National Knowledge Network Overview

Experience life with 1000000000 bps

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 Introduction
Key Highlights of NKN
NKN is a state-of-the-art multi-gigabit pan-India network for providing a unified high speed
network backbone for all knowledge related institutions in the country

► 9th April 2009: Hon’ble

Allocation of `100
An idea from the Office
Crore for the
of Principal Scientific
implementation of Pilot
Advisor GoI, & NKC
phase of NKN
National Informatics Will connect Research
Centre (NIC) & Development,
designated as the educational, health,
Project Execution and agricultural
Agency institutes
GoI approved a budget 1500+ institutes to be
of Rs 5990 Crores for connected; connectivity
to 885 institutes has
NKN in March, 2010
already been provided
President of India, Smt.
Pratibha Devisingh Patil
inaugurated the NKN
Project.
► 16 PoP
► 26 Backbone Links
► 57 Edge Links
► 5th March, 2011: Hon’ble
Minister Comm & IT, Shri
Kapil Sibal and Hon’ble
Minister of State for Comm
& IT, Shri Sachin Pilot
launched the Logo and
Website of NKN
► 31 PoP
► 76 Backbone Links
► 216 Edge Links

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 Need of the Hour

► Need a single infrastructure that supports multitude of

applications in a secure manner
► Provide a scalable mechanism
► Load balance traffic to utilize network bandwidth
efficiently
► Allow core routers/networking devices to switch packets
based on some simplified header
► QoS aware network
► Scalable/ Adaptable/ Available (24X7X365)

Enable, Encourage, Empower, Enrich

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 Introduction
Management Overview

NKN

End User
Connectivity

High Level Committee

Implementation
Executive Committee Department of IT
Policy

Technical Advisory Committee National Informatics Centre

Security Advisory Committee National Informatics Centre Services Inc.

Model Projects Evaluation Committee

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 NKN: Core Connectivity

Multi- 10G Core

Connecting all
the state
capitals

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 NKN Connectivity

Educational NTRO
Research Labs Institutions Cert-IN
CSIR/DAE/DRDO/ISRO/ICAR

EDUSAT
National
Internet
Exchange NKN MPLS
Points (NIXI) Clouds
INTERNET
Broad Band
Connections to
Clouds
Global Networks
(e.g. TEIN3)
National / State
Data Centers/ Networks

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NKN SUPER CORE
MUMBAI

BENGALURU

DELHI

HYDERABAD

CHENNAI

GUWAHATI

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 Applications

Virtual
Classroom

Applications

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 Application Grids

Brain
Grid

Application
Grids

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 Research
Infrastructure

Synergistic
Growth
Scientists
Across
Disciplines

Research

Inter-
Coherent
disciplinary
Synergy
Goal

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 Virtual Classrooms
• Virtual classroom is a replica of the local class room
teaching where in the students at remote locations will
get the same feel and experience as if they are in the
same classroom .
• Teacher and students have full interactivity with each
other
• Teacher will be able to use all conventional teaching tools
and continue to teach the way he does.
• Students can ask questions and interact with the teacher
as if he is in the local classroom
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 Virtual Classrooms

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 National Knowledge Network
Key Services

Generic
Community ►Internet
National Knowledge Network

Special ►e-Mail
►e-MailList Software
►VPN (L2) ►e-Mail GW
Special (LISTSERV)
►DNS - NKN
►VPN (L3) ►Authentication
►DNS - Security
►VPN Service
►Session Initiation for NKN Users
NKN Protocol (SIP) ►Web Hosting
NKN
Community ►Multicast
►Collaboration ►VoIP
Streaming
Service
►MCU based
►Content Delivery Video Portal
*These services
►SMS GW
Generic may be through a ►International
Collaborations with ►Co-Location
CUG as well
EU-India Grid (PaaS & SaaS)

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 Messaging Gateway
Services

9:36 AM

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 What’s planned? -MPLS L3 VPN

iBGP—VPNv4 IITb
Label Exchange

IIT m

VRF P1 P2
VRF

VRF VRF
LDP LDP PE4
LDP
PE1
IGCAR
iBGP—VPNv4
iBGP—VPNv4
VRF BARC
PE3
VRF
PE2

► VPN service is enabled on PEs (VRFs are created and applied to VPN site interface)
► VPN site’s IITm connects to a VRF enabled interface on a PE1
► VPN site routing by IITm is distributed to MP-iBGP on PE1
► PE1 allocates VPN label for each prefix, sets itself as a next hop and relays VPN site routes to PE4
► PE4 distributes IITm’s routes to IITb (Similar happens from IITb’s side)

