STAR TAP The Persistent Interconnect for International High- Performance Networks STAR TAP ITN International Transit Network Linda Winkler
Abilene vBNS Madison Milwaukee FNAL ANL UICChicagoNorthwesternNotre DameMinnesota Iowa Iowa StateMichiganMeritMichigan State MREN STAR TAP NGIX-C AADS NAP SingAREN Ohio State NCSA / UIUC DS-3 OC-3 OC-12 AADS Port Speed DREN NISN ESnet NREN TANet2 APAN RENATER2 SURFnet NIIIUCC MIRnet CERN NORDUnet CA*net 3 STAR TAP Logical Map GEMNET
STAR TAP ITN Router and Routing Policy STAR TAP ITN is AUP Free –Accepts routes & traffic from any participating National Research Network (NRN) (does not include commercial/commodity traffic & routes) –Configured to avoid accidental use of ST ITN for intra- continental/intra-regional routing (e.g. Singaren APAN via ST ITN) –Networks may opt out of exchanging routes with subset of participants (has not been requested to date but is an option)
Miami Developing International Peering NYC (60 Hudson) JAnet NORDUnet SURFnet Abilene ESnet vBNS LA Abilene Singaren SEATTLE Abilene CA*net3 ESnet NYC (Telehouse 25 Broadway) DANTE DFN INFN CA*net3 STARTAP IUCC APAN TAnet Singaren NII GEMNET Renater CERN CA*net3 SURFnet MIRnet NORDUnet Abilene ESnet vBNS NREN DREN NISN Argentina Chile Columbia CUDI Chile China
STAR TAP ITN Paths JANET NORDUnet SURFnet DANTE New York 60 Hudson ClevelandIndianapolis Abilene (Routed IP) DANTE New York 25 Broadway TorontoOttawaChicago CA*net (Routed IP) Proposed Monitoring points DISTRIBUTED STAR TAP SM (ATM) (Teleglobe, C&W) STAR TAP Chicago APAN CA*net2/3 CERN GEMnet IUCC MIRnet NORDUnet RENATER2 NACSIS SURFnet SingAREN TANet2 Abilene ESnet DREN NREN/NISN vBNS
Proposed Abilene Regional Aggregation Areas
SUMMARY Problem: –optimizing International Connectivity to North American National Research Networks –not all peering points offer Layer 2 bilateral peering solutions from a single vendor –ensuring International Networks get full connectivity Solution: – extend the STAR TAP International Transit Network to other geographic locations