New Mexico High Speed New Mexico High Speed Networking ProjectsNetworking Projects

October 13, 2005October 13, 2005Fall 2005 CHECS ConferenceFall 2005 CHECS Conference

Gary Bauerschmidt, UNMGary Bauerschmidt, UNMNorma Grijalva, NMSUNorma Grijalva, NMSU

SummarySummary

Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber Project Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber Project National Lamdba Rail (NLR)National Lamdba Rail (NLR)NM Gigapop NM Gigapop LANL Connection to I2LANL Connection to I2Rio Grande Corridor Fiber ProjectRio Grande Corridor Fiber ProjectEastern New Mexico Fiber ProjectEastern New Mexico Fiber ProjectBig Picture New Mexico NetworkingBig Picture New Mexico Networking

Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber ProjectProject

Collaborative project between CHECS and Collaborative project between CHECS and New Mexico GSDNew Mexico GSD

GSD has ability and to Acquire Dark fiber GSD has ability and to Acquire Dark fiber Ring, but no resources for equipment or Ring, but no resources for equipment or lateral extensionslateral extensions

Agreed major access nodes around the Agreed major access nodes around the city, each was selected because it city, each was selected because it provided needed assetsprovided needed assets

Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber ProjectProjectWire New Mexico

GSD Albuquerque Metro Fiber Ring

Fiber Ring Access Points

104 Gold

505 Marquette

401 Broadway

Wire New Mexico

GSD Albuquerque Metro Fiber Ring

Fiber Ring Access Points

Wire New Mexico

GSD Albuquerque Metro Fiber Ring

Fiber Ring Access Points

104 Gold

505 Marquette

401 Broadway

Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber ProjectProject

Why we selected these sitesWhy we selected these sites One is a Major GSD Communication and One is a Major GSD Communication and

aggregation siteaggregation site One is where Rio Grande Fiber Project and One is where Rio Grande Fiber Project and

Metro Ring intersect as well as provide Metro Ring intersect as well as provide access to the National Lambda Railaccess to the National Lambda Rail

One is a site with raised flooring and access One is a site with raised flooring and access to many other telecommunication vendorsto many other telecommunication vendors

Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber ProjectProject

Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber Albuquerque Metro Area Fiber ProjectProject

Lateral ExtensionsLateral Extensions Hispanic Cultural CenterHispanic Cultural Center Lodestar Astronomy CenterLodestar Astronomy Center GSD Communication SiteGSD Communication Site NM Tech Satellite CampusNM Tech Satellite Campus

National Lamdba Rail (NLR)National Lamdba Rail (NLR)

NM GigapopNM Gigapop

LANL Connection to I2LANL Connection to I2

Collaborative project between LANL and Collaborative project between LANL and CHECSCHECS

LANL needed high speed connection to LANL needed high speed connection to Internet2 (Abilene) at least 1 GbpsInternet2 (Abilene) at least 1 Gbps

Developed MOU Developed MOU

Upgraded the Internet2 connection to an Upgraded the Internet2 connection to an oc48 (2.5 Gbps)oc48 (2.5 Gbps)

Establishing direct peering with ESNETEstablishing direct peering with ESNET

LANL Connection to I2LANL Connection to I2

1 Gbps is dedicated to LANL1 Gbps is dedicated to LANL

The remainder dedicated to CHECS-NetThe remainder dedicated to CHECS-Net About ten fold increase in BandwidthAbout ten fold increase in Bandwidth

Bottom Line Additional Bandwidth without Bottom Line Additional Bandwidth without additional costs for the CHECS-Netadditional costs for the CHECS-Net About ten fold increase bandwidthAbout ten fold increase bandwidth LANL picking up increased costsLANL picking up increased costs An example of collaborative networkingAn example of collaborative networking

Rio Grande Corridor Fiber ProjectRio Grande Corridor Fiber Project

CHECS Partnership with GSDCHECS Partnership with GSD Leasing 2 fiber pair up and down the Rio Leasing 2 fiber pair up and down the Rio

Grande CorridorGrande Corridor Will be a shared infrastructure with different Will be a shared infrastructure with different

logical networkslogical networks Will use DWDM equipment to maximize Will use DWDM equipment to maximize

bandwidth availabilitybandwidth availability The goal is to begin provisioning the network The goal is to begin provisioning the network

by January 06by January 06

Eastern New Mexico Fiber ProjectEastern New Mexico Fiber Project

Wire New MexicoRio Grande Corridor

Fiber Project

Wire New MexicoNew GSD Fiber

Acquisition

Wire New MexicoNM Digital Microwave

Lateral Fiber Builds

Lateral Fiber Builds

Wire New MexicoNew GSD Fiber

Acquisition

Eastern New Mexico Fiber ProjectEastern New Mexico Fiber Project

Eastern Part of the State is Bandwidth PoorEastern Part of the State is Bandwidth Poor Expensive to connect to the rest of the stateExpensive to connect to the rest of the state

Submitting a proposal to HEDSubmitting a proposal to HED To Acquire provision Dark fiber acquired by GSDTo Acquire provision Dark fiber acquired by GSD Ties into the Rio Grande Corridor fiber ProjectTies into the Rio Grande Corridor fiber Project Need to partner to fund Need to partner to fund From Santa Fe to RatonFrom Santa Fe to Raton From El Paso to CarlsbadFrom El Paso to Carlsbad Digital Microwave from Carlsbad to HobbsDigital Microwave from Carlsbad to Hobbs

Big Picture New Mexico NetworkingBig Picture New Mexico Networking

Big Picture New Mexico NetworkingBig Picture New Mexico Networking

Following Statewide and Institutional InitiativesFollowing Statewide and Institutional InitiativesLeveraging all available resources for a common Leveraging all available resources for a common goodgoodPartnering and building cooperative networks so Partnering and building cooperative networks so our dollars can do moreour dollars can do moreReaching more people throughout NMReaching more people throughout NMNeed to facilitate teaching, research, distance Need to facilitate teaching, research, distance outreach, and government and educational outreach, and government and educational servicesservicesThese are just first stepsThese are just first steps

Questions and Contact InformationQuestions and Contact Information

Presentation will be available on the Presentation will be available on the Conference web siteConference web site

Please feel free to contact usPlease feel free to contact us Gary Bauerschmidt, UNMGary Bauerschmidt, UNM

gbauers@unm.edugbauers@unm.edu 505 277-8035 505 277-8035

Norma Grijalva, NMSUNorma Grijalva, NMSUnorma@nmsu.edunorma@nmsu.edu

505-646-7767505-646-7767