Simplified NIF for GN4 Input
Purpose:
This NIF form is to be used for the submission of New Ideas suggested for inclusion in the GN4
Phase1 and beyond proposals. Budget estimates, information about objectives, impact, benefits,
etc. as well as scope must all be supplied.
Submit to:
pmo@GÉANT.net by January 31st, 2014 with the subject label starting: GN4Input
Overview
Project Name:
Multi Domain OTN Cross
Connect
Service
(Bandwidth
guaranteed
point to point links across
backbone and NRENs)
Project Type: GN4
Phase1 or longer
term
Potentially longer
based on uptake.
Duration proposed
GN4 phase1 for piloting
and
first
productions
release.
term
Continue to phase 2 if
succesfull.
Project Proposer:
Brian Bach Mortensen
Estimated Project Costs (best effort!)
Manpower in personmonths also identifying
specific expertise
required
Manpower for various tasks:
Product Management
Task Leading: 6MM
and
D6 : 3MM
D8: 3MM
M3: 3MM
M4: 3MM
M6: 3MM
M9: 2MMx5=10MM
M11: 2MM
M12: 2MM
Total over phase 1: 35MM
Deliverables
proposed (If any can
be defined at this
stage)
D6 -Operational procedures
adapted to fit existing
practice
for
existing
connectivity services.
Hardware and
equipment:
Should be supported by the
Backbone and NRENs for
HW and equipment.
D8 – Accounting and billing
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functions defined.
Milestones proposed
(If any can be
defined at this stage)
M3 – Description of how
provisioning system should
communicate with OTN
enabled layers in both the
core network and peered
NREN networks. OpenFlow
interfaces to be used.
Other costs
Team meetings and travel to
use cases:
15000€
M4 – Definition of how TCM
should be configures with
peering NRENs.
M6 – Testing of peering
interdomain communication
via NSI enabled interfaces
for OTN enabled systems.
M9 – Piloting of the
systems with at least 5
NRENs.
M11 – Testing the system
scalability and speed of
provisioning across at least
3 domains.
M12
–
Testing
of
accounting
and
billing
functions as supported by
provisioining software.
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Background and Reasoning
Provide background information and the context of the project. Explain the reason for the project. What do you
want to be different? What do you hope to improve? Why is the project needed? This should be the reason for
the project, not the solution.
This task will create a guaranteed bandwidth service based on OTN based equipment found in the backbone
and participating NRENs. Essentially delivering guaranteed bandwidth point to point connectivity for NRENs
and their users. The service complements the MD-VPN service which is currently a best effort service such that
two main connectivity services are available in the Geant network portfolio.
The service will resuse existing provisioning tool (AutoBahn) for NSI enabled signalling with peering domains.
Furthermore, it will maintain a portal that allows authenticated and authorised users to create circuits across the
involved domains.
While reuse of existing SW should be done, minor adaptation should be made to integrate with northbound
interfaces of OTN equiopment (likely openflow enabled interfaces).
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Objectives, Impact and Benefits
2
Provide one or more bullet points to briefly describe the primary objective(s) of the project in terms of the
desired outcomes. This should be expressed in the form: ‘To ensure…’, ‘To implement…’, 'To service...', 'To
improve...', 'To innovate...', 'To optimize...', 'To save...', etc. For each objective mention the benefits to
identified stakeholders (e.g. end-users, NRENs, large international research projects, industrial research
partners, high level education, etc.) should be mentioned. A description of the expected overall impact must
also be provided.

To service users in the European region with bandwidth guaranteed point to point network services in
collaboration with peering networks.
Scope
3
Describe the areas expected to be covered or impacted by the proposed activity, such as organisational areas,
systems, processes, resources.. i.e. what is ‘in scope’. This is not a list of what will be done but identifying the
services, areas or what, will be affected.
Also please enumerate specific items which although they could perhaps be related are intentionally not
addressed by your proposal ("Out of Scope").
3.1
In Scope

Deploying a NSI based provisioning system on top of OTN and other bandwidth guaranteed
transmission systems.

Tandem Connection Monitoring should be investigated as main monitoring functionality.
3.2
Out of Scope

Developing new software wihin this task (should be done by provisioning tool task and monitoring tool
task)
General Information
4
Outline any potential issues, risks, dependencies, assumptions, constraints and limitations or any other points
that may be useful to help assess the proposal.

This service is not completely unfamiliar with the current GN3plus BoD service. It should however be
delivered on top of OTN equipment potenentially lowering cost compared to IP based equipment (this
obviously may be subject to heated discussions).
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