RoEdunet : First International Conference

Cluj, 18 and 19 April 2002

The Development of Pan European Research Networking in a Global

Context

Dai Davieswww.dante.net

The Ages of European Research Networking

• The Pioneering Age (1980 - 1988)

• The Rationing Age (1988 - 1996)

• The Co-operation Age (1996 - 2001)

• The Age of the GÉANT (2001 - )

GÉANT - The Goals

• Gigabit Connectivity• Geographic Expansion• Guaranteed Quality of Service• Global Access

DANTE Network History

2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000

IXI 1990-1993

EUROPANET 1993-1996

EUROPANET 2 1996-1997

TEN-34 1997-1998

TEN-155 1998-2001

GEANT 2001-

KBps

DANTE Network History

1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000

IXI 1990-1993

EUROPANET 1993-1996

EUROPANET 2 1996-1997

TEN-34 1997-1998

TEN-155 1998-2001

GEANT 2001-

KBps

GÉANT - Capacities

• Network Capacity @10 GBps 90 GBps• Network Capacity @ 2.5 GBps 30 GBps• Other Capacities 3 GBps• US Capacity 5 GBps• Total Network Capacity 128 GBps• Total Access Capacity 32 GBps

GEANT Backbone Topology March 2002

Quality of Service

• Fata Morgana or Shibboleth

• Real User Need

• Not a Technology Issue

• Real Challenge for Research Networks

Global Connectivity

• European Distributed Access• 2 x 2.5 GBps Initially (Research

Only)• Discussions with North America

About Reciprocal Connectivity• Shared Management with US

GÉANT/TEN-155 COMPARISON

TEN-155 GEANT Ratio

Access Capacity MBps 3,040 31,955 10.5

Trunk Capacity MBps 5,773 123,804 21.4

Ratio 0.53 0.26

GÉANT WAVELENGTH VERSUS SDH

GEANT Lambda

GEANT SDH

Ratio

Access Capacity MBps 29,360 2,595 11.3

Trunk Capacity MBps 120,000 3,804 31.5

Ratio 0.245 0.682

GÉANT COST ANALYSIS

Wavelength Prices Range 48-150 Euros/MBps/per year

SDH Price Range 1,190-21,120 Euros/MBps/Year

TEN-155 Price Range (SDH) 700-44,100 Euros/MBps/Year