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STAR TAP The Persistent Interconnect for International High- Performance Networks STAR TAP ITN International Transit Network Linda Winkler linda@startap.net engineers@startap.net
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Abilene vBNS Wisconsin @ Madison Wisconsin @ 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
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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)
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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
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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
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Proposed Abilene Regional Aggregation Areas
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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
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