Grant Miller - US Ignite Application Summit 2013 - Software Defined Networking Prototype Operational Network

1. Software Defined Networking
Prototype Operational Network
Grant Miller
National Coordination Office
June 26, 2013

4. Tasking From OSTP
• Large Scale Networking (LSN) Coordinating Group should
coordinate leaders from academia, government, and industry
to develop concrete recommendations on SDN R&D and
commercialization
• Identify research and development needed to implement an
operational SDN network with:
– Interdomain functionality at a national/international scale
– 100G dynamic optical networking across Layers 1, 2, and 3 of the
network stack.
– Secure, resilient functioning

5. Approach
• Hold a workshop among academia, Federal
agencies, and industry to:
– Identify short-term needs for deploying and operating the prototype
operational SDN network
– Identify longer-term needs to increase SDN capabilities for operational
functionality, resiliency, security, and user ease of use
– Provide a strategic plan for Federal agencies to facilitate an
operational SDN national/international Layer 1, 2, and 3 network and
further development of SDN capabilities

6. Some SDN Development and
Deployment Issues
• Interdomain policy issues:
– Management and control
– Resource information sharing
– Identity management
• Interdomain transparency and interoperation at a
national/international scale
• Technology for Layer 1, 2, and 3 interoperations
• Security
• Resiliency, quality of service, architecture, efficiency of
operations
• Applications development and demonstration

7. Workshop Guidance
• November-December 2013
• About 100 key people:
– Academia
– Industry providers and users
– Federal agency representatives
– User communities: US Ignite, GENI,…
– Networks deploying SDN
– SDN security researchers/developers
– Standards organizations: Open Networking Foundation, GLIF, OGF,…
• Washington DC venue facilitates participation by
Federal agency representatives