Internet2 Network Design Rick Summerhill, Director Network Research, Architecture, and Technologies Internet2 Internet2 Staff Retreat 22 June 2006

Rick Summerhill2 Contents Summary Strategic Objectives Background Requirements Architecture Services Transition Network Usage Policy Engineering Network Research Advisory Groups Partnerships Agreement Information Timeline

Rick Summerhill3 Abilene Backbone

Rick Summerhill4 Summary Hybrid IP and Dedicated Wave System utilizing Level3 optical fiber platform; equipment and fiber dedicated to Internet2, sparing and equipment maintenance by Level3, including carrier class service for the wave system Community control at layer 1 Platform support for both highly experimental projects and production services; will enable corporate and network research partnerships Initially provisioned with ten 10-Gbps wavelengths, with capacity up to 80 wavelengths; scalability potential for 40 and 100 Gbps interfaces Summary

Rick Summerhill5 Summary Flexible add-drop wave capabilities for RON’s and other networks Simplified and rapid wave provisioning, within hours for new waves Grooming capabilities through a highly flexible layer 1 system that enables sub channel provisioning at the lowest level SONET granularity Dynamic provisioning of sub channels and waves across the network within seconds Summary

Rick Summerhill6 Strategic Objectives Ensure community control of the underlying network infrastructure Control those elements that allow development of new network capabilities Leverage the capabilities of a global telecommunications leader Providing carrier class reliability and expanded breadth of services, along with a broad set of partnership options Capitalize on the latest technological advancements in networking Create an asset that benefits the entire community - researchers, universities, regional optical networks, industry, government, K-12, and the international community Strategic Objectives

Rick Summerhill7 Requirements Throughout the process, the requirements of the community were considered - the process did not occur in a vacuum Requirements documents produced during the spring of 2005 were considered The Group A report, produced by a joint engineering committee from NLR and describing a wide ranging set of network attributes The Abilene Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Report outlining a need to provide for new experimental services along with production services like IP The MORPHnet document (1997) - Multi-Modal Organizational Research and Production Heterogeneous Network Requirements

Rick Summerhill8 Requirements, continued Input from the Quilt Optical workshops and discussions with the RONs Research examining a wide variety of different types of capabilities DRAGON and CHEETAH - NSF funded projects examining dynamic provisioning Science related projects such as UltraLight and eVLBI OptIPuter and TeraGrid HOPI Testbed Input from the International community GEANT2 providing hybrid types of capabilities GLIF and lightpath capabilities for scientific work Requirements

Rick Summerhill9 Architecture Design Goals Develop an innovative optical system on a national footprint to serve the broad research and education community The goal is to support all Internet2 members and to enhance the ability to serve a wider community Develop a hybrid network capable of providing point- to-point services together with an IP network Every connector (RON) connects a NewNet backbone ring across a metro location not requiring extensive backhaul The community retains complete control of the layer 1 optical system including provisioning and switching of wavelengths Architecture

Rick Summerhill10 Architecture Design Goals, continued Internet2 does not have to concentrate on reliability and sparing - Level 3 is responsible for an SLA. The community focus is on networking, not on managing devices like amplifiers The system is capable of supporting network research in wide variety ways Minimal Conditions of Use (CoU), allowing full participation from the entire community in providing new services and capabilities Architecture

Rick Summerhill11 The System System uses dedicated fiber from the carrier Built on Infinera platform providing innovative optical technology Simple and convenient add/drop technology Simple and convenient wave setup, requiring only additional endpoint interfaces Demonstrated high reliability in initial period of operation on the Level3 network Economics of Infinera system are disruptive in the market place Architecture

Rick Summerhill12 The System, continued Architecture has maximum flexibility. Every RON can access every wave on the system if needed System includes grooming capabilities - lightpaths can be built over Ethernet or SONET Can take advantage of advanced SONET cpabilities like GFP, VCAT, and LCAS Capable of lightpath provisioning to the campus Lighpath capabilities illustrated in the following diagram Architecture

Rick Summerhill13Rick Summerhill Lightpath Capabilities Architecture

Rick Summerhill14 System, continued RON connectivity expected to evolve to 2 x 10 Gbps connections 10 Gbps IP connection 10 Gbps point-to-point connection (capable of STS- 1 granularity lightpaths provisioned in seconds), most likely provisioned using Ethernet (GFP based) Hybrid capabilities Expect connectors Simple and consistent connection scheme Promotes aggregation Architecture

Rick Summerhill15 System, continued The following diagrams represent preliminary thoughts on topology Exact locations may vary, but fiber will be on the Level3 footprint Convenient drop/add capabilities of the Infinera system provides flexibility for locations of the optical nodes Architecture

Rick Summerhill16Rick Summerhill Layer 1 Topology PROVISIONAL TOPOLOGY – SUBJECT TO DISCUSSION Architecture

Rick Summerhill17 IP Network IP network built on top of optical system High reliability - architecture provides a variety of protection options Commodity service offering - commodity services will likely be a service offering Current plan is to continue to use highly reliable Juniper routers, but open to new technologies Will likely use fewer routers, emphasizing point-to- point capabilities and hybrid networking Potential near term option of 40 Gbps Architecture

Rick Summerhill18Rick Summerhill Layer 1 Topology with IP Network PROVISIONAL TOPOLOGY – SUBJECT TO DISCUSSION Architecture

