1. PORTA OPTICA STUDY Distributed Optical Gateway to Eastern Europe www.porta-optica.org Artur Binczewski, Miłosz Przywecki, Maciej Stroiński, Wojciech Śronek, Jan Węglarz Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center

2. The Digital Divide Issue optical networking is appearing and everyone should participate optical networking is appearing and everyone should participate very demanding scientific applications need careful attention very demanding scientific applications need careful attention research networks are a national asset research networks are a national asset there is a digital divide inside the European R&E community there is a digital divide inside the European R&E community

3. EUMEDCONNECT ( The Mediterranean region ) EUMEDCONNECT ( The Mediterranean region ) SEEFIRE ( The South Eastern Europe region ) SEEFIRE ( The South Eastern Europe region ) PORTA OPTICA STUDY ( the Baltic States, Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus regions ) PORTA OPTICA STUDY ( the Baltic States, Eastern Europe and Southern Caucasus regions ) SILK ( NATO ini. ) ( Southern Caucasus and Central Asia regions ) SILK ( NATO ini. ) ( Southern Caucasus and Central Asia regions ) EC networking initiatives

4. an easy way to extend GÉANT2 to Eastern Europe and Southern Caucacus regions an easy way to extend GÉANT2 to Eastern Europe and Southern Caucacus regions a chance for closer scientific collaboration a chance for closer scientific collaboration The Other Objectives

5. instrument: SSA FP6 instrument: SSA FP6 duration: 1 year duration: 1 year  start: 01/02/2006  end: 31/01/2007 3 main beneficiary regions: 3 main beneficiary regions:  Baltic States - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania  Eastern Europe - Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova  Southern Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia Overview

6. Partners

7. identification of user communities and their requirements identification of user communities and their requirements availability of national dark fibre infrastructure availability of national dark fibre infrastructure perparing case studies with economical analysis of fibre network development perparing case studies with economical analysis of fibre network development dissemination results and raising awareness dissemination results and raising awareness Objectives

8. GÉANT2 connection: 1 Gb/s GÉANT2 connection: 1 Gb/s leased dark fibre from Tallin to Tartu ( 1 Gb/s ) leased dark fibre from Tallin to Tartu ( 1 Gb/s ) cities connected to Tallin and Tartu using leased lines ( 2 – 20 Mb/s ) cities connected to Tallin and Tartu using leased lines ( 2 – 20 Mb/s ) Estonia EENet Potential Impact 12 cities 81 scientific institutions 50 higher education institutions 69 114 university students

9. GÉANT2 connection: 155 Mb/s GÉANT2 connection: 155 Mb/s main cities connected using leased lines ( less or more than 100 Mb/s ) main cities connected using leased lines ( less or more than 100 Mb/s ) last mile connections arranged by the radio links last mile connections arranged by the radio links Latvia LATNET Potential Impact 26 cities 88 scientific institutions 49 higher education institutions 123 070 university students

10. GÉANT2 connection: 2.5 Gb/s GÉANT2 connection: 2.5 Gb/s its own dark fibre from Klajpeda to Kaunas and Vilnius its own dark fibre from Klajpeda to Kaunas and Vilnius backbone has capacities of 200 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s backbone has capacities of 200 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s other intercity links: 4 - 30 Mb/s other intercity links: 4 - 30 Mb/s Lithuania LITNET Potential Impact 22 cities 109 scientific institutions 25 higher education institutions 137 732 university students

11. GÉANT2 connection: 155 Mb/s through PIONIER GÉANT2 connection: 155 Mb/s through PIONIER other cities connected by 2 Mb/s leased lines other cities connected by 2 Mb/s leased lines Belarus BASNET Potential Impact 6 cities 194 scientific institutions 44 higher education institutions 273 000 university students

12. No GÉANT2 connection ( in progress ) No GÉANT2 connection ( in progress ) dark fibre intercity from Kiev to Lviv ( 155 Mb/s ) dark fibre intercity from Kiev to Lviv ( 155 Mb/s ) connection from Kiev to Odessa ( 10 Mb/s ) connection from Kiev to Odessa ( 10 Mb/s ) other cities ( 128 Kb/s – 2 Mb/s ) other cities ( 128 Kb/s – 2 Mb/s ) Ukraine association of Ukrainian RENs Potential Impact 43 cities 533 scientific institutions 384 higher education institutions 1 342 000 university students

