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Converged Network Test-bed at U. of Essex
Kun Yang
School of CSEE, University of Essex
Tuesday 13th December 2011 @ UCL
UC4G London Workshop
NCL: Network Convergence Laboratory
Prof. Kun Yang, Dr. Martin Reed (& Dr. Ken Guild)
4 post-doc researchers, 15 PhD students
Research: wireless + wireless, Wireless + Wired, post-IP, network
virtualization, adaptive service engineering, but no PHY.
£2 millions grant from EPSRC, 2M Euros from EU FP7 and £100K+
from BT during the past 5 years:
EPSRC PAL: com net from assisted living (£600K)
EU FP7 STREP PURSUIT: post-IP information centric networks
EU FP7 IP OASE: optical FTTH
EU FP7 EVANS: management of virtualized network resources
EU FP7 IP GEYSERS
EU FP7 STREP MANTYCHORE, VISIONAIR
EPSRC HIPnet: Hybrid IP Networks (£1M)
EPSRC PANDA: pervasive service engineering (£250K)
EPSRC UFORIC: FPGA for optical routing (£250K)
EU FP7 OneLab2 (part of planetLab)
Voice
Video
(IPTV/VoD)
Storage
WDM
IP
NG-SDH
Ethernet
Co
nve
rge
d N
etw
ork
an
d S
erv
ice
Ma
na
ge
me
nt
Multi-Layer Switching Nodes
(Circuit and Packet-Switched)
Mu
lti-
Se
rvic
e A
cce
ss N
od
e
Quays
GPON
South Courts
WiMAX
Mu
lti-
Se
rvic
e A
cce
ss N
od
e
WiFi
Fibre (2km) Optical
Splitters
Heterogeneous Access Technologies
(Wired and Wireless)
Betrand
Russell
Campus
Outskirts
Campus Perimeter
(<10km)
Isolated WiFi
hot-spots
Sports
Grounds
Car
Parks
Fibre
2-20 Mbit/s
Broadband
Access
Central
Campus
WiMAX 3G/3.5G/LTE
ONU Traffic
Generator
Access Network
Emulator
Traffic
Generator
Internet
Public IP
Cloud
Campus
Network
Introduction of optical impairments
Introduction of packet delay & jitter
Cambridge University
Optical 10/40Gbits/s
Essex University
Mu
lti-
Se
rvic
e
Acce
ss N
od
e Radio over
fibre network
>50 LAN Clients
Storage
Video
Optical 10/40Gbits/s
Traffic Generators Fast Optical
Switching
All-optical
Processing
Converged Network Research Test-bed
>100Mbit/s
access
planetLab
GPON
Ethernet
OXC 1
Ethernet
OXC 3
Electrical Core
Access/Aggregation
BT
Adastral
Park
OXC 2
Fibre to the Home (FTTH)
Research Network
University Wired Network
CAMBRIDGE ESSEX
Internet
University WiFi (150+APs) Research SSID Ethernet
BT LEANet
dark fibre
(57km)
Ethernet
Converged Network Research Test-bed
Ethernet OXC 0 Ethernet Ethernet
Access
Network
Emulator
Ethernet
Radio over
Fibre
Access
WiMAX/WiFi
Research Network
Research VLANs
Optical Core
Janet Aurora
Dark Fibre (150km)
IP Services
(VoD, Storage)
IP Ethernet
Services
Ethernet
IP Services IP
Ethernet Services
Ethernet
Services
Ethernet
Services
Future Home (iSpace)
HD Video
Conference
VoIP, IPTV,
VoD
Health Storage
Mobile
Optical Services
Supporting Network
Modelling Tools
Heterogeneous
Wired/Wireless Networks OXC
Ethernet
WiFi
WiMAX
GPON
UMTS
Users &
Policies
Service Management
Services
Policy & Authentication
Management
Services
Performance
Monitoring Mngt
Network State
Information
Probes SNMP
Active
Monitor
Profile
Passive
DPI
Traffic & User
Emulation Mngt
Traffic & User
Emulation Profiles
Traffic Generators
Emulator Agents
Wireless Wired
Services Users
Databases
OXC
Ethernet
GPON
Netw
ork
Reco
nfigu
ratio
n
Topology
Routing Algorithms
Connection
Management
Signalling
Connections
Routing Algorithms
Connection
Management (inc FMC)
Signalling
Network
Element
MIG MIG
User
(www)
Resource
Request
Monitoring Agents
DBA
Connection within the UK
London TeleHouse, UCL
JANET
Aurora
Cambridge
BBC UK, Europe,
US
eMerlin
Essex
Southampton
Aston
BT Labs
4K stereo camera system
Network infrastructure
JPEG2000 compression
Uncompressed signal
video server
JPEG2000 decompression
Uncompressed signal 4K LCD Display
3D 4K Projector
100 TB NAS storage
4K cinematographic camera
2K high-speed camera
8K tiled display
Audio mixer Loudspeakers
Audio Multichannel System
Essex High Performance Media Node High Performance Media Networks
High Definition Video Streaming/Conferencing
Recoding &
compression
(1.45Gbit/s
270Mbit/s)
HD
Monitor
HD-SDI
SD-SDI
GE
HD Camera
Fixed
Testbed
Ethernet
encapsulation
Cambridge
Essex
Policy-based
Service Adaptation
(PANDA)
Wireless
Testbed
Voice and Video Services
VoIP Asterix server (not integrated into GoogleTalk for global coverage, but possible if time allows)
Standard and high definition video services Video-on-demand (awaiting better content from BBC)
IPTV (Freeview)
Video stream server and video streamed features Apple Darwin video stream server 5.5.4 for Linux
Video encoded withH264/AVC with the x264 codec.
