Advancing South-East Europe into the eInfrastructure era
The proven power of many
Dr.-Ing., PMP, Jorge-A. [email protected]://www.grnet.gr
also on behalf of SEEREN, SEE-GRID, SEEFIRE, SEELight and 6DISS initiativeshttp://www.seeren.orghttp://www.see-grid.orghttp://www.seefire.org http://www.6diss.org
Agenda
• eInfrastructures & ERA• Pan-European running efforts• Actions for fast tracking• Expansion of eInfrastructures & ERA in SEE
Informatio
n
Age
1781
2000
Industrial A
ge
The Information Age. What is next?
…The World Wide Grid
Tier0/1 facility
Tier2 facility
10 Gbps link
2.5 Gbps link
622 Mbps link
Other link
Tier3 facility
Grid computing represents a fundamental shift in how we approach distributed computing, like the fundamental shift in information access introduced by the Web.
The Grid is: – A collaboration & resource sharing infrastructure with
origins in the sciences– A distributed service integration and management
technology– a mechanism to coordinate resource sharing and
problem solving – A disruptive technology that enables a virtualized,
collaborative, distributed world– An open source technology & community– An analogy with the Power Grid– A marketing slogan
• But more significantly is that in the Grid – the sum can be greater than the parts – real opportunities and new capabilities can be
constructed dynamically from distributed services
…eInfrastructures and the ERA
• The integrated networking & middleware environment is also called electronic infrastructure or eInfrastructure.
• The technologies of the Grid-enabled eInfrastructure, allow new methods of global collaborative research - often referred to as electronic science or eScience.
• The combination of high-speed core networks and broadband access, Grid-middleware technologies and advanced virtual collaborative environments, constitute the World Wide Grid
• WWG applications are one of the major global research and development topics of this century that in time will come to be seen as a commodity service.
• The creation of such an eInfrastructure, which will provide fully integrated communication and information processing services, is a key objective of the European Research Area.
• The reality is that today, the Grid is a "work in progress", with the underlying technology still in a prototype phase, and being developed by hundreds of researchers and software engineers around the world.
Network – Connectivity Service
Collaborations
Grid infrastructureComputing/storage service
The context of eInfrastructures in Europe
• The vision is to build a European-wide Grid-based infrastructure on top of a broadband networking infrastructure– Transparent and reliable;– Open to wide user and provider
communities;– Pervasive and ubiquitous;– Secure and provide trust across multiple
administrative domains;– Provide better, cheaper service to its users – Integrates computing power, storage,
sensors, instruments and databases.
• We are just in the beginning… Single service networks…to multiservice ones…
OpenReliable Scalable
Persistent Transparent
Person-centricPervasive
Secure / trusted Standards-based
User interface
grid (mobility…)Economies business models
Properties
Facilities Models
Virtual organisation
systems Management co-ord. and
orchestrationInformation representation
Research Themes
NextGeneration
Grid(s)
The context of eInfrastructures in Europe
• Strongly supported by the European Council, the European Parliament and Member States budgets (Lisbon Agenda, EC Policies)
• In the preparations for the 7th Framework Programme (at stake: Research Infrastructures (RI) is one of the proposed six FP7 axes, increase of FP-budget)
• Looking for the Return of Investment (RoI)…!
