New Zealand’s Advanced Network Project

1. New Zealand’s Advanced Network Project Briefing for the APAN Members Singapore July 2006 Charles Jarvie Development Manager

2. The New Zealand Advanced Network project – a National Research and Education Network (NREN) • High performance Ethernet and IP backbone network • Enabling development of advanced Internet applications in research & education sectors • Supports deployment of leading edge network services to the Universities, CRIs, National Library, schools, libraries, museums and others in the R&E sector • Complements and peers with other high performance NRENs internationally and in NZ – “opening the borders”

3. Formal Project Objectives • To enable leading edge e-research • To facilitate universal connectivity throughout the New Zealand and international research and education community • To encourage broad participation by the research and education sector in New Zealand through accessible technology and reasonable pricing • To connect the research and education sector to the broader innovation community for pre-commercial, research and development–based collaboration. • To facilitate participation by multiple telecommunications sector partners, so as to ensure the greatest possible flexibility for on-going evolution

4. How is this structured? Initially Crown-owned company – Research and Education Advanced Network New Zealand Ltd (REANNZ) Directors – Dr Jim Watson (Chair), Prof Warwick Clegg, Carol Moffatt, Dr Rick Pridmore, Jane Taylor Management CEO - Donald Clark Development – Charles Jarvie Operations – Mark Cordy Communities - TBA Establishment funding NZ$43M over ~ 4 years Separate Capability Building Program (CBP) to facilitate professional skill development Members, associates and partners pay an annual subscription aimed to cover operational costs, and equipment replacement

5. Who can use this network? • Aimed primarily at Universities, Crown Research Institutes and the National Library as members and eventual owners • Participation by schools, museums, and libraries to provide opportunities for collaboration across education and research. • Network Access Policy (NAP) defines who may use the network and for what purpose – it does not define applications that may utilise the network. NAP is consistent with those of overseas NRENs. • Also allows others (Associates and Partners) to use the network for R&E activity and the support of R&E activity.

6. High Level Network Characteristics • 10Gb/s dedicated wavelength physically diverse national backbone (supporting WAN PHY), • 620Mb/s protected to Pacific Wave, Seattle – peering with other R&E networks • 155Mb/s protected to AARNET, Sydney • Layer 2 Ethernet and Layer 3 IP capable • Native IPv4 and IPv6 • Multicast and jumbo frame enabled • International ASN 38018; National ASN 38022 • Proof of concept phase and network name announcement August 2006 • Network acceptance and operation from November/December 2006

7. National Network(simple “tube” map version under action)

8. International Network

9. Some early projects underway – just to test the water • Access grid network connecting several universities and interworking with overseas sites. Conference XP testing also underway. • University of Auckland participation in NEES Consortium – first ever testing outside USA • Open Students Television Network (OSTN) interworking with HITLab South and University of Canterbury • Keen to expand peering relationships with APAN members via Pacific Wave

10. Capability Building • We can’t just continue to “steer by our wake” • Essential area of work to enable effective early and sustained network utilisation • Build awareness of, and participate in the development of, middleware and applications • To invite international experts to present at technical workshops, and to inform strategic planning processes • Initially requires a degree of coordination to ensure basic skills are developed quickly and consistently for common network applications • REANNZ has a strong incentive to achieve early adoption so is coordinating aspects of network-oriented capability building with its own member training activities

11. Capability Building Program (CBP) • Advisory panel established • Working Groups • separate funding stream; • non-exclusive provision of logistics/secretariat by REANNZ; • task-oriented projects • Chairs and participation from members/associates • Logistical support from REANNZ • International relationships • Participate and contribute to working groups and projects • Formalising relationships to enable network peering and cement collaborative intentions for research and education, plus international network sharing • CBP will sponsor both-way travel opportunities

12. NZ Advanced Network project –its promise and potential Thank you Charles Jarvie Development Manager

13. Message from Charles We will be having a launch event on 31 August in Auckland so we would ask any members who might be in New Zealand around that time to contact me and I can arrange an invitation to the function at the University of Auckland or the related activities at the University of Canterbury. Charles Jarvie REANNZ