Post on 01-Jul-2015
Digital Infrastructure in Metro Vancouver
Michael HrybykPresident, BCNET
Overview
Vancouver Digital Infrastructure
• We need a hybrid model approach to digital infrastructure to enable the intelligent community
• Digital infrastructure components• BCNET’s network and current role• Digital Infrastructure for Metro Vancouver
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What do we need for digital infrastructure?
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• Networks
• Services
What do we need for digital infrastructure?
Networks• Cabling
– Local– Intercity
• Aggregation points– Wireless
towers/bases
• Exchange points
Services• Inter-Exchange
Carriers• ISPs (short haul)• Data Centres
– Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
– XaaS Providers (infrastructure, platform, sw)
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Local cabling
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Aggregation Points
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Exchange Points
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Infrastructure Ownership Examples
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• Sewer/Water
• Natural Gas
• Electricity
• Roads
Infrastructure Ownership Summary
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Network Ownership Service Layer
Sewer/Water Government Monopoly
Natural Gas Regulated Utility Mixed
Electricity Regulated Utility Monopoly/Mixed
Roads Government Market
Infrastructure Ownership Summary
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Most strategic infrastructure ownership is a mix of a local commons at the base and a market layer over top
Models for Digital Infrastructure
• Three possibilities– Monopoly (single provider)– Mixed– Market (facilities-based competition)
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Comparisons
Type Advantages Disadvantages HistoryMonopoly No duplication
EfficientUbiquitous
No incentive to innovatePricingBiases by usageForced purchase
Works for utilitiesWas tried and found wanting
Mixed Optimizationbenefits from monopoly and market
ComplexityHand-offs and exchanges
Generally untriedEarly Internet
Market Efficient pricingResponsiveFunded
SegmentationNot universalVertical integrationBiases by usageScaling leads to oligopoly
Current situationFacilities-based competition
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Mixed Model
• Choose the mixed model rather than status quo– Optimize advantages from both– Minimize disadvantages
• What parts are needed?• What parts are commons vs market?
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Network Parts
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Component DeliveryLocal Cable/Conduit CommonsAggregation Point MixedExchange Point Commons (maybe)InterCity/Exchange Cable MarketService Market
Architecture
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Local Cable Plant
Aggregation Point
Local Cable Plant
Wireless Tower
Local Cable Plant
Aggregation Point
Local Cable Plant
Wireless Tower
ServiceExchange
Point
ServiceExchange
Point
ServiceExchange
Point
Blue is Commons
Exchange Points
• How many per city or region?• Ownership
– Regional Entity– Market (akin to shopping malls) in conjunction
with zoning
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End-to-End Service
• Network service provisioned by ISPs• Ordering of cabling and fulfillment for ISPs
across local cabling and aggregation points– Need for third party– Regional entity
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Layered Services
• Data Centres– Apply planning approaches and zoning– Proximity or colocation with exchange points is
optimal but not necessary– Connected to exchange points via local cable
plant
• XaaS and CDNs– Locate in data centres
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Why does BCNET care?
• Need for fibre for research and higher education– Advanced Networks– Internet fat pipe– Shared IT Services
• Need for exchange points– Connect to multiple networks– Service from multiple suppliers– Operates Exchange Points in 6 cities in BC
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Advanced Network via Exchange Points
• Research universities and institutes
• Provincial health centres• Federal and provincial
research labs• 72 colleges and schools
through the Provincial Learning Network
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Innovative Services
• Multiple dedicated virtual networks can be created per service– XaaS and CDNs can be provisioned over dedicated
infrastructure direct to customer
• Customers can create virtual networks– Enterprise– Government– Family
• Interconnection at Exchange Points– Counteracts segmentation
• Expanded market choice– Solves network neutrality problem
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Metro Vancouver
• How will this happen in Vancouver?• Task Force
– Inter-city• Translink• Hydro• Port of Vancouver
– Municipalities
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Vision
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Harbour CentreExchange Point
SurreyExchange
Point
Vancouver
New Westminster
Coquitlam
Richmond
North Vancouver
Burnaby
Delta
Port Moody
Port Coquitlam
Surrey
West Vancouver
Translink, Hydro, Ecomm, Port, Private Providers
Municipal Interconnect
How it can work
• One agency coordinates municipal interconnects– Private Interconnects
• Direct city-to-city connections
– Third party• Public: Translink, Port, Hydro• Commercial interconnect providers
• Service provider connects nodes end-to-end– Agreement for fibre from agency– Interconnect to service provider network at exchange
points or private interconnect
• Service provider “owns” the customer– Subcontract to agency
• Customer can have many service providers
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Regional Use Cases
• Public– Translink – bus depots, maintenance yards, traffic systems– Ecomm – emergency responders (police, fire, …)– BCNET – higher education and research– Libraries– Regional District – utility systems– Port – harbour and shipping interconnects– Hydro??
• Private– Internet Service Providers– Cloud Service Providers– Colo Data Centres– Content Deliver Networks
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Issues
• Decentralized municipal and regional infrastructure
• Lack of standards• Hodge-podge rights of way• ROI and business case
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Next Steps
• Regional task force formed• Regular meetings• Sharing of fibre infrastructure maps• Develop swap agreements• Develop shared infrastructure to get to
Harbour Centre
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