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 MPLS Services :Multicast VPNs

Multicast Source
TIFR
IIT D
Multicast Multicast Receiver
in the
IIT B core
IIT H
MPLS VPN Network

BARC
VSC Receiver

Multicast VRF CAT

Multicast Source

IIT M

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 L2 Extension

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 Overall Setup
Physics Department

IIT-Mumbai

DAE Kokotta

PE PE
Router Router
Mumbai Virtual Circuits / Pseudo wires

PE
VPLS Network Router

Kalapakkam
PE
Router Indore
IIT Chennai

DAE
Indore

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 DAE VPN
Physics Department

IIT-Mumbai

DAE Kokotta

PE PE
Router Router
Mumbai Virtual Circuits / Pseudo wires

PE
VPLS Network Router

Kalapakkam
PE
Router Indore
IIT Chennai

DAE
Indore

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 Separate VPNs
Physics Department •DAE
•IIT

IIT-Mumbai

DAE Kokotta

PE PE
Router Router
Mumbai Virtual Circuits / Pseudo wires

PE
VPLS Network Router

Kalapakkam
PE
Router Indore
IIT Chennai

DAE
Indore

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 NKN Setup at Edge location

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 High Availability through Design

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Challenges in Initial Phase Delivery

TECHNOLOGY

► IP Numbering Schema,
► Multi-Homing
► Hardware compatibility
► IPv6 addresses from APNIC

Manageable for
short time….
MIND SET
OPERATIONAL ►Why Should I change My Setup
► Complexity in existing Network ►Will the change that we make are
► Multiple Networks in Institute permanent.
► No single point of contact in many cases ►Multiple Scheme
► Reluctance to Change

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 NKN Connecting TEIN3 Network

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 NKN Connecting TEIN3 Network

US
EUROPE
COPENHEGAN BEIJING
HONGKONG
MADRID JAPA
N

MUMBAI - SINGAPORE
MUMBA
INDIA I
BANGALURU

DELHI

• Network Across 19 Countries

• 8000 Research & Academic HYDERABAD
Organization Members
• 45 Million Users CHENNAI

• Direct Peering with GEANT EU GUWAHATI

KOLKATA

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 NKN and IPv6

LAN Migration to IPv6 (Client configuration)

► Running DHCPv6 centrally
► Dual Stack
► Native IPv6
Server Migration to IPv6
► Native IPv6 server
► Dual stack IPv6 server
► Serving IPv4 servers to IPv6 clients using NAT64 and DNS64

IPv4 address block Websites running on IPv6

IPv6 address block
►180.149.48.0 /20, ►NIC- 2001:4408::/32 http://ipv6.nkn.in
► 14.139.0.0/16 ►NKN- 2405:8a00::/32 http://nkn.in
BGP Autonomous System
(ASn) IPv6 DNS http://mail.nic.in
► 9885, 55824, 55847 ►2405:8a00:1000::2
http://registry.nic.in

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 NKN Bandwidth Usage

IIT Kharagpur AIIMS Delhi

Hyderabad Central University Delhi University Delhi

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 NKN Bandwidth Usage

CDAC Mumbai IIT Chennai

SINP Kolkata NCL Pune

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 NKN Bandwidth Usage

VECC Kolkata CDAC Pune

TFIR Mumbai IIT Roorkee

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 National Knowledge Network
Current Status of NKN Connectivity (As on November 30, 2012)
Overall Summary
Particulars 2012-13
Super Core PoPs 07
Core PoPs 24
No of Institutes allocated to TSPs for connectivity 821
No of Institutes Commissioned under NKN (till date) 619

No of Institutes Commissioned under NMEICT (till date) 266

Total no of Institutes Commissioned (under NKN &NMEICT )(till date) 885

Core links, Institutes and District Connectivity Summary (TSP wise )

Core Links Institutes
Core links
TSP Links (Provisioned/Commissioned)
(Allotted)
Institutes
TSP Institutes (Commissioned)
BSNL 30 1G – 0/0; 2.5G – 21/19; 10G – 07/07 (Allotted)

