1. International High Performance Connectivity
Washington
Guy Almes
9 March 2001

2. Outline Overview Examples Summary and Q/A Rina Samani, JAnet
Rene Hatem, CA*net3
James Williams, Indiana Univ / TransPAC
Summary and Q/A

3. Abilene core November 2000 Seattle New York Cleveland Indianapolis
Sacramento
Denver
Washington
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Houston

4. Abilene Connections by (roughly) Mar-2001

5. NORDUnet, SURFnet CA*net3
26 October 2000
Abilene Peering
STTL
CA*net3, (AARnet)
(ANSP), APAN/TransPAC, Ca*net3, CERN, CERnet, IUCC, NORDUnet, RENATER2, REUNA2, (RNP2), SURFnet, SingAREN, SINET, TAnet2
OC12
NYCM
TEN-155*,
JANET,
NORDUnet, SURFnet CA*net3
(HEAnet, BELNET)
SNVA
(SINET,
GEMNET)
LOSA
SingAREN, SINET
(HARNET?)
OC3-12
CALREN2
CUDI
AmPATH
(REUNA, RNP2, RETINA?)
UT El Paso
(CUDI)
* ARNES, BELNET, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, HEAnet, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS

6. Challenges
We can achieve excellent performance within each of our advanced R/E networks
Can we do so internationally?

7. Progress in New York City
Situation in Fall 2000
All peering via Abilene/Teleglobe LS1010s and OC12
Performance limits: interface card / switch settings
New Developments
Dante: OC12 POS
Janet: OC3 ATM, but bypass of cell-limiting switches
Other POS Connections Planned
Early planning for improved facilities for multilateral peering

8. West Coast Developments
Peering with SingAREN in Los Angeles
New Router Node in Sunnyvale
New Peering with CA*net3 in Seattle
GigE switch hosted by PNW GigaPoP
Planning on peering also with AARnet

9. Other Developments Early planning of improved peering in Chicago
Approaching AmPath
Improving peering with CA*net3 / CUDI
ITN transit, in cooperation with CA*net3 and StarTap, proving a success

10. Summary 4-port OC12 POS cards improve performance in New York
Early experience with gigE switches
Increased attention to End-to-End Performance
ITN