David LassnerUniversity of Hawaiidavid@hawaii.edu

Update from Paradise:Advanced Networking in Hawaii

Home of the ALOHA system and protocol

Home of PACCOM, the Pacific Rim project that first connected Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand …

Hawaii’s Proud History

Hawaii-US Mainland Connectivity

Prior to 2001• DS3 market price

~ $2m / yr• OC-3 unavailable

at any price

2001 was A Very Good Year

Southern Cross Cable Network

Japan-U.S. Cable Network

Hawaii at a Glance Incumbent telco (Verizon)

with 100% digital switching Two competitive facilities-

based telcos Vibrant ISP marketplace >1/2 of population on-line Every Public School

Connected Extremely high Cable TV

penetration - with VoD Digital wireless TV on Oahu

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DSL and Cable Modem services compete for broadband market, with fixed wireless on its way

Two major providers of on-island fiber facilities

Two (going on three?) inter-island fiber systems

Access to JUSCN, SCCN and TPC5

Who Peers IN Hawaii PMRF

Mauna Kea Observatories

Maui Supercomputer,Haleakala Observatories

University of HawaiiIntl Pacific Research Center

ALL Public Higher Education International Scientific Assets:

Mauna Kea, Haleakala, Maui Supercomputer…

ALL Public K12 Education State and County Governments Most ISPs (Tier 1 Problematic) US Dept of Defense Research &

Engineering (DREN)

How We Peer in Hawaii TODAY

PMRF

Mauna Kea Observatories

Maui Supercomputer,Haleakala Observatories

University of HawaiiIntl Pacific Research Center

OC-3 Inter-island Microwave Leased OC-3 services Gigabit ethernet over DWDM on

“Institutional Network”

Pending Internal Connectivity

PMRF

Mauna Kea Observatories

Maui Supercomputer,Haleakala Observatories

University of HawaiiIntl Pacific Research Center

DWDM-based Intra-island I-Nets DWDM-based Inter-island I-Net

(initially OC-3) Exploration of 2.5 / 10 Gigabit

links between islands

CURRENT Hawaii Trans-Pacific Links

Southern Cross Cable NetworkJapan-U.S. Cable Network

•OC-3 Peering with AARNet•OC-3 Peering with Abilene (Seattle)•OC-3 Link to DREN (Seattle)

NEXT Hawaii Trans-Pacific Links

Southern Cross Cable NetworkJapan-U.S. Cable Network

•(2x) OC-3 Peering with APAN •(2x) OC-3 to California •Pacific Wave?

Scientific Drivers

Biggest research university within 2000 miles:-)

Mauna Kea - the best observatory site in the world

Maui Supercomputer, Haleakala Observatories & the US DoD

Application Drivers

Astronomy Bioinformatics Climate change Environmental monitoring & modeling

(climate, ocean, geosciences, species) Telehealth Distance learning

University of Hawaii:10 campuses & 5 centers on 6 islands

Next Generation Distance Learning System

25 sites in 15 locations on 6 islands Shares the institutional IP network, OC3 + No central switching -- the network is the hub MPEG2-over-IP for high-quality video RAT multicast audio for continuous

“open-mic” audio among all sites in a session Any site can see any other site IP Multicast for efficient use of bandwidth IP QoS to ensure priority of video Custom application manages network services In production January 2002!

Finally, remember these?

An opportunity for inclusiveness?

David LassnerUniversity of Hawaiidavid@hawaii.edu

Update from Paradise:Advanced Networking in Hawaii