NLR Update

	John Silvester
	University of Southern Califonia
	silvester@usc.edu

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Backbone Expansion - Boston Node

	Infrastructure via a wave swap between CANARIE and NLR
		NLR received: 4 waves from NEWY to BOST;
			1 wave from BOST to STAR
	Add OADM, FrameNet and PacketNet services to BOST
		Equipment deployed 12/2007
	FrameNet
		1 10 GE BOST to NEWY connected
		Remaining 10 GE, BOST to CHIC to be completed in February
	PacketNet
		Initial connectivity via FrameNet backhaul
		Dedicated 10 GE PacketNet backhaul between BOST and NEWY to be added when needed.
	WaveNet - 2 to 3 waves available

International Activities

	Continue to add peers for Packetnet
	Interest from several international partners in acquiring dedicated circuits from NLR
		On FrameNet
		And WaveNet
		Allows low cost extension of their reach into US or to reach other peering exchanges and GOLES.

WaveNet Summary

	218 Lambdas installed
		OC-192 or 10 GE
	106 Active Circuits
		59 Customer circuits
		47 NLR (FrameNet or PacketNet)
	10 Pre-acceptance or provisioning
	42 Reserved or Spare
		Installed but not yet monitored or used.
	60 Decommissioned circuits
		Typically from SCxx or completed projects

WaveNet Weathermap

FrameNet

	10 GE connection to MANLAN completed Fall 2007
		Supports layer2 connectivity to international networks
		All FrameNet services available
			Dedicated and non-dedicated VLANS
			Point-to-point and Multipoint
	177 Total VLANS
	113 Active VLANs
			71 User VLANS
				Dedicated and non-dedicated
			42 NLR
				Layer3 backup, Out of Band monitoring, etc.

FrameNet - VLAN Count

FrameNet - Dedicated Bandwidth per Segment

Dynamic VLAN Provisioning

	Allows you to dynamically set up a VLAN over NLR Layer2 service; in operation. (see demo at noon BoF today)
	Expected Uses
		High bandwidth, infrequent use
		Projects with specific bandwidth requirements for specific time periods
			Weather forecasting for 8 hours a day, 4 weeks
			Move large data sets, once a month
	Key components
		WWW interface that allows you to specific end points, bandwidth and timeframe
			Configures the switches, makes bandwidth available.
		Requires contract and authorization

PacketNet

	Stable, no significant changes
		Total routes ~8K
		Additional routes added regularly, including International Peers
	Telepresence
		Cisco Telepresence equipment installed in the KANS node
			Telepresence Multipoint Switch, Session Border Controller and Network Management Server
		Supports point to point and multipoint telepresence sessions
		Plans to connect to  Telepresence exchanges
			Support Telepresence calls between telepresence-ready backbones.

Reporting Tool

	New web-based tool used to generate member and project reports
		Initially focuses just on Layer1 and Layer2 services
		Report includes:
			List of circuits used - both active and inactive - back to FY 2004.
			Logical map of the layer1 and layer2 infrastructure associated with a member
	Reports can be generated for
			Member
			Project
			Start Node and/or End Node
	Reports can be used to debug complex hybrid networks

Example Project Report - ETF

Example Logical Map - ETF Project

NLRview

	NLR Test points
		Deployed at all PacketNet and most FrameNet Nodes
			CLEV, RALE, PITT and BOST remain
		Network Performance software deployed
			NPAD and NDT available at ATLA, HOUS, DENV, WASH, NEWY, CHIC, LA
			Allow end-users to troubleshoot their network connections.
		Data collected
			Network measurement
			Network performance

Optical Switching

	Restore Optical switching infrastructure
		Original lambdas used for SC07.
		Dedicate spare waves for a 6 month project
	NLR will collaborate with other optical switching projects
		EnLIGHTened, LONI, UltraLight, GLIF, etc.
	Provide experience to NLR engineers and ESS for supporting optical switching projects
		Includes using NLRview to debug optical switching infrastructure.
	Infrastructure availble to research project upon request.

GMPLS

	100 Mbps VLAN dedicated to GMPLS control plane.
	Understand issues associated with out-of-band control of optical switches.
	Collaboration with EnLIGHTened (NCLR), LONI, UltraLight (CENIC) and others.
	Experience in optical control planes.

For more details É

	Winter 2008 ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs Workshop
	NLR Layer 2 / Layer 3 Technical Update
	January 21, 2008, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM UTC/GMT -10 hours Location: Ohana    Ed Balas, Indiana University  [pdf]    Jon-Paul Herron, Indiana University    Brent Sweeny, Indiana University
	Session Abstract While the plenary session will skim through a number of NLR Layer 1/2/3 updates, this session will focus on new technical features of the Layer 2 and Layer 3 networks, especially the new dynamic-provisioning feature.