SURFnet5,experiences in building the next

generation Internet in The Netherlands

Erik-Jan BosWashington, DC, October 2000

The Netherlands

The Netherlands

Topics

• Introduction SURFnet and GigaPort• GigaPort network

– SURFnet5– (Access Projects)– External Connectivity

• Closing remarks

SURFnet

• Provides the Dutch National Research Network• Not for profit company• 200 connected organisations, 400.000 users• Turnover (1999): 20 M€• Infrastructure services:

– innovation paid for by government– cost effective exploitation for higher education and

research

Customer Connections - evolution

SURFnet4155 Mbit/s

SURFnet19,6 kbit/s

SURFnet264 kbit/s

SURFnet32 Mbit/s

SURFnet434 Mbit/s

SURFnet520 Gbit/s

100 Gbit/s

1 Gbit/s

10 Mbit/s

100 kbit/s

10 kbit/s

1 Mbit/s

100 Mbit/s

10 Gbit/s

1987 1989 1992 1995 1997 2002

Acc

ess

capa

city

Start up of GigaPort initiative

• SURFnet realised that a new infrastructure project was needed, but

– the required funds couldn’t be delivered solely by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science

– the project would have a broader (economic) value– network and applications need to be developed

simultaneously

• The government allocated part of the general infrastructure funds to knowledge infrastructure

Opinion articlein newspaper

(August)

Parliament motion: Invest

also in knowledge

infrastructure(November)

Submission of request for grant

(June)

Submission of business plan(September)

Grant of71 M€

(October)

Start of the project

(April)

1997 1998

History of the GigaPort initiative

1999

GigaPort objectives

• Accelerate innovation using NGI technologies for:– Business– Research and Education– Healthcare

• Offer:– State-of-the-art research network as testbed– Know-how regarding NGI applications– Access to innovative user group (students)– Contacts to form consortia

GigaPort funding 1999-2002

Source

Ministry for Economic Affairs

62

9

International connectivity

3516

4

142

Destination100% = € 71 mln

Ministry for Education, Science and Culture

Management

Applications knowledge generation

Access projects

Research network

GigaPort projects and organisation

Nation al research n etwork(SURFn et5)

Access p rojects

In tern ational conn ectivity

GigaPort-Netw ork

Kn owled ge gen eration

P ilot p rojects

Kn owled g e sem in ars

G igaPort-Applications

G igaPort-M anagem entand Steering Com m ittee

Main challenges

•Address high costs of ‘last mile’ access to network

•Reinforce role of universities and research institutes as accelerators

•Accelerate rate of experimentation by business

•Achieve shared sense of urgency and opportunity

SURFnet AUP

• Full service for Research and Higher Education Institutes

• All others, including industry, test and development activities for advanced applications

GigaPort-Network 2002

National Research Network 100 times faster than SURFnet4(partnership) 15 PoPs - 20 Gbit/s access per PoP

IP over optical transmission infrastructureNew IP features

Access projects Pilots for wired and wireless access(multiple partnerships) (GPRS, xDSL, Cable modems, UMTS,

Gigabit Ethernet)

International connectivity AMS-IX: 5 Gbit/s(procurement) Europe: 2,5 Gbit/s

Global: 2.5 Gbit/s

Exte

rnal

Con

nect

ivity

OrganisationsUsers

Users

Users

IntercontinentalGlobal

NationalResearch Infrastructure

SURFnet4 / SURFnet5

AccessIP over wireless

LAN

AccessIP over GSM,

UMTS, satellite

AccessIP over cable,xDSL,PON

EuropeEurope

AmsterdamInternet Exchange

AmsterdamInternet Exchange

Overview GigaPort Network

Timepath SURFnet5

SURFnet4 topology

Specifications of SURFnet5

• 100 times as fast as SURFnet4• IP over optical transmission infrastructure• 80 Gbit/s backbone - 20 Gbit/s access • Introduction of new IP features, e.g.

– Authentication and Classes of Service– IPsec, Multicasting and IPv6– MPLS, VPN and Traffic Engineering, including FRR

• In partnership with industry

SURFnet5: Status overview

• SURFnet5 Pilot network: 1Q2000 - 4Q2000

• SURFnet5 Pre-production network: 4Q2000 - 2Q2001• SURFnet5 Production network: 3Q2001- 4Q2005

SURFnet5: Pilot network

• Four-node GSR+ network @2.5G POS-framing• Status: up-and-running• Available until November 2000 for testing:

– Performance tests using GIGAcluster– MPLS Traffic Engineering including Fast ReRoute– New multicast features– IPv6

SURFnet4(globalconnectivity)

Enschede

Delft Eindhoven

Amsterdam

POS framing2.5 Gbit/s

SURFnet5: Pilot network (schematic)

Enschede

Delft Eindhoven

Amsterdam

SURFnet5: GIGAcluster testing (schematic)

GIGAcluster

SURFnet5: GIGAcluster testing results

SURFnet5: GIGAcluster testing results

SURFnet5: Pre-production network

• Collapsed backbone with:– 2 core sites (each 2 GSR+s interconnected at 10G POS)– 15 concentrator sites (each 1 GSR+ connected to both core

sites at 10G POS)

• Status: Currently being built• Available end of 4Q 2000 (except one concentrator)• Selected customers connected to SURFnet4 *and*

SURFnet5

Hempoint SP (SARA)

Concentrator (15x)FRR

POS framingat 10 Gbit/s

Telfort’s DWDMNetwork: Alwaystwo separateroutes

SURFnet5: Pre-prod network (schematic)

POS framingat 10 Gbit/s

SURFnet5: MPLS TE FRR usage

Hempoint SP (SARA)

LSP BLSP A

Concentrator X

Concentrator Y

SURFnet5: Concentrator locations

SURFnet5 Production network

• Putting the pre-production network into production• Planning: Summer 2001• Start migrating all 200+ customers to SURFnet5• Upgrade of the 4 core routers to next generation

routing platform (contracted but to be defined)• Available until the end of 2005

SURFnet5 access capacity

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ess

capa

city

100 Gbit/s

1 Gbit/s

10 Mbit/s

100 Mbit/s

10 Gbit/s

1999 2000 2001 2002

155 Mbit/s

2,5 Gbit/s

20 Gbit/sSURFnet5

10 Gbit/s

1.0 Gbit/s

SURFnet4

GigaPort External connectivity (now)

• Global Internet Connectivity 622 Mbit/s (OC-12 level)– 2x OC-3 trans-Atlantic from Teleglobe– 2x OC-3 in Amsterdam from Level 3

• OC-3 to Abilene in NYC• OC-3 to STAR TAP• OC-3 to TEN-155, 2x gigE in October 2000• gigE to the AMS-IX, 2x gigE in December 2000

Europe seen from High Energy Physics USA

650ms

200 ms

7% loss10% loss

1% loss

GigaPort External connectivity (planned)

• Global Internet Connectivity tender:– OC-48 in Amsterdam– OC-12 in Chicago– VPN-like service (LSP or IP VPN)– trans-Atlantic lambda in cooperation with our partners

CANARIE and STAR TAP

• Tender available real soon now through European Union guidelines

http://www.surfnet.nl/http://www.gigaport.nl/

Erik-Jan Bos <bos@surfnet.nl>