Excellence through
collaboration
Basic research through
competition
Technology Patforms
Human resources
Research infrastructur
es
Coordination of national
programmes
6 axes for FP7
20002000 20012001 20022002 20032003 20042004 20052005 20062006 20072007 20082008
FP5FP5FP6FP6
Complementary to National infrastructuresComplementary to National infrastructures
TEN 155 network
GÉANT network and International extensions
Grid testbeds DataGrid, CrossGrid, GridLab, GRIP, GRIA
(other) testbeds
IPv6 testbedsIPv6 testbeds6NET, 6IX, etc
GÉANT2 network and International extensions
Grid-empowered Infrastructures
EGEE, DEISA, SEE-GRID
IPv6 actions
Framework Programme 6
Grid-empowered infrastructures
EGEE2, SEE-GRID2, etc
Consolidating Initiatives
Testbeds Testbeds: DILIGENT, MUPPET, LOBSTER, EUROLABS, GRIDCC
FP7FP7
Grid Research Projects: GRIDCOORD, NEXTGRID, COREGRID, AKOGRIMO, SIMDAT, etc
eInfrastructure running projects
Network – Connectivity Service
Collaborations
Grid middlewareComputing/storage service
SIMDAT SIMDAT
Applications for the Researcher and Student
Time
Astronomy
Earth Observation
ChemistryGeophysics
Nanotechnology
Digital Libraries
Climate modelling
Biodiversity
Industry
eHealth
Physics Bioinformatics
Example EGEE project
SIMDAT SIMDAT
Support by Strategy/Policy Groups
The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) and the eInfrastructure Reflection Group (eIRG) will play a major role in this context.
ESFRI/eIRG will develop a roadmap for RI for the next 10-20 yearsA clear vision of the needs for research infrastructures in the medium–long term should be defined as well as a corresponding roadmap.
FP7…
• What is FP7?– The Framework Programme (FP) is the European
Union's main instrument for funding research and development.
– It has been proposed for FP7, however, to run for seven years. It will be fully operational as of 1 January 2007.
– It is designed to build on the achievements of its predecessor towards the creation of the European Research Area, and carry it further towards the development of the knowledge economy and society in Europe.
• What will be the overall budget for FP7?– In the Commission's proposals for the seventh
framework programme to the European Parliament and Council of 6 April 2005, the Commission proposed that the maximum overall amount for Community financial participation in the EC seventh framework programme should be EUR 72 726 million. For nuclear research and training activities carried out under the Euratom treaty EUR 3092 million are forseen for 2007-2011.
01/07/2005 UK Presidency of the EU commences
21/09/2005 Commission proposal of the Rules for Participation+ Commission proposal of Specific Programmes
12-15/12/2005 First reading 2006-2007 Feb/March 2006 Common Position on EC
Framework Programme + Parliament 1st Reading on Rules
April 2006 Common Position on EC Rules
July 2006 Council and Parliament: Adoption of FP and Rules
November 2006 Launch of FP7 1st Calls Spring 2007 First deadlines expected
How will FP7 be structured?
• The proposed Seventh Framework Programme will be organised in four programmes corresponding to four basic components of European research:
– Cooperation: Support will be given to the whole range of research activities carried out in trans-national cooperation, from collaborative projects and networks to the coordination of national research programmes. International cooperation between the EU and third countries is an integral part of this action.
– Ideas: This programme will enhance the dynamism, creativity and excellence of European research at the frontier of knowledge in all scientific and technological fields, including engineering, socio-economic sciences and the humanities. This action will be overseen by a European Research Council
– People: Strengthening, quantitatively and qualitatively, the human potential in research and technology in Europe by putting into place a coherent set of Marie Curie actions.
– Capacities: The objective of this action is to support research infrastructures, research for the benefit of SMEs and the research potential of European regions (Regions of Knowledge) as well as stimulate the realisation of the full research potential (Convergence Regions) of the enlarged Union and build an effective and democratic European Knowledge society.
