Connecting emergent R& E
networks and applications
at lambda speeds
Terena Conference
Malaga, June 11th 2009
Yves Poppe
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 Founded in 1945 located in Mumbai
 Developed TIFRAC, the first Indian computer in 1956
 Obtained full university status in 2003
 Focus on mathematics and natural sciences
 very active in High Energy Physics and astronomy
 Connectivity with CERN
 e-VLBI connectivity for NCRA in Pune
TIFRAC-2
India Knowledge Grid
ERNET, India’s R&E network
connects around 1500
institutions
GARUDA project connects 45
institutions at 100mbps
UNIVERSITY
COLLEGES
R&D
Institutions
MHRD
KNOWLEDGE
GRID
IISC/
IIT’s/
NIT
AICTE
STATE
EDUCATION
Depts.
NCERT
UGC
India and radio astronomy
The NCRA (National Centre for Radio Astronomy is part of TIFR
and operates the GMRT (Giant Meter Wave Radio Telescope)
located 80 km from Pune.
Intercontinental lambdas are needed for vLBI
http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/
India and High Energy Physics: Department of HEP at TIFR
Some of their projects : high speed communications are essential
•Belle Experiment at KEK, Japan
•The CMS Experiment at CERN
•D0 experiment at Fermilab
•Grapes Experiment, Ooty, India
•High Energy Gamma Ray Observatory,Panchmari and
Hanley(Ladak),India
•India Neutrino Onservatory(INO)
http://www.tifr.res.in/~dhep/
Global education partnerships need global high speed communications:
•Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar
•Texas A&M University at Qatar
•Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
•Carnegie Mellon University In Qatar
•Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
•Northwestern University in Qatar
http://www.qf.org.qa/output/Page17.asp
Global research partnerships need global high speed communications:
QSTP‘ was officially inaugurated in march 2009. Companies
such as ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Shell and Total are
establishing research and training centers that add value to
Qatar's hydrocarbons sector; local software company iHorizons
joins Microsoft and Cisco in developing new IT applications;
EADS and GE are at the forefront of industrial technologies etc.
http://www.qf.org.qa/output/page823.asp
Global research partnerships need global high speed communications:
•Cornell University
•The University of Oxford
•Stanford University
•Texas A&M University
•King Fahd University of Petroleum
and Minerals
•National Taiwan University
•Utrecht University
http://www.kaust.edu.sa/research/centers-and-cid.aspx
Square Kilometer Array in South Africa or in Australia?
Whoever gets it gigabit level connectivity will be
needed. Involves 55 institutes in 19 countries
Site selection:
2011-2012
2013-2018:
phase one
implementation
http://www.ska.ac.za/ska2009/presentations.shtml
The SKA precursors: MeerKAT and ASKAP
Meerkat is located in a remote part of Northern Cape Province
10gig connectivity to the Cape Town control centre on Infraco
Broadband infrastructure provided through SANREN (oct
2009). 1 gigabit via TENET to Europe to start.
The SKA precursors: MeerKAT and ASKAP
ASKAP is located in the outbacks of Western Australia.
Construction will start late 2009.
DWDM fiber connectivity under study by AARnet. 39Gbps is
required by 2013. 4Tbps in 2016 if Australia selected as SKA site..
Historical Telecommunications Provider to R&E Community
1995: Teleglobe provides first NGI connection for the Brussels G7 Summit: 155mb
Teleglobe provides the capacity to Canarie and co-represents Canada in the GIBN (Global Interoperability of Broadband Networks)
As a member of Canarie Technical Advisory council, Teleglobe encourages creation of Starlight
in Chicago.
2001: Teleglobe sets up the first trans-oceanic lambda linking SURFnet to Starlight (2.5 gbps) 1st
lambdagrid workshop in Amsterdam
2002: iGrid2002 Amsterdam, Tyco provides 10gig connection between Netherlight and Abilene in
NY through the IEEAF Foundation.
2003: creation of GLIF at the 3rd lambdagrid workshop in Reykjavik. Tyco provides the Pacific
and Atlantic connectivity for Gloriad. Teleglobe had provided the predecessor project
Naukanet.
2005: VSNL acquires Tyco Global Network
2005: Gloriad expands with a Tyco/VSNL 10 Gbps link between Korea and US
2006: VSNL acquires Teleglobe
2006: VSNL provides short term STM4 to support CHEP06 event in India
2007: VSNL provides multiple 10G to CERN
2008: Tata Communications providing > 10 x 10G in Atlantic and Pacific routes and access to the
commercial internet for various R&E initiatives and groups.
The GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility)
 created at the third lambda workshop; Reykjavik Aug 2003
 Major impetus from Canarie (Bill St.Arnaud) and Surfnet (Kees Neggers)
 Grew to include
Tata Communications contribution to GLIF – Atlantic
TataL
GTS
Tata GTS
Tata
GTS
Tata
GTS
Tata GTS
Source: http://www.glif.is/
Tata Communications contribution to GLIF - Pacific
Tata
GTS
Tata
GTS
Tata
GTS
Tata GTS
Source: http://www.glif.is/
Spring 2009: Amsterdam remains the R&E lambda capital
SEA-ME-WE-4 (SMW-4)
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Consortium Cable
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Tata Comm is Network Administrator
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Protection on SMW3
 Auto-protection currently
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Ring-Protected Backhaul in Marseilles and
Palermo
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Leading SLAs for Service Availability
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Linked Directly to VSNL’s Redundant NLD
Network in India
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Full Range of Service Offerings including:
 E-1, DS-3, STM-1, and STM-4 (ICB)
City-to-City Connectivity:
• Mumbai to Europe
• Mumbai to Singapore
Onward Connectivity via:
• India Domestic NLD
• Tata Comm European
network
• TGN-A
• C2C and EAC out of
Singapore
I-ME-WE
TGN – Eurasia
Tata Communications joint build with SEACom & Telecom Egypt, providing an owned express route
from Europe to India
• Fibre Length ~ 9,240km
• 2 fiber pairs
• Day One Capacity:
_ 160 Gbps
• Design Capacity:
