NSF International Research and Connections Program (IRNC) NSF Grant #0441119 PI: John Silvester, University of Southern California Co PI: Ron Johnson, University of Washington
NSF IRNC program The U.S. National Science Foundation International Research Network Connections Program (IRNC) funds five projects to provide network connections linking U.S. research networks with peer networks in other parts of the world. Links funded by this program support science and engineering research and education applications. Funded projects assist the U.S. research and education community by enabling state of the art international network services similar to and interconnected with those currently offered or planned by domestic research networks. Translight/Pacific Wave is one of these projects. 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 2
IRNC Grants TransPAC/APAN Western Hemisphere Research and Education Networks (WHREN) TransLight/StarLight TransLight/Pacific Wave Global Ring Development for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD) 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 3
TLPW PI is John Silvester of the University of Southern California Co PI is Ron Johnson of the University of Washington Other key partners: CENIC, Jim Dolgonas PNWGP, Amy Philipson University of Hawaii, David Lassner AARNet, Chris Hancock 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 4
TPLW Primary Objectives Assist in the termination of Research Network links from Sydney to the US West Coast (pays for the US portion of the links) Provide funding to allow the links to stop off in Hawaii (on Oahu and the Big Island) Provide funding to upgrade connectivity to the (international) observatories on Mauna Kea Provide partial support for the operation of Pacific Wave exchange facility Provide funding for upgrading the Pacific Wave Exchange to enable newer technologies including lightpath or circuit like switched connections for demanding applications Provide funding for outreach to the user community (science and engineering researchers), especially in Australia and New Zealand 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 5
US Hawaii Australia Translight/PacificWave in collaboration with AARNet and the University of Hawaii have brought up two 10Gbps links from Sydney, Australia through Hawaii and into Seattle and Los Angeles, connecting the research and education communities of the US and Australia for advanced network based scientific collaboration as never before. Translight/PacificWave is also supporting other international connections to US research and education networks that connect into the exchange. 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 6
Extensions through Hawaii 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 7
Supporting research in extreme places/conditions Mauna Kea has extreme environmental conditions which make lengthy stays difficult increased network bandwidth means much of the work can be done remotely. 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 8
Pacific Wave This project has developed a novel distributed exchange facility on the West Coast of the United States (Seattle, Sunnyvale/PAIX, Los Angeles) to allow interconnection of international research and education networks with US research networks. The infrastructure supported by this project enables a wide variety of advanced science and engineering applications. 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 9
A distributed exchange Created in 2005 Pacific Wave connected up three different geographical regions Seattle Los Angeles, and later Sunnyvale, Palo Alto Connecting in one location allows peering with networks in the other locations. 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 10
Pacific Wave Pacific Wave supports Layer 3 peering over a layer 2 infrastructure (VLANS); layer 2 peering over a layer 2 interconnect (private VLANS); layer 1.5 interconnect (SONET/SDH, Internet2/DCN); and even direct layer 1 interconnect. 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 11
The view from North America As you can see from the map at the right, Pacific Wave facilitates connections to much of the Asia Pacific region, and provides redundant connectivity to/from Australia through two separate islands in Hawaii. Map Courtesy of FIU/AMPATH 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 12
Asia Pacific Connections 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 13
US Australian Collaborations The TLPW links support a variety of collaborations between US and Australian researchers At the right, the SC08 demonstration between Electronic Visualization Lab and the University of Queensland. 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 14
TLPW fosters collaboration Monash University s MURPA (Monash Undergraduate Research Projects Abroad) program uses the highbandwidth provided by TLPW to run remote seminars (last year to UCSD). 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 15
International Year of Astronomy 17 telescopes in Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America tracked the quasars J0204+1514, 0234+285 and 3C395, switching between the three to accommodate different frequency observing capabilities of the participating telescopes during the inaugural event of the International Year of Astronomy held in Paris January 2009. 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 16
Pacific Wave facilitates evlbi 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 17
DERCAP TLPW held two workshops for Driving E Research Collaboration across the Pacific, one in 2007 and one recently in November 2009. Collaboration opportunities for Cloud Computing, Astronomy, High Energy Physics, Marine Systems, GreenIT/Sustainability, Geosciences 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 18
What s next? NSF is currently reviewing proposals for the next round of IRNC grants. Announcements are expected in December of this year. Several new 10 Gigabit connections to Pacific Wave are anticipated soon. Trans Pacific link upgrades to 40 Gigabit expected. Upgrade of Pacific Wave interconnections to 100 Gigabit when available. Continued expansion of research and educational uses of the links. 1/5/2010 Supported by NSF Grant#0441119/C.Anderson 19