Rick Summerhill19 Architecture Summary Initially provisioned with ten 10-Gbps wavelengths (100 Gbps) Capacity: up to 80 wavelengths (0.8 Tbps) Scalability: Potential for 40 & 100 Gbps wavelength support Reliability: Carrier provides standard service assurances for these wavelengths Provide a variety of different types of reliability Flexibility: Support for dynamic provisioning and wavelength switching Architecture

Rick Summerhill20 Node Architecture Advanced optical DWDM equipment Grooming capabilities in ADM to provide sub channels Support for other networks having a national footprint Simplified and standardized interface to connectors, exchange points, and other global research and education networks 2 x 10 Gbps interfaces Example displayed is the Denver optical node, showing connections required by the collocated IP router node and an additional network Architecture

Rick Summerhill21 Circuit Services Short Term Dynamically Configured STS-1 Granularity deterministic circuits using two waves on the full footprint, with framing either SONET or GFP mapped Ethernet. There is no additional cost to use these capabilities. They are included in the base connectivity Costs. There may be call blocking in the use of these capabilities. Long Term Circuits configured as above. There is an extra fee for these circuits, proportional to bandwidth, and charged on a day- by-day basis. The shortest term is one day, and there is no call blocking for these capabilities. Long Term full waves configured and provisioned for a minimum of a year. Architecture

Rick Summerhill22 Projects on NewNet Dynamic services Creating lightpaths across multiple administrative domains in seconds Development of “Domain Controllers” Support for applications - setup of “Application Specific Topologies” on the network Dynamic inclusion of optical paths into IP networks for backup or expansion TCP data flows File transfers over long distance segments not requiring congestion control Architecture

Rick Summerhill23 Other Projects Network research projects deploying programmable Ethernet capable chipsets at each optical node using “NetFPGA” cards from Stanford Programmable chipsets for experimenting with new protocols Service trial with GEANT2 on dynamic provisioning of 1 GigE circuits across Internet2 and GEANT2 Develop inter-domain 1 GigE services between hosts or clusters of hosts in Europe and the US - technology, policies, and cost models Participation by RONs and campuses in the trial The following diagram illustrates the ideas Architecture

Rick Summerhill24 Internet2/GEANT2 Service Trial

Rick Summerhill25 Network Usage Policy The use of the network facility shall be consistent with the broad set of non-profit objectives of the U.S. research and education community and its affiliates Internet2 will seek to maximize the ability of the network to support the broad collaboration requirements of the Internet2 membership and their affiliates to interact with the broadest scope of domestic and international networks and collaborating organizations Each organization utilizing the facility will be responsible for complying with all technical and operational standards developed for the network, and will avoid actions that adversely impact the performance or stability of the facility itself or those experienced by other users Network Usage Policy

Rick Summerhill26 Network Usage Policy, continued The facility shall not be used for illegal, classified, life-safety, or unrelated commercial activities Additionally, Internet2 will seek to maximize to its members the value of IP transit by expanding connectivity through peering with commercial networks including content providers (e.g., Google, Akamai) and other regional and national service providers (i.e., tier 2 ISPs) Network Usage Policy

Rick Summerhill27 Engineering Building on the experience from projects such as Abilene, HOPI, and NLR, operational support is expected to fall into the three broad categories of control plane development, application support, and advanced engineering. The HOPI testbed support center, through a solicitation in 2005, has been supported by the Mid-Atlantic Crossroads (MAX), the North Carolina Research and Education Community (NCREN), and the Global NOC at Indiana University. These relationships are expected to provide engineering support for the new Internet2 network. The engineering support is roughly defined by the following: Engineering

Rick Summerhill28 Engineering Capabilities Control plane development, deployment, and support: The Mid-Atlantic crossroads through the DRAGON project has focused on dynamic resource allocation. Application support: Enabled by targeting key applications for the research community, applications such as eVLBI, the North Carolina Research and Education Network has focused on this area for the past year Advanced engineering, monitoring, and management has been provided by the Global Network Operations Center at Indiana University Engineering

Rick Summerhill29 Network Research The Internet2 network is an ideal platform for network research - the ability to support both highly experimental projects along with production based services is a key objective The Abilene observatory will be expanded to include the new capabilities of the network Data collection at all layers of the network, with datasets made available to network researchers Support for collocation of equipment in optical nodes Network Research

Rick Summerhill30 Network Research, continued Internet2 has supported individual network research projects whenever possible. Examples include The router clamp MPLS tunnels for researchers - these can now be supported at layer 1 on the new Internet2 network The 100x100 project Flexibility is key feature of the new network Smaller projects at lower bandwidths can be supported on variable footprints Projects can also be supported for variable lengths of time Projects like VINI and GENI can be supported by the new Internet2 network Network Research

Rick Summerhill31 Additional Agreement Information Continuation of FiberCo Introduction of WaveCo Essentially, a “circuit” version of FiberCo Waves or lower bandwidth circuits can be provisioned across Level3 and other networks, providing an additional network service offering More information will be presented later Agreement Summary

Rick Summerhill32 Timeline Community Design Workshop 15, 16 June in Indianapolis ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs Meeting BoF and further discussions Workshops as the network is rolled out to enhance capabilities of RONS and campuses Roll-out Over the next 15 months, between now and Summer 2007 Timeline

Rick Summerhill33 Community Design Workshop Goals Provide greater detail about the new Internet2 network Obtain feedback from the community about the network Excellent engagement from the community about the new network! Community Design Workshop

Rick Summerhill34 Main Issues from Workshop Circuit availability and provisioning Redundancy Model Cost Recovery Commodity Internet Services Network Usage Policy Internet2 Focus Advisory Groups Community Design Workshop

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