Internet2: Global Partners Update

September 18, 2012 INTERNET2 GLOBAL PARTNERS UPDATE

EDWARD MOYNIHAN PROGRAM MANAGER, GLOBAL PROGRAMS

Update: Global Challenges

• Ensure access to globally distributed science facilies (LHC, ITER, Gemini) • Support Internet2 members deploying campuses overseas • Facilitate development of coherent, global network capabilies, architectures that support growing collaboraons • Strengthen and support exisng global partnerships and projects • Expand support for development of naonal R&E networks in countries important to members

• 2012 – “Reposioning” of Internet2 Internaonal Relaons as Internet2 Global Programs. – Reviewing and reposioning staﬀ and key projects – Ann Doyle as Interim Director – Management: Edward Moynihan, Dale Finkelson – Expanded consulng pool for strategy and for geographic focus » Europe - Erik-Jan Bos » Asia/Paciﬁc Rim – Jim Williams, Shuigen Xiao » Middle East – John Chapman » Lan America/Caribbean – Heidi Alvarez » Africa – ? (Bos and Doyle for now)

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

AMERICAS CANARIE (Canada)CEDIA (Ecuador) CNTI (Venezuela) CR2Net (Costa Rica) EUROPE CUDI (Mexico) ARNES (Slovenia) INNOVA|RED (Argenna) BELNET (Belgium) ASIA and PACIFIC RIM REUNA (Chile) CARNET (Croaa) AARNet (Australia) RNP [FAPESP] (Brazil) CESnet (Czech Republic) ANF (Korea) SENACYT (Panama) DFN (Germany) CDAC, ERNET (India) MIDDLE EAST and GULF STATES FCCN (Portugal) CERNET, CSTNET, ANKABUT (UAE) GARR (Italy) NSFCNET (China) Israel-IUCC (Israel) MULTI-NATIONAL RENATER (France) JAIRC (Japan) MCIT [EUN, ENSTINET] (Egypt) AAU (Africa) GRNET (Greece) JUCC (HongKong) Qatar Foundaon (Qatar) APAN (Asia - Paciﬁc) HEAnet (Ireland) MYREN, MDeC (Malaysia) KACST (Saudi Arabia) CKLN (Caribbean) HUNGARNET (Hungary) NECTEC, UniNet CLARA (Lan America and Caribbean) JISC, JANET (United Kingdom) (Thailand) AFRICA DANTE (Europe) PSNC, PIONIER (Poland) NREN (Nepal) TENET (South Africa) NORDUnet (Nordic Countries) RedIRIS (Spain) PERN (Pakistan) TERNET (Tanzania) TERENA (Europe) RESTENA (Luxemburg) REANNZ (New Zealand) NUC (Nigeria) UbuntuNet Alliance (Africa) RIPN (Russia) SingAREN (Singapore) University of the West Indies (Caribbean) SANET (Slovakia) TWAREN (Taiwan) SURF (Netherlands) VinaREN (Vietnam) © 2011 Internet2 SWITCH (Switzerland) US-based Internaonal Exchange Points

US-based Exchange Points StarLight, Chicago IL MAN LAN, New York NY NGIX-East, College Park MD AtlanticWave (distributed) AMPATH, Miami FL PacificWave-S, Los Angeles CA PacificWave-N, Seattle WA

