Carlos CasasúsBoard CLARA

CEO CUDI

Developments in Research and Education Networks in Mexico and Latin America

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• Global economic environment has slowed us down, but

• Major developments are continuing

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In summary…

CLARA

• Started in June 2003• Non profit corporation based in Uruguay• 16 countries are members

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The scenario during 2008

• RedCLARA Network currently connects 12 countries• All links at least 34 Mbps,• New funding, ALICE2, has been contracted. 4 year poject.

– 12 million euros provided by EC– 6 million euros provided by LA NREN´s

• CLARA has taken over from Dante the management of contracts for the regional network

• The link to Europe is co-funded by GEANT and CLARA

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The WHREN/LILA Project

• WHREN: Western Hemisphere Research and Education Network

• LILA Links Interconnecting Latin America• IRNC Project funded by NSF and leaded by FIU and

CENIC in the US.• CLARA, CUDI, RNP, ANSP from Latin America• Acquired IRU of Dark fiber Tijuana-San Diego. Running

GbE on top of it. (to Pacific Wave)• 2.4 Gbps Sao Paulo-Miami shared with CHEPREO &

ANSP (to Atlantic Wave)

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Red CLARA Marzo 2010

Porto Alegre

ALICE2CLARARNPLILA

RedCLARA 2011

• Link to Europe should increase to 2.5 Gbps (Sao Paolo prefered)

• Will be in the market for IRU’s:– Panama-Miami, – Panama- Santiago (west coast) and – Panama- Mexico (Central America)

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Red CLARA 2011

Porto Alegre

Tapachula

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Regional developments

High capacity link between Argentina and Chile

• Agreement between CLARA-InnovaRed-RNP, AugerAccess and Silica Networks has allowed the first 10 Gbps “lambda” between Buenos Aires and Santiago

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Proyecto Argentina-Chile

Santiago

CórdovaRosario

Buenos AiresMendoza

Malargüe

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50 km

The Auger Observatory

Malargüe

• ~ 3000 Km2

covered• 160 cosmic

ray detectors• 24 telescopes

in 4 buildings

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6 Telescopes (30°x30°)

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Mercosur Proyect

• Brasil will contribute US$ 10,000,000 over 3 years to finance conections in the Mercosur region, in addition to ALICE 2 funding

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• Buenos Aires- Porto Alegre is now funded

• Brazil’s contribution has allowed a deal for a fiber link between Asunción and Sao Paolo

• Working on the Uruguay link (Montevideo- Rivera- Porto Alegre)

Mercosur links

Buenos Aires

Porto Alegre

Montevideo

Asunción

EVALSO project (Enabling Virtual Access to Latin American Southern Observatories)

• Install FO from Antofagasta to Cerro Paranal • Sinergy with REUNA. Will share capacity • Possibility of reaching Peru. Capacity sharing

agreements to reach Arica. IRU´s are available to reach Peru, Ecuador and Colombia

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• UT 1 (Antu) – May 1998• UT 2 (Kueyen) – March 1999

• UT 3 (Melipal) – January 2000• UT 4 (Yepun) – September 2000

The Very Large Telescope (VLT)

ESO – Cerro Paranal

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333Kms

474Kms

566Kms

Larga Distancia: 1373KmsTramo Local: 115Kms

Fibre from Antofagasta to Santiago

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Developments in Mexico

• The Mexican government has announced its intention to undertake a major connectivity project – Increase the capacity of the Mexican NREN– Provide connectivity to a majority of public

school buildings (≈ 200,000) and health centers (≈20,000)

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Major policies

• Develop the backbone• Build a Wimax distribution network

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Develop the backbone

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Points of presence of the CFE fiber network

The Mexican government owns and operates the electric grid.

The Comisión Federal de Electricidad has 22,000 kilometers of OPGW fiber throughout Mexico

The ministry of Communications and Transport has announced that it will contract capacity with CFE to create a National Network for Broad Band promotion

10 Gbps 1.0 GbpsNo. Origen Destino No. Origen Destino

1 Hermosillo Tijuana 1 Tijuana La Paz2 Culiacán Hermosillo 2 Tijuana Ensenada3 Guadalajara Culiacán 3 Tijuana Mexicali4 México, D.F. Guadalajara 4 Guadalajara Tepic5 Guadalajara Monterrey 5 Guadalajara Pto. Vallarta6 Monterrey México, D.F. 6 Guadalajara Colima7 Monterrey Cd. Juárez 7 Guadalajara Morelia

8 Guadalajara Guanajuato9 Guadalajara Aguascalientes

2.5 Gbps 10 Monterrey SaltilloNo. Origen Destino 11 Monterrey Durango

1 México, D.F. Puebla 12 Monterrey Zacatecas2 Puebla Tuxtla Gutiérrez 13 Monterrey San Luis Potosí3 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Tapachula 14 Ciudad Juárez Chihuahua4 Monterrey Matamoros 15 Matamoros Cd. Victoria

16 México D.F. Toluca17 México D.F. Cuernavaca18 México D.F. Chilpancingo19 México D.F. Veracruz20 México D.F. Xalapa21 México D.F. Tlaxcala22 México D.F. Pachuca23 México D.F. Querétaro24 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Oaxaca25 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Chetumal26 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Mérida27 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Campeche28 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Villahermosa

40 links to major cities of at least 1 Gbps are planned for 2010

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1 Gbps. links from Mexico, Guadalajara, Monterrey and Ciudad Juarez already in place

The backbone will serve multiple stakeholders

National Backbone

10 Gbps

MPLS

DWDM

STATENETWORKS

CUDI(200 Universidades)

EDUCATION(150,000 Escuelas)

VozDatosVideo

HEALTH( 30,000 Centros de

Salud )

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Servicios

Can impact connectivity of 30 million citizens

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The Wimax distribution network

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Backbone CUDI (Internet 2)27 km

10 Enlaces locales en Villahermosa. Velocidades

típicas de 45 Mbits/seg

280 km total

45 Mbits/seg25 km 45 Mbits/seg

27 km90 Mbits/seg

20 kms

Use existing infrastructure. Tabasco University

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Cobertura Total (30 radio-bases)

Los círculos de cobertura son ilustrativos y están sujetos a las condiciones de la línea de vista entre el sitio remoto y la radio-base así como a la condición del espectro radio eléctrico.

La ubicación de las radio-bases de la UJAT es con base en aproximaciones, por lo que debe ser confirmada dicha ubicación por parte de la Universidad.

In a typical state you can connect most of the schools and health centers using existing

radio infrastructure

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Costs

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• Less than 2,000 US dollars per connected site

Frequency assignment

• The Mexican government has assigned the 3.3 Ghz band for the deployment of state run health and education networks

• 18 states will start deploying state and education networks during 2010

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Additional CUDI infrastructure initiatives

• Dark fiber is beign acquired to establish a 10 Gbps link between Ensenada and California

• A 1 Gbps link from Mexico City to Chicago connecting the HEP community to CERN is in the planning process for

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Central America

• Plan Puebla Panamá( building an electrical network with 36 fiber OPGW) has been interrupted by political and economic events in the region.

• However comercial providers are now in a position to quote IRU´s. CLARA currently negotiating quotes

• CUDI is soliciting a border crossing permit in Guatemala to connect Central American links into Mexico

INFORMACION CONFIDENCIAL

The Latin American Grid Initiative (LGI)(http://documents.eu-eela.org/record/1119/files/)

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The GISELA (Grid Initiatives for e-Science virtual communities in Europe and Latin America) has been presented to the FP7. Very high evalution

ccasasus@cudi.edu.mxhttp://www.cudi.edu.mx

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