TERENA COMPENDIUM OF EUROPEAN NRENs,

2012 QUESTIONNAIRE

TSec(12)013

DEADLINE FOR RESPONDING: 30 JUNE 2012

INTRODUCTION

The 2012 TERENA Compendium questionnaire is based on the experience of earlier years. We have tried to keep the questions as simple and easy to answer as possible. In some areas, additional questions are asked only if a specific situation applies to an NREN or if the NREN offers a specific service. Where relevant, these questions were agreed upon with the relevant Task Force and GN3 Activity Leaders, in order to avoid overlaps and questionnaire overload. Note that where numbers (e.g.: number of connected institutions by category) are too difficult to obtain for some NRENs, estimates of the approximate number are welcome instead.

Unless otherwise noted, please provide the information as valid on 31 January 2012.

Section A: CLIENT INSTITUTIONS
ISCED Is the UNESCO scheme for International Standard Classification of Education:
  • Level 6 Second stage of tertiary education (leading to an advanced research qualification). It typically requires the submission of a thesis or dissertation.

  • Level 5 First stage of tertiary education. Completion of an education at level 3 or 4 is normally required.

  • Level 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education. This can include, for example, short vocational training programmes.

  • Levels 2 and 3 Secondary education (level 2 can also stand for the second level of basic education).

  • Level 1 Primary or basic education.

In theory, your Ministry of Education sends information to UNESCO about the educational sector in your country on a regular basis. Therefore, they should be able to tell you what types of institutions in your country fall in which category. They should also know how many institutions of each category there are.
More information is available on the ISCED classification can be obtained from the UNESCO website or by downloading the document (in English).
What do we mean when we ask for these rough estimates?
None or very few / < 20% served
Less than half / Between 20 and 40% served
About half / Between 40and 60% served
More than half / Between 60 and 80% served
All or nearly all / > 80% served

A.1Please give an estimate of the proportion of the institutions in each category that are served by the NREN with IP connectivity(the ‘market share’).

Type of institution / Are you allowed to serve this category of institution? / Place a tick in the column that most closely represents the proportion of each category of institution actually connected by the NREN / Comments (if any)
YES / NO / Unknown
or N/A / None or very few / Less than half / About half / More than half / All or nearly all
Universities & Other ISCED 5+6
Institutes of further
education (ISCED 4)
Research institutes
Secondary schools
(ISCED 2+3)
Primary schools
(ISCED 1)
Libraries, Museums, Archives, Cultural institutions
Hospitals (other than University hospitals)
Government departments (national, regional, local)

A.2Please give an estimate of the number of institutions that are actually connected in each category with IP connectivity:

Type of institution / Approximate number of
connected institutions in each category / Comments (if any)
Universities & Other ISCED 5+6
Institutes of further education (ISCED 4)
Research institutes
Secondary schools
(ISCED 2+3)
Primary schools
(ISCED 1)
Libraries, Museums, Archives, Cultural institutions
Hospitals (other than University hospitals)
Government departments (national, regional, local)

A.3Level of IPConnectivity by Institution type:

This table explores the level of connectivity for each type of institution. Please enter a tick or cross to indicate:

i)The lowest capacity at which an institution in this category is connected

ii)The typical connection capacity for the majority of institutions in this category of institution

iii)The highest capacity at which an institution of this category is connected.

EXAMPLE:

