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Update on the MAX Fiber Infrastructure Plans Internet2 Spring Meeting March 8, 2001

Update on the MAX Fiber Infrastructure Plans Internet2 Spring Meeting March 8, 2001. Jerry Sobieski Associate Director, Engineering jerrys@maxgigapop.net www.maxgigapop.net. So, What is MAX doing?. What? Core: 50 mile fiber ring inside Washington DC beltway

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Update on the MAX Fiber Infrastructure Plans Internet2 Spring Meeting March 8, 2001

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  1. Update on the MAX Fiber Infrastructure PlansInternet2 Spring MeetingMarch 8, 2001 Jerry Sobieski Associate Director, Engineering jerrys@maxgigapop.net www.maxgigapop.net

  2. So, What is MAX doing? • What? • Core: 50 mile fiber ring inside Washington DC beltway • Core: Mixed fiber/lambda access between Wash & Balt • Access: Private fiber builds between MAX Members and the core • NLM / NIH / HHMI • GSFC / Census • Emerging Technology Center • Light fiber with multiple wavelengths • 200 ghz spacing today • Lucent Allwave or equivalent • Minimize requirements for ILA support • Enable all-optical connectivity

  3. A “MAX Eye View” of the World(concept only - not engineering diagram!) DREN Abilene VBNS NREN Qwest ISP NISN Net.Work.Md Net.Work.Va UMBC GSFC UMCP GU GWU NLM ISIE HHMI NSF SURA NOAA NIH NCSA SMTH JHU CU ETC UCAID USGS National/Inter-national Peering Networks ECONet Regional Network Participants ATDNet Monet NGIX-East MAX Regional Infrastructure Institutional Participants

  4. Fiber/Lambda Routes

  5. Target Core Optical Network WDST OC48c POS Baltimore ATM Router NGIX Router VBNS UMCP College Park NISN OADM Router Router ADEL QWST Washington Qwest ISP OC48c POS OC192c POS (future) Abilene OC48c POS ISIE Northern Virginia Router

  6. MAX Fiber Infrastructure Plant 2 / CB UMBC WDST ETC NIH HHMI FG ATT L3 NLM NOAA FG GSFC UMCP / 6 / 2 / 2 QW / 6 FG QW FG ADEL QWST CENS FG QW QW ISIE / 2 / 2 NWS NCSA

  7. Timeframes... • When: • Wash ring to be lit by April 15th, 2001 • Wash-Balt expected Summer 2001 • Access fiber routes: • NIH active • NLM active • HHMI active • GSFC active • Future initiatives: • Expanded [Northern] Virginia access • Experimental Technologies Testbed • Commercial and State infrastructure/partners • Advanced optics and telecom technologies • Baltimore ring

  8. Fiber is only part of the issue • Focus is more on creating/accessing information “interchanges” • Co-lo arrangements for service providers at key institutions • Access to major regional points of presence (telco hotels) • Attracting major new research and commercial network initiatives to the region. • Advantages of the Northern VA, DC, and Suburban MD region: • High density of MAX institutions minimizes fiber-miles. • Rich in network research programs to feed “early adopter” R&E environment.

  9. What is the game plan? • Basic infrastructure allows customized evolution to new technologies. • Strategy • “Big picture” cooperative planning among institutions to incrementally create robust infrastructure. • Fiber/facilities construction where/when appropriate • Multi-institutional engineering teams • Broad based applications’ technologies/services • Commercial partnerships to help develop new technologies and new service models. • Leverage state and municipal infrastructure programs.

  10. Strategic Alliances State Network Initiatives Net.Work.Virginia NG Network Maryland Private Sector Support QwestLink - fiber, colo, and ISP LuxN - optics Yipes - high speed layer 2 access/aggregation Others TBA

  11. Risks • “Early adopter” balancing act: • Too risky for production services, or • Too timid for research programs • The evolution of optics exceed the fiber’s technical capability • The real cost is in the equipment - not the fiber itself. • Less expensive commercial services arrive that can meet the needs of the R&E community • Is it likely? • Is this really a risk? Or the objective?

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