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The Corporation for EducationNetwork Initiatives in California

CENIC • 16700 Valley View Ave. La Mirada, CA 90638

(714) 220-3400 • [email protected] • www.cenic.org

Optical Infrastructure for Science and

EducationJim Dolgonas

President and CEO, CENIC

CENIC • 16700 Valley View Ave. La Mirada, CA 90638(714) 220-3400 • [email protected] • www.cenic.org

CENIC Non-profit, formed in 1997 18-member board composed of our

members Serves 13 research universities, 30 4-

year colleges and universities, 114 2-year colleges and all K-12 (8,000+ grammar and high schools) in CA, as well as universities in Arizona and Nevada

Beginning to share fiber infrastructure with other segments- including private sector


Policy Framework CENIC received some seed funding

(from the NSF) upon start up in 1997 but receives very little government funding, none for on going operations

Members pay fixed yearly fees Not usage-based pricing, which would

discourage use and therefore innovation Some optional services priced

separately, eg., video, dedicated capacity

Partner with private sector where feasible


CENIC CalREN 3,000 route miles of

backbone fiber 400+ routers 80+ switches 50+ optical

components 300+ high-speed

circuits from telcos


CENIC-Multiple Networks


Requirements/Characteristics

Ability to support high bandwidth 10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s

Ability to support short-term uses Ability to reconfigure network to

specific projects and demonstrations Ability to support dedicated circuits

for researchers/projects Ability to support very high

availability needs for teaching


CENIC Technical Solution


CENIC Technical Solution to Requirements/Characteristic

s Owned-fiber backbone supplemented

with fiber to each research university Diverse fiber/circuits to support

network resiliency in case of hardware failure or fiber cuts

Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) to support multiple circuits over single pairs of fiber (permits sharing of infrastructure costs with non research and education)


CENIC Technical Solution (continued)

Layer 2 (Ethernet) for those research projects not requiring dedicated Layer 1 bandwidth, but unable to withstand overhead of routed (Layer 3) network

Multiple Layer 3 networks Quality of service (QoS) where

needed


Use Examples CENIC Innovations in Networking

Award Winners for 2011: CineGrid@Disney Demonstration Tele-Immersion for Physicians Virtual Computing Lab Initiative eTranscript California

Bleeding-edge research, high-performance research, and educational applications


Use Examples: CineGrid@Disney

An international organization devoted to using advanced networks for high-quality digital media

October 13, 2010 demonstration the result of 9-month effort involving 50+ participants from 7 CineGrid member orgs, 5 networks including CalREN 4K telepresence virtual conference room; remote streaming 4k/2k/3D video; live digital color grading; collaborative audio mixing; multi-panel display walls for collaborative multimedia


Use Examples: Tele-Immersion

Enables medical professionals to collaborate seamlessly

Physicians can interact with one another and with their data in real-time

Will unite the Tele-Immersion Lab at UC Berkeley with the Institute for Data Analysis and Visualization (IDAV) at UC Davis

Components currently under development: Tele-immersion

infrastructure, real-time video

capturing systems algorithms needed to

capture, visualize, and transmit data


Use Examples: Virtual Computing Lab

Pilot program at the Northridge and East Bay campuses of the California State University

Allows students to access the software applications demanded by their coursework from campus, home, or anywhere they have a browser and Internet connectivity, 24/7/365 Significant cost savings and performance increases: Expensive software need

only be bought once Lab is available to users in

many locations, very scalable

Older equipment can be used to access the Lab


Use Examples: eTranscript California

Secure, streamlined electronic transcript exchange for 53 post-secondary institutions in California 2-year Community Colleges 4-year Cal State University Many private/independent colleges

Translating into national standards, tracking, combining transcripts, interfacing with high schools, and studies on student success. Transcript-related costs for eTranscript California member colleges will drop from an average of $7 to less than 50 cents per transcript


External/International Connectivity

Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland/France

CENIC members participate through CalREN

CENIC participants include: Caltech, Cal Poly SLO Lawrence Berkeley

Lab, Stanford Linear Accelerator

UC Davis, LA, Riverside, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Irvine, Santa Cruz



OptIPuter – OptIPortal - OptIPlanet

UCSD StarCaveKAUST NexCave CICESE, Mexico

OzIPortal, Australia UC Davis Genome

CenterUWash OptIPortal

Dedicated, high-capacity circuits link research teams in California to the OptIPuter/OptIPortal locations

worldwide



CAMERA: Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis Massive marine genome sequencing project

Houses vast amounts of data made available worldwide



PRIME/MURPA: Monash University (Australia) and UC San Diego using high-definition videoconferencing in their exchange programs Students present simultaneously to mentors in both places

World experts present seminars to Monash students without time or cost of travelling

Monash Chancellor Alan Finkel says “almost as if we were in the same room”


Support of International ConnectivityPacific Wave Open Exchange

Distributed peering exchange: Seattle, Sunnyvale, and LA Participants can reach other networks,

no matter which point they connect to Peering points connected with two 10

Gb/s circuits 27 R&E networks in 11 countries

participate Plus two combined networks redCLARA

and TransPAC2 (17 and 11 countries, respectively)


Pacific Wave

CENIC Connections to Internet2 and National LambdaRail enable CENIC members to reach Europe

for global research/education


What’s Next Obtain fiber outward from backbone

to communities to support multiple uses-education and research, libraries, public safety, health care, etc.

Extend network with wireless technologies

Leverage network to assist CENIC members address severe budgetary challenges Access to commercial cloud providers Access to commercial colocation

providers Creation of CENIC cloud services


Thank You

Jim [email protected]

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