Ideas
People (MC)Collaborative Research
Projects
Research CapacityResearch
infrastructure
Support for SME
Convergence Regions
Science and Society
Agenda
• eInfrastructures & ERA• Pan-European running efforts• Actions for fast tracking• Expansion of eInfrastructures & ERA in SEE
• PanEuropean coverage (33 countries/NRENs)• Access at 10 Gb/s • 3900 Universities and Research Instittes• 15 million users + eScience Projects (e.g. Grids)• 3 Layer architecture:
– The Pan-European Interconnection: TEN34 TEN155 GÉANT (GN1 in FP5) GÉANT2 (GN2 in FP6)
– The NREN (MAN/WAN)
– The Campus Network (LAN/MAN)
• Emphasis on switched end-to-end provision of services across multiple interconnected networks
• Gaining improved understanding of user needs• Migration from IP services to combination of
routing and switching, network control, light paths
Evolution: From Geant to Geant2
• GÉANT2, a new generation HYBRID Network backbone: IP(v6) + switched end-to-end provision across interconnected networks over DARK FIBER among 15 countries & growing– The Next Generation Hybrid Network
will enable advanced collaborative platforms via hybrid IPv6 & Manageable Layer 1-2 (Ethernet & Light-path switching over Dark Fiber) Services
– R&E HPCN and Grid requirements motivated the design and deployment of GÉANT2 as a hybrid, dark-fiber network
CEF Networks workshop 2005, 17th May 2005, Prague – Otto Kreiter ([email protected])
GÉANT2
10G 2.5G
NREN A
NREN C
primary
backup
primarybackup
DFDWDM
OXCand/orL2 switch
Nx10G
NREN B
NREN D
LHC - CERN
GÉANT2 Global Connectivity
Enabling Grids for E-sciencE
INFSO-RI-508833
EGEE
EGEE is the largest Grid infrastructureproject in the World?:
• 70 leading institutions in 27 countries, federated in regional Grids
• Leveraging national and regional grid activities
• ~32 M Euros EU funding for initially 2 years starting 1st April 2004
• EU review, February 2005 successful
• Preparing 2nd phase of the project – proposal to 3rd EU Grid call September 2005
Enabling Grids for E-sciencE
INFSO-RI-508833
EGEE Activities
• 48 % service activities (Grid Operations, Support and Management, Network Resource Provision)
• 24 % middleware re-engineering (Quality Assurance, Security, Network Services Development)
• 28 % networking (Management, Dissemination and Outreach, User Training and Education, Application Identification and Support, Policy and International Cooperation)
EGEE emphasis is on production grid operations
and end-user support
Enabling Grids for E-sciencE
INFSO-RI-508833
gLite
• First major release of gLite announced on April 5 – Focus on providing users early access to prototype
– Reusing existing components
– Addressing current shortcomings
• Interoperability & Co-existence with deployed infrastructure• (Cautious) service oriented approach
– Follow WSRF standardisation
• Site autonomy
Globus 2 based Web services based
gLite-2LCG-2
gLite-1LCG-1
Enabling Grids for E-sciencE
INFSO-RI-508833
Deployment of applications
Pilot New
• Pilot applications– High Energy Physics– Biomed applications
• Generic applications –Deployment under way– Computational Chemistry– Earth science research – EGEODE: first industrial application– Astrophysics
• With interest from – Hydrology– Seismology – Grid search engines – Stock market simulators– Digital video etc.– Industry (provider, user, supplier)
Enabling Grids for E-sciencE
INFSO-RI-508833
Country providing resourcesCountry anticipating joining EGEE/LCG
In EGEE-0 (LCG-2): >100 sites >10,000 CPUs >5 PB storage
Computing Resources – Feb. 2005
More that 30 international partners - 2500 person months of work over 3 years - 33 MEuro total cost
Wide-scale native IPv6 testbed. Connectivity speed 155 Mb/s (STM-1)
GRNET actively participates in main activities: Network operation and services, e.g. IPv6
native network (NTUA, AUTH, CTI, FORTH), DNS, Multicast, IPv6 migration mechanisms, etc.
Applications development and testing, Videoconference, DVTS, etc.
Management, e.g. Weathermap, DDoS (Panoptis), GriD tools, etc.
To NorthTo NorthAmericaAmerica
To JapanTo Japan
To KoreaTo Korea
To BrazilTo Brazil
Agenda
• eInfrastructures & ERA• Pan-European running efforts• Actions for fast tracking• Expansion of eInfrastructures & ERA in SEE
GRNET – Network GRNET – Network infrastructureinfrastructure
12-PoP high speed backbone network based on 2.5Gbps leased lambdas and Gigabit routers.
