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eVLBI Research in theEuropean VLBI Network

Steve Parsley

Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe

Dwingeloo, Netherlands

parsley@jiv.nl

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Outline

• European VLBI Network (EVN)• European Research Networks• Fibre Connection to Dwingeloo• iGrid Demonstration• EVN-NREN: Proof of Concept Project

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The European VLBI Network

EVN Telescopes

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Correlator

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European Research Networks

• National• NREN = National Research and Education Network• UKERNA, SURFnet, GARR, DFN, PSNC, NORDUnet …..

• International• GÉANT = Pan-European Research Network

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GÉANT:The connectivity at 10 Gbps

3 colours @1Gbps from Dwingeloo to Amsterdam Internet Exchange

20 km of new fibre

180km to SARAvia installed link

Dwingeloo

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Network SARA – ASTRON / JIVE

GXSARA ASTRON / JIVE

Access toNetherLight

Access to SURFnet5(ar5.amsterdam1)

GbEProject eVLBI

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iGrid Demonstration

24-26 September 2002Amsterdam Science and Technology Centre (WTCW)

The Netherlands

Grid 2oo2www.startap.net/igrid2002www.igrid2002.org (COMING SOON)

The International Virtual Laboratory

Call for Applications with Insatiable Bandwidth Appetites!

“We hereby challenge the international research community to demonstrate applications that benefit from

huge amounts of bandwidth!”

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WesterborkJodrell Bank

SARA

Dwingeloo

Shared IPover GÉANT

GEthernet overSURFnet LambdaFuture fibre

Link (now it’s a truck)

Live telescope pictures

Image Fringe Display

JIVE Correlator

About VLBI

Other VLBI collaboratorsScience

World of VLBI VLBI Technique & Operations

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vlbiGrid Objectives

• Trial use of UDP for VLBI data transfer across production research networks:• Data rates• Packet loss• Packet reordering

• Exercise new link to JIVE• Demonstrate eVLBI fringes• Publicise VLBI to network researchers

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iGrid Network Routing

Geant Core

SuperJANET4Core

Network

NNW MAN

Manchester

Server

Server

DWDM link

SURFnetCore

iGrid2002 Amsterdam

1 Gbit Eth.2.5 Gbit Pos10 Gbit

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Data Transfer Process:

Raid0Disc

UDP Data

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RingBuffer RingBuffer

TCP Control

Web Interface

Receiving Packets

Time

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• Packets have Header with packet id + Data• Put header directly into control area• Put data directly into ring buffer • No extra copy

• Assume UDP packets arrive in order none lost• Deposit data into next consecutive slot

• Inspect Header• Move data onward to correct location• Record:

• The received inter-packet spacing• 1-way delay

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iGrid Results

• UDP across GÉANT (server-server) : • ~500Mbit/s• <6E-5 lost packets• <1E-5 reordered packets (all exchanges)

• FTP to Dwingeloo:• ~40Mbit/s• Normal fringes detected

• PR:• Great success, new link used three days after first light• Much interest in VLBI data rates and volumes

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iGrid Lessons Learned

• 500Mbit/s VLBI data transfer on the production network using a simple UDP based protocol is feasible.

• Acceptable packet loss is achievable .• Packets may be re-ordered. A simple data moving strategy

corrects for this. • Control/monitoring data should be on a separate, reliable

channel. • End hosts must have sufficient power in both compute cycles

and input/out capability. An initial specification would include:• 64bit 66MHz PCI bus• 2 GHz processor• Gigabit Ethernet interface:

• Intel Pro 1000• SysKonnect

• Fast disks with high speed buses• Maxtor D740 EIDE 133

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Proof of Concept Project (PoC)

• Target: • Up to 5 radio telescope sites (not incl NL) connected

in real-time to JIVE correlator

• Duration: • Up to end of GÉANT contract (Nov 2004)

• Support:• Best effort IP service transiting NRENs and GÉANT• No significant upgrades to GÉANT (initially)• Support 512M and 1G real time modes of operation• Use existing NREN access ports• Limited resilience

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Proof of Concept Participants

