Innovation through participation GÉANT as a Research Infrastructure: Interconnecting NRENs in Europe & Beyond Vasilis Maglaris [email protected]Professor, National Technical University of Athens - NTUA Chairman, NREN Policy Committee – GÉANT Consortium EU - India Workshop on Research Infrastructures INSA, New Delhi, 12 January 2010
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Innovation through participation
GÉANT as a Research Infrastructure:Interconnecting NRENs in Europe & Beyond
7th generation of pan-European research network federated infrastructure: A 20 year success story
EuropaNET TEN34 TEN155 GÉANT (GN2 GN3)
Connects 36 European countries through 32 NREN partners
Over 3,500 Research & Education (R&E) campuses across Europe
Over 30 million users
Total GÉANT Cost: 40 M€/year (shared equally by the EC & NRENs)
Provides extensive international connectivity to other world regions
Governance by NREN PC, Exec
Project co-ordination by DANTE via the PMT (Project Management Team) complemented by TERENA and involving > 400 NREN staff
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The GÉANT Sequence
2000-2004: GEA project
GÉANT network
10 Gigabit/sec IP
2004-2009: GN2 project
GÉANT2 network
Dark fiber core
“Hybrid” Packet - Circuit Services
Joint Research Activities
Transition to Service
2009-2013: GN3 project
GÉANT network
End-to-End Multi Domain Services
Service Activities/Joint Research Activities
Networking Activities
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Map of the GN3 Consortium
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GÉANT Topology
GÉANT topology – April 2009
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The GN3 Mission
To create an innovative multi-domain hybrid networking environment, using advanced transmission & switching technologies
To enable R&E users through their Organizations with flexible and scalable production quality services via their constituent NRENs
To be an enabler for Global R&E networking supporting international e-Science initiatives, creating a Global Virtual Village to house researchers & educators around the world
To contribute to standards as a key participant in European & Global efforts towards the Network of the Future
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NREN – GÉANT Ecosystem
Including R&E communities across Digital Divides
Leverage collaboration via virtualization
Enable access to the Knowledge Society
Make Big Science affordable at the desktop
Creating a distributed Critical Research Infrastructure