ORIENT/ORIENTplus - Connecting Academic Networks in China and Europe Jennifer(Jie) An CERNET Center/Tsinghua University 14 Feb.2012
Connecting Academic Networks in China and Europe ORIENT project provides for the first time a direct Internet connection dedicated solely to the research and education community of Europe and China (2.5Gbps, 2007~2010).
Connecting Academic Networks in China and Europe ORIENTplus is daughter project of ORIENT. Due to new tender result, the PoP in Europe has been moved from Copenhagen to London in Jan.2012.
Connecting Academic Networks in China and Europe
Partner list of ORIENT/ORIENTplus ORIENT CERNET, CN ORIENTplus CERNET, CN CSTNET, CN DANTE, UK CESNET, CZECH Repbulic DFN VEREIN, GERMANY GARR, ITALY GRNET, GREECE JANET, UK RENATER, FRANCE DANTE, UK CESNET DFN GARR GRNET JANET RENATER NORDEnet PSNC, POLAND E-AREAN, RUSSIA UIIP NASB, BELARUS
GÉANT: a European Success Story 2000-2004 GN1 2005-2009 GN2 2009-2013 GN3 40 countries 50,000 km network infrastructure 12,000 km lit fibre 25 PoPs, 44 routes, 18 dark fibre routes Core network 10G 8000 Institutions 40M Users
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CERNET: biggest NREN in China Fibre network backbone 100G(40λ) DWDM Core IP network backbone 100G 31 provinces and over 200 cities 38 PoPs Over 2000 universities and institutes 30M users
CSTNET: S&T Network in China Backbone 10G 12 sub centers Over 20 provinces Over 100 research institutes Over 1M end users
CNGI-CERNET2 IPv6 Backbone Backbone 10G to 40G/100G 25 PoPs in 20 cities Over 260 IPv6 access networks, most of them /48 IPv6 addresses 2M end users
Typical 2011 Traffic Graph Typical 2011 traffic graph
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Link Usage Over 25 substantial scientific and educational collaborative projects and programmes are using the ORIENT/ORIENTplus route: CERN Collaboration: LHC project (IHEP- IN2P3), South East University with CERN Shanghai Astronomical Observatory JIVE INFN-ARGO YBJ EMBnet EUChinaGrid GEONETCast- EUMETSAT 1000 Genomes Project
Link Usage INWA-GRID CEOP-AEGIS and DRAGON2 Shanghai Jiao Tong University University of Essex Bridge-Grid ITER - the global fusion energy programme Global atmospheric research, remote robotic experiments, etc.
CERN Collaborations Various HEP applications involving the IHEP and South East University Nanjing in research with CERN and other European sites at data speeds of up to 1 Gbps LHC collaboration: It is notable that IHEP has been seen to have collaborations not only with IN2P3 but also with INFN (Italy), DKFZ (Germany)
IHEP-LHC The graph below (courtesy of RENATER) shows the between IHEP and IN2P3. This single collaboration can be seen to have a background of 100-300Mbps and peaks of 400-500Mbps.
ShAO evlbi VLBI - Very Long Baseline Interferometry is a technique that involves the collection of simultaneous observations from multiple radio telescopes. Data is then correlated to form very sharp, high-definition images. Today this data is transported across the world using research and education networks. The EXPReS project was a European Commission co-funded initiative, committed to creating a production evlbi service both across Europe, but also beyond. And JIVE project is allowing ShAO to form part of its single giant virtual radio telescope evlbi programme at data speeds of up to 512 Mbps
Earthquake Rescue Sichuan Earthquake in May, 2008 Satellite images of disaster region transferred from JRC (Italy) to RSGS (China) The images are used to identify the extent of the earthquake s impact and to aid post-disaster reconstruction.
Key Objectives of ORIENTplus to upgrade the EU China link capacity as soon as achievable. Options include 2 x 2.5 Gbps, preferably on diverse routes, or 1 x 10 Gbps. to ensure that the ORIENTplus connectivity is used to greatest effect by the EU and Chinese user communities
Other Potential Collaborations NGI testbed Research on Internet measurement, management and governance IPv6 applications
Acknowledgement John Chevers, Project coordinator, DANTE David West, Project coordinator, DANTE Zhonghui Li, CNGI-6IX NOC
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