Interconnects academic and research institutions (more than 80 today) at up to 1Gbps and primary and secondary schools (more than 10.000) at Mbps.
A total of up to 1.500.000 potential end-users.
International 2x2.5Gbps (to be upgraded to 2x10Gbps – 3Q05)
2.5 Gbps
64 Kbps
128 Kbps
teikal-hndc
256 Kbps
512 Kbps
1024 Kbps
2 Mbps
4 Mbps
34 Mbps
auth
sch
2 Mbps
4 Mbps
34 Mbps
1024 Mbps
Thessaloniki-2
Herakleio-2
Athens-2
Acropolis
Ilissos
Cyprus
Chania
Rethymno
Herakleio
2.5 Gbps
1 Gbps 100 Mbps
34 Mbps64 Kbps
128 Kbps
512 Kbps1024 Kbps
2 Mbps
4 Mbps
155 Mbps 256 Kbps
Syros
GEANT
GEANT(Athens)
Athens-3
ariadne-t,ekt,uoa,ntua,grnet-grid
unipi,panteion,aua,hua,ypepth
SEEREN
aegeanauebteipirteiath,sch
sch
iti, utnc, itsak, komvos,teiser, teikoz
2 Mbpsceti, teikav, ilsp
1024 Kbps
1 Gbps
100 Mbps
igme-2, oipp, cedefop, afs
uom, teith
Thessaloniki
34 Mbps
uom, teith
2 Mbps
2 Mbps
AMREJ, ISTF, INIMA,MARNET, BIHARNET,RoDUnet
sch
Xanthi
uth
34 Mbps
100 Mbps
sch
Larissa-2
100 Mbps
teilar
Larissa
2 Mbps
sch
sch
Ioannina-2
34 Mbps
uoi
uion
2 Mbps
512 Mbps
teiep
100 Mbps
sch
sch
Patra-2upatras
upatras, teipat, uop, iceht,teimes, teiep
teikal
aegean, shc
eapPatra
34 Mbps
4 Mbps
2 Mbpsimbc
teiher
uoc, forth
Herakleio
100 Mbps
100 MbpsIoannina
ilsp-igme
teiep, uth, oasp, pasteur,selete, ipthil
teikav
nestor
hua-ypepth-teihal-teilam-hafa-rae-pi schools-otesearch-kethi-cres-bioacademy-eugefound-elot-certh-ntua2-ncmr-ekdd-noa-fleming-syzefxis-grnet-aua-gsrt-fireacad-parliament-asfa-kape
gscp
Athens
1 Gbps
1 Gbps 1 Gbps
AIX
Vivodi, PanafoNet,GlobalOne, IDEALnet,Compulink, Internet Hellas-STET, AT&TGlobalNetwork, NetOne, Grapes,HellasOnLine, Altec CN,OTEnet, Forthnet,SparkNet, Tellas, Equant
1 Gbps
GRNET – Grid infrastructureGRNET – Grid infrastructure
6 clusters/sites in deployment (770 CPUs, 34 TBs storage).
Involves all major research and academic institutes working on Grids-eScience all over Greece.
High Energy Physics, Bio-informatics, Meteorology, Astronomy, Computer scientists-Virtual Collaboration Environments
Providing services to the Pan-European GRID community through the EGEE Project and the SEE community through the SEE-GRID Project.
Dark fibre plans (2005)Dark fibre plans (2005) Initiated the process of acquiring dark fibre spans in
4Q2004. Tenders for DF issued in 1Q2005 (first public ones
released in Greece) aiming at three fibre lines: One terrestrial in northern Greece (Thessaloniki-
Xanthi) Two submarine lines in the Aegean Sea (Syros-Samos
islands and Athens-Crete) DF Tenders requirements:
15-year IRUs. Maintenance support at layer-1 (against fibre cuts and
fibre performance degradation). Fibre pairs supporting 10Gbps transmission. Option of installing GRNET optical equipment (passive
or active) in intermediate locations of the end-to-end fibre spans. Monitoring system for automatic detection of fibre cuts or performance degradation with indication of each Failure Report TimeAvailability of at least 99%Optional protection of fibre spans.
