BT’s view on research networking
Bruno Tideman
Agenda
• BT’s organization / capabilities
• Current research networks
• Market developments
– Building blocks
• Summary
Organization
B T W h o lesa leN etwork opera tion s
B T Ign iteEurope m ulti site corpora te s
B T O pen wo rldU K consum er ISP
B T Exact T echn o lo g iesR & D
B T Reta ilU K C onsum ers, SM E
B T G rou p p lc
Our Global Capabilities
Global reach through BT-owned infrastructure and partnerships with local/regional telcos
Delivering service to 400+ cities in more than 100 countries
Pan-European Fibre Network
Ring topology with multiple redundant connections
Core backbone running at speeds up to 10 Gbit/s
Over 200,000 customers connected
GigaPort Research Network
• Semi collapsed backbone in Amsterdam 80Gbs (darkfibers)
• 29 DWDM 10Gbs lambda’s (darkfiber local loops)
• 14 managed darkfibers
Cambridge
Adastr
alPark
Colchester
Norwich
BT Tower
BT Centre
HIGH TECHNOLOGY CORRIDORCAMBRIDGE
IPSWICH
Essex Uni
Birmingham
Science Park
Cambridge UniMicrosoft
Global Switch
UCL
NICAngel Centre
Europe & Farland Network
US,AT&T
Hyatt Hotel
ICC
LEANet WAN Research NetworkLEANet WAN Research Network
Market developments
Commercial vs. Research • QoS
• Bandwidth
• Price
• Availability
• Services
Building blocks
• IPv6
• Managed wavelengths
• Optical CPE
• Global GRID
Other developments
• Business model for research infrastructure, product development and early adopter phases.
• Merging the wider research community with commercial production research networks
• Building high-capacity, scalable data centric networks that are low cost…– Simplifying the network architecture
– Lowering equipment costs
– Lowering operational costs
…and flexible to offer new service opportunities
IP-Optical Internetworking
The simplification of Data Networking
High-Speed Optical NetworkHigh-Speed Optical Network
SONET/SDHSONET/SDH SONET/SDHSONET/SDH
IPIP
IP++IP++
ATMATM
IPIP
OLD NEW
OPTICALINTERNETWORKING
? ?IP++
All Optical Networking
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Summary
• NGI / Global GRID is an emerging market of commercial significance and is still in early definition and research stages.
• Operators should be able to make a profit to create a stable industry.
• Research community can benefit from Optical IP Networking by partnering with operators and vise versa.
“Telegraph charged for WORDS,
Voice charges by the MINUTE,
Data charges for BITS,
Global GRID will charge for CYCLES”.
Discussion?