NYSERNET, the New York State Education and Research Network

About NYSERNetBoard Represented InstitutionsAlfred UniversityAmerican Museum of NaturalHistoryBinghamton UniversityCity University of New YorkClarkson UniversityColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityHofstra UniversityMarist CollegeNew York Public LibraryNew York UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRochester Institute of TechnologyRockefeller UniversityStony Brook UniversitySyracuse UniversityUniversity at AlbanyUniversity at BuffaloUniversity of Rochester3

7Commercial Internet

The Broadwing Network

Commercial InternetMembers Connected to Broadwing (3,294 Mb)Albert Einstein College (24 Mb)Amer. Museum of Nat. His. (24Mb)Brookhaven National Lab. (40 Mb)Canisius College (24 Mb)City Univ. of New York (300 Mb)Clarkson University (30 Mb)Columbia University (375 Mb)Cornell University (200 Mb)Daeman College (24 Mb)Erie Community College (25 Mb)Hofstra University (155 Mb)Monroe #1 BOCES (50 Mb)New York Public Library (100 Mb)New York University (300 Mb)Niagara University (24 Mb)Rensselaer Poly. Institute (200 Mb)Rochester Inst. of Tech. (375 Mb)Rockefeller University (50 Mb)SUNY Potsdam (24 Mb)Syracuse University (200 Mb)Univ. at Albany (200 Mb)Univ. at Buffalo (300 Mb)University of Rochester (200 Mb)Weill Medical College (50 Mb)9

10New York City Fiber and Collocation

NYC Metro Dark FiberNew York City Metro Dark FiberSupport for low-cost, high-speed, customer-designednetworks that facilitate a variety of applications withnearly unlimited upgrade-ability.Custom designed, multi-strand dark fiber plant.Twenty-Year IRU.Groundbreaking in 2002.Covers Manhattan and parts of the Bronx.XYZ ring connects major carrier hotels.Carrier class colocation space at 32 AoA.11

YZXXBackbone RingFuture Backbone RingCarrier HotelNYSERNet’s New York City Metro Dark Fiber Network - Manhattan

Backbone RingFuture Backbone RingNYSERNet’s New York City Metro Dark Fiber Network – South Bronx

NYC Metro Dark FiberParticipating in the NYC Metro Fiber ProjectAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryCity University of New York (7 Locations)Columbia UniversityFordham University (2 Locations)Mount Sinai School of MedicineNew York Presbyterian Hospital (8 Locations)New York UniversityThe Rockefeller UniversityWeill Medical College (2 Locations)United Nations** Anticipated14

Carrier-Class CollocationThirty-two Avenue of the AmericasA center for low-cost, high-speed, flexibleinterconnections for the statewide, national andinternational R&E communities.Carrier-class colocation services.1000 sq. ft. in Rudin Management’s The Hub.Owned and operated by NYSERNet.Meet point for NYC Metro Fiber participants.Home of Internet2’s MAN LAN, CA*net4 and an NLR node.Peering for national and international R&E networks.Access to NYSERNet, to each other, and to a host ofInternet and voice providers.15

(Why NYC?) East Coast Telecommunication Facility Landings

Carrier-Class ColocationColocated with NYSERNet in 32 A of AAmerican Museum of Natural His.City University of New YorkCornell UniversityColumbia UniversityFordham UniversityMount Sinai School of MedicineNew York Presbyterian HospitalNew York UniversityNYSERNetThe Rockefeller UniversityStony Brook UniversityWeill Medical CollegeNEREN*CA*netCERNGÉANTHOPINYU’s IBM JS20MAN LANGLIFNational Lambda RailSURFNETSINetTWARENUnited Nations*Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology** Anticipated19

NYC NonprofitsOver 27,000 registered nonprofit organizations including over 9000public charities 1Public charities account directly for $43 billion in annualexpenditures 2 , more than 528,000 jobs, or 14% of New York City'semployees, and annual payroll of more than $22.7 billion 3 .Charities had assets of $65 billion and revenues of more than $48billion in the year 2000, which is larger than New York City'smanufacturing sector. 4An estimated 200,000 additional jobs result indirectly fromnonprofits’ purchase of goods and services from private firms. 5[1] http://www.nycnonprofits.org/exec_summary/index.html.[2] “Public charities have annual revenues exceeding $25,000 and submit annual financial reports to the IRS on Form 990.”(http://www.nycnonprofits.org/exec_summary/index.html)[3] http://www.nycnonprofits.org/exec_summary/index.html.[4] Ibid.[5] Ibid.22