Currently (July 2005) in contract preparation phase. RFP followed by an RFI for transmission equipment
under preparation
Received offersReceived offers
932 km of dark fibre932 km of dark fibre
GRnetPoP1
GRnetPoP2
CarrierPoP2 90 km
CarrierPoP1140 km 70 km
G.652 fibre
GRnetPoP5
GRnetPoP6
CarrierPoP7
CarrierPoP6 164 km 174 km36 km
CarrierPoP8
8 km
G.652 fibre
GRnetPoP3
GRnetPoP4
CarrierPoP5
CarrierPoP3
115 km 100 km46 km
G.653 fibre G.652 fibre
CarrierPoP4
8 km
Dark fibre plans (2006+)Dark fibre plans (2006+) The whole of the GRNET backbone is
planned to be implemented using dark fibre pairs obtained via long-term IRUs.
Within 2006, tenders will be released requesting for dark fibre between all of the existing GRNET PoPs currently operating with leased lambdas.
Actions for obtaining dark fibre towards the northern part of Greece, in an attempt to establish cross border fibre links with neighbouring countries, are also planned.
Tender for long haul, multiple wavelengths optical transmission & switching equipment also planned for 2006
Greek School NetworkGreek School NetworkThe The Greek School Network uses Greek School Network uses GRNET GRNET as as backbonebackbone with 7 entry with 7 entry points.points.
8500 schools connected8500 schools connected
To give access to the young generationTo give access to the young generation
The The Distribution network Distribution network consists of 51 consists of 51 nodes (one in each prefecture):nodes (one in each prefecture):
• 9 main nodes,9 main nodes,• 42 secondary nodes42 secondary nodes
and are equipped with 60 routers, and are equipped with 60 routers, 41 41 servers, servers, a large number of telecommunication circuits a large number of telecommunication circuits and the appropriate softwareand the appropriate software
Greek Broadband Task ForceGreek Broadband Task Force Lack of fiber…task Force for the to influence the faster
deployment/installation of fiber in the whole country
Formed by the Secretariat of the Information Society - Ministry of Economy and Finance- to coordinate all actions in broadband Access as a path to Regional Development and Information Society
Consists of representatives of all ministries, related general secretaries, information society, industry (SEPE) and GRNET GUNET. Three members (and the coordinator) of the scientific committee of BBTF are from GRNET staff and were instrumental in its initiatives.
Promotes specific actions with targets (among others): interconnected broadband access regional networks wireless hotspot and satellite access for remote areas
http://www.broad-band.gr
AgendaAgenda
eInfrastructures & ERA Pan-European running efforts Actions for fast tracking Expansion of eInfrastructures & ERA
in SEE
SEEREN
SEEREN
A roadmap for establishing National Grid Initiatives
Conceptualization: working on areas of common interest
A couple of rakis in Ochrid…Followed by a memoranda of understanding
INIMA (Albania) -2000RoEduNet/RNC (Rumania) -2000UNICOM-B (Bulgaria) -2000MARNET (FYROM) -2000GRNET (Greece) -2000AMREJ (FRY) -2001ULAKBIM (Turkey) -2001
…and first interconnections…
Athens-Belgrade [2Mbps PCM] daily graph (5 Minute Average)
Athens-Sofia [5.2Mbps ATM] daily graph (5 Minute Average)
Vision
The vision… ‘ease the digital divide in SE Europe’.Help promote scientific and educational cooperation between EU MS and SEE Act as an enabler for dissemination and development of the next generation of Internet technologies in SEE states that are on course to joining the EU.Contribute to the reconstruction and stabilisation of the region.
