International Task Force Meeting
6 May 2002
Australian Update and OverviewGeorge McLaughlin
AARNet – Australia’s Academic & Research Network
Has PoPs in each of Australia’s State and Territory Capital Cities (8 in all)
Provides commodity as well as R&E connections to member universities and research bodies
Does not receive Australian Govt Funding for its operations – ie is fully user-pays
Is required to fully comply with the Australian telecommunications regulatory regime – holds a carrier licence
Canberra
Darwin
AdelaidePerth
Brisbane
Sydney
Hobart
AARNet Backbone
Melbourne
AARNet Pty Ltd (APL)
Not-for-profit company limited by shares
Shareholders are the universities and CSIRO
Shareholders are also clients
R&E network expansion funded from a surcharge on commodity traffic
APL Structure
APL Board
Executive Director
Business Unit
Development Unit
Production Unit
AARNet Advisory
Committee
Technical Working Parties
Project Implementation Groups
Shareholders - Members
Members & Clients
International Research and Education NetworksAARNet has deployed it’s own capacity to the advanced networks of North America, and later to the Asia Pacific – from these also to Europe and the rest of the worldIs now peering directly peer directly at PacificWave with:
AbileneCA*Net3TransPacTANetESNetDREN
Participates in ITNFuture Plans
AARNet’s International ConnectionsCurrent and Planned
Singapore
South Asia
Middle East
Europe
Europe
APAN
Abilene
CANet
GEANT
StarTap
Fiji
GlobalGRID
Forum
SouthAmerica
AARNet
International Transit
Network
Japan
New Zealand
Taiwan
Hawaii SLO
Seattle
PNG
SydneyPerth
Technology deploymentEnd-to-end Performance Measurement and Monitoring
AARNet has had extensive passive measurement/monitoring for some time, now participating in NLANR AMP
Multicastimplemented, multicast peering with Abilene, wider distribution within AARNet and GrangeNet next – facilitated Australia’s participation in SC2001
IPv6 – rollout in next few monthsVoice-over-IP
National deployment already in place, switching 16,000 calls per day – wide distribution of H323 gatekeepers within Australia, QoS deployed, toll quality – also working on SIP
Video-over-IPInitial H323 deployment successful, scaling to national rollout – will work with VideNet, I2 Commons, SurfNet
New Carrier Services AARNet holds a carrier licence and this has the
potential to provide other opportunities resulting from nominated carrier declarations and inter carrier agreements
Has commissioned a fibre-layer to lay new ducts and fibre, owned by AARNetActs as nominated carrier on behalf of MembersCan gain access to ducts and towers of other carriersWorking with power utililities and rail authorities to explore opportunities (use of fibre and rights of way)Intercarrier agreements and wholesale costs
Australian Advanced Networks ProgramThree programs funded by Aust Govt– total grants $AU37million, leveraged funding ~$AU100millionGrangeNet – consortium with AARNet as lead agency also APAC, DSTC, Powertel and Cisco
2x2.5Gbps wavelengths between Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne based on Cisco DWDM, 12410 and 7600 series routers, GbE tails, advanced communication and grid services, associated middleware to support a variety of communities of users
CeNTIE network research backbone Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth (10Gbps lambda), local fibre in Sydney and Perth
MNet – Focus on advanced wireless technologies
GrangeNet: GRid And Next GEneration
Network
Supported by the Australian Federal Government’s BITS Advanced Networks Program
GrangeNet AimsDevelop next generation of communications networks and services (‘AARNet3-4’)Provide infrastructure to integrate high-performance computing and visualisation systems (‘APAC Grid’)Support distributed ‘User Communities’ with demanding applications Promote cooperation between industry and research organisationsFacilitate business development based on advanced communications products and services
Perth
Brisbane
SydneyCanberra
Adelaide
Melbourne
Darwin
Internationalnetworks
Hobart
GrangeNet Backbone
BackboneAARNet links
Tail site Cisco 7609 OSR Cisco GSR12410 Cisco ONS15801
2x2.5Gbps DWDM
1 GbE linkDual 155Mbps STM-1
4x2.5Gbps DWDM
AARNetSCCN link
Sydney
Canberra
Melbourne
Brisbane
GrangeNet Network
GrangeNet- Open Infrastructure for Australiaconsortium – AARNet APAC DSTC Cisco Powertel
Grid Services
Advanced Communications Services
Specialised, Regional and International Networks
User Communities
GrangeNet Network
HealthBio-
informaticsFilm & Media etc
Pacific Innovation Corridor CeNTIE MNet
etc
Education
Internet2CanarieAPAN
Advanced Communications ServicesQuality of Service
Routing
Multicast
Security
Management and Accounting
Measurement
Caching
IPv6
Grid Services
Middleware Software
User Communities
CollaborativeVisualisation
DistributedComputing
DigitalLibraries
CooperativeEnvironments
Advanced Communications Services
RemoteInstruments
GrangeNet Plans for Grid ServicesDistributed Computing
Install Globus on major computing facilitiesDemonstrate distributed computing applications
Collaborative VisualisationConnect several Virtual Reality systems
engineering design of manufactured productsbio-molecular modelling and visualisation
Cooperative EnvironmentsInstall Access Grid nodes in 4 cities
first one at Sydney VisLab for SC GlobalDigital Libraries
Provide access to large-scale international datasetsbio-informatics, astronomy, earthquakes, earth observation
Remote InstrumentsConnect major electron microscope facilities
major national research facility
User CommunitiesNews and Media Distribution (Education)Computational Chemistry and BiologyComputational PhysicsHigh-Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsBio-informaticsEnvironmental ModellingOn-line HealthEducation and TrainingFilm and MediaManufacturing
International Science CollaborationsGlobal Grid and AP Grid ForumsHealth applications AstronomyPeer-to-Peer computingAccess GridsLocation independence and need to access resources and collaborate with others elsewhere in the world
SummaryAn Australian backbone in 2002
multi-Gigabit DWDM network increased capacity to international R&E networks
GrangeNet will develop advanced communications and grid services for a range of user communitiesGrangeNet will strengthen international collaboration on R&E networks
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