UKLight

1. UKLight Jeremy Sharp, UKERNA Advanced Technologies Manager John Graham UKLight Engineer www.uklight.ac.uk

2. Themes • What is UKLight • UKLight Governance • UKLight – International • UK National Access to UKLight • Project facilities at ULCC UKLight Town Meeting

3. The lure of the lambda • e-science: huge end-to-end data flows • Will this be possible with IP networks? • UKLight project: • End-to-end Gbps bandwidth • Ultimate goal: application-controlled switching of WDM wavelengths • First steps: electrical multiplexing applications proof-of-concept • Early adoptors • Particle Physics - high performance data transfer • Radio Astronomy - very long baseline interferometry (near-real-time data transfer) • Distributed HPC & visualization UKLight Town Meeting

4. The birth of UKLight • International activities • StarLight – evolved from Startap • Joined by NetherLight • ‘Lambda’ workshops – Sept 01, 02, 03, 04-UK • TERENA • Initiative attempted with Flag Telecom during 2002 • Interest within Grid Network team – UK e-Science programme • UK activities have evolved from these over last 2 + years • Internal meetings and papers during 2002 • UKLight bid to JCSR – Nov 2002 • Funding approved March / April 2003 • Mid 2004, first bandwidth channels established UKLight Town Meeting

5. What is UKLight • Facility to provide national & international ‘bandwidth channels’ for use by research & e-Science projects • Cross-discipline initiative • JANET community • Network research • E-Science applications • Optical (photonic) communications research • UKERNA – manage and develop JANET • Supporting the community • Advanced service-network development UKLight Town Meeting

6. UK Access Network Glasgow Edinburgh Manchester Leeds Leeds University UKLight London Cambridge University 2.5Gb Manchester University Reading London Lancaster University London 10Gb 2.5Gb 10Gb UKLight Bristol Portsmouth RAL NetherLight StarLight Chicargo Amsterdam UKLight components UKLight point-of-access and international facilities UK national R&D network infrastructure UKLight Town Meeting

7. Ultrafast links and switches for OTDM routing Low cost links for 40 Gb/s Quantum dot based switches, amplifiers and routers for ultrabroadband WDM operation 4x160 Gb/sec OTDM test-bed Recirculating loop Raman amplifiers BT Labs CIP (Centre of Integrated Photonics) Cambridge Aston UKLight DF Wavelength routed test-bed Optical packet core router and edge interfaces 160 Gb/sec OTDM facility Essex International UCL Southampton Agile WDM channel generation (< 10 ns) Optical regenerators (10 & 40 Gb/s) DWDM Wavelength Routers WDM test beds for 10, 40, 160 Gb/s Optical regeneration OCDMA test bed UKLight Components A UK national photonics facility/infrastructure - TBC UKLight Town Meeting

8. Funding Source • Funding – SRIF - £6.5M total • From HEFCE (Higher Education Funding Council for England) • Via JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) • Sub-committee for Support of research (JCSR) UKLight Town Meeting

9. What does the funding provide? • International Point of Access • Circuits, equipment, housing, NMS, staff • UK Access and photonics infrastructure • Equipment, housing… UKLight Town Meeting

10. UKLight Governance • Steering Committee (SC) – JISC established • covers policy and funding issues • Hugh Pilcher-Clayton (EPSRC) will chair • International representatives • Bill St Arnaud (Canarie) and David Williams (CERN/TERENA) • Community representation • Peter Clarke (UCL), Dave Deroure (Southampton), Brian Gilmour (Edinburgh), David Hutchison (Lancaster), Guy Rickett (PPARC), David Salmon (UKERNA), Lesley Thompson (EPSRC) • Plus JISC & UKERNA attendees UKLight Town Meeting

11. UKLight Governance • Technical Advisory Group (TAG) – UKERNA established • operations and project-feasibility assessment • David Hutchison (Lancaster University) will chair • Community representation • Tim Chown (Southampton), Lionel Sacks UCL), Dimitra Simeonidou (Essex), Ian White (Cambridge) • John Graham (ULCC) – UKLight engineer • David Salmon (UKERNA) UKLight Town Meeting

12. Use by projects • Projects expected to be funded by Research Council or other programmes • Central funding covers equipment interface at backbone edge • Projects discuss options with UKLight project manager & submit written connection proposal • UKLight TAG will assess feasibility & provide a report • Use as part of research proposal • Existing projects can also make a case to connect • Will need endorsement by original funding programme • In some cases may need to consult the UKLight steering committee UKLight Town Meeting

13. Future Expansion • Build to meet requirements of approved projects • Phase 3 – still speculative • Remaining budget would allow equipping access to about half of the Regional Networks) • JISC/Research Council call for expressions of interest to connect to UKLight issued • Steering Committee will prioritise responses • Commit funds during 2004 • Use budget to give projects working time during 2005 • Beyond this leads into SuperJANET5 ! • Incorporate these concepts from ground up • Flexible transmission platform • Fibre / wavelength service based UKLight Town Meeting

14. Overview of SuperJANET5 architecture requirements Requirements to be served Network R&D Service Dev. Commodity Teaching & Learning e-Science IP production network Test – bed(s) Test – bed(s) Special purpose bandwidth Flexible transmission platform UKLight Town Meeting

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