SEEREN: A “small” step for the SEENRENs, a big leap for the region…
South-Eastern European Research and Education Network
Interconnects the Research and Education Networks of AL, BA, BG, MK, CS, HU, RO and GR among them and to GEANT.Launched and entered its stable operation on Jan. 2004.
in 2005 connectivity is co-funded by GEANT2. SEEREN2 to start at the end of 2006.
Constitutes today the South Eastern European segment of the multi-gigabit pan-European Research and Education network GÉANTDistributes the Network Management & Operations to competent Academic Groups in the Region (the Virtual Network Operations Center – VNOC concept developed by GRNET).SEEREN capitalized on the growing aspiration of the SEE countries to integrate to the rest of Europe and eventually be equal peers with advanced European nations. Still a major driving force. SEEREN enacted a communication channel between the SEE scientific community. Refocused the R&E community in their common endeavors and wealthy cultural heritage that dates from several hundred years ago.
more at www.seeren.org
Help in establishing the NRENs
EU-Balkan countries Action Plan in Science and Technology
A Greek Presidency Initiative with Solid RootsMinisterial Conference (26-27/6/2003) adopted the documents (Shared vision, Action Plan)Shared Vision document, sets the Political context – Zagreb process and Thessaloniki Summit and defines four Main Goals: Improvement of Infrastructures, Improvement of Human Potential, Institution Building, Joint RTD activities.The Action Plan: Specifies the objectives and thematic priorities, proposes for the implementation: instruments ( Multilateral, Regional, Bilateral ), implementing modalities, (Workprogramme, ad-hoc group).
(Re)integrate the SEER&E community
Turkey, Croatia, Albania, FYR of Macedonia already membersBulgaria and Serbia-Montenegro joined in OctoberBosnia-Herzegovina?
Turkey, Croatia, FYR of Macedonia already membersSerbia-Montenegro joined in OctoberBulgaria?, Bosnia-Herzegovina?, Albania?
Campus Architecy. and Civil Eng.
Campus Medicine
Medicine
Pharmacy
Campus Technical Eng.
Electrical Eng
Mechanical Eng
Technolog.
Campus Agriculture
Campus Nat. Sciences and Math
Campus Social Sciences
NOC
Cisco 7304 Cisco 3550-12G Cisco 2950G-48-EI
Law
Economy
Cisco 4006
GbEconnection
InternetConnection
Building I
Legend
Philosophy Philology
Architecture
Internet
Building II
Dentistry
Networking Infrastructure Grant (NIG) with Bulgaria finished (200k €)Networking Infrastructure Grant (NIG) with FYR of Macedonia (200κ €). Metropolitan Network in Skopje inaugurated in September 2004Advanced Networking Workshop (ANW) “Policy Issues for NRENs in South East Europe” (25κ €) in Varna, Bulgaria http://www.terena.nl/conferences/nato-anw2003
Upgrade of infrastructure
Access to Advanced Services
Deployment of IPv6Formalize the continuation of the dissemination and promotion of the best practices from the 6NET project to the SEEREN network of countries and partners, that was started in March 2004,Help the main SEEREN beneficiary countries to study potential deployment scenarios/solutions over the SEEREN infrastructure, experiment and get familiar with IPv6,Support (technically) the continued connectivity of SEEREN countries via IPv6, that was started in March 2004,Support the transfer of 6NET’s IPv6 application demonstrations to SEEREN.Provide information about experiences of IPv6 deployment in less developed network user communities.Organise a joint technical workshop based on the 6NET Cookbooks and the programme of workshops in SE Europe, held within the scope of the SEEREN project.Produce joint reports on the results of the 6NET-SEEREN cooperation.
