This document provides an overview of Janet Access Infrastructure and plans for a new infrastructure. It discusses the current situation with regional networks and telco contracts that need frequent reprocurement. The goal of the new infrastructure is to standardize equipment, use more fiber connections, and give customers more self-provisioning options. It will involve procuring hardware and connectivity solutions on a regional basis as existing contracts expire over 4 years. The new infrastructure will also include a management platform to control services across networks.
2. Current Situation
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London
East 2
London
Bristol
South
South West
PSBA
Wales
Thames
Valley
KPSN
Kent
London
East 1
NottinghamBirmingham
West
Midlands
Yorkshire &
Humberside
Manchester
North WestCumbria
Northern
Ireland
Glasgow
South East
Scotland
North East
Scotland
South West
Scotland
North East
East
Midlands
EastERN
London
West
Core PoP (Point of Presence) Regional network Transmission site
Leeds
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London
Docklands
3. Current Situation
3
London
East 2
London
Bristol
South
South West
PSBA
Wales
Thames
Valley
KPSN
Kent
London
East 1
NottinghamBirmingham
West
Midlands
Yorkshire &
Humberside
Manchester
North WestCumbria
Northern
Ireland
Glasgow
South East
Scotland
North East
Scotland
South West
Scotland
North East
East
Midlands
EastERN
London
West
Core PoP (Point of Presence) Regional network Transmission site
Leeds
JANET6 BACKBONE OVERVIEW – Oct 2015
14-May-2015 v06 / jas
London
Docklands
Regional infrastructure
National (UK) backbone
shared
datacentres
Global
Internet
GÉANT peerings &
gateways
Access layer
global
NRENs
4. A new infrastructure
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•Overall aim: to reduce complexity of
Janet access infrastructure, including:
•Standardise equipment
•Overarching management platform
•Some estate rationalisation
•More use of fibre
•Including future Openreach products
•Increase self-provisioning
•…and break the cycle of re-procuring
regional network telco contracts
every 4-6 years
Regional infrastructure
National (UK) backbone
Access layer
National (UK) backbone
Access layer
5. Steps towards a new Janet Access
infrastructure
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• 2017-Q2/3: Procurement for access provisioning strategy
• Competitive dialogue
• Range of approaches invited
• Proposals mainly based around suppliers’ existing network infrastructures
• Expensive - lacking flexibility & agility around provisioning & upgrade
• Compared against Jisc build and operate approach (as with Janet6 backbone)
• Self-build better meets overall aims
• 17 Q4 Procurement for separate Hardware and connectivity solutions
• Provider selected 18Q1
• DF procurement as a dynamic procurement system
• Lots of providers
• Build it
• Region by region as existing arrangements finish
• Boundaries may move to deal with ‘better’ fibre paths (e.g. E&W Midlands merge)
• 4-year programme
6. Not just hardware
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• New Management Platform
• MCP (Monitor, Control, Plan)
• Based on a microservices architecture allowing development of new applications
• Orchestration Layer
• Deploy new services across both regional and core (and externally)
• BSS/OSS Development Programme
• Development of the tools to handle the business rules (e.g. ordering an upgrade)
• Netsight
• First application to be refactored
• NS3 launched https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/netsight3
• NS2 turned off end of 2019
8. Ethernet Platform
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• Needs to support 100G backhaul
• Needs to support 1G/10G/100G access
• Build on a 'family' of hardware to reduce complexity
• Options
• Traditional Vendor
• White/Brite box
9. Ofcom vrs the World
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• Ofcom – regulator for telecoms (and communications)
• Regular reviews market
• BCMR 2016
• “High speed connectivity market is broken”
• Fix is a DF product
• BT Group say no (CAT agreed)
• OSA FC launched by Openreach
• 2019 – The return of DF
• Between non-competitive exchanges (i.e BT only)
• For access use PIA2 (run your own cable in OR ducts)
11. Building using OSA FC & DF
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Need a national solution,
national DF not (currently) an
option everywhere
Openreach Telephone
Exchanges as POPs
Effectively OSA FC is an optical
layer, so can focus on Ethernet
Establish DF framework, use
where more cost effective that
OSA FC
Move to DF if/when it becomes
available
12. BT
Stroud (SD/
EX)
BT
Yeovil TE
BT
Bristol CTE
(BS)
BT
Gloucester
(GR/EX)
BT
Cheltenham
(CM)
BT
Cirencester
(CI)
BT
Hereford
(HR/BN)
BT
Axminster
(AX)
E-Act - Badocks Wood EAD1000
Officefor Students EAD1000
South Gloucestershireand Stroud College, Filton Campus EAD1000
NERCHartland Magnetic Observatory EAD1000(ER)
Petroc - North Devon Campus EAD1000
Petroc – Branhams Campus EAD1000
Ruskin Mill Trust Limited EAD1000
