Future of Optical Networks at the
Naval Research Laboratory
Sprint Research Symposium 2000
8-9 March 2000
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Revolutionizing the Future of Networking
Prototype a “network-centric”
Information Infrastructure for the
21st century ... one that provides wide
area authenticated, transparent and
ubiquitous access to “globally remote”
info-resources as if “local” inforesources . . .
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Global Grid Future for the Warfighter . . . . .
GLOBAL GRID VISION
ONE “scalable” warfighter’s NETWORK infrastructure. . .
Fiber, Satellite, Microwave, or Wireless Interconnect
• Data traffic has strongly overtaken telephony traffic
• Gigabit stream applications will break “ip” and routing
• Packet vs circuit vs cell is “not” the issue, transparency is the issue
• Networkspeak: “smart” is “stupid” !! . . . “stupid” is “smart” !!
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Information Assurance Perspective . . .
We are in the midst of a revolution in
communications that will continue to be a defining
force in our Economy and for National Security far
into the twenty-first century. Its new technologies
and media forms are already changing society
beyond prediction.
As such, it has completely changed the face of
Information Assurance . . . we must structure
National Assets to leverage this vision for the future!
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Yesterday
Achieving Information Superiority
Electronic
COAX
Today
Tomorrow’s Internet
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Electronic
Electronic
COAX
Switch
Switch
Switch
Electronic
Electronic
Electronic
FIBER
Switch
FIBER
Switch
Switch
NASD
K5 Serv
Electronic
MOBILE
K5 Serv
MOBILE
Switch
Optical
Switch
Optical
FIBER
MOBILE
Switch
MPP
Super
Electronic
Switch
Electronic
K5 Serv
MOBILE
Optical
MOBILE
FIBER
Switch
Switch
MOBILE
MOBILE
MPP
Super
Powers of TRANSPARENCY
• Digital Transparency:
. . . transparency to intensity-modulated digital signals of
arbitrary bit-rate, format and protocol !
• Amplitude Transparency:
. . . transparency to intensity-modulated digital or analog
signals
• “Strict” Transparency:
. . . transparency to any optical signal without amplitude, phase
or frequency modulation, but probably not Solitons !
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ATDNET High Level Dual Independent Rings
NSA
DARPA
Net Mgmt
DISA
Net Mgmt
ATDnet/MONET West
“Development” Ring
TELLIUM Gear
NASA
8 MONET wavelengths
• selectable optical wavelength
• SONET framed/timed (OC48c)
ATDnet/MONET East
“Research” Ring
LUCENT Gear
8 MONET wavelengths
ADMs
Switch(NB)
• switchable (WSXC) NB technology
• transparent digital signals
• transparent analog signals
DIA
* Single MONET Wavelength
Modified Transparency Card
*
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Net Mgmt
TI_IN-1-IN
TI_OUT-1-OUT
TI_IN-2-IN
TI_OUT-2-OUT
TI_IN-3-IN
TI_OUT-3-OUT
TI_IN-4-IN
TI_OUT-4-OUT
CCI_IN-1-A
CCI_IN-1-B
CCI_IN-1-C
CCI_IN-1-D
CCI_OUT-1-A
CCI_OUT-1-B
CCI_OUT-1-C
CCI_OUT-1-D
CCI_OUT-2-A
CCI_OUT-2-B
CCI_OUT-2-C
CCI_OUT-2-D
CCI_IN-2-A
CCI_IN-2-B
CCI_IN-2-C
CCI_IN-2-D
NCI_IN-1-IN_A
NCI_IN-1-IN_B
NCI_IN-2-IN_A
NCI_IN-2-IN_B
NCI_IN-3-IN_A
NCI_IN-3-IN_B
NCI_IN-4-IN_A
NCI_IN-4-IN_B
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Rx
WSL
Rx
WSL
TI: Transport Interface
CCI: Compliant Client Interface
NCI: Non-compliant Client Interface
Rx
WSL
WSL: Wavelength Selectable Laser
Rx
WSL
WSXC “MONET”
WAVELENGTH
SELECTABLE
CROSS-CONNECT
P b/s
National Networking Challenge . . .
STREAMS
x10
Switch Links
3-6
1
Tera b/s
Host NICs
100
QUANTUM EFFECTS: UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE
10
Soliton
Technology
1
RESEARCH
Giga b/s
100G:OC1920c
40G:OC768c
GeSi Technology
10
9.6G:OC192c
UltraFastlane
2.5G:OC48c
Next Generation Internet --->
AGGREGATE TRUNKING
622:OC12c
KG-75 Fastlane
155:OC3c
Mega b/s
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100
Internet-2 & Abilene --->
AGGREGATE TRUNKING
‘97
‘98
‘99
‘00
‘01
‘02
100
AGGREGATE
KG-175 Taclane
‘96
1
DISN --->
‘03
‘04
‘05
‘06
‘07
‘08
‘09
‘10
‘11
‘12
PetaFlops
National Security HPC Challenge . . .
