1. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Australia’s Path to Virtualisation of Networks TNC 2009, Malaga Alex Reid Chris Hancock AARNet

2. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 2 About this talk  AARNet & its Network  National Broadband Network  Network Services  Virtualisation of Network Services  Layer 1: optical circuits, dynamic allocation  Layer 2: virtual private Ethernets  Layer 3: IP services, VPN

3. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNet: Facts  Non-profit owned by members  Members: 38 universities + CSIRO  Annual Budget: $A46m  Funding: subscription & traffic charges  Staff numbers: 41 head count  Staff Locations: 6  Licensed Telecomms carrier #61  PoPs: 24  Peerings: 280 at 14 PoPs (526 adjacencies vs 139 for Int2)  Size (km x Gbps): >410,000 (more than SURFnet or SUNET)  Reliability: 100% uptime on backbone in 2008  2009 = 20 years of AARNet 3 AARNet is 20!!!

4. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Australia vs Europe 4 Area: 9,938,000 sq km Population: 729,000,000 Area: 7,686,850 sq km Population: 20,500,000

5. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNet’s Domestic Network 5

6. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNet’s International Network 6

7. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNet’s Domestic Optical Network 7

8. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 International Optical Connections 8 10Gb circuit for dedicated 1Gb light paths 10Gb circuit for general R&E IP traffic Interconnect with National LambdaRail, etc

9. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Worldwide Optical Connections 9

10. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 National Broadband Network (NBN)  Announced by Government April 2009  Replaces $4.7B Tender process  $43B estimated cost  Initial injection of $4.7B  Owned by the Government, with Private input  Target date 2017  Fibre to the Home/Premises (FTTH/FTTP)  100 Mbps to 90% of population  12 Mbps to the rest (Wireless + Satellite)  Backhaul Blackspots Initiative $250M  Competitive backhaul from regional centres  Inviting organisations to install, keep some, offer rest for community  Announced April 2009  Deployment this year 10

11. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNet & the NBN  Welcome this development  Collaborate/cooperate  Immediacy is Key – some Projects require action now!  Applaud the “Black Spots” Programme  Regulatory Reform is Vital  NRENs have different needs 11 200120092017 Most homes:40-800 Kbps 1-20 Mbps25-500 Mbps Leading-edge homes4-8 Mbps100-200 Mbps2.5-5.0 Gbps Businesses / government4-8 Mbps100-200 Mbps2.5-5.0 Gbps Research centres40-400 Mbps1-10 Gbps25-250 Gbps

12. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 AARNet Roadmap 12 10G 1G Access 40G 10G Access 100G 40G Access AARNet3AARNet3.5AARNet4 Near National 8 x 10G Near National 8 x 10G 80 x 100G L3 VPN VPLS L3 VPN VPLS National 8 x 40G National 8 x 40G P2P 1G Ethernet G.MPLS Customer Connections Network Services IP Backbone DWDM Backbone Today1-3 years 3 -5 years EN4R LightPaths EN4R LightPaths D-EN4R NCN D-EN4R NCN Lambda Paths Research & Collab. tools 40G 40G Access (As at July 2008)

13. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Network Services  IP Network: 1G & 10G connections  Dark Fibre  Wavelengths  Optical circuits, EN4R  D-EN4R: dynamic circuit provisioning / “virtual team” networks – FENRIR  VPLS/VLAN (eg to Perth, Hobart & Darwin)  Dynamic VPLS/VLAN  Traffic routing  Rate-limited IP connection 13

14. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Layered Virtualisation  Layer3= IP packet level, using standard VPN – multi- party, recognised by IP address, usually secure (encrypted);  host software aware & implemented.  Layer2= private Ethernet, NCN – multi-party, plug in at Ethernet level, host transparent;  implemented in hardware/firmware/combination, in router? Dynamic setup? [real Ethernet vs virtual Ethernet].  Layer1= optical circuit, hard-wired – simulated using MPLS;  dynamic setup via DCN, Dragon, UCLP, etc. 14

15. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Technology Layers 15 Facilities, Fibre Construction Optical Transmission Network MPLS SDH Network L3VPN VPLS On Net Off Net NCN ARCS 10G Ethernet Point to Point Ethernet Point to Point Ethernet Point to Point

16. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 National Collaboration Network NCN 16

17. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 NCN - Examples 17

18. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Applications  IP traffic (on-net and off-net) …  Rate-limiting traffic types  Routing types of traffic (eg across SXTransPORT)  VPN …  Virtual organisations  HD videoconferencing (eg medical operations)  Privacy preserving  eVLBI over optical circuits  eVLBI over mixture of optical & IP circuits  Dynamic eVLBI  … 18

19. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 eVLBI 19 Real time correlation at JIVE, NL - Aug-07

20. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 Medical Videoconference 20 Professor Stitz (Royal Brisbane Hospital) Professor Bokey (Concord Repatriation Hospital) Live surgical demonstration performed at Kyushu University (Japan) Aug-08

21. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 OptIPortal 21 CSIRO Discovery Centre, Canberra U Queensland U Melbourne

22. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 LightPath & Layer 3 22

23. Alex Reid, AARNet Network Virtualisation in Oz; 10-Jun-09 TNC 2009 23 Thank You! Questions? alex.reid@aarnet.edu.au or for technical details: ivan.philips@aarnet.edu.au www.aarnet.edu.au