Progress on ASTON EoI

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Progress on ASTON EoI

• after the OPTIMIST meeting ..

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FP6

• Research Networking Testbeds are part of FP6 IST
  programme
• Addressed by 2nd IST Call in summer 2003
• Deadline fall 2003
• Projects to start mid 2004
• Available budget 20-30 M Eur

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Position wrt GÉANT

• ASTON fits with the future needs of GÉANT
• work on 40 Gbps line-speed point-to-point,
• 10 GE over long distance,
• simple layer2 provisioning (routed and switched),
• Bandwidth-on-demand (flexible partitioning,
  provisioning, GMPLS testing),
• integrated IP and Optical management

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EoIs relevant to ASTON

• EoI with similar objectives were submitted by
• PSNC
• Cisco
• Juniper
• Alcatel ATRIUM2
• They all would like to join ASTON

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assets

• aston_at_terena.nl mailing list
• TF-NGN Optical Networking sub group
• Progresses on BoD braistorming
• Progress on long distance experience with fibers
• 40Gbps
• People willing to lead activities
• Contacts with carriers, providers, manufacturers
  (IP and optical)

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activities

• People willing to lead activities          
• BoD Michal          
• 40 Gbit/s Mauro          
• 10 GE Stanislav          
• TF-NGn activity Victor

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How to progress further

• Leaders find volunteers and produce workplans for
  optical activities in TF-NGN
• Capitalise on the brainstorming been done so far
  in TF-NGN and ASTON
• Look for collaboration from DANTE, NRENs
  Universities, vendors, carriers etc.
• Define who does what
• New GÉANT deliverables?
• Be ready for FP6 opportunities in 1st or 2nd call