Material preparation Dissemination Longer-term assistancePersonal expertise & Cookbooks
Expertise & material from 6NET, Euro6IX, GEANT, NRENs, …
IPv6 modules tuned for each Workshop
Workshop organisation &technical support
Support for IPv6 deployment & future IST participation
SEEREN
SEEREN
SEEGRID: the “eInfrastructure inclusion” into SEE
South-Eastern European Grid-enabled eInftastructure
Established at least one fully operational and certified grid site in all participating SEE countries
each contractor setup at least one site third parties setup additional sites5-50 nodes targeted in each siteEGEE SEE ROC caters for the operations
HEP and Biomed applications, developed by EGEE, deployed in the regional infrastructure. Two additional Grid applications developed by SEE-GRID partners deployed in the regional infrastructure:
Volumetric Image Visualization Environment (VIVE) for medical images and other static or time-dependent scalar and vector 3D fieldsSearch Engine for South-East Europe (SE4SEE) for Grid-aided web-crawling & data indexing
To achieve sustainability of the grid infrastructure assists in establishing a National Grid Initiative in each SEE country
more at www.see-grid.org
SEE-GRID infrastructure
National Certification Authorities
Need of trust and security -> National Certification AuthorityAt European Level need to cooperate -> EUGridPMAThe SEE-GRID project will be a relying party in the EUGridPMA (along with EGEE, DEISA, and other major grid projects)GRNET will establish a regional SEE-GRID “Catch-all” CA for the partners who do not yet have a PMA-accredited Grid CAProject partners are assisted to develop their own Grid CA and apply for membership in PMA
SEEFIRE: looking for asustainable eInfrastructure
South-Eastern European Fibre Infrastructure Studies
is producing studies on the options available for acquiring an optical fibre network infrastructure and strategies for the development of R&E networking in SEE.is raising awareness among stakeholders of NRENs, governments, users and telecommunication operators, about providing interconnection facilities in SEE to reduce the digital divide. Will provide:
a benchmark of existing and potentially available optical fibre for NRENs in the region; an analysis of the technical options available for the deployment of dark fibre and the management of optical transmission by NRENs in the region;reports on economic aspects and regulations;dissemination of information and increased awareness about dark-fibre deployment both at technical and policy-making levels
more at www.seefire.org
Submarine Fibre Cable/Systems Worlwide
Submarine Fibre Cable/Systems Europe
Submarine Fibre Cable/Systems Mediterranean
Submarine Fibre Cable/Systems Black Sea
SEA-ME-WE3 (South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe) smw3cbp.francetelecom.com
Landed and connected countries : Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Portugal,
France, U.K. Belgium, Germany
2700 Km at 2 x 10 Gbit/s
Principal parties to the construction and maintenance agreement : KDD, DBP TELEKOM, SINGAPORE TELECOM, Telekom Malaysia, VSNL (India), France Telecom, Marconi (Portugal), BT (U.K.), MPT (Myanmar) etc. [Total of 88 telecommunications carriers from 64 countries]
Eastern Mediterranean Optical System-1 (EMOS-1)
In Service: 1990
2880 Km at 1X 280 Mbit/s
Landing countries: Palermo, Italy – Lechaina, Greeece – Marmaris, Turkey – Tel Aviv , Israel
Purchasers: Telecom Italia, OTE, Turk Telekom, Bezeq
SEELight: the lambda facility for SEE R&E
South-East European Lambda Network Facility for R&E
Proposal for the deployment of an advanced regional network infrastructure (lambda network facility) for R&E, under the Hellenic Plan for the Economic Reconstruction of the Balkans (HiPERB).SEELight is the response to the need of SEE for high-quality research and education. The project will
help create a viable economy-of-scale model for the region to reduce networking costs per country, support the evolving needs of SEE R&E communities in the fields of domestic and international data communications, provide the foundation for network-based information exchange and co-operation towards a SEE Regional Information Societyserve as a testbed for development of new services, and allow the SEE R&E community to participate in international networking activitiesassist the SEE countries to achieve their development goals, support the growth of their National Research & Education Networks (NRENs), accelerate research, fuel national and regional economic growth, and aid their integration with the rest of Europe.