Link
Access
capacities / less than
10 Mb/s / 10 Mb/s or more
but less than
100 Mb/s / 100 Mb/s or more
but less than
1 Gb/s / 1 Gb/s or more
but less than
10 Gb/s / 10 Gb/s or more
but less than
40 Gb/s / 40 Gb/s
or more but less than 100 Gb/s / 100 Gb/s or above
Universities & Other ISCED 5+6 / LOWEST / 
TYPICAL / 
HIGHEST / 
For an explanation of number of institutions please see attached notes / Link
Access
speeds / less than
10 Mb/s / 10 Mb/s or more
but less than
100 Mb/s / 100 Mb/s or more
but less than
1 Gb/s / 1 Gb/s or more
but less than
10 Gb/s / 10 Gb/s or more
but less than
40 Gb/s / 40 Gb/s
or more but less than 100 Gb/s / 100 Gb/s or above
Universities & Other ISCED 5+6 / LOWEST
TYPICAL
HIGHEST
Further education
(ISCED 4) / LOWEST
TYPICAL
HIGHEST
Research institutes / LOWEST
TYPICAL
HIGHEST
Secondary schools
(ISCED 2+3) / LOWEST
TYPICAL
HIGHEST
Primary schools
(ISCED 1) / LOWEST
TYPICAL
HIGHEST
Libraries, Museums,
Cultural inst. / LOWEST
TYPICAL
HIGHEST
Non-university Hospitals / LOWEST
TYPICAL
HIGHEST
Government departments / LOWEST
TYPICAL
HIGHEST

A.4Please provide a URL that liststhe sites that are connected to the NREN, if available and if not already listed at

A.5Please give an estimate of the numbers of students in each category that are served by the NREN (the ‘market share’).

This is a new question for 2012. It is being introduced because it is considered to be of interest to policy makers. Many NRENs may not have the precise data needed to answer this question. However, NRENs are probably well-placed to give a rough estimate.
Type of student / Total enrolment according to UNESCO, 2009 / Unknown or N/A / None or very few / Less than half / About half / More than half / All or nearly all / Comments
(if any)
Universities & Other ISCED 5+6
Institutes of further
education (ISCED 4)
Secondary schools
(ISCED 2+3)
Primary schools
(ISCED 1)

A.6Does your NREN provide any specific services to research projects, either national or international, such as PRACE or DEISA?

[ ] YES[ ] NO

If YES: please list the projects and the services provided (if possible, include links to further details):

Remarksor further information regarding this section

Section B: CONNECTIVITY AND TRAFFIC

Network & connectivity services

In this section, please provide information about the entire network that is managed by your organisation, excluding links outside your national territory.

B.1How many circuits (that carry production traffic, primary or backup) do you manage?

B.2Do you fully manage the connectivity (including customer premise equipment) of some of your client institutions?

[ ] YES[ ] NO

If YES, for approximately what percentage of client institutions do you do this?

Remarks:

B.3What is the total kilometric length of dark fibre installed on your network?

B.4What percentage of the total kilometric length of your network does this represent?

B.5What percentage of the dark fibre length was added in 2011? (Please take the increase of dark fibre that was added in 2011 as a percentage of the dark fibre length at the end of 2010.)

B.6What percentage of the dark fibre length was decommissioned in 2011? (Please take the length of dark fibre that was decommissioned in 2011 as a percentage of the dark fibre length at the end of 2010.)

B.7What percentage of the institutions connected to your network is connected via dark fibre?

Type of institution / Approximate percentage of
institutions in each category that is connected via dark fibre
Universities & Other ISCED 5+6
Institutes of further education (ISCED 4)
Research institutes
Secondary schools
(ISCED 2+3)
Primary schools
(ISCED 1)
Libraries, Museums, Archives, Cultural institutions
Hospitals (other than University hospitals)
Government departments (national, regional, local)

B.8What connectivity services do you provide?

[ ] IP

[ ] Optical

[ ] PSTN

[ ] Other, namely: …………..

B.9Are there any institutions that are serviced specifically by non-IP connectivity (e.g. by providing a VPN infrastructure)? [ ] YES [ ] NO

B.10If yes, please give details:

B.11Do you allow institutions to share a common IP connection with a unique access control policy? [ ] YES [ ] NO

B.12If yes, please give details:

B.13What is the current typical core usable backbone IP capacity of your network in Gb/s?

In the context of this questionnaire the term CORE should be taken to mean usable backbone capacity. If your network does not have a backbone core (for instance because it is a star network) please report the maximum capacity into the central node of your network.
Some NRENs have dark fibre with a very high theoretical capacity. In that case, we would like to know the usable IP capacity.

