A Short
TransPAC Update
Dr. Jennifer M. Schopf
Director, International Networking
Indiana University
jmschopf@indiana.edu
August 11, 2014
Supported by the National Science Foundation
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Introduction
• IU currently has two international networking
projects
– Funded by the US National Science Foundation
– Part of the International Research Network
Connections (IRNC) Program
• America Connects to Europe (ACE)
• TransPAC, focuses on Asia
• http://internationalnetworking.indiana.edu/
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TransPAC Today
• 15+ year history
• Cooperative partnership among Indiana University,
APAN, TEIN*CC, NICT-Japan, NII-Japan, CERNET, and
others
• 30Gbps deployed between US and Asia
– 10Gbps LA-Tokyo funded by NSF
– 10Gbps Tokyo-LA funded by NICT
– 10Gbps LA-Beijing funded by CERNET+NSF
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Current TransPAC Projects
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Deployment of measurement tools
Deployment of dynamic circuit services
Development of SDN (OpenFlow) services
Support for application end-users
• In Year 5 of 5 year award
– Runs through May 2015
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We have applied for
• TransPAC4: Pragmatic Application-Driven
International Networking
• To run Jan 2015-Dec 2019
• New project requests $1.2M/year for 5 years
• Includes funding for circuits, exchange points,
application support, research
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System Design
• Built-in redundancy and alternative paths
• Easy transition from the current TransPAC3 circuits
• Complementary paths and approaches to our
partners’ sister circuits
• Full support of production traffic, through reliable
technology choices and capacity matching current
and growing needs
• Ongoing support for experimental traffic
• Fiscally responsible approaches
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TransPac4 Phase 1 (2015-2016)
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TransPAC4 Phase 2 (2017-2019)
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Why not 100G in Year 1 (2015)?
• Price tag: $2-3M per year, just for the circuit
• A year of the ANA-100G link has shown that
the technology may not be fully stable yet
• Current Asian inter-country connectivity not
yet 100G in many cases
• Few applications require more than 10G flows
right now
• Few exchange points are ready for this now
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Details
• Transport: Support for Layer 3 peering as well
as multiple mechanisms for dynamic Layer 2
circuits
• Experimental work with SDN, FlowVisor,
InterDomain Controllers, Path Hinting, WAN
acceleration
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End User Engagement
• Directly engage with user communities
• Focusing on end-to-end performance
• Application Advocacy Specialists will work
closely with end users with network needs
– including US branch campuses in Asia
• Potential to be transformational to
international science
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IRNC Other
• Solicitation
– http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14554/nsf14554.htm
• Indiana University submitted 2 other
proposals to the IRNC program
– NetSage: Measurement of international links
• IU, U Hawaii, UC Davis/ESNet
– International Network Operations
• Waiting on notification – hopefully this fall
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Introducing Joe Lappa
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Some meetings to think about
• PRAGMA 27
– October 15-17, 2014, Indiana Univ. Bloomington
– http://www.pragma-grid.net/workshops.php
• GENI Engineering Conference 21
– October 20-23, 2014, Indiana Univ. Bloomington
– http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/GEC21Agenda
• I2/ESnet Tech Exchange
– October 26–30, 2014, Indianapolis, IN
– http://www.internet2.edu/newsevents/events/technology-exchange/
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Questions/Comments?
• Group Website:
http://internationalnetworking.indiana.edu/
• Me:
Jennifer Schopf – jmschopf@indiana.edu
• Are you trying to transfer data to the US?
– Please let us know!
– We have resources to help you
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