Quantum and Q-MED

• Quantum• National research networks of AT, BE, CH, CZ, DE,

ES, FR, GR, HU, IE, IT, LU, NL, Nordics, PT, SI, UK• DANTE as Co-ordinating Partner• TEN-155 network• Quantum test programme

• Q-MED• NRNs of CY, GR, IL, IT• DANTE as Co-ordinating Partner• Connection of CY and IL to TEN-155

Quantum/Q-MED Achievements

• TEN-155 network in service (since Dec 98)• IL connected May 99• (PL connected Mar 99)

• Affordable cost (~same as TEN-34)• Managed Bandwidth Service in place

• VC/VPN capability• Short set-up time (hours)• Used by projects (MECCANO, EDISON, SUSIE,

QTP)

Costs/Prices

• Circuit costs are still coming down• in parts of Europe• cost divergence makes fair charging more

difficult• equipment costs becoming more significant

• MBS charging difficult to specify • in the absence of established usage patterns• different national schemes (where they exist)

Quantum Test Programme

• QoS related• MPLS• diffserv• QoS monitoring• RSVP to ATM SVC mapping

• TEN-155 service related• Multicast• ATM SVC

• IPv6

http://www.dante.net/quantum/qtp

Quality of Service

• MBS provides guaranteed QoS - NOW• ATM also provides powerful bandwidth

management tool - in support of IP• Other QoS technologies investigated in

QTP• Requirement for end-to-end QoS

• Need for consistency of NRN procedures• Need for (web-based) management tools• Need for scaleable solutions• Is “one-stop shopping” an attainable ideal?

Outlook

• TEN-155 in service• “world class” backbone• includes MBS (project support)• extends beyond Quantum/FW IV

• FW V Preparations• Response to Sep 99 call• Likely increase in capacity• Improvement of QoS features• Continuity/upgrade from solid base