B.14Please provide a list of the operational external IP connections you had at the end of January 2012 (usable links excluding backup links):

Note that we are interested in the capacity for production purposes, not in any additional links that may be there for the purpose of giving resilience. Some of your capacity to Europe may be used for transiting to intercontinental services; please do NOT subtract for that.
External Network IP Connections / Usable capacity (Gb/s)
Direct to GÉANT
Indirectly to GÉANT
via a specific project or via another NREN
(please specify each connection - adding as many lines as needed)
Direct to NORDUnet
Direct to other research locations
(e.g. other NRENs, CERN, Starlight, Abilene
(please specify each connection - adding as many lines as needed)
Direct connections to the Commercial Internet
excluding Internet Exchanges
(please specify each connection - adding as many lines as needed)
Peerings, connections to Internet Exchanges
(please specify each peering - adding as many lines as needed)
Other – Please specify type
Total:

B.15a) Cross-Border Fibre links in use as of January 2012

Please ALSO include the usable capacity of the links in the appropriate category of question B.14 above!
End points / USAGE
Testing, Production,
Project, Backup . / Number of lambdas
(λ) / Capacity
of each λ (Gb/s) / Date entered service
(please add one line for each CBF)

b) Planned CBF links

End points / USAGE
Testing, Production,
Project, Backup . / Number of lambdas
(λ) / Capacity
of each λ (Gb/s) / Planned date
(please add one line for each CBF)

B.16Other Technologies

Which other services are used in your access network?

FTTH - Fibre to the Home
FTTO - Fibre to the Office
Production / Under trial / Planned / Not planned / Number of client institutions
FTTH/FTTO
DSL
WLAN
Satellite
Other licensed spectrum
WiFi off campus – using eduroam
WiFi off campus – using MNO
Other unlicensed spectrum

B.17Do you provide or are you planning to provide 3G or 4G mobile services to end users?

[ ] Production[ ] Under trial[ ] Planned[ ] No

B.18Please describe the general setup of the scheme and the charging scheme.

B.19Which other technologies (not already covered) are made available by you to individual end users?

B.20Are you involved in the operation of an Internet Exchange?[ ] YES[ ] NO

B.21If YES, please describe the type of involvement:

[ ] In an operational capacity

[ ] In a governing capacity (e.g. as Board member)

[ ] In another way, please specify: …………………

B.22Future Developments and Trends

Please give a descriptive outline of the major initiatives that relate to the development of the underlying network that you might expect to see on your network over the next 2-5 years. It would be helpful if you could associate an approximate level of confidence to each of these predictions: QUITE CERTAIN, LIKELY, UNCERTAIN.

Initiative / Development / Expected timeframe / Confidence

Questions relating to the transition to IPv6

B.23For your NREN, do you foresee any IPv4 address space shortages or problems in the foreseeable future? If so, please give details:

B.24For your client institutions, do you foresee any IPv4 address space shortages or problems in the foreseeable future? If so, please give details:

B.25Is a shortage of IPv4 addresses affecting adding new clientinstitutionsor service development (e.g. virtual connectivity services)?

B.26How many client institutions (as % of your total number of client institutions) are provided with IPv4 services only?

How many client institutions (as % of your total number of client institutions) are provided with dual IPv4/IPv6 services?

How many client institutions (as % of your total number of client institutions) are provided with IPv6 services only?

B.27What percentage of your IPv6 address allocation did you assign to your client institutions so far?

B.28Are you planning any activities for the world IPv6 launch day on 6 June 2012?

[ ] YES[ ] NO

B.29If YES, please specify: ……….

Please check if the table at shows the appropriate information for your NREN.

Traffic

In this section, we propose a distinction between different types of traffic by source or destination. Please take a look at the figure below, which illustrates the terminology used in the questions below.

T1 – all IP traffic from customer sites and the NREN

T2 – all IP traffic to customer sites and the NREN

T3 – all IP traffic leaving the NREN

T4 – all IP traffic entering the NREN

External traffic = all traffic to GÉANT, the commercial Internet, Internet exchanges, etc. (made up of T3 and T4 above)

Note: all IP traffic includes both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.

