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New Zealand’s Advanced Network

Project

Briefing for the APAN Members Singapore July 2006

Charles JarvieDevelopment Manager

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The New Zealand Advanced Network project – a National

Research and Education Network (NREN) High performance Ethernet and IP backbone network

Enabling development of advanced Internet applications in research & education sectors

Supports deployment of leading edge network services to the Universities, CRIs, National Library, schools, libraries, museums and others in the R&E sector

Complements and peers with other high performance NRENs internationally and in NZ – “opening the borders”

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Formal Project Objectives To enable leading edge e-research To facilitate universal connectivity throughout the New

Zealand and international research and education community

To encourage broad participation by the research and education sector in New Zealand through accessible technology and reasonable pricing

To connect the research and education sector to the broader innovation community for pre-commercial, research and development–based collaboration.

To facilitate participation by multiple telecommunications sector partners, so as to ensure the greatest possible flexibility for on-going evolution

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How is this structured?Initially Crown-owned company – Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) Directors – Dr Jim Watson (Chair), Prof Warwick Clegg, Carol

Moffatt, Dr Rick Pridmore, Jane Taylor Management

CEO - Donald Clark Development – Charles Jarvie Operations – Mark Cordy Communities - TBA

Establishment funding NZ$43M over ~ 4 years Separate Capability Building Program (CBP) to facilitate

professional skill development Members, associates and partners pay an annual subscription

aimed to cover operational costs, and equipment replacement

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Who can use this network? Aimed primarily at Universities, Crown Research

Institutes and the National Library as members and eventual owners

Participation by schools, museums, and libraries to provide opportunities for collaboration across education and research.

Network Access Policy (NAP) defines who may use the network and for what purpose – it does not define applications that may utilise the network. NAP is consistent with those of overseas NRENs.

Also allows others (Associates and Partners) to use the network for R&E activity and the support of R&E activity.

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High Level Network Characteristics 10Gb/s dedicated wavelength physically diverse national

backbone (supporting WAN PHY), 620Mb/s protected to Pacific Wave, Seattle – peering

with other R&E networks 155Mb/s protected to AARNET, Sydney Layer 2 Ethernet and Layer 3 IP capable Native IPv4 and IPv6 Multicast and jumbo frame enabled International ASN 38018; National ASN 38022 Proof of concept phase and network name

announcement August 2006 Network acceptance and operation from

November/December 2006

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National Network(simple “tube” map version under action)

CityLink Auckland VectorNorth Shore

10Gb

10Gb

Forest ResearchRotorua

Innovation Waikato

10Gb

10Gb

TCL POP Napier 10Gb

Hawkes Bay ResearchCentre

Havelock North10Gb

10Gb

Inspire.NetPalmerston North

10Gb

Massey UniversityPalmerston North

10GbCityLink

Wellington 10Gb GNS Lower Hutt

10Gb

10Gb

TCL POPNelson

10Gb

10GbCanterbury University

10Gb 10Gb

10Gb AgResearchInvermay

= Nortel DWDM Connection

= Fibre Connection

10Gb

10Gb

Hort ResearchMount Albert

CityLinkWellington

= Fibre Patch Lead

REANNZ Physical Network DiagramVersion 1_1

30th December 2005

Lincoln University

Otago University

10Gb

VectorNorth Shore

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International Network

ALEXANDRIA

WHENAUPAICABLE

STATION

SPENCERBEACH

BROOKVALE SUVAKAHEPOINT

ADVANCEDNETWORK

STM-4

SOUTHERN CROSSINTERNATIONAL

NETWORK

VzB MANAGED EDGE ROUTER JUNIPER M10iCUSTOMER OR PARTNER NETWORK PROVIDEDROUTER OR NETWORK DEVICE

SYDNEYCo-Location Premises

ADM

ADM

AARNET

STM-1

ADMADM

AUCKLANDCo-Location Premises

STM-1

ServiceDeliveryPoint

Service Delivery Point

VzB ITOCPYRMONT

Initial Service ArchitectureInternational Managed Network Service

Dual Gig ESC Fibre

MORRO BAY

HILLSBORO

ADM

SANJOSE

SEATTLECo-Location Premises

ADM

PACIFICWAVE

ADM

VzB ITOCSACRAMENTO

ADM

STM-4

ServiceDelivery Point

TAKAPUNACABLE

STATION

1+1APS

ADM

TCLADM

VzB ITOCAUCKLAND

TCLNorthcote

ADM

ADM

ADM

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Some early projects underway – just to test the water Access grid network connecting several

universities and interworking with overseas sites. Conference XP testing also underway.

University of Auckland participation in NEES Consortium – first ever testing outside USA

Open Students Television Network (OSTN) interworking with HITLab South and University of Canterbury

Keen to expand peering relationships with APAN members via Pacific Wave

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Capability Building We can’t just continue to “steer by our wake” Essential area of work to enable effective early and

sustained network utilisation Build awareness of, and participate in the development

of, middleware and applications To invite international experts to present at technical

workshops, and to inform strategic planning processes Initially requires a degree of coordination to ensure basic

skills are developed quickly and consistently for common network applications

REANNZ has a strong incentive to achieve early adoption so is coordinating aspects of network-oriented capability building with its own member training activities

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Capability Building Program (CBP) Advisory panel established

Working Groups separate funding stream; non-exclusive provision of logistics/secretariat by REANNZ; task-oriented projects Chairs and participation from members/associates Logistical support from REANNZ

International relationships Participate and contribute to working groups and projects Formalising relationships to enable network peering and

cement collaborative intentions for research and education, plus international network sharing

CBP will sponsor both-way travel opportunities

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NZ Advanced Network project –

its promise and potential

Thank youCharles Jarvie

Development Manager

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Message from Charles

We will be having a launch event on 31 August in Auckland so we would ask any members who might be in New Zealand around that time to contact me and I can arrange an invitation to the function at the University of Auckland or the related activities at the University of Canterbury.

Charles Jarvie

REANNZ