Designing and Engineering Dynamic Circuits: A Hands-On Workshop for the R&E Networking Environment
Purpose
This 2-day workshop provides attendees with a working knowledge of how to design and deploy a GMPLS-based dynamic circuit network. The workshop will provide an overview of GMPLS architecture, RSVP and OSPF protocols, control plane design concepts, and specifics of dynamic circuit network engineering as relates to campus, regional, and national network facilities in the R&E community. Upon completion of this workshop, attendees will be able to design and implement a GMPLS-based network.
The attendees will design and implement a real layer 2 (Ethernet) Dynamic Circuit Network Testbed using the open source DRAGON GMPLS Software Suite. At the workshop, participants will have necessary hardware and software to construct a working network that allows end systems to allocate dedicated VLAN network resources across multiple administrative domains.
The first day will focus on basic concepts as well as control plane design and implementation topics. The second day will address inter-domain dynamic circuit provisioning with a case study of the Internet2 Dynamic Circuit Network integration and international peering issues. Here are links to the Workshop Agenda and Course Materials.
Registration for Upcoming Workshops
Registration for open workshops is available via http://events.internet2.edu/ and limited to 16 participants. (Note: For some locations, there are restrictions requiring participants to be U.S. citizens.) Because space is limited, there will be a waiting list for each workshop. The fee for the workshop is $450 at non-MAX host sites; at MAX, the fee is $150 .
| Host/Roster | Location | Dates | Registration Link |
|---|---|---|---|
University of Hawaii (Each roster by workshop date) |
Tagore Room (Room 207) & Kaniela Room (equipment)
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CLOSED | |
Dept of Engineering Technology |
September 13-14, 2007 | CLOSED | |
Pyle Center, Rms 214 & 227 |
June 27-29, 2007 |
CLOSED | |
NASA Ames Conference Center, Bldg 3, Northwing Rm Moffett Field, CA |
May 30-31, 2007 |
CLOSED | |
8400 Baltimore Ave, Suite 102 College Park, MD |
May 2-3, 2007 |
CLOSED | |
Kimmel Student Center New York University New York, NY |
March 13-14, 2007 |
CLOSED |
Individuals interested in hosting a future workshop should contact Susan Evett.
Target Audience/Prerequisites
In this workshop, attendees design and build a multi-domain GMPLS-controlled network consisting of four domains, each with a number of network elements, end systems, and servers. The material is not difficult, but it does reflect routing and provisioning technologies that are not widely understood by the network engineering community and are still undergoing substantial evolution even as we begin deploying them. Several prerequisite skills are recommended to allow us to effectively work through as much material as possible in the 2-day workshop. Click here for details.