Ioannina
Mytilini
Chios
Samos
Syros
Komotini
Athens
Rhodos
Agrinio
Preveza
Florina Thessaloniki
Patra
Iraklio
Larissa
Drama
Beroia
Lamia
Livadia
Bucharest
Skopje
Tirana
Belgrade
Banja Luka
Xanthi
Plovdiv
Sofia
Ruse
VelikoTarnovo
Bitola
Serres
Gjirokastra
Vranje
Nis
Kragujevac
Pirot
Novi-Sad
Subotica
Craiova
Timisoara
Turnu Severin
Resita
Chania
Kardzali
Edessa
Prilep
Tetovo
Elbasan
Ohrid
Korce
Arad
Cluj-Napoca
Targo-Mures
Brasov
Ploiesti
Oradea
Szeged
Slatina Pitesti
Zvornik
Bjeljina
Sabac
Sarajevo
Budapest
Podgorica
Shkodra
Vlora
TuzlaZenica
Brcko
Mostar
Blagoevgrad
Stara Zagora
Varna
Burgas
Gabrovo
PlevenShumen
Svishtov
Pravetz
Pancevo
Uzice
Valjevo
Kraljevo
Cacak
Novi Pazar
Bor
SomborZrenjanin
Leskovac
Valjevo
Krusevac
Iasi
Galati
Zagreb
Osijek
Split
Debrecen
SEELight: answers to a RFI
Ioannina
Mytilini
Chios
Samos
Syros
Komotini
Athens
Rhodos
Agrinio
Preveza
Florina Thessaloniki
Patra
Iraklio
Larissa
Drama
Beroia
Lamia
Livadia
Bucharest
Skopje
Tirana
Belgrade
Banja Luka
Xanthi
Plovdiv
Sofia
Ruse
VelikoTarnovo
Bitola
Serres
Gjirokastra
Vranje
Nis
Kragujevac
Pirot
Novi-Sad
Subotica
Craiova
Timisoara
Resita
Chania
Kardzali
Edessa
Prilep
Tetovo
Elbasan
Ohrid
Korce
Arad
Cluj-Napoca
Targo-Mures
Brasov
Brazi
Oradea
Szeged
Slatina Pitesti
Zvornik
Bjeljina
Sabac
Sarajevo
Budapest
Podgorica
Shkodra
Vlora
TuzlaZenica
Brcko
Mostar
Blagoevgrad
Stara Zagora
Varna
Burgas
Gabrovo
Pleven Shumen
Svishtov
Pravetz
Pancevo
Uzice
Valjevo
Kraljevo
Cacak
Novi Pazar
Bor
SomborZrenjanin
Leskovac
Krusevac
Iasi
Galati
ZagrebOsijek
Split
Debrecen
Baia Mare
Targoviste
Alba Iulia
Constanta
Suceava
Bacau
Sibiu
Promachon
Evzoni
Kakkavia
Drobeta (Targu Severin)
Nadlac
BorsSandorfalva
Kozlodui
Djerdap
Kalotina
Kosava
Montana
VidinBregovo
GueshevoBobovdol
ProvadiaBotevgrad
Strategic priority
SEE eInfrastucture initiatives are pieces of the larger puzzle of RTD efforts that address the future of the SEE region
Increasing the retention of talented scientists in the SEE
Pursuing joint R&D efforts among SEE countries
Making available the benefits of the Information Society for all SEEtizens
Easing the digital divide between the region and the rest of the continent
Improvement of regional competitiveness in all market sectors
Regional political stability and cohesiveness
Pave the way for future enlargement steps of the European Union
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Conclusion
eInfrastructure one of the key objectives of ERA
Immense momentum currently in Europe and the World
Inclusion in the European trends very importantGet involved in fora setting the strategy at European level; i.e., eIRGGet involved in the formulation of FP7, the EU-Western Balkan Action Plan in science and technology, in shapping the structural fund of the EU to include eInfrastructuresContribute into the development of the regionAcquire dark fibre for the NREN and for the international connectivityHomogenize your network (end-to-end)Build robust 24x7 clusters with user supportBuild applications on top of your eInfrastructureConnect the youngsters that will bring the changeAssist the government to develop competition in the market
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