1 Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet, A.C. Session II, Digital Divide II, Latin America Networks Carlos Casasús Enero 23, 2008 MEXICO’S CUDI NETWORK

2 AGENDA Corporación Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet, A.C. And the Mexican NREN Membership Geography Network access Applications Backbone traffic Access link traffic Bandwidth demand growth Planned network evolution

3 History... Eight Mexican universities agreed to share, on a pro rata basis, those costs of running the network that were not funded by other means »UNAM »IPN »UAM »ITESM »UANL »UDLAP »UDG »CICESE

4 Cancún Tijuana CENIC Cd. Juárez Backbone de la red CUDI México Guadalajara Monterrey CLARA UTEP

5 Red CLARA (EU funded project) Cooperación Latinoamericana de Redes Avanzadas (Situación 2006)

6 CUDI management… DIRECCION GENERAL COMITE MEMBRESIAS Presidente: Pascual Hernández UAL COMITE APLICACIONES Presidente: Carmen Rodríguez UDG COMITE DESARROLLLO RED Presidente: Juan Castilleja UANL CONSEJO DIRECTIVO Presidente: Manuel Quintero ILCE ASAMBLEA DE MIEMBROS Yearly revenue from members: 1 million US Dollars Small operating surplus Cash reserves 800k US Dollars

7 CUDI has experienced continuous growth in its membership,

8 Application communities …

9 International connectivity Connections into US academic networks use fiber links: –From Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez to UTEP –From the CUDI pop in Tijuana to the CENIC network. A 45 Mbps link into the CLARA network in Tijuana

10 Technical working groups… NOC VNOC University Practice Lab IPv6 Multicast Routing E2E MPLS

2.- Membership geography

12 CUDI membership … Represent 3/4 of total higher education enrollment in the country: –Students : 1,800,000 –Degree programs: 2,400 –Teachers: 160,000 –Computers connected to the network: 160,000 80% of Mexican research institutes are members of CUDI. 90 % of Mexico ’ s research system members (SNI ’ s) work for a CUDI member institution

13 55% of the students of CUDI members are located in Mexico City. 96% is concentrated in 15 cities. Nota: Se concentraron los alumnos en la población donde esta la sede principal de la institución

3.- Network access

15 In addition to the backbone, Telmex and Avantel give 34 Mbps access to 17 CUDI members free of charge Telmex CICESE IPN ITESM UACJ (155 Mb) UANL UAM UDG UDLAP UNAM Avantel BUAP CONACyT ILCE UAEH UAEM UAL UAT UV

16 Nodes: afiliados Connectivity options Access Node (Asociados) MéxicoGuadalajara Monterrey Tijuana VPN 2Mb/s ATM ATM +IP IP Cancún Cd. Juárez

17 Network characteristics… ATM IPv4 IPv6… –Native only in the Telmex provided backbone –Tunneling in the Avantel provided backbone Multicast in the backbone Multicast in use in: UNAM, UDG, UAL, ITESM, UANL y UV, UACJ y CICESE in IPv4. IPv6 to Tijuana and Cd Juárez. No (QoS)

18 Backbone equipment Tijuana CENIC Cd. Juárez México Guadalajara Monterrey CLARA UTEP Cancún NPE PRE VXRNPE-G1 7206VXRNPE-G1 BPX NPE NPE PRE-1 Telmex Avantel CUDI

4.- Applications

20 Academic members applications X – Recibido X - Estimado

21 Bandwidth requirements for different applications Aplicación Ancho de banda necesario Comentarios Videoconferencing for distance education512 KbsSoportada en videoconferencia Learning objects2 MbsCon manejo de video Videoconferencing events512 KbsSoportada en videoconferencia Digital libraries2 MbsTextos, acervos antiguos Data bases2 Mbs Video (OSTN)2 MbsTV educativa Video High definition20 MbsOpera oberta, Grids20 MbsGrama, EELA Shared Laboratories10 MbsRobótica, Microscopios, Telescopios Visualization20 MbsRealidad virtual Big Science>20 Mbs Genómica, imágenes satelitales Conabio, Optiputer, LMT, Física de Partículas

Backbone traffic The CUDI backbone has ample and redundant capacity to accomodate “normal” low bandwidth applications of its members. The México- Guadalajara link is the busiest. For a six week period average usage was 12% of capacity. Peak usage was 38%. Links to the US work at less than 10% of capacity. Los enlaces a Estados Unidos trabajan a menos del 10% de su capacidad. Link to Red CLARA has less than 10% utilization

Access link traffic All members, except UNAM, can accommodate applications traffic with 34 Mbps links. The UNAM 34 Mbps link has reached saturation with its current application traffic.

24 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

25 The UNAM node… Has very high strategic value for the CUDI community. It connects 11 affiliate institutions It also hosts the CUDI NOC and the CLARA NOC. Has a high end MCU that handles very large quantities of videoconferencing traffic

7.- Bandwidth demand growth

27 Big Science projects… High energy physics (ALICE).- UNAM, CINVESTAV Optiputer.- CICESE Genomics.- UNAM, CINVESTAV, INMEGEN Large Milimeter Telescope.- INAOE Satelite information for Biodiversity.- CONABIO GRIDS (Delta Metropolitana, Laboratorio Nacional de Grids de Supercómputo) Thematic Research Networks National Labs

28 Conacyt has announced the formation of 13 Research Networks Medio Ambiente y sustentabilidad Se integraron 13 Redes Temáticas Lo que permite fomentar la interdisciplina, Provocar sinergias, Apoyo al desarrollo regional, Atención a retos y oportunidades del país Participan más de 30 instituciones y 700 investigadores Ecosistemas Enseñanza, Planeación de las Ciencias y Estudios Multidisciplinarios Agua Alimentos, Agricultura y Biotecnología Fuentes de Energía Pobreza y Desarrollo Urbano Nanociencias y Nuevos materiales Tecnologías de la Información Código de barras de la vida Física de Altas Energías Nuevas Tendencias de la Medicina Procesos Industriales

29 Conacyt funded National Laboratories El monto total ministrado a los laboratorios hasta este momento es de $160,721,897 que corresponde a 14 proyectos formalizados al momento. Num. Institución Solicitante Monto CONACYT de acuerdo a convenio Estatus Conve nio Nu m. Institución Solicitante Monto CONACYT de acuerdo a convenio Estatus Conveni o 1 Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD) $5,405, √ 9 Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICyT) $10,000, √ 2 Centro de Investigación Científica y Estudios Superiores de Ensenada (CICESE) $7,250, √ 10 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos (UAEMor) $13,600, Convenio en Trámite 3 Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados (CIMAV) $20,000, √ 11 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa (UAM- I) $20,000, √ 4 El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) $7,361, √ 12 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa (UAM- I) $20,000, √ 5 Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas (IIE ) $18,720, √ 13 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) $10,000, √ 6 Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán" (INCMNSZ) $10,000, √ 14 UNAM-INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA $10,000, √ 7 Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICyT) $8,739, √ 15 UNAM-INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ENERGÍA $18,924, √ 8 Instituto Potosino de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (IPICyT) $20,000, √ TOTAL $200,000,

8.- Planned network evolution

31 Cancún Tijuana CENIC Cd. Juárez México Guadalajara Monterrey CLARA UTEP 4a etapa de la red Gb CUDI

32 Our current funding model can not accommodate big science projects. The network needed for them requires an unprecedented effort from all parties involved: –Institutions of higher learning –Science funding agencies of the Federal Government (Compare to Brazil’s 25 million US dollar per year funding of RNP) –Local governments –Equipment suppliers –Telecommunications carriers A national effort for the new network

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