CAnet 4 Update for DICE Ottawa, 11 July 2006 René Hatem

Current Layer 3 network

Current CAnet 4 network VanCal EdmSas RegWin Vic Sea TorOttMonHal Fre VanOttMonCal SeaChi KamKel NYC Chi Tor Win Edm CalSea CISCO ONS 1545Nortel OME 6500Nortel HDXc NYC Thu 1 st and 2 nd waves 3 rd wave 4 th wave 5 th wave

Network Topology VanCal EdmSas RegWin Sea TorOtt Hal Fre VanOttMonCal Sea Chi KamKel NYCChi TorWin Mon #1 NYC Edm CalSea CISCO ONS 1545Nortel OME 6500Nortel HDXc NYC Vic Mon New OME Thu Mon #2 RISQ 1 st and 2 nd waves 3 rd wave 4 th wave 5 th wave

10GE LANPHY testing #1 ● 10GE LANPHY is a new type of the interface card for Nortel OME platform, the general availability is in the first quarter of The card will provide: ● VCAT capacity, can be sub-rated down to STS3c ● 2 x 10GbE LANPHY ports ● The early deployment card is now available. CANARIE will purchase three cards for testing. Nortel will replace them once the general availability of the card is released. ● It will support only ● one GE LANPHY port and ● sub-rated down to STS3c-32V (5G).

10GbE LANPHY testing #2 ● VCAT support give us the ability to utilize the SONET circuit efficiently. ● For examples ● McGill Ultra video conferencing – require only 5G but take up a whole 10G circuit ● TRIUMF would have a 5G LP to CERN, multiple 1G to tier 2 site

Eastern ROADM project >Eastern ROADM – in partnership with ORANO – Chicago – Windsor/Detroit – Toronto – Ottawa – Montréal – Albany – Boston – NYC – 20 year IRU from Level3 on Chicago to Detroit and Toronto to NYC fibre pair – 14 year IRU from TELUS on Detroit to Toronto fibre pair – 34 equipment sites – Nortel CPL (Common Photonic Layer), 50GHz spacing, C-band, qty72 10G channel capacity

Western ROADM project >Western ROADM – in partnership with BCNET and NETERA – Seattle – Victoria – Vancouver – Kamloops – Kelowna – Calgary – 12 year IRU from Bell Canada on entire route – 20 equipment sites – Nortel CPL (Common Photonic Layer), 50GHz spacing, C-band, qty72 10G channel capacity

Why are we doing this? >LightPath allocations highest on following segments – Vancouver-Calgary – Chicago – Toronto, Toronto – Ottawa, Ottawa – Montréal – Toronto – NYC >Low cost ROADM technology – low marginal cost of adding wavelengths – low OPEX relative to other DWDM technologies >Great opportunity to lay longer term CAnet foundation – Eastern: expiry of Level(3) Fiber Co. deak in March 2006 – Western: Bell willing to closely match Fiber Co. pricing >Wavelength insertion/extraction right at the campus

Eastern: Approx. Fibre Path

Eastern: Layer 1 Topology

Eastern: Co-management >ORANO would own 25% of network capacity (18 λ) between Windsor and Ottawa >Co-management will be phased-in to reduce complexity and minimize risk; CANARIE to manage on Day1

Process and Deployment Status 1)Contract for Fibre & colo - complete 2)Select equipment vendor - complete 3)Receive preliminary design and submit PO - complete 4)Receive fibre & colo – except 3 segments 5)Vendor Perform Site Surveys – complete 6)Vendor characterize fibre + validate design – except 4 seg. 7)Design equipment management configs - completed 8)Manufacture and hot-stage equipment - under way 9)Shipping of equipment – start in August 10) Installation and turn-up – estimated complete in Oct '06

Western: Approx fibre path

Western: Layer 1 Topology

Process and Deployment Status 1)Contract for Fibre & colo – July '06 2)Select equipment vendor - complete 3)Receive preliminary design and submit PO – July '06 4)Receive fibre & colo – 3 mths after contract signing 5)Vendor Perform Site Surveys – Oct '06 6)Vendor characterize fibre + validate design – Oct '06 7)Design equipment management configs – Sep '06 8)Manufacture and hot-stage equipment – Nov '06 9)Shipping of equipment – Dec '06 10) Installation and turn-up – Feb '07