_ 1.28Tbps
• Design Life ~ 25 years
• Protected transit through Egypt
• Landing Locations:
_ Mumbai – VSB
_ Egypt – transit
_ Marseille – Net Centre
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City-to-City Connectivity in Europe & India
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Full Range of Service Offerings including
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E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
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Protected and Unprotected
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Wavelength Services
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Ethernet Services
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Backhaul is included from Marseille
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Expected RFS: October 2009
South Asia - Gulf States/Middle-East- Europe Network Diversity
In addition to FLAG, SMW-3 and SMW4, the upcoming IMEWE, TGN-EA, Orascom MENA and EIG will provide the
region vastly increased South Asia – Middle East – Europe capacity and diversity and help circle the African continent
The Gulf Cable
Project
Trans-Atlantic
Kuwait
KSA
Bahrain
Qatar
Trans-Pacific
UAE
Oman
Mumbai
Tata
Global
Network
for discussion purposes only
SEACom Cable System
First Cable system connecting E. Africa to S. Africa, India and Europe
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Length: 13,000km Cable
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Locations:
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South Africa (Mtunzini)
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Mozambique (Maputo)
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Madagascar (Toliary),
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Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)
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Kenya (Mombasa)
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India (Mumbai)
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Djibouti (Djibouti)
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France (Marseille)
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Ultimate Capacity: 1,280 Gbps
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City-to-City Connectivity onto the Tata Communications
Networks in Europe, India, & USA
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Full Range of Service Offerings including:
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E1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
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Lease and IRU Contracts available
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Expected RFS: 2H2009
And on the African West Coast : WACS is going forward
The 14,000km submarine cable will run from Cape Town to the UK with
landings in Namibia, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic
of Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, the
Canary Islands and Portugal.
The WACS consortium comprises eleven companies that signed the WACS
Construction and Maintenance Agreement: Angola Telecom, UK-based Cable
& Wireless, Portugal Telecom, SOTELCO (Congo), Telecom Namibia, Togo
Telecom, India's Tata Communications and four South African firms Broadband Infraco, Telkom SA, MTN and Vodacom.
3.84Tb design capacity, RFS 2011
US$600 million investment
April 2009: contract awarded to Alcatel
Global investments in subsea cables 2006-2008
Source: Terabit Consulting
Africa could go from 2% to 20% of investments during next 4 years.
Other West African projects: MainOne, Glo-1, ACE
Main One: Nigerian initiative RFS end 2010
1.2Tb design capacity
Glo-1: Lagos –London expansion
ACE: France Telecom initiative RFS 2011
Situation in 2011 if all these projects materialize….
Annex
Quick tour around the Globe
on the Tata Communications
cable system
Circling the world on Tata Communication owned Submarine Cable
TGN Eurasia
Intra-Europe
Trans-Pacific
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Trans-Pacific
London
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New York
Frankfurt
San Francisco
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Trans-Atlantic
Tokyo
Hong Kong
Mumbai
SMW 3 & 4; FEA
TGN Intra-Asia
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Singapore
TIC, i2i & SMW 4
SAT3 & SAFE
New Cables
Capacity Purchase
Cable Name
Connecting
Ownership
Cable Name
Connecting
Ownership
TGN-Intra Asia
Singapore Hong
Kong, Japan,
Vietnam,
Philippines
Majority Owner
IMEWE
India, Middle East,
Egypt, Italy, France
Consortium Member
SEACOM
TGN-Eurasia
India to France via
Egypt
Majority Owner
India, Egypt, South
Africa
Initial Capacity
Owner
Quick tour around the
TGN - Europe
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European Ring
City-to-City Connectivity to:
 London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt
 Lisbon, Madrid, Marseille
Full Range of Service Offerings including:
 DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
 Wavelength Services
 Fiber Pairs
 Ethernet Services
New Connection to Marseille Landings
 Provides access from Marseille to USA
not touching London or Paris.
TGN - Atlantic
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Full range of Service Offerings including:
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DS3, STM1 through STM-64
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Wavelength Services
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Fiber Pairs
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Ethernet Services
Lease and IRU Contracts available
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Ability to connect from Marseille to USA, avoiding NYC and London
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USA presence in 32 A of A, 60 Hudson, 111 8th, 165 Halsey, and Ashburn
TGN - Trans-America
Full Range of Services including:
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E-1 through STM-64
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Unprotected and Protected Services
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Wavelengths Services
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Ethernet Services
