Update on Advanced Networking in Singapore

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Update on Advanced Networking in Singapore

• L.W.C. Wong F.B.S. Lee
• Singapore Advanced Research Education Network

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Background

• RE networking provision through SingAREN
• SingAREN Phase 1 started in November 1997 and
  essentially completed in March 2001
  
• Phase 2 initiated in April 2001 with 2-year
  grant with aim to
  
• Ensure continuity of RE advance networking
  requirements SingAREN21 infrastructure
  
• More diverse RD activities and improved project
  management Broadband21 projects

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ASTAR
Funded by
National University of Singapore
Hosted by
Project Partners
National University of Singapore
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SingAREN Components

• 2 main components
• Internet2 connectivity
• To provision peer connectivity to global RE
  partners on the basis of demand-driven bandwidth
  
• Connectivity to US, EU, Japan, Korea Malaysia
• Broadband grant projects
• Funded by ASTAR administered by SingAREN
• Project Partners NUS, NTU, KRDL and TP

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SingAREN Peering Arrangements

• Architecture
• Peer PVC routerss
• Layer 3 via BGP4
• Domestic peering
• Connectivity via ATM-based Singapore-ONE
• Tertiary institutions, including NUS, NTU, TP,
  etc.
  
• Research centres, including KRDL, NTRC, CIR,
  etc.
  
• International peering
• US - vBNS/Abilene (27 Mbps)
• Korea Europe TEIN (2 Mbps)
• Malaysia (2 Mbps)
• Asia-Pacific APAN (2 Mbps)

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SingAREN21 Network Configuration
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Multicast/IPv6/E2E

• SingAREN is multicast enabled but needs to
  conserve expensive international bandwidth
  
• IPv6 activities
• In discussion to scope project with IDA on
  testbedding national IPv6 infrastructure
  
• In discussion on collaborative projects with
  Korea Japan
  
• E2E performance
• Contractual agreements with provider on specific
  quality metrics
  
• Long fat pipe problem to boost performance on
  large file transfers

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New Activities

• SOX - Singapore Open Exchange
• Community project initiated in 2001 to facilitate
  open transit of Internet traffic
  
• KRAN Kent Ridge Advanced Network
• Project to set up a small optical network testbed
  with the aim of facilitating in the definition of
  a country-wide optical RE network in Singapore
  
• BMG Bio-Med Grid
• Definition and scoping stage of establishing a
  Singapore BMG in the next 15 months
  
• ONFIG Optical Network ConFIGuration
• Multi-party project looking into RD of optical
  network related devices
  
• NII Next-generation Info Infrastructure
• Spearheaded by InfoComm Development Authority
  (IDA) to investigate 2nd generation broadband
  infrastructure
  

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Kent Ridge Advanced Network

• Campus-wide optical network testbed for Grid
  technologies and research
  
• Inter-faculty, research institute collaborative
  RD
  
• 18-month project focus on
• optical networking, layer-2 networking
• Grid computing middleware
• Network vendor participation

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BMG Task force

• Formed in Sep 2001
• Aim to formulate blueprint for BMG with phased
  implementation over next 15 months
  
• 5 Technical Committees
• Networking
• Security
• High performance computing storage
• Software engineering
• End-user training and education
• Sponsored by ASTAR and supported by IDA

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Drivers Show-stoppers

• RE community
• Life sciences
• Grid activities
• Demand projections and provisioning?
• Industry
• IDA National Infocomm Roadmap to be announced in
  early March with call for participation
  
• Timeliness and economic viability of
  next-generation broadband info infrastructure ?
  
• Killer applications ?

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SingAREN Future Directions

• Role of SingAREN as RE network service provider
• Rising need for RE bandwidth cheaper
  bandwidth?
  
• Separation of experimental facility from more
  reliable production facility
  
• Activities in life sciences will significantly
  increase demand for bandwidth
  
• Challenges and opportunities for optical
  networks
  
• Challenges and opportunities with seamless
  wireless connectivity

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