Neil ShewryProject Manager

Janet6 Update

• Background• Procurement• What we’re building• How we’re getting on• Strategic Research Facilities• Plans for the future

Agenda

Background

• Janet6: Project to replace the UK wide Janet backbone, SuperJanet5

Requirements gathering & analysis

2010 to 2011

Procurement• Fibre infrastructure• Optical transmission

equipment

Oct 2011 to Sept 2012

Rollout Sept 2012 to April 2013

Transition SJ5 to J6 May 2013 to July 2013

SJ5 ‘turned-off’ Oct 2013

SuperJanet5: 2006 to 2013

• Fibre infrastructure contract signed: 31st July 2012

• Scottish & Southern Energy Telecoms (SSET)

• 4 year framework• 10 (+5) year contract• £30M

• Optical transmission contract signed: 6th September 2012

• Ciena Inc.• 7 year framework• Order for supply and 5 years support• £12.8M

Procurement

What we’re building

5 delivery phases Core 4 Regional

RNs connect at multiples of 10G

Most are getting an upgrade

What we’re building

I could go into more detail…

…but how good is your eyesight?

What we’re building - Points of Presence• Vacating the Verizon Business PoPs

– Except for small presence in Glasgow and Reading• Existing Provider-Neutral PoPs

– Telehouse North, Telecity Harbour Exchange– Telecity Manchester, Scolocate

• New Provider-Neutral PoPs– Telecity Powergate, Telehouse West, Leeds (aql)

• SSET Core PoPs– Bradley Stoke, Erdington, Lowdham, Glasgow

• SSET Transmission PoPs– Multiplex circuits from regional fibres onto the backbone

• SSET In-Line Amplifier PoPs– Single rack, small amplifier shelf

• RNEPs

What we’re building - Lightpath

• Increase bandwidth between backbone nodes to 100GE

• Topology reflects what is currently required

• Acceptance of core infrastructure February 2013• Acceptance of regional infrastructure March 2013

How we’re getting on – fibre

How we’re getting on – DWDM equipment• Ciena 6500 platform• All kit is in the country

40% on site 60% in staging

• Deployment began in January Staging Delivery Installation Commissioning

• Completion end April 2013

• Upgrade: Juniper T1600 Juniper T4000

How we’re getting on – IP routing equipment

• Professional Services

• Regional Network Readiness Space & power RNEP router capability

• Transition Planning• Operational Readiness

PoP Control Fault Management Network Management

• Service Management SSET Ciena

• Decommissioning

How we’re getting on – other stuff

• Government e-Infrastructure initiative– £26m funding to Janet

• £10m for Janet6 backbone

• £12m for phase 1 (below)

• £4m for ‘industrial connectivity’

• Phase 1– Met Office, Exeter– Norwich Research Park– Hinxton Campus, Cambridge– (Francis Crick Institute, St Pancras)

Strategic Research Facilities

• LOTS of bandwidth– 100Gbit/s x 88 channels = 8.8Tbit/s– 400Gbit/s?

• Strategic Research Facilities – possible phase 2• Thames Valley Network• South Region (formerly LeNSE)

• Other regional networks?• Individual customers?

Plans for the future

Janet, Lumen HouseLibrary Avenue, Harwell OxfordDidcot, Oxfordshiret: +44 (0) 1235 822200f: +44 (0) 1235 822399e: Service@ja.net

Questions?