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Overcoming the Tyranny of Distance in 21st Century Research

Celeste Anderson and Peter Elford

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Overcoming the Tyranny of Distance in 21st Century Research

AARNet/Pacific Wave

Peter Elford, Director, Government Relations and eResearch

[email protected]

Celeste Anderson, Director, Customer Relations, Pacific Wave

[email protected]

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• The case for NRENs

• AARNet, Australia’s NREN

• Asia Pacific Activities

• Future

Agenda


THE CASE FOR NRENS

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Research


To provide

telecommunications and

related services to a nation’s

research and education

sector which the market

does not provide or does not

provide at a reasonable price

• Capacity– Bandwidth

• Reach– Campuses, instruments

• Quality– Low latency, Low congestion

• Unique Consumption Model

• Globally Interconnected

National Research and Education Network

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International National Research Network Community


AARNET, AUSTRALIA’S NREN

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Australia’s NREN

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*Supported by PACCOM, a NASA

(later NSF) connectivity project,

led by University of Hawaii

Established by AVCC (later Universities Australia),

Supported by Australian Research Council


International Capacity – Then …

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International Capacity – … and Now

SXTransPORT

(2 x 100Gbps)

2.5Gbps


ASIA PACIFIC ACTIVITIES

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Asia – Trans-Eurasia Information Network


Pacific Islands – Most Isolated, Most Underserved

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Pacific Fibre Footprint

http://submarinecablemap.com

Last Updated October 9, 2016

French

Polynesia

Hawaii

Guam

Fiji

Tonga

SamoaVanuatu

Solomons

Marshalls


NSF Award 1451050 IRNC: RXP - Pacific Wave Expansion Supporting SDX & Experimentation

http://submarinecablemap.com/

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• Pacific Wave experimentation is done in a "sandbox" (or

parallel infrastructure) so as not to impact the production

quality of Pacific Wave.

• Example of a sandbox environment created to explore

new concepts is Pacific Wave’s software-defined internet

exchange (SDX).

• Other experiments include the creation of an exchange

data transfer node (DTN) to assist with the movement of

large data sets internationally (Singapore-Los Angeles),

provisioning using the NSI/AutoGole model, and support

for the Pacific Research Platform.

Pacific Wave Experimentation



SX-Transport - PIREN

NSF 1451058 IRNC:Backbone SX-TransPORT Pacific Islands Research and Education Network

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Pacific Research Platform (PRP)

NSF Award 1541349 CC*DNI DIBBs: The Pacific Research Platform


The Pacific Research Platform (PRP)

• NSF CC-NIE and similar projects represent significant investments in

campus infrastructure including SDN, Science DMZ’s (~130 projects)

• But the scientists are still struggling with the complexity of using the

network and interoperability between different implementations of Science

DMZ’s

• PRP focuses on enabling the science communities across the Pacific region

to make effective use of the high performance infrastructure

• Kick-off in December 2014: take advantage of the regional infrastructure;

perfSONAR for measurement / analysis and MaDDash for visualization

• Include DTN’s: use a common software suite for data movement; reflect

disk-to-disk performance on MaDDash

• Demonstrated as a proof-of-concept at the CENIC Spring meeting (March

2015)


https://ps-dashboard.cenic.net/maddash-webui/index.cgi?dashboard=CENIC

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The old model

• Requires scientists to…

– Discover new technologies

– Become expert in new

technologies

– Assemble distinct technologies

into an integrated solution that

works for them

• Some scientists do this brilliantly –

most do not

The new model

• New team members for “team

science.” Technologists…

– Understand technology

– Understand enough of the

science to see how technology

fits

– Help scientists adopt a useful

solution

• Result: much more efficient and

productive research outcome

PRP (GRP) Science Engagement



FUTURE

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Optical Fibers Link Australian and US

Big Data Researchers



Next Step: Global Research Platform

Building on CENIC/Pacific Wave and GLIF

Current

International

GRP Partners


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Guam

V0.3 15May16

Pacific

Wave

Backbone

2x100G

SX TransPORT

2x100G

UHawaii 100G

(pending)

SingAREN-I2 100G

TransPac-Pacific Wave 100G

SINET-5 100G

AARNet 2.5G link

going to 10G

KISTI 100G

Notional High Speed Coherent Asia-Pacific R&E Architecture


NZAU

Hawaii

LA

SeattleJapan

SG

HK

ChicagoKorea


Research Outcomes

“While Twitter creates 1-17PB per year, Astronomy 1,000 PB/year, YouTube 1,000-2,000 PB/year …but Genomics

will be 2,000-4,000 PB/year

IEEE Spectrum, “Genomic Data Growing Faster than Twitter or Youtube”

“An astronomer needs access to a telescope and an oceanographer needs access to a ship. I'm a climate scientist

and I need access to a petaflop computer and a petabyte storage array for my data. AARNet provides me with those

services and capabilities wherever I happen to be located in the world and that enables me to do my research ”

Professor Andy Pitman, Director ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Systems Science.

