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Dr. Léonie Schäfer(DFN) and David West(GÉANT)
NKN Workshop 2016, Hyderabad, India
GÉANT Overview
20 January 2016
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Presentation Structure• GEANT Overview• Global Research Collaboration• GEANT – NKN Partnership
Objectives• Inform about GEANT• Get information about current or future research collaborations between EU
and India
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Content
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• GÉANT Organisation formed in October 2014 through merger of DANTE and TERENA
• Owned by 36 European NRENs and NORDUnet (representing 5 Nordic NRENs)
• Also associate members from industry and multi-national research infrastructures and projects
• New GÉANT CEO Steve Cotter (ex REANNZ and EsNET)
• GEANT focus is Networking. Services. People.
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GÉANT Organisation overview
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41 European countries connected
Latest transmission and switching technology
Routers with 100Gbps capability
Optical transmission platform designed to provide 500Gbps super-channels
27,114km of dark fibre Over 100,000km of leased
capacity (including transatlantic connections)
28 main sites covering European footprint
GEANT connectivity as of October 2015. GEANT is operated by GEANT LTD on behalf of the GEANT Association.
The GÉANT Networke-Infrastructure for the data deluge
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What does GÉANT do?
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At the Heart of Global R&E Networking
GÉANT reaches over 100 countries worldwidehttp://global.geant.org
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GÉANT: new regional network projects
• Pan-African regional networking project, building on AfricaConnect (S and SE Africa) and EUMEDCONNECT (N Africa) projects• Main contractors GÉANT and UbunutNet Alliance, also
supported by WACREN and ASREN• Term 2015 - 2018• 20M Euro EC funding
• Regional networking project for EU's Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine
• Main contractor: GÉANT• Term 2015 - 2020• 13M Euro EC funding
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North America
GÉANT interconnects with: CANARIE (Canada) ESnet (USA) Internet2 (USA) NISN (USA)
Transatlantic Capacity: 30Gbps– funded through the US NSF 100Gbps – funded via GÉANT
New initiatives: ANA-300G, CEO Forum - GNA
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GÉANT: Extending ESnet Transatlantic Connectivity in Europe
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Objective ⇒Enable better end user collaboration around the world, by⇒Expanding eduroam and eduGAIN globally⇒Allowing NRENs to share end user collaboration tools among themselves⇒Providing support to user communities
Duration 2 years (June 2015 to May 2017)
Partners RedCLARA, GÉANT, and 19 R&E networks in Latin America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia and Pacific
Funding Horizon2020 contribution: €1.4m
www.magic-project.eu
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User Groups we work with
Physical sciences
LHC/CERN, BELLE II, SKA
Earth Sciences and Earth
ObservationCOPERNICUS,
EUMETSAT, ESA, EIDA
E-Infrastructures
Life sciencesELIXIR,
BioMedBridges
Arts & Humanities
DARIAH, CLARIN
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EUMETSAT Multicast of Environmental Data
• Meteorological data from EUMETSAT satellites need to be distributed to sites in Europe, Asia and USA.
• EUMETSAT requires network infrastructure that enables terrestrial multicast dissemination to end sites.
• EUMETSAT and GÉANT are running a two-year multicast prototype emulating operational scenarios from the EUMETSAT HQ in Darmstadt, using GÉANT infrastructure in Europe and global connectivity
• Agreement provides a Single Point of Contact to EUMETSAT for the related network services across GÉANT and the corresponding National Networks.
Showcase: EUMETSAT - global Multicast of Environmental Data
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• A Global Blog on how R&E networks support science, research and education
• Case study material collected from across the globe
• Excellent resources page giving guidance on how to blog case studies successfully
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www.inthefieldstories.org
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• A repository of resources to support funding, advocacy and the advancement of national and regional R&E networks
• To “make a case” towards users, funders and partners
• Developed among the regional R&E networks where NRENs are starting up to share experience and best practice
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www.casefornrens.org
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• Direct Europe/India R&E connectivity since 2006 (45Mbps, then upgraded several times!)
• TEIN project introduced GÉANT and NKN in 2010• Currently 2.5Gbit/s via TEIN4, being upgraded to 10 Gbit/s• NKN international connectivity to Europe gives further
collaboration opportunities• Exciting potential to further strengthen partnership to
bring EU/India user communities closer together
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Strong GÉANT/NKN Partnership
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We are interested to hear of other co-operation opportunities!
Thank you!
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