23Statewide Optical Infrastructure

The NYSERNet R&E NetworkResearch and Education (R&E) NetworkHigh-performance capabilities for demanding networkapplications, ubiquitously available and affordable.Dedicated to research and education applications.Uncongested, low latency, low jitter, plus advancedfeatures (e.g. IPv6 and IPv6 multicast).GigE network built on NYSERNet optical infrastructure.Egress to Internet2’s Abilene network.POPs in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and New York.Most member connections at 200 Mb.IAS provides R&E and Internet on single local loop.Network owned and operated by NYSERNet.24

NYSERNet’s Dedicated Research & Education Network

NYSERNet’s Optical InfrastructureOptical InfrastructureHigh-performance capabilities for a new breed of networkapplications.Built on dark fiber obtained under twenty year IRU.POPs in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany and New York.Utilizes Cisco 15454 and ROADM technologies.Capacity today to deploy up to 32 simultaneous 10Gblambdas.Anchor tenant: NYSERNet R&E Network (using 4 lambdas).Future uses: private networks between and amongNYSERNet members; private connections to national andinternational lambda-based networks; transport for otherR&E networks via lambda swapping; grid computing.26

The NYSERNet R&E NetworkConnected to the NYSERNet R&E NetworkAlbert Einstein College of MedicineAmerican Museum of Natural HistoryBard CollegeBinghamton UniversityBrookhaven National Lab.City University of New YorkClarkson UniversityColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityFordham UniversityHofstra UniversityIBM Watson Research Lab.Marist CollegeMonroe #1 BOCESMt. Sinai School of MedicineThe New SchoolNew York Public Library *New York UniversityPace UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRochester Institute of TechnologyThe Rockefeller UniversityStony Brook UniversitySUNY GeneseoSUNY PotsdamSyracuse UniversityUnited Nations *University at AlbanyUniversity at BuffaloUniversity of RochesterUpstate Medical UniversityWeill Medical College27* anticipated

Projects & InitiativesBusiness Continuity Data CenterCenter where NYSERNet members can deploy missioncritical applications and data integral to their disasterrecovery and business continuity strategies.Leverage the NYSERNet optical infrastructure.Leverage NYSERNet skills and knowledge: engineering,project management, colocation facility construction.Leverage Central New York location and infrastructure.Status – feasibility study underway for NYSERNet Boardreview in June and Q2’ 2007 service availability.28

Projects & InitiativesNetwork ExpansionExtending a POP into the Southern Tier of NYS.Extending optical and R&E services to Binghamton Universityand others, potentially.Fiber and equipment RFP process underway.Recommendations to the NYSERNet Board in December.Major challenge: availability and cost of dark fiber.Also in the works:Northern TierLong IslandEast Side of Hudson29

NYSERNet’s Optical Transport Infrastructure

Projects & InitiativesOther InitiativesConnecting K12New York City Fiber ExpansionHOPI (Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure)GLIF (Global Lambda Integrated Facility)NeLR (Northeast Lambda Rail)Linking HPC Centers and Grid ComputingBuffalo CCR70+ teraflop CCNI at RPIInterconnecting computational biology centersConnecting to New England, New Jersey, and WestwardWave Swapping31

External Factors – Government and Industry33

The Optical JungleEvery morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes upIt knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killedEvery morning a lion wakes up.It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.When the sun comes up, you better start running.34African proverb

Activities in WashingtonRewrite of the Telecommunications Act of 1996Network Neutrality.E-RateUniversal Service Fund.Widespread Deployment of Broadband35

Activities in WashingtonSecurity/Law EnforcementRoles of FCC, Legislature, and Law EnforcementCALEA.Patriot ActRecord Retention ...36

CarriersCompetitors or PartnersReaching remote areas, student ghettos, …R&E/Carrier PartnershipsCompetition/Halting Initiatives37

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