• DANTE Pan-European Network• GARR Italian NREN • UKERNA UK NREN• PSNC Polish NREN • DFN German NREN• SURFnet Dutch NREN• KTHNOC/NORDUnet Nordic NREN • Manchester University Network application software • JIVE EVN Correlator• Westerbork telescope Netherlands• Onsala Space Observatory Sweden• MPIfR Germany• Jodrell Bank UK• TCfA Poland • CNR IRA Italy

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Success Criteria (for PoC)

• NREN/GÉANT point of view:• Connect at least three sites to JIVE• Observe significant usage (time and BW)

• EVN point of view:• Same-day imaging of 12hour, 1Gb/s observation• Real time network verification of transient

phenomenon

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Traffic Engineering on GÉANT...

GÉANT Nodes Affected by EVN Traffic

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Some Technical Issues

• Packet re-ordering due to architecture of Juniper M160 routers in GÉANT backbone. VLBI UDP application must fix this.

• VLBI data rates are restricted to “octaves”• : - 256M, 512M, 1G• “1Gbps” eVLBI flows are >1Gbps two GE channels will be needed to support

"1Gbps" from each telescope.

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SURFnet

GÉANT

NREN1

NREN2

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IP1 IP2 IP3 IP4

JIVE

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PoC Design

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JIVECorr.

• Separate, GE point-to-point connection for each telescope

GÉANT

• GE link on /30 subnet between VLAN interface on the SURFnet access router and the GE NIC at Dwingeloo.

• Add second GE NIC for “1Gb/s” each carrying 512Mb/s

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Local Loops - Status• Italy:

• GARR :  Backbone capacity - 2.5Gbps. • Medicina radio telescope: 30km from Bologna POP. Good

connectivity (dark fibre) expected by end of 2003. (3-4km dig to radio telescope.)

• Poland:• PSNC: 10GE link from Torun to Poznan (location of GÉANT

POP) ready in June 2003. • Torun radio telescope: 15km, Torun to telescope in place.

100m and terminal equipment within 3 months.

• Germany: • DFN: No backbone problems expected. Bonn ring on-line

April’03. 5-7km connection to DFN POP needed but not planned.

• Effelsberg Radio Telescope: Fibre to telescope in place bar 5km copper section.

• UK:• UKERNA: no problems to support the eVLBI traffic on the

SuperJANET backbone. 2.5G backup access port to GÉANT planned.

• Jodrell Bank: significant problem with local loop to JB (BT quoted £1M for the first year) Options being explored include “piggy-back” on eMERLIN, 30Gbit/s infrastructure ~June 2003

• Sweden:• NORDUnet: two, redundant 2.5Gbit/s links to GEANT in

Stockholm available.• SUNET: 10Gbit/s backbone with 2X2.5Gbit/sSRP links

between Chalmer University and Stockholm.• Onsala Space Observatory: 40km of fibre required.

Installation costs of up to €150k have been quoted with €20k+ annual charges.

• The Netherlands:• SURFnet: 2.5Gbit/s border connection will soon be upgraded

to 10Gbit/s• JIVE: 190km dark fibre link from JIVE to Amsterdam (SARA) in

place.• Westerbork: 24 fibre link directly to Dwingeloo by June‘03

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Project Timeline

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SURFnet

GÉANT

NREN1

NREN2

NREN3

IP1 IP2 IP3 IP4

JIVE

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UKLight Proposal• Initiative to attract funding to create:

• UK point-of-access (PoA) to the international test-bed • Intra UK optical test-bed

• Draft projects:• Development of a common optical control plane• Secure Optical Community Services• A project to use a dark fibre infrastructure• An applications demonstration based upon very long

baseline interferometry (VLBI) for Radio Astronomy

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Dedicated LambdaVLBI Network

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2nd eVLBI Workshop15-16 May 2003, Dwingeloo, Netherlands

• First Announcement 10th Jan ‘03• Second Announcement 1st March ‘03• Abstract Deadline 19th March ‘03• Final Announcement 3rd April ‘03• Registration Deadline 20th April ‘03• Hotel Deadline 15th April ‘03• Workshop 15-16th May ’03

http://www.jive.nl/jive/evlbi_ws/meeting