C@ribNET implementation October 2011 Caribbean Regional SIG Meeting Eriko Porto (eriko.porto@ckln.org)
Planned Topology (October 2011)
C@ribNET Project Connectivity tender issued July/2010 organized in lots for the core backbone, connections to other regional RENs and connections to 21 countries (NRENs) awarded July/2011 Equipment tender issued October/2010 aiming all 21 countries at first four respondents - manufacturers Cisco, Juniper and Ericsson all proposals were rejected for non compliance reissued April/2011 with reduced scope awarded September/2011
C@ribNET Core
Connectivity Diagram
NRENs implementation strategy Implementation will occur in two phases Phase I includes OECS, Barbados, Trinidad, Jamaica, Bahamas, Cayman, Turks & Caicos and Dominican Republic Phase II includes Haiti, Guyana, Suriname, Belize and Bermuda Implementation model will vary depending on availability of connectivity based on virtual leased lines provision of to aggregate institutions development stage of the NREN
Access for institutions Phase I OECS REN - 18 institutions to be implemented in Phase I backbone router (Jamaica) 2 institutions connected in each country at 5 Mbps LIME MPLS (on-net) Montserrat BVI Anguilla Antigua 35 Mbps Dominica GRENADA LIME Co-location St. Kitts St. Vincent St. Lucia OECS REN Grenada
Access for institutions Phase I Barbados NREN - 2 institutions to be implemented in Phase I backbone router (Jamaica) 2 institutions connected at 10 Mbps LIME MPLS (on-net) 20 Mbps Institutions GRENADA LIME Co-location Barbados NREN
Access for institutions Phase I Trinidad NREN - 3 institutions to be implemented in Phase I LIME Co-location Institutions backbon e 1 Gbps Trinidad NREN
Access for institutions Phase I Jamaica NREN - 2 institutions to be implemented in Phase I LIME Co-location Institutions backbon e 1 Gbps Jamaica NREN
Access for institutions Phase I NRENs from Bahamas, Cayman and Turks & Caicos institutions connected at 10 Mbps Bahamas NAP Miami backbon e 1 Gbps Cayman provider s cloud Turks & Caicos NRENs connected to Miami
Access for institutions Phase I RADEI (Dominican Republic NREN) backbone router Wind Telecom Santo Domingo 50 Mbps Institutions TERREMARK NAP del Caribe Co-location from RADEI RADEI
NRENs implementation strategy TOTAL of 31 institutions in Phase I plus Dominican Republic After reconfiguration, approximately 600k USD released from budget for additional institutions to be connected in Phase II
Access for institutions Phase II Haiti backbone router Institutions In country Co-location Haiti NREN
Access for institutions Phase II Belize backbone router Institutions In country Co-location Belize NREN
Access for institutions Phase II Guyana backbone router Institutions In country Co-location Guyana NREN
Access for institutions Phase II Suriname backbone router Institutions In country Co-location Suriname NREN
Access for institutions Phase II Bermuda Bermuda NAP Miami backbon e 1 Gbps provider s cloud Bermuda NREN
Internet Commodity Internet Commodity at country level is facilitated by the existence of an It is paramount to foster the establishment of the NREN body, to manage the contract with the local ISP and the services to the institutions
Internet Model for providing Internet Commodity R&E Transit Network (e. g. C@ribNET) R&E Traffic connected institutions Internet Commodity Traffic NREN Central Node router Telecom Local Carrier servers switch NREN with Internet Commodity