“Through its relationship with CSIRO and Australian universities, AARNet’s contribution to radio astronomy in

Australia over the past two decades played an important role in positioning Australia for the SKA. ”

Dr Brian Boyle, Australia/New Zealand SKA Director

“AARNET's reliable, fast and cost-effective research network has played a significant role in the success of the

Australian site to deliver the storage and computing resources to the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS experiment.”

Dr Geoffrey Taylor, Director ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics

• The volume of data being generated, collected and analysed continues in leaps and bounds.

• The scale and cooperation needed to support such projects continues to evolve and

leverage the world’s global subsea fibre network.

• More countries will be able to participate in the open exchange of data to support the

planet’s research and education challenges.

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Questions ?

Thank You!


Acknowledgements

SX-Transport

• The landmark partnership with AARNet began in December 2003, with Southern Cross Cable Network

agreeing to generously sponsor dual 10Gbps undersea circuits between Australia and the West Coast of

the United States for the Southern Cross Trans-Pacific Optical Research Test bed (SXTransPORT).

SXTransPORT is a high capacity fibre optic connection linking AARNet to research and education

networks around the world.

Current US National Science Foundation awards supporting this work.

• NSF Award 1451050 IRNC: RXP - Pacific Wave Expansion Supporting SDX & Experimentation

• NSF Award 1451058 IRNC Backbone: SXTransPORT Pacific Islands Research and Education Network

• NSF Award 1541349 CC*DNI DIBBs: The Pacific Research Platform

• NSF Award 1451045 IRNC: ENgage: Building Network Expertise and Capacity for International

Science Collaboration

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• Pacific Wave began as first

geographically distributed Internet

Exchange in 2004, providing

interconnections between NRENs

and other research and education

networks.

• Pacific Wave is an open exchange

supporting both commercial and

R&E peers.

• The exchange current supports 25

participants representing 29

countries.

• Current activities include

– Support for 100G port

upgrades, including those to

Australia, Japan and Canada.

– a trial for dynamic provisioning

for network connections via the

AutoGole project.

– SDX development platform.

– Pacific Research Platform

support.

Pacific Wave



Recent Project goals:

• Support 2x100Gbps R&E SX-Transport

circuits from New Zealand and Australia via

Hawaii to U.S. West Coast.

• Foster research and education (R&E)

network capacity to interconnect Pacific

Islands with each other and the global R&E

network fabric

• Opportunistically connect Mauna Kea and

Haleakala observatories.

• Network measurement activities.

Current Activities:

• Efforts are underway to connect Guam to

Hawaii at 100G and to create a Guam R&E

exchange.

• Network Training workshop organized by

Network Resource Startup Center (NRSC)

recently in Guam for Pacific Island

networks.

• Discussions with observatories on future

requirements for new instruments.

PIREN


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Hawaii

AU

Guam

NZ

Seattle

LA

Japan

SG

V0.3 15May16

NOTES/OPPORTUNITIES• This includes significant/hub sites for

100G R&E networks

• Commercial fiber systems available and

planned on AU-Guam, Guam-JP and

Guam-HK paths

• Direct JP-Hawaii route available

HK

Pacific Wave

Backbone

2x100G

SX

TransPORT

2x100G

UHawaii

100G

(pending)

SingAREN-I2 100G

TransPac-Pacific Wave 100G

SINET-5 100G

AARNet 2.5G

link going to

10G

Possible JP

investment in new

JP-Guam link

Possible US (I2

or IU)

Investment in

Guam-HK link

NII 10G JP-SG link

NICT 2.5G JP-HK & HK-SG

links

going to 10G

I2 1G HK-SG link going to

10G

Key New System Routes Pending• Japan-Guam-Australia

• Palau-Yap-Guam (via SEA-US)

• AU-NZ

• AU-NZ-(Pacific Islands)-HI-US

Key New Exchange Activities• Tokyo exchange & Peering

• Singapore open 100G exchange

• Hong Kong exchange

ChicagoKoreaKISTI 100G

Notional High Speed Coherent Asia-Pacific R&E Architecture


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