Cybera - Network & Utility Initiatives - vision

Cybera Overview Network & U2lity Ini2a2ves

Robin Winsor

Cybera

History

•  WURCnet •  Netera •  Cybera

Current Projects •  Sensor Networks •  Earth Observa2on •  Space Weather •  Radio Astronomy

•  Westgrid

•  GreenStar Network •  MoboVivo •  Water Hub •  ESRI / CSPG •  Medical Research

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New Ini2a2ves •  Public cyberinfrastructure (CI) u2lity

– Broadband enablement

–  Innova2on support – Economic drivers

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Community

Olds, Alberta • 7,200 residents • 3,200 Homes & Businesses • College

“The Olds Ins2tute for Community and Regional Development Technology CommiQee has a vision to make Olds the small and medium enterprise capital of Alberta built on superior cyberinfrastructure.

The OICRD is currently building a private fiber network that will connect every home and business in the community.”

-‐ Norman McInnis, Chief Administra5ve Officer for Olds

Demand For Network Services

•  Academic – Growing but well served – Funding difficul2es

Next Genera2on Needs

•  Exascale compu2ng

Demand For Network Services

•  Academic – Growing but well served – Funding difficul2es

•  Public – Urban

•  Growing but well served – Rural

•  Grossly under-‐served

Almost four in five people around the world believe that access to the internet is a fundamental right, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests.

“…study ranks Canada 19th worldwide in overall Internet access.” Harvard University Berkman Center Feb 2010

“If we do not act with haste, the innova2ons that could employ our future work force could well pass us by” Globe and Mail editorial Feb 2010

“Governments must regard the internet as basic infrastructure -‐ just like roads, waste and water”

-‐ Dr Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-‐general of the Interna5onal Telecommunica5on Union

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Speed (Mbps) Satellite Wireless Cable

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Federal Ini2a2ves

•  Canada’s Economic Ac2on Plan – $225M

•  Broadband Canada – Connec2ng Rural Canadians •  $76.9M for first 52 projects

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Federal Ini2a2ves

Company Region Homes

Corridor Communications Inc.

Taber, Pincher Creek, Ranchland and Counties of Cypress, Forty Mile, Warner, Lethbridge and Cardston 5,577

CCI Bighorn and Counties of Clearwater and Yellowhead 2,465

CCI Counties of Red Deer, Lacombe, and Ponoka 1,867 CCI Athabasca Region, Peace River Region 11,335

CCI Wood Buffalo, Bonnyville and counties of Lakeland, St. Paul, and Smoky Lake 1,488

PCC Communications Inc.

Forty Mile, Warner, Cypress, and extended regions of Willow Creek 1,516

PCC Regions of Crowfoot, Vegreville, and Wainwright 8,134 PCC Foothills, Rocky View, and Mountain View 2,475

PCC Jasper, Kananakis, Bighorn and Counties of Clearwater and Yellowhead 436

PCC North Central Region / Stony Plain District 1,817

PCC Peace Region / Peace River & Grande Prairie Districts 1,905 Total 39,015

Homes Homes

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Businesses Businesses

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Distribution Point

Public CyberInfrastructure

Utility

Content Co.

SuperNet

Satellite Farm

New Ini2a2ves •  Network access cost reduc2on

– Peering •  Service improvement •  Network efficiency

– Academic cost reduc2on – Commercial possibili2es

The Internet

04-05-2010 BCNET Peering in SeaQle Slide 22

BCNET

UBC SFU etc,…

Large ISP Large ISP

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Google Facebook

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hQp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering

“Peering is a voluntary interconnec/on of administra/vely separate Internet networks for the purpose of exchanging traffic between the customers of each network “

Also known as seQlement-‐free peering

What is Peering?


The Internet + Internet Exchanges


BCNET

UBC SFU etc,…

Large ISP Large ISP

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Google Facebook

IX Switch

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•  Shared 10Gb/s via AEBC to SeaQle •  Shared 1Gb/s to SeaQle Internet Exchange (SIX)

•  Dedicated 1 Gb/s for private peering with Google

Connec2on through BCNet


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BCNET VANTX

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AEBC Seattle

•  Google is the single largest content provider •  Many Google services, incl Youtube.com

•  1Gb/s private connec2on between BCNET and Google

•  IPv6 and IPv4

Private peering Google


Benefits for Cybera


•  Signi%icantly more Bandwidth for ~10% of Transit price •  Shorter Paths •  Fast access to large content providers •  Increased redundancy   Path to SIX peers is not shaped, i.e. better throughput

  Concerns   SIX does not have SLA, ‘get what you pay for’   Non redundant link to Seattle

Cybera Overview Network & U2lity Ini2a2ves

Robin Winsor

Cybera

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Cybera - Network & Utility Initiatives - vision