OMNInet

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Next Generation Dynamic Optical Networks and the
OMNInet Testbed Concepts, Architecture,
Technologies Joe Mambretti, Director,
(j-mambretti_at_northwestern.edu) International
Center for Advanced Internet Research
(www.icair.org) Director, Metropolitan Research
and Education Network (www.mren.org) Partner,
StarLight/STAR TAP, PI-OMNINet (www.icair.org/omni
net) Tom DeFanti, Director (tom_at_uic.edu) Electron
ic Visualization Laboratory, University of
Illinois, Chicago (www.evl.uic.edu) PI,
StarLight/STAR TAP (www.startap.net/starlight) Par
tner, OMNInet Optical Networking Testbeds NASA,
August 9-11, 2004
EVL
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Advanced Optical Networking Research

• Scientists Require Their Own Supercomputers -
  Larry Smarr
• Today, Scientists Require Their Own Global,
  National, Regional, State-Wide, Metro and Local
  Advanced Networks
• Requirement Scientists Require Direct Access,
  Control, Management Without Intermediation By
  Production Managers
• Justification Ref Future Generation Computer
  Systems (FGCS), Volume 19, Number 6, August 2003,
  Special Issue on iGrid 2002, September 24-26,
  2002 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 Refereed
  Application Papers, Guest Editors Tom DeFanti,
  Maxine Brown, and Cees de Laat
• Manifesto Ref Communications of the ACM (CACM),
  Volume 46, Number 11, November 2003, Special
  issue Blueprint for the Future of
  High-Performance Networking, Introduction, Maxine
  Brown, Guest Editor
• Real Research Testbeds Must Be Managed by
  Researchers

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LambdaGrid Control Plane Paradigm Shift
Traditional Provider Services Invisible, Static
Resources, Centralized Management
Distributed Device, Dynamic Services, Visible
Accessible Resources, Integrated As Required By
Apps
Invisible Nodes, Elements, Hierarchical, Centrall
y Controlled, Fairly Static
Unlimited Functionality, Flexibility
Limited Functionality, Flexibility
Ref OptIPuter Backplane Project, UCLP
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The Next International Optical Network According
to GLIF
University
Dept
TransLight
CERN
Commodity Internet
University
University
NLR
GigaPOP
GigaPOP
University
University
eVBLI
Source Bill St. Arnaud
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10GE Links
GE Links
CSW
ASW
IEEE 802.3 LAN PHY Interface, eg, 15xx nm 10GE
serial
l1 l2 l3 l4
10GE Links
Multiwavelength Fiber
Grid Clusters
Multiple l Per Fiber
ASW
DWDM Links
GE Links

NNN
Multiwavelength Optical Amplifier

• Optical,
• l Monitors, for
• Wavelength Precision, etc.

Power Spectral Density Processor, Source
Measured PSD
Multiple Optical Impairment Issues, Including
Accumulations
Grid Clusters
Computer Clusters Each Node 1GE Multi 10s,
100s, 1000s of Nodes
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OMNInet Network Configuration

• 8x8x8l Scalable photonic switch
• Trunk side 10 G WDM
• OFA on all trunks

Sheridan
W Taylor
Photonic
DOT Clusters
10 GE
l
10 GE
Photonic
1
PP
10/100/ GIGE
PP
Node
10 GE
l
10 GE
Node
2
NWUEN-1
8600
8600
10/100/ GIGE
Optera 5200 10Gb/s TSPR
l
3
l
4
Optera Metro 5200 OFA
NWUEN-5
INITIAL CONFIG 10 LAMBDAS (ALL GIGE)
CAMPUS FIBER (16)

CAMPUS FIBER (4)
NWUEN-6
NWUEN-2
NWUEN-3
EVL/UIC OM5200
Lake Shore
TECH/NU-E OM5200
10 GE
l
PP
1
Photonic
10/100/ GIGE
10 GE
l
INITIAL CONFIG 10 LAMBDA (all GIGE)
8600
2
Node
CAMPUS FIBER (4)
l
3
l
4
LAC/UIC OM5200
NWUEN-8
NWUEN-9
NWUEN-7
NWUEN-4
S. Federal
10GE LAN PHY (Dec 03)
10 GE
PP
Photonic
10 GE
8600
To CaNet 4
Node
10/100/ GIGE
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Overlay Management network (Typical Site
Inter-site Network)
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Chicago