10
Global Conflict:
Won Through
Info Superiority!
TeraFlops
1
100
10
GigaFlops
1
100
10
Mega
1
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‘97
‘98
‘99
‘00
‘01
‘02
‘03
‘04
‘05
‘06
‘07
‘08
‘09
‘10
‘11
‘12
Scale and Balance = Optimum Performance
Application
Socket or Stream
Socket or Stream
Socket or Stream
TCP
ATM
SONET
DWDM
Fiber
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TCP
Provisioned
Manually configured
IP
IP
Authenticated
Application
Dynamic Signaled & Switched
Application
Secure [ATM]
DWDM
DWDM
Fiber
Fiber
Advanced Research Work in Progress . . .
• “Just-In-Time” signaling paradigm . . . low latency
• HDTV streams integration: 720/60p, 1080/60p and beyond
• Parallel global file system development … MR-AFS
• Streams integration with MPP . . . Gigabyte capable
• Authentication … beginning with Kerberos K5 and ATMF
Security V1.0 ( … with firewalls, cellblocks, encryption)
• Secure large data storage . . . Hierarchical “remote assets”
• Multiple QoS services: Gold, Silver, Bronze, etc . . . end-to-end
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Revolutionary “Wide-Area” Opportunities . . .
• Distributed Nationwide Computing (HPCC)
• Visualization and Data Corridors (VDC)
• Teaching and Distance Learning . . . Tele-presence, Tele-laboratories
• Virtual Computer Room … Historical Data Archives … MOADB
• Real-time Observation, Data Mining, Multimedia
• Immersive Large Scale Simulation . . . 3D Storytelling
• Advanced Motion Imagery (ATV) broadcast transmission
• Film-Quality, Digital Electronic Projection
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ATDNet/MONET Optical Networking
1.5Gbps Digital Video Transmission
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NSA
DARPA
Tektronix
WFM-1125 D/A
Tektronix VNAU
OC48c - 292M
DISA
NASA
DISA
DIA
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ATM/OC-48c
Panasonic HAD500
Preliminary MONET optical network connectivity from
NRL to DISA
HDTV SDI bit stream (1.485 Gbps) via ATM/OC-48c
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720/60p HDTV
Polaroid/MIT
Tektronix VNAU
OC48c - 292M
ASX-4000 w/
MONET I/F
Panasonic
HD2000
Direct ATM
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Inputs:
Fiber Channel Arrays
Archival Services / MR-AFS
Reality Parallel Graphics
cc:NUMA Parallel Processing
Fiber Channel Arrays
Prototyping the Future ~100 Gbps Streams
Load Balanced
Streams
Realtime Sources;
High End Computers
Data Warehouses
Outputs:
2.5Gbps (‘00) ... 10Gbps (‘01) ... R&D: 40-100Gbps (‘04)
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Visualization, Distribution
Fusion, & Exploitation
DARPA / NGI Testbeds . . .
MIT
TCG
ONRAMP
DEC
MIT Lincoln
NTON II
4 wavelengths
@ 10 Gb/s
Seattle
AT&T
Portland
Boston
BossNet
(dark fibers)
HSCC
2.5 Gb/s
D.C.
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Diego
DARPA
NSA
NASA
UC
Berkeley GST
DISA
LBNL
LBNL
LLNL
DIA
BART
Sprint
ACTS
vBNS
SRI
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NASA/
NASA/
Ames
Ames
SNL
ATDNet / MONET
8 wavelengths@ 2.5 Gb/s
switched-DWDM
Future “ SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS ”
RT SENSORS
SITE(D)
TFl/TB
RT SENSORS
SITE(A)
TF/TB
SITE(C)
TF/TB
n x 2000 (~TFs)
SITE(E)
n x 2000 (~TFs)
SITE(B)
TF/TB
TF/TB
n x1.0
2000TF
(~TFs)
RT SENSORS
R & D Issues:
• Metacomputing, Multimedia Systems, 3D
• HP Switches: Electronic and Optical
n x 2000 (~TFs)
• Object-level Authentication, Security, Encryption
• Low Latency Interconnect (JIT signaling, mgmt)
• Multi-residency Functionality (Repository, Cache, Recovery)
• Virtual Visualization, Collaboration, Mgmt Capabilities
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RT SENSORS
n x 2000 (~TFs)
“System of Systems” . . . INFORMATION SUPERIORITY
. . . supports in aggregate 10’s TFlops and 100’s Gbps