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Forskningsnettet (FSKnet) optical network upgrade

Status for the infrastructure upgrade process April 2008.

Nordunet Conference 2008 in Espoo 11th April 2008Deputy Director Martin Bech, UNI•C

[email protected]

Forskningsnet konferencen 2007


September 2005

letter to the Ministry:

We have seen the

future – and it needs

more bandwidth!


January 2007:

The actual application


Great help from Tony

Breach, NORDUnet:

Compiling the budget


April 2007:

We got t

he money –

but that’s

just w

here

the w

ork sta

rts…


What do we need in Denmark?

Our own optical infrastructure10Gbps production networkλ-connections for research projects (nationally and internationally)λ-connections for separate parts of one institutionHopefully user-controlled λ-network provisioning (in a few years)


Wavelengths for the production service

SDU-1

SDU-2

AU-1

AU-2

AAU-1

AAU-2

DTU UNI-C

Ørestad

SDU

AU

AAU

Ørestad

DTU


Is there any research in Denmark requiring λ-networking at all?


The User Community

University reform in 2006/07 reducing 25 institutions to 10But this left ”all” Universities with buildings in ”all” citiesOther research institutions than UniversitiesPotentially 120 addresses More than 100.000 prople have Forskningsnettet as their daily Internet supplier


University of Aarhus:

23 locations


First step:Call for tender for WAN connections

Framework contracts with multiple vendors for:Dark Fibre for the National Ring infrastructureDark Fibre for Access ConnectionsTransmission capacity (100Mbps, 1Gbps, 10Gbps, 40Gbps, …)

The actual procurement is done in a ”mini-competition” among suppliers qualified in the framework contracts


31st August 2007: Tenders for framework contracts for WAN connections


Contracts with the WAN suppliersFibre for the National Ring

Fibre for access connections

Transmission capacity (100Mbps etc)

Global Connect X X X

Telia X X X

Nianet X X X

TDC

Broadcom X

SEAS-NVE (Sjælland)

X

FON (Fyn) X

Østkraft (Bornholm)

X


2nd step:Mini-competition for the National Ring

Among the 3 suppliers on the framework contracts (GC, Telia, Nianet)Evaluation criteria favoring the shortest possible distanceContract entered with Global Connect A/S in December 2007


The acquired fibre ring1154km length8 OADM sites11 ILA sitesDistance between any part of two fibre sections/spans: >5mAttenuation <0.2dB/km @1550nmPMD < 0.2 ps/√km (currently a problem)

Delivery not yet completed!Nevertheless, the fibre ring measurements are a preprequsite for the equipment tender


3rd step:Pre-qualification for DWDM equipment

suppliersAnnounced 8th February 2008≥40 x 10Gbps platformEoI due 11th March 2008


A lot of interest…


Suppliers selected for the closed call for tender for DWDM equipment

NortelAlcatel-LucentCienaNokiaSiemensConscia (Cisco)

Selected on the basis of references, technical abilities, R&D efforts and financial capacity- but not on actual prices


4th step: RFQ and Tender

1200 km without regenerationExpandable and upgradable platformOption for a Metro solutionGreat help from local people as well asJanne Kanner from Funet,Afrodite Sevasti, GRNET and theTERENA community in generalIssued 28th March 2008Deadline 8th May 2008


5th step: Negotiation process

In May and June 2008Reducing the number of suppliers from 5 to 2 and ultimately to 1Contract signing envisaged on 7th July 2008


6th step: Delivery and commissioning

Delivery starts with some documentation in July

and ends withAcceptance test is to be passed on 15th October 2008Commissioning test to be passed in November 2008.


7th step: Launch Event

At the Forskningsnet conference in Kolding on the 11th November 2008You are all invited!


8th step: Operation and enjoyment

Bringing Lambdas into DenmarkParticipating in user-controlled Lambda provisioning initiativesOperations in cooperation with NORDUnet/NUNOC (hopefully)


Lessons learned (so far)

Twisting EU tendering rules to allow for a negotiation process becomes increasingly difficultYou have to do a fair bit of marketing towards the vendorsPMD values below 0.2 ps/√km are not trivial in the real world.

forskningsnettet (fsknet) optical network upgrade status for the infrastructure upgrade process...

Documents

forskningsnet konferencen

budget slide

wan connections slide

actual application slide

rig iru slide

daily internet supplier

national ring fibre

wan suppliers fibre