RAILTEL 26 1G – 17/17; 2.5G – 06/06; 10G – 03/03

BSNL 112 69
PGCIL 33 1G – 04/04; 2.5G – 16/14 10G – 11/11

RAILTEL 316 209

District Links (1 Gbps)
Links PGCIL 277 237
TSP Links (Provisioned/Commissioned)
(Allotted)
MTNL 53 51
RAILTEL 48 10/07
NKN 57 53
PGCIL 34 34/28

BSNL 18 14/12 * TSP allocation of 5 institutes is in progress

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 Institutes Connectivity Status
By Category (5 entries part of NIC circuits, hence not included under category list )

Institutes Institutes
S.No Name of Category Institutes comm. S.No Name of Category Institutes comm.
allocated allocated

1 Army 3 2 22 IISER 5 5
2 Ayush 13 7 Management
23 6 5
3 C-DAC 11 11
24 Mass Communication 1 1
C-DOT
4 2 2
25 Medical 171 113
5 Central University 10 9
26 MoES 15 15
6 CSIR 45 45
DAE 27 NIFT 15 6
7 42 37
DBT 28 NIT 13 11
8 14 14
Deemed University 29 NPTI 3 3
9 12 12
30 NTRO 7 5
10 DRDO 50 22
11 DST 23 21 31 Power Ministry 7 7
12 Engineering 86 48 RBI
32 2 2
Ernet
13 11 11 Research
33 16 15
ICAR
14 50 46 SAU
34 19 11
ICFRE SDC
15 12 7 35 19 15
16 ICMR 23 22 State University
36 37 19
17 IIM 12 9
37 SWAN 20 17
18 IIT 14 14
NIXI 38 UGC 4 4
19 1 1
20 ISI 3 3
Total 816 614
21 ISRO 19 17

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 National Knowledge Network
Progress Chart

NKN Progress Chart

1600
1500

1500
ESRF Synchrotron Lab at Grenoble, France, 1500
1400 Material Science, Bioscience, Brain Grid etc.
1300
1200
1100
1000 861
Virtual Classrooms, 846 Immersive
No. of 900 833 844
Collab-CAD 808 Classrooms
NKN
800 754 760 908 915
User 711
667 763 773
Nodes 700 739

672 675
600 557
638
Global Science Research Collaboration 471
606
Model
500 446
Projects
through TIEN3, GEANT & European Grid 418

400 Initiative (EGI) 467

270 276 382

300 224
259 358

185
200 121
139
157 248
210
67 70 72 78 79 85 91 104
179
199 High Energy Physics experiment at Large Hadron
100 152
Collider, Climate Change Modeling, OSDD
89 104 104
73 75 78 81 83 85
66 69
0 60
Mar-10 May-10 Jun-10 Aug-10 Sep-10 Nov-10 Jan-11 Feb-11 Apr-11 Jun-11 Jul-11 Sep-11 Nov-11 Dec-11 Feb-12 Apr-12 May-12 Jul-12 Aug-12 Oct-12 Dec-12 Jan-13 Mar-13 May-13

NKN User Nodes Commissioned NKN User Nodes Provisioned

No. of user nodes
No of user nodes projected

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 NKN: On conclusion of final phase

► At the conclusion of the final

phase, NKN shall have presence
in more than 500 districts of India
with connectivity to major
research and education
institutions

► Points of Presence (PoP) : 31

► Backbone Links : 89
► Edge links : 1500

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 National Knowledge Network
Model Projects

► Model Projects: approved by MPEC (Model Projects Evaluation Committee)

► The virtual medical classroom: an emerging tool for teaching Medicine and science.
(AIIMS)
► The main objective behind the project is to help the students from other medical colleges to have similar
standard of teaching as available to students studying at AIIMS.

► Network Enabled Medical diagnosis and Education in Skeletal Imaging using X-Rays.
► Providing suitable tools and channels for huge data transmission of 2D X-Ray and 3D anatomical data
► Collected data to be used by Experts (Doctors) for remote Diagnosis
► Creation of a Public repository for education purposes.

► Indian Integration with Global Imaging System via McGill Linkage, NBRC, Manesar
► To develop a national imaging networking model between NBRC / its linked institutions and MNI/its
linked institutions for using the Canadian and Global Brain facilities.
► Computational imaging analysis and telemedicine with special references to epilepsy, dementia and
stroke which are the neurological dysfunction with maximal morbidity in India.

► Network enabled online Casting Simulation System (e-Foundry), IIT, Bombay

► It is developed for use by technical institutes and local SME foundries.
► Engineering students will be able to carry out virtual casting experiments and study the effect of various
design parameters on casting solidification and related defects.

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