13. GÉANT2 connection: 16 Mb/s through RoEduNet GÉANT2 connection: 16 Mb/s through RoEduNet dark fibre infrastructure in Chisinau ( 20 km ), dark fibre infrastructure in Chisinau ( 20 km ), users connected to NREN using various types of links users connected to NREN using various types of links Moldova RENAM Potential Impact 7 cities 50 scientific institutions 35 higher education institutions 78 500 university students

14. No GÉANT2 connection No GÉANT2 connection dark fibre infrastructure in Tbilisi ( 15 km ), 1 Gb/s dark fibre infrastructure in Tbilisi ( 15 km ), 1 Gb/s regional infrastructure based on leased 2 Mb/s channels regional infrastructure based on leased 2 Mb/s channels Georgia GRENA Potential Impact 6 cities 48 scientific institutions 23 higher education institutions 92 900 university students

15. No GÉANT2 connection No GÉANT2 connection fibre optic connections between network nodes ( 10 Mb/s ) fibre optic connections between network nodes ( 10 Mb/s ) Internet via satellite and telecom operator Internet via satellite and telecom operator Armenia ASNET/ARENA Potential Impact 8 cities 104 scientific institutions 26 higher education institutions 53 650 university students

16. No GÉANT2 connection No GÉANT2 connection buildings of the Academy of Science in Baku - fibre optic infrastructure buildings of the Academy of Science in Baku - fibre optic infrastructure other institutions connected by radio links or leased lines other institutions connected by radio links or leased lines Azerbaijan AzRENA/AzNET Potential Impact 6 cities 186 scientific institutions 44 higher education institutions 137 184 university students

17. Summary potential impact potential impact 9 countries 9 countries 136 cities 136 cities 1354 scientific institutions 1354 scientific institutions 728 higher education institutions 728 higher education institutions 2 307 150 university students 2 307 150 university students tendency to build dark fibre-based NRENs tendency to build dark fibre-based NRENs

18. Potential Beneficiaries Minsk, Unitary Enterprise “Geoinformation systems”, United Institute of Informatics Problems, Belarus ( development of Belorussian space system of distance land exploration on the base of Belorussian space ship "BelKA" ) Minsk, Unitary Enterprise “Geoinformation systems”, United Institute of Informatics Problems, Belarus ( development of Belorussian space system of distance land exploration on the base of Belorussian space ship "BelKA" ) Chisinau, Faculty of Radioelectronics and Telecommunications of Technical University of Moldova ( First GRID site in Moldova ) Chisinau, Faculty of Radioelectronics and Telecommunications of Technical University of Moldova ( First GRID site in Moldova ) Kiev, V. M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Ukraine ( developing system to control problems within the framework of cluster technologies ) Kiev, V. M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics, Ukraine ( developing system to control problems within the framework of cluster technologies ) Tallinn, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonia ( development of novel directions in material sciences, gene- and biotechnology, environmental technology, and computer science ) Tallinn, National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonia ( development of novel directions in material sciences, gene- and biotechnology, environmental technology, and computer science ) Ventspils, Ventspils International Radioastronomy Centre (VIRAC), Latvia Ventspils, Ventspils International Radioastronomy Centre (VIRAC), Latvia

19. Identification of User Communities 968 scientific and education institutions 968 scientific and education institutions 129 cities to connect 129 cities to connect

20. Network planning

21. Assessment of Fibre Availiability gathering all usable information related to the construction of fibre-based NRENs in target countries gathering all usable information related to the construction of fibre-based NRENs in target countries fibre can be purchased or leased from third party fibre can be purchased or leased from third party built by NREN built by NREN

22. network nodes and fibre routes network nodes and fibre routes transmission equipment transmission equipment international connectivity (CBDF connection points) international connectivity (CBDF connection points) GÉANT2 interconnections GÉANT2 interconnections financial rules governing the procurement and use of the national and international fibre infrastructure financial rules governing the procurement and use of the national and international fibre infrastructure Case Studies

23. presentations at local and international conferences and workshops presentations at local and international conferences and workshops beneficiary NRENs staff training events beneficiary NRENs staff training events raising end users, NREN owners, policy makers awareness of new networking and international research possibilities raising end users, NREN owners, policy makers awareness of new networking and international research possibilities investigating additional sources of funding investigating additional sources of funding Results Dissemination

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