AFRICA ASIA and PACIFIC EUROPE EUROPE cont’d Algeria (ARN) Australia (AARNet) Albania (ASA / INIMA) Norway (UNINETT) Egypt (EUN / ENSTINET) Bhutan (BdREN) Andorra (Univ. of Andorra) Poland (PIONIER) Kenya (KENET) Cambodia (CamREN) Austria (ACOnet) Portugal (FCCN) Morocco (MARWAN) China (CERNET2, CSTNET, NSFCNET) Belarus (BASNET, UNIBEL) Romania (RoEduNet) South Africa (TENET) Hong Kong (HARNET) Belgium (BELNET) Russian Federaon (RBnet, RUNNET) Tanzania (TERNET) India (ERNET) Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIHARNET) Serbia (AMRES) Tunisia (CCK) Indonesia (ITB) Bulgaria (ISTF) Slovakia (SANET) Uganda (RENU) Japan (SINET3, WIDE, JGN2) Croaa (CARNET) Slovenia (ARNES) Korea (KOREN, KREONET2) Cyprus (CyNET) Spain (redIRIS) AMERICAS Laos (LERNET) Czech Republic (CESnet) Sweden (SUNET) Argenna (INNOVA|RED) Malaysia (MYREN) Denmark (Forskningsneet) Switzerland (SWITCH) Brazil (RNP2/ANSP) Nepal (NREN) Estonia (EENet) Ukraine (URAN) Canada (CAnet 4) New Zealand (KAREN) Finland (Funet) United Kingdom (JANET) Chile (REUNA) Pakistan (PERN) France (RENATER) Colombia (RENATA) Philippines (PREGINET) Germany (X-WiN) MIDDLE EAST and GULF STATES Costa Rica (CR2Net) Singapore (SingAREN) Greece (GRNET) Israel (IUCC) Ecuador (CEDIA) Sri Lanka (LEARN) Hungary (NIIF/HUNGARNET) Jordan (JUNet) El Salvador (RAICES) Taiwan (TANet2, ASnet) Iceland (RHnet) Palesnian Territories (Birzeit Univ./ Guatemala (RAGIE) Thailand (UniNet, ThaiSARN3) Ireland (HEAnet) Al-Quds Open Univ.) Mexico (CUDI) Vietnam (VinaREN) Italy (GARR) Qatar (Qatar FN) Panama (RedCyT) Latvia (LATNET) Syria (HIAST) Peru (RAAP) CENTRAL and SOUTHWEST ASIA Lithuania (LITNET) United Arab Emirates (ANKABUT) Trinidad (UWI) Armenia (ASNET-AM) Luxembourg (RESTENA) Uruguay (RAU2) Azerbaijan (AzRENA) Macedonia (MARNet) MULTINATIONAL NETWORKS Venezuela (Reacciun2) Georgia (GRENA) Malta (UofM/RicerkaNet) APAN Kyrgyz Republic (AKNET) Moldova (RENAM) GEANT2 Tajikistan (TARENA) Montenegro (MREN) NORDUnet Turkey (ULAKBIM) Netherlands (SURFnet) redCLARA Turkmenistan (TuRENA) UbuntuNet

• Over the past two years, the capacity of GEANT’s global IP interconnecons increased from ~34Gbps to nearly ~73Gbps. • The growth arises from upgrades or new IP interconnecons with North America (ACE), Lan America, Sub-Saharan Africa, the South Caucasus, Central Asia and Taiwan. • Global point-to-point connecvity also rose from 20Gbps to 30Gbps following the implementaon of point-to-point connecvity to the UbuntuNet Alliance in Africa • London Open LightPath Exchange is progressing – equipment has been delivered –installaon is happening any day, including new gear at the London POP

• The EU has relinquished TEIN to its user members; TEIN4 • 10gb connecon from Los Angeles to Beijing – successful demo of this link in June – CANS meeng in October as a follow-up

Note: Plan for connecng South Paciﬁc Islands and Lower Mekong underway

• EUMedConnect – project funded by the EU; direct links from parcipang NRENs to GEANT

• ASREN - Arab States Research and Educaon Network – Launched in December 2010 – Can be considered as expansion of EUMedConnect (connecon of Mediterrean countries to GEANT)

• Most noteworthy happening is the SIG meeng (Sept. 17th) along with Ankabut and EUMedConnect meengs (Sept. 18th-19th). • Oman is making progress towards an NREN • New Partner Saudi Arabia has been quiet. • Jordan- JUnet cannot connect to EUMedconnect unl government becomes more stable.

14 – 9/17/12, © 2011 Internet2 Africa: Emerging Quickly 2011 - 2014 UbuntuNet Alliance Eb@le, DRC EthERNet, Ethiopia *KENET, Kenya *MAREN, Malawi *MoRENet, Mozambique XNet, Namibia *RwEdNet, Rwanda SomaliREN, Somalia SUIN, Sudan *TENET, South Africa TERNET, Tanzania RENU, Uganda ZAMREN, Zambia

• KENET has a new connecon coming into Amsterdam – 600MB

• ZAMREN and TENET form the ﬁrst UbuntuNet cross-border link

• Push for local exchange points

WACREN: West and Central African Research and Educaon Network

Potenal membership base: NRENs in the 22 West and Central African countries

WACREN formally registered in August 2010

Board elected in March 2011

Strategic Plan being developed

• WACREN NOC to GEANT through RENATER (French NREN) now funconal out of Senegal

• TogoREN launched July 2012

Member States Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Dominican Republic Grenada Guyana Haiti Jamaica Montserrat St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent Suriname Trinidad & Tobago Turks & Caicos

• CKLN completed the construcon of C@ribNET and linked the Caribbean to the global community of research and educaon networks • Trinidad and Tobago Research and Educaon Network, TTRENT launched • OpenFlow now being deployed on AmLight East between Miami and Sao Paulo. • Cudi (Mexico) connecvity plans to move from San Antonio to El Paso to co-located with the US-UCAN PoP. This will be discussed with interested pares in Philadelphia at the I2 Fall Members Meeng.

• Global R and E connecvity connues to grow • Greater focus on global required to serve members needs • Opportunies exist for the US to become a global leader

* Challenge – Creang a collaborave environment for solving common challenges, developing common soluons

• Quesons, Correcons, Concerns? Edward Moynihan – [email protected]