South Gloucestershireand Stroud College, Stroud Campus EAD1000
William Morris Camphill Community EAD1000
South Devon College, SW Energy Centre
EAD1000 (ER)
Bridgwater and Taunton College, Taunton CentreEAD1000
Foxes Academy EAD1000 (ER)
Richard Huish College EAD1000
University ofPlymouth, Tamar Science Park
OSA FC 10Gb
Cornwall College, Camborne EAD1000
Cornwall Council, PCDL EAD1000
FXPlus (Universities of Exeter and Falmouth)
Penryn campus [1]OSA FC 10Gb
Goonhilly Earth Station 2OSA FC 10Gb
Truro and Penwith College, AllynlBld
EAD1000
Bristol City Council#2, OSA FC10Gb
City of Bristol College, CollegeGreen
Centre EAD1000
E-Act - Greenfield Academy EAD1000
E-Act - Hareclive Academy EAD1000
E-Act - Ilminster Avenue Academy EAD1000
E-Act - Perry Court Academy EAD1000
Jisc Bristol #1, EAD1000
Jisc Commercial1 WatershedEAD1000
University of Law EAD1000
WEA SW Region EAD1000
Officefor Students, Nicholson House EAD1000
University of Bristol, Merchants Ventures Building, DARKFIBRE
University of theWest of England, Bristol #1 DARK FIBRE
University of theWest of England, Bristol #2 DARK FIBRE
The Cambian Group EAD1000
Yeovil College EAD1000
City College Plymouth EAD1000
Plymouth Collegeof Art, Tavistock Plc #1 EAD1000
Plymouth Marine Laboratory EAD10000
The MarineBiological Association ofthe United
Kingdom EAD1000
University ofPlymouth, Davy Bld 1 OSAFC 10Gb
University ofSt Mark &St John EAD1000
WEA, Plymouth EAD1000
Strode College EAD1000
Cornwall College, Saltash EAD10000 (moved
from Plymouth TE)
Plymouth Collegeof Art, Tavistock Plc #2
EAD1000
University ofPlymouth, Portland Square
Building [2] OSAFC 10Gb
University ofSt Mark &St John EAD10000
Gloucestershire College, Gloucester Campus EAD10000
Hartpury University OSAFC 10Gb
University ofGloucestershire, The Park OSA FC 10Gb
Goonhilly Earth Station 1OSA FC 10Gb
Truro and Penwith College, Fal Blg EAD10000
FXPlus (Universities ofExeter and Falmouth)
Penryn campus [2] - TBC
Bath College, Somer Valley Campus EAD1000
Bath Spa University, Sion HillOSA FC 10Gb (swapped sites over)
Fairfield Farm Trust, EAD1000
University ofBath, OSA FC 10Gb
Wiltshire College, EAD10000
Exeter College, Hele Rd Centre OSAFC 10Gb
Exeter Royal Academy for DeafEducation EAD1000
Met Office OSA FC 10Gb
Rothamsted Research Limited EAD1000 (ER)
University ofExeter, Laver Bld 1 OSA FC 10Gb
University ofExeter, Halls OSA FC 10Gb
WEA, Exeter EAD1000
Herefordshire College of Arts EAD1000
Hereford Sixth Form College EAD1000
Herefordshire Council EAD1000
Herefordshire and Ludlow College EAD10000**
The Royal National College for the Blind EAD1000
BT
Exchange
(Janet PoP)
Openreach core link
Openreach connected
customer
Crownhill TE
Bridgwater and Taunton College – Bridgwater Centre EAD 10000
Gloucestershire College EAD1000
Hartpury University EAD1000
Higher Education Statistics Agency Limited EAD1000
National Star Foundation EAD1000
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service EAD1000
University ofGloucestershire OSA FC 10Gb
Cirencester College EAD10000
Jisc Commercial Limited EAD1000
Royal Agricultural University EAD1000
Uni of
Bristol
RNEP1
UWE
RNEP2
Jisc, Eduserve office (Bristol) EAD1000 (WF5753)
Bristol City CouncilDARK FIBRE (CP)
University ofBristol, Computer Centre [1] DARK FIBRE
UWE, IT Services [3]DARKFIBRE
Bath College, City Centre EAD1000
Bath Spa University, Newton Park Campus OSAFC 10Gb (swapped sites over)
St Brendan's Sixth Form College EAD1000
University of Bath, John Wood OSA FC10Gb
BT
Filton (FIO)
BT
Bristol West
(BS/D)
BT
Saltford TE
(XLD)
BT
Radstock
(RAE)
BT
Street
(SUG)
BT
Exeter TE (EX)
Kennford TE
BT
Paignton
TE (PAC)
BT
PLYMOUTH TE
(STANBURY
HOUSE) (PY)
BT St Austell
(SAJ)
BT Truro (TO)
BT BODMIN
(BJP)
BT BUDE
(BST)
BT
Barnstaple
(BP/EX)
BT
Taunton
Toneside (TU/C)
BT
Bridgwater (BNU)
Exeter College, Victoria Hs EAD10000
Met Office OSA FC 10Gb
South Devon College, Paignton Campus EAD1000 (ER)
University ofExeter, Data Centre, Old Library [2] OSA
FC 10Gb
WESC Foundation EAD1000
City ofBristolCollege, Ashley Down Road EAD10000
E-Act - St Ursula’s Academy EAD1000
Jisc Bristol #2 EAD1000
TheConservatoire for Dance andDrama, EAD1000 (Moved from Bristol CTE)
BT Exchange
(Transit Only)
Customerprovided connection
Newconnection requirement
24.2 km
10.87 Km
2.45 km
26.5 km
22.58 km
3.1 km
13.02 km
22.17 km
37.8 km
27.99 km
40.04 km
51.76 Km
12.05 Km
37.05 Km
29.66 Km
4.91 Km
37.27 Km
54.58 Km
24.4 km
64.84 km
52.46 km
59.56 km
48.33 km
18 km
8.58 Km
40.18 Km
50.74 Km
* NewConnection
** Change of Bandwidth
Callington
TE
Ross-on-
Wye TE
Winscombe TE
CHIPPING
SODBURY TE
Dursley TE
Ivybridge TE
Newquay TE
Okehampton
TE
Bampton TE
30.08 km
14.9 km28 km
26.5 Km
27.16 km
41.68 km
38.39 Km
29.28 km
38.14 km
33 km
28.5 Km
39.82 Km
37.68 Km
39.36 Km
King's College London, quintdown BPEAD1000
(moved from Truro)
South Gloucestershireand Stroud College, TP EAD1000
(moved from Stroud)
Weston CollegeEAD 10000 (moved from Bridgwater)
Moved sitefrom another
exchange
What does it look like?
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