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Jan Eveleth, Mgr. Gigapop Services
University of Washington & Pacific Northwest Gigapop
Internet2 Fall Meeting
Los Angeles, CA USA October 28, 2002
International Network Peering ServicesOpportunities for high-speed, efficient exchange of IP packets without using commercial Internet services
Pacific Wave is a recommended exchange point for international research and education networks peering with Internet2's Abilene network.
A service of the
Pacific Wave Seattle, Washington USA
Courtesy S. Corbato and Internet2
Pacific Northwest Gigapop System
Features of Pacific Wave• Accessible from all submarine cable landing
sites on US Pacific coast
• Located in incumbent telecommunications carrier grade hotel– Many colocation options– Easy access to fiber-meet-me-room
• Redundant environmentals (DC power, HVAC)
• Multicast enabled with PIM-SM snooping
• IPV6 traffic between IPV6 capable peers supported
• 24 x 7 Network Operations Center
Distances from US Pacific Landing Sites
(Km)SeattlePacific Wave
Chicago New York City
Miami
Hillsboro, OR 237 2821 3777 4340
San Francisco, CA
1094 2984 4126 4155
Los Angeles, CA
1548 2802 3933 3742
Pacific Wave Architecture
An ATM free zone! Redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch architecture provides two subnets and 128Gbps throughput.
Switch
Switch
PNWRouter
PNWRouter
Abilene
CA*net3
AARNet
. . .
Pacific Rim Connections October 2002
• Abilene/Internet2 International Transit Network (ITN)
• Serving APAN
• Australian Academic & Research Network
• Canada’s Advanced Research & Education Network
• TANET2 – Taiwan Research Network
Research & Education Networks at Pacific Wave
Networks via Abilene ITN at Pacific Wave
Europe-Middle EastAustria (ACOnet)Belgium (BELnet)Croatia (CARnet)Czech Rep. (CESnet)Cyprus (Cynet)Denmark (UNI-C)Estonia (ESnet)Finland (FUnet)France (RENATER)Germany (G-Win)Greece (GRnet)Hungary (HUNGARnet)Iceland (ISnet)Ireland (HEANET)Israel (IUCC)Italy (GARR)Latvia (LATNET)Lithuania (LITNET)
Asia-PacificAustralia (AARNET)China (CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET)Hong Kong (HARNET)Japan (SINET, WIDE,
IMNET, JGN)Korea (KOREN, KREONET2)Singapore (SingAREN)Taiwan (TANET2)Thailand (UNINET, ThaiSARN)
AmericasArgentina (RETINA)Brazil (RNP2, ANSP)Canada (CA*net4)Chile (REUNA)Mexico (CUDI)United States (Abilene, vBNS)
More information about reachable networks at
www.internet2.edu/abilene/peernetworks.html
Slide Courtesy of Internet2
Luxembourg (RESTENA)Netherlands (SURFnet)Norway (UNINETT)Poland (PCSS)Portugal (FCCN)Romania (RNC)Slovakia (SANET)Slovenia (ARNES)Spain (RedIris)Sweden (SUNET)Switzerland (SWITCH)United Kingdom (JANET)
*CERN
• DREN – Defense Research and Engineering Network
• ESNet – Energy Sciences Network
• AT&T Broadband Cable Internet
• Microsoft Corporation
• Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation (Pointshare)
and more…
Additional Participants at Pacific Wave
Pacific Wave Peering with PNWGP
______________________________________Microsoft Research NOAA
Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Arctic Region Supercomputing Center
Plus Major Research Universities of Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana; and Portland Research & Education Network
Partnerships, Memberships, & Affiliations
• Asia Pacific Advanced Networks (APAN)• IEEAF/GEO/Tyco Telecommunications• KEXP Radio• Pacific Lighthouse• Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC)• PAIX Seattle Peering Interconnects• ResearchChannel• The Quilt • University of Washington
– Hong Kong University of Science and Technology– Worldwide University Network (WUN)
Futures• 2003: Fiber facility expansion along U.S.
Pacific Coast—National LightRail
• 2003: IEEAF/GEO/Tyco Telecommunications 10-Gbps from Japan to Seattle
• 2003: 10GbE connections at Pacific Wave
• Additional Peering Partners focusing on Pacific Rim Research & Education Networks
• Continued support of advanced applications (e.g., streaming media, LSR, HDTV applications)
• Upstream service providers
Cable & WirelessLevel3NTT/Verio
• Geographically diverse vendor connections
• Diverse geographic connection options for participants
• 3Gbps total throughput structured over 3 independent, fully burstable Gigabit circuits
Optional: PNWGP Commodity Internet
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.pacificwave.net
Phone: +1 206 934 5588
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