SURFnet5, experiences in building the next generation Internet in The Netherlands Erik-Jan Bos Washington, DC, October 2000

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, users Turnover (1999): 20 M€ Infrastructure services: –innovation paid for by government –cost effective exploitation for higher education and research

Customer Connections - evolution Access capacity

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 article in newspaper (August) Parliament motion: Invest also in knowledge infrastructure (November) Submission of request for grant (June) Submission of business plan (September) Grant of 71 M€ (October) Start of the project (April) 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 Source Ministry for Economic Affairs 62 9 International connectivity Destination 100% = € 71 mln Ministry for Education, Science and Culture Management Applications knowledge generation Access projects Research network

GigaPort projects and organisation

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 Network100 times faster than SURFnet4 (partnership)15 PoPs - 20 Gbit/s access per PoP IP over optical transmission infrastructure New IP features Access projectsPilots for wired and wireless access (multiple partnerships)(GPRS, xDSL, Cable modems, UMTS, Gigabit Ethernet) International connectivityAMS-IX: 5 Gbit/s (procurement)Europe: 2,5 Gbit/s Global: 2.5 Gbit/s

External Connectivity Organisations Users Intercontinental Global National Research Infrastructure SURFnet4 / SURFnet5 Access IP over wireless LAN Access IP over GSM, UMTS, satellite Access IP over cable, xDSL,PON Europe Amsterdam Internet Exchange Amsterdam Internet 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: 1Q Q2000 SURFnet5 Pre-production network: 4Q Q2001 SURFnet5 Production network: 3Q Q2005

SURFnet5: Pilot network Four-node GSR+ 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 (global connectivity) Enschede Delft Eindhoven Amsterdam POS framing 2.5 Gbit/s SURFnet5: Pilot network (schematic)

Enschede Delft Eindhoven Amsterdam SURFnet5: GIGAcluster testing (schematic) GIGAcluster

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 framing at 10 Gbit/s Telfort’s DWDM Network: Always two separate routes SURFnet5: Pre-prod network (schematic) POS framing at 10 Gbit/s

SURFnet5: MPLS TE FRR usage Hempoint SP (SARA) LSP B LSP 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 Access capacity 100 Gbit/s 1 Gbit/s 10 Mbit/s 100 Mbit/s 10 Gbit/s Mbit/s 2,5 Gbit/s 20 Gbit/s SURFnet5 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 650m s 200 ms 7% loss 10% 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

Erik-Jan Bos