Support rtsp protocol for video streaming.
Native support for H.264, MPEG-4, Dirac and 3GPP
HD video streaming achieved with 1080p, 720p, and other sizes: 960 x 544, 720 x 576.
The video clients can be VLC and QuickTime.
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MIG1
GPON
OLT1
MSAN 1 MSAN 2B
LTE (TBC)
Camera
ACtrl
TG4
OADM2
OXC2
OXC1
VFP1
OADM1
VoIP
MSAN 2A
Access
Network
Emulator
SW1
SW2
SW3
VFP2
FP3
FP4
FP5
SWC1
SW7
R1
VoD +
IPTV
R2
Internet
ONU1
TG1 TG2
R3
WiFi
2G/3G
WiMAX
CPU1
WiFi
ONU2
WBS1 AP2
AP3
LBS1
WSS2
TG5 South
Courts
Betrand
Russell
Quays
WSS1
BT,
Adastral
Park
1
750
WiMAX
(backhaul)
1
800
CPU1
CPU2
CPU3
CPU4
SW5
SW6
SW8
Essex
University Cambridge University
Campus
RC1
TG7 SWC2
R4
iSCSI target
Nano-
second
optical
switch
Optical
Regen/WC
iSCSI
target
TG6
Network/ Service
Manager
TG3
10GE (1310nm) 1GE (850nm)
ODU 2 (15xxnm)
1GE (electrical)
1GE (WDM)
GPON (1550/1310nm)
100BaseT (electrical)
1GE (1310nm)
Transparent Optical I/F
BBC,
London
(TBC)
U1
C2
U3
150
U2
1
C1
WiMAX
(backhaul)
WSS3
ONU2
TG5
WiFi iSpace
E-Health
Public IP
address PLanetLab Nodes DPI
GbE &
802.11G
TG - C
Video
server
iSCSI
Initiator
+storage
Live windows
network >50
users
TG - Cs
TGC1
RC2
SWC3
APC1-3
Electrical and Optical Interfaces
WiMAX/WiFi Network
Pan/tilt 60˚ sector antennas (2.5,3.5 & 5.8GHz)
Fixed 60˚ sector antenna (5.8GHz) towards Wivenhoe
Dome surveillance camera
Camera and antenna GPS coordinate controlled
Bertrand Russell Tower (65m)
Wivenhoe subscriber unit (2miles)
20Mbit/s symmetrical services
Wivenhoe
WiMAX to Wi-Fi units
WiFi hotspots
WiMAX connected cameras
for excellent wireless quality
WiMAX antenna
WiFi antenna
(100m radius)
PoA 6
PoA 1
PoA 2
(WiMAX)
PoA 7
PoA 3
PoA 4
PoA5
PoA 8
802.11g
802.11n
802.16
UMTS
WiMAX/WiFi Research Network
GPON 802.16 802.11g (NCL)
Ethernet 802.11g (University)
GPON 802.16 (NCL)
GPON 802.11n (NCL)
GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA (Vodaphone)
University WiFi Network
(150+Aps, same SSID)
PoA 7
PoA 1
PoA 2
(WiMAX)
PoA 8
PoA 3
PoA 4
PoA6
PoA 9
Fixed Mobile
Convergence
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
802.11g
802.11n
802.16
UMTS
9 9
TG
ONU
PoA9
TG
ONU
PoA3
ONU
PoA2
GPON OLT
PoA1
Mobile
Network
PoA8
PoA4
PoA6 PoA7
University
Campus
Network
TG
TG
Internet
3
4 5
6
7
1
Ethernet
Ethernet
OXC
OXC
OXC
1 3
2
Monitor
8
Ethernet
2
8
7
6
5 4
3
2
1
1 1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 9
TG
TG = Traffic Generator
Media Independent Gateway (MIG)
Also represents future multi-mode mobile devices
Always-on mobile device
Fall detector
GPS
Linux
miniPC
Heart Monitor
Blood Oxygen
Media
Independent
Gateway (MIG)
Blu
eto
oth
(10
m r
an
ge
)
Ethernet (fixed broadband connection)
WiMAX
WiFi
UMTS (3G) Blood Glucose
Sensors
MIH (802.21)
Routing
Net. Sel.
HSDPA (3.5G)/LTE MAC
LCD Monitor
Camera, mic, speaker
VoIP/Video
Conference
Mobile version
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iSpace – Digital Lifestyle Environments
iSpace (evaluation environment)
Test-bed for ambient intelligent and pervasive computing in a
domestic setting (Full sized 2 bedroom apartment)
Sensor, actuator, computer and network rich environment to
enable open-ended R&D
£250,000 in IT related aspects (currently being procured)
Capable of supporting evaluations with long-term occupants
iDorm (development environment)
Single student bed-sit (work, sleep etc)
iSpace
For further information, contact Prof Vic Callaghan ([email protected]) Network Centre