Lease & IRUs available
TGN - Pacific
Hillsborough
Physical
Nedona
GT2
Emi
Shinagawa
Seattle
Toyohashi
Hillsboro
Portland
Los Angeles
Santa Clara
To
New York
Tokyo, Emi & Maruyama
Toyohashi
Chikura
Los Angeles
To APCN-2 & TGN-IA
Logical
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City-to-City Connectivity in Japan and USA
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Full Range of Service Offerings including
Hillsborough
Guam
Shinagawa
Los Angeles
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E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
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Protected and Unprotected
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Wavelength Services
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Fiber Pairs
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Ethernet Services
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Lease & IRU Contracts available
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Backhaul available from Chikura (APCN-2)
and connectivity from APCN-2 onto TGN-P
Down to Australia : participation in PIPE Cable System
• 2 fibre pair system
• Support 96x10G waves per fiber pair
• Total of 1.92 Terabits of capacity
• City-to-City Connectivity to:
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Sydney
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Guam
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Japan
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USA, India, Asia Pac, Europe
• Full range of Service Offerings including:
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E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-16
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Unprotected Services
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Ethernet Services
• Lease and IRU Contracts available
• Expected RFS: July 2009
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TGN - Intra East Asia
Length: 6,800 km
# of Fiber Pairs: 4
Initial Capacity: 320Gbps
Design Capacity: 3.84Tbps
Speeds available: STM-1/4/16 & 10G
Day One Landing Points:
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Singapore
Tokyo
Guam
Philippines
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Expected Latencies
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SNG– JP = 63msec RTD
SNG – HK = 33msec RTD
HK – JP = 45msec RTD
SNG – Vietnam CLS= 16.5msec RTD
Vietnam CLS – Philippines CLS = 24msec RTD
Philippines CLS – Japan = 33msec RTD
Expected Ready For Service: 3Q2008
TGN - Tata Indicom Cable (TIC) and TGN-EurAsia (TGN-EA)
City to City Connectivity to all India locations
and major business centers globally.
Full Range of Services including:
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Sub-rate through STM-64
TGN-EA and TIC are High
Capacity Systems connecting India
to Europe and Asia Pac.
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Unprotected and Protected and
Restored Services
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Wavelengths Services
Direct Links to TCL’s India Network
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Ethernet Services
Deep Shore Burial
Redundancy East and West from
India
Lease & IRU contracts available
Tata Communications National India Network
• 40,000 km transmission network
• 170 points of presence across India
• Covering 300 cities and towns
• High service uptimes through diverse fiber
routes and state of the art Ciena core
director network
• Dual Pop architecture in 4 metros
• Cost effective DWDM network
• Aggressive expansion across India
• Creation of express network connecting
major metros
TGN - East and West Connectivity to and from India
NLD Backbone
40,000 Route Km covering 300 major
cities
Pan India Coverage
Mesh Architecture for resilience
MAN Network
Fiber in 32+ cities
WIMAX Network
Deployed in 110+ towns
SMW4
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Network Administrator
SMW3 & SAFE
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Landing Party in India
New cables in 2009 and 2010
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TGN-EurAsia: RFS 2H2009
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IMEWE: RFS 1Q2010
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SEACom: RFS 2H2009
Tata Indicom Cable
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100% TCL Owned and Operated
TGN - down to South Africa : SEACom Cable System
First Cable system connecting E. Africa to S. Africa, India and Europe
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Length: 13,000km Cable
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Locations:

South Africa (Mtunzini)

Mozambique (Maputo)

Madagascar (Toliary),

Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)

Kenya (Mombasa)

India (Mumbai)
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Djibouti (Djibouti)
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France (Marseille)
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Ultimate Capacity: 1,280 Gbps
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City-to-City Connectivity onto the Tata Communications
Networks in Europe, India, & USA

Full Range of Service Offerings including:

E1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
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Lease and IRU Contracts available
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Expected RFS: 2H2009
TGN : Westward back to Europe: I-ME-WE
TGN – Eurasia
Tata Communications joint build with SEACom & Telecom Egypt, providing an owned express route
from Europe to India
• Fibre Length ~ 9,240km
• 2 fiber pairs
• Day One Capacity:
_ 160 Gbps
• Design Capacity:
_ 1.28Tbps
• Design Life ~ 25 years
• Protected transit through Egypt
• Landing Locations:
_ Mumbai – VSB
_ Egypt – transit
_ Marseille – Net Centre
•
City-to-City Connectivity in Europe & India
•
Full Range of Service Offerings including
_
E-1, DS-3, STM-1 through STM-64
_
Protected and Unprotected
_
Wavelength Services
_
Ethernet Services
•
Backhaul is included from Marseille
•
Expected RFS: October 2009
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