Suite 3200 – SFU Harbour Centre 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5K3

Phone: 604.822.1348 or 1.800.255.8588 (in BC) Fax: 604.822.9887www.bc.net - info@bc.net

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BCNET

• Is a consortium of the province’s research intensive post-secondary institutions.

• Provides advanced network infrastructure and facilitates shared computing services for its members.

• Provides advanced networks connecting all of these institutions to Research institutions around the world Local communities The larger Internet.

• Allows researchers to utilize mind-boggling large datasets from around the world.

• Allows computer scientists to design and test tomorrow’s networks and computers

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BCNET Mission and Vision

Mission • We will provide our

membership with the most advanced and cost-effective access to networking services and collaborate with other stakeholders in the evolution of the Internet.

Vision• We envision a

networking environment where British Columbia's research and educational institutions have state-of-the-art access to the world's best Internetworking services.

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BCNET Members

BCNET

Core members

(Founding)

Higher Education Members

R&E Members

UBC SFU

UVIC TRU

Emily Carr Royal Roads

Okanagan College

UNBC BCIT

NRC

Genome Sci Research

Centre

Cancer Research

Centre

TRIUMF

CBC

Health Authorities

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BCNET Organization

• Extremely small central staff 4 employees

• Members operate the network in a collaborative fashion

• Holding company for shared assets• Each member can tailor and operate the

network for their distinct needs

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BCNET Governance Structure

BCNET BOARD

CEO Advisory Committees Standard Committees

Network Engineering

ClientServices

Network Planning Applications

Finance/Audit Executive

Network Research

IT

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Applications Advisory Committee WGs

Applications Advisory Committee Working

Groups

Disaster Recovery

High Performance Computing

Security

Identity Management

Collaboration Technologies

Learning Technologies

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The Global Research Network

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Connecting BC to CA*net4

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How it all works …

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Other TX’s

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TXs and Transit Costs

Transit Cost and Capacity Trends

0200400600800

10001200140016001800

Capacity(Mbps)

Total AnnualCost($1000s)

Unit Cost ($per Mbps)

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BCNET Network ManagementOverall

ManagementUBC

24x7 operationsNetwork

Engineering

VANTXUBC managed

PGTXUNBC managed

KELTXUBCO managed

KAMTXTRU managed

VICTXUVIC managed

SURTXSFU managed

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Western ROADM Project Fibre

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Western ROADM Project Wavelengths

SeattlePNWGP Calgary (Bell)Kamloops (Bell)

VancouverVANTX

VancouverUBC/TRIUMF

KamloopsKAMTX

KelownaKELTX

B7Ch1B7Ch2 B7Ch2

B7C

h2

B6Ch4

B6Ch1 B6Ch1 B6Ch1

B6Ch2 B6Ch2

B7Ch3

B7C

h1

B6Ch2

B6Ch4

B6Ch2B6Ch2

B6Ch3 B6Ch3 B6Ch3

CalgaryUoC

B7C

h4

B6C

h3

B6C

h4

B7C

h4

B6Ch1

newMSPP

newMSPP

newMSPP

newMSPP

Victoria (Bell)

B7C

h3

B7Ch3

VictoriaVICTX

existingMSPP

existingMSPP

try HDXcforeign

wavelength(and/or

new MSPPin Q3 '07)

*only wavelength to be lit immediately*Legend

orange: 10GbEblue: OC-192

B6: CANARIE +NETERA group

B7: BCNET group

moveexistingMSPP

from GTin Q3 '07