Florida International UniversityAMPATH AMPATH Julio E. Ibarra Director, AMPATH [email protected] CIRN Meeting Washington D.C. June 22, 2002 Pathway.

Florida International University AMPATH

AMPATHAMPATH

Julio E. Ibarra

Director, AMPATH

[email protected]

CIRN MeetingWashington D.C.

June 22, 2002

Pathway of the AmericasPathway of the Americas

Florida International University AMPATH

AMPATH Project• Started in March 2000 as a project led by Florida International

University (FIU), in collaboration with Global Crossing (GX), to interconnect the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in South and Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico to US and non-US NRENs

• With donations of– 10 DS3s and collocation from GX for 3 years– GSR 12012 router from Cisco– CBX 500 Carrier Class ATM switch from Lucent– M10 router from Juniper– Collocation in the NAP of the Americas from TWW

for 3 years• Partial funding from the National Science Foundation’s

Advanced Networking Infrastructure & Research (ANIR) Division

• Project management and operational support from FIU

Florida International University AMPATH

International R&E XP in Miami• AMPATH serves as the international exchange point in Miami for

research and education networks from Latin America to the US• Serves as Latin America’s access point to Internet2’s Abilene

network and non-US NRENs, connecting– REUNA of Chile– RNP of Brazil– RETINA of Argentina– ANSP of Sao Paolo, Brazil

• Connects US funded projects in the Service Area:– University of Puerto Rico– Arecibo Observatory– Gemini Observatory

• Experimental connection to StarLight• Located in the NAP Of The Americas

Fifth Tier-1 NAPStrategically located to serve Latin America,

the Caribbean, Southern Europe and AfricaClose to major carrier POPs and 7 worldwide

undersea cable landings

Florida International University AMPATH

International Cable Landings

Florida International University AMPATH

Southern Cone Network (InterSur)Southern Cone Network (InterSur)

• Initial Speed 45 MbpsInitial Speed 45 Mbps• Backbone Providers: Backbone Providers: ImpSat, Emergia, Global ImpSat, Emergia, Global CrossingCrossing• Uruguay: Wireless )10 Uruguay: Wireless )10 Mbps)Mbps)• Paraguay: Embratel (2 Paraguay: Embratel (2 Mbps)Mbps)• Estimated date of Estimated date of operation March 2003operation March 2003

RNP

RETINA

REUNA

AMPATH

Abilene

Current AMPATH TopologyCurrent AMPATH Topology

Proposed Regional Backbone TopologyProposed Regional Backbone Topology

Interregional Link

Abilene - GTRN

AMPATH

InterSur

Intraregional Linkfor Mexico

Florida International University AMPATH

June 11June 11thth Meeting in Miami Meeting in Miami• Planning session with NRENs, GX and Terremark

to discuss how AMPATH can participate in the formation of the regional backbone in South America

• Discussed topologies using SDH and MPLS-based technologies– P2P connections, aggregation and interregional

connections were important topics of discussion• Discussions with Mexico to collaborate in aggregating

traffic of Central America’s R&E networks• We have an opportunity to create a regional backbone

– We welcome your input