+ 85IS RHnet 1024 10 35NO UNINETT 155- 2,488 155+ 300SE SUNET 622 155 50

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Nordic users and costNordic users and cost

Nodes UsersMDKK/year

DK Forskningsnet 80,000 200,000 43FI FUNET 160,000 250,000 48IS RHnet 3,500 9,000 2NO UNINETT 110,000 200,000 111SE SUNET 300,000 400,000 124

Sum 653,500 1,059,000 328

Unit cost 503 310DKK

/year

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The world wide research netThe world wide research net

NSFnet was the world hub until 1996NSFnet was the world hub until 1996

vBNS did not take over after NSFnet and vBNS did not take over after NSFnet and commercial nets did not focus on research needscommercial nets did not focus on research needs

The STARTAP in Chicago was then created in 1998The STARTAP in Chicago was then created in 1998

In 2000 also Abilene offers transit inside USA and In 2000 also Abilene offers transit inside USA and USA is again a world hub for research networksUSA is again a world hub for research networks

NORDUnet connected to STARTAP and Abilene NORDUnet connected to STARTAP and Abilene since 1999 and will use Abilene for transit from since 1999 and will use Abilene for transit from 20012001

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Intercontinental connectivityIntercontinental connectivity

STARTAPChicago

Russia

NewYork

USA

Far EastCanada

Europe

AbileneNORDUnetStockholm

SouthAmerica

155M

45M

622M

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World wide peersWorld wide peers

USAUSAAbilene

vBNS

ESnet

NREN

MREN

CanadaCanadaCA*net3

South AmericaChile

Far EastFar EastSingaARENSINET

APANTAnet

EuropeEuropeTEN-155

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GEMSviz at iGRID 2000GEMSviz at iGRID 2000

STAR TAP

NORDUnet

APAN

INET

ParalleldatorcentrumKTH Stockholm

Universityof Houston

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Stockholm demo 1999Stockholm demo 1999

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Traffic sharing with commercial Traffic sharing with commercial networksnetworks

Traffic with the commercial Internet is an Traffic with the commercial Internet is an important part of an institution’s Internet trafficimportant part of an institution’s Internet traffic

NORDUnet and the national networks can reduce NORDUnet and the national networks can reduce the cost of commercial traffic by no-cost-the cost of commercial traffic by no-cost-exchange peeringexchange peering

Peering has not been possible for commercial Peering has not been possible for commercial traffic with the USA, but cost optimisation can be traffic with the USA, but cost optimisation can be achieved by bulk purchaseachieved by bulk purchase

USA commercial traffic is now cheaper via general USA commercial traffic is now cheaper via general purpose commercial networks than over the purpose commercial networks than over the traditional dedicated transatlantic links traditional dedicated transatlantic links

In the future it may be expected that dedicated In the future it may be expected that dedicated international and intercontinental bandwidth international and intercontinental bandwidth (links) will be needed for research network traffic (links) will be needed for research network traffic only (ex. TEN-155, Abilene, STARTAP)only (ex. TEN-155, Abilene, STARTAP)

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FutureFuture

NORDUnet must continue to respond to the NORDUnet must continue to respond to the needs of the Nordic national networksneeds of the Nordic national networks

Plan for next yearPlan for next year Set up a Nordic 2.5G structure as the physical

basis for the Nordic collaboration Create and connect to a 2.5G European backbone

(Géant) Consolidate USA connections into possibly 2.5G,

with assured bandwidth for the research traffic

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2.5G NORDUnet2.5G NORDUnet

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www.nordu.net