B.30Please supply an estimate of the total amount of external traffic in Terabytes in 2011 as defined in the picture above (note that given the definition as outlined in the graph above, T1+T4 should be equal to T2+T3, unless there is a special situation in your NREN – in which case, please explain):

flow / TOTAL IP Traffic
during 2011
(Terabytes) / Percentage of total IP traffic with GÉANT / Percentage of total IP traffic with other research and education networks / Percentage of total IP traffic with settlement-free peerings and exchanges / Percentage of total IP traffic on commercial uplinks / Volume of IPv6 Traffic if known
during 2011
(Terabytes)
T1
T2
T3
T4

B.31If T1+T4 is not equal to T2+T3, please explain why this is the case (e.g. large amounts of transit traffic):

B.32What was the volume of traffic to/from your network in January 2012 in Terabytes?

flow / TOTAL IP Traffic
during
JANUARY
2012
(Terabytes) / Percentage of total IP traffic with GÉANT / Percentage of total IP traffic with other research and education networks / Percentage of total IP traffic with settlement-free peerings and exchanges / Percentage of total IP traffic on commercial uplinks / Volume of IPv6 Traffic if known
during
JANUARY
2012
(Terabytes)
T1
T2
T3
T4

Network Congestion

We would like to get your best estimate of congestion levels. For example, if the MRTG trace of an access line is at the line bandwidth for long periods, or if the router interface shows lots of packet drops, then there's congestion in the access network. That one is obvious. But how do you know if the bottleneck (if there is one) is in the campus LAN?
You may need to look inside the campus network, or at least at the Ethernet port of their edge router. If a big university cannot use more than ~4Mb/s of an E3 or STM-1 access line, they may be limited by a 10Mb/sEthernet somewhere in their LAN.
We do expect NRENs to have some idea of the state of their network, particularly on the existence and location of bottlenecks. This could come either from constant monitoring or by using tools like clink or pingplotter.

B.33Perceived congestion (if any) on your IP network. You are not expected to give precise numbers.

Please give a rough indication of the percentage of institutions that experience congestion because of bottlenecks at the different levels (ie Campus, Metro/Regional Network, Access, Backbone or on external links

Campus LAN / Metro / Regional Networks / Access network / NREN backbone / External links
% of institutions experiencing no or very little congestion / 
% of institutions experiencing some or moderate congestion / 
% of institutions experiencing serious congestion / 
each column should total 100%

Performance Monitoring and Management

B.34Do you have traffic statistics on your website? [ ] YES[ ] NO

B.35If yes, please provide the URL:

B.36Do you offer to client institutions other tools for monitoring or troubleshooting the network?

B.37Do you have an online topology map of your network?[ ] YES[ ] NO

B.38If available online please give the URL:

B.39Do you have an online weather map of your network?[ ] YES[ ] NO

B.40 If available online please give the URL:

Optical Circuits

B.41Are you offering lambdas (wavelengths) to your client institutions?

[ ] YES[ ] NO[ ] Planned

If YES:

B.42How many static lambdas were live at the end of January 2012?

B.43How many dynamic lambdas were live on 31 January 2012?

B.44Is there a separate charge for client institutionsthat have ordered lambdas from you?

B.45How long does it take you, on average, to provision a static circuit?

B.46How many lambdas do you provision that leave your country or NREN?

Remarks or further information regarding this section:

Section C: MIDDLEWARE SERVICES

Security Services

C.1Are you using a structured format for the exchange of computer incident information (e.g. X-ARF)?

[ ] YES[ ] NO[ ] Planned

C.2If yes or planned: which one?

C.3Are you using network devices for addressing security threats (e.g. routers, firewalls, IDPSs, etc.)?

[ ] YES[ ] NO[ ] Planned

C.4If yes or planned: which ones and for what purpose?

C.5Do you take measures to reduce spam activities (e.g. DNSBLs, DNS SPF records, etc.)?

[ ] YES[ ] NO[ ] Planned

C.6If yes or planned: which measures?

C.7Have you deployed any Honeypots?

[ ] YES[ ] NO[ ] Planned

C.8If yes or planned: which ones and for what purpose?

DNSSEC

C.9Do you have any activities relating to DNSSEC?

[ ] YES - please choose from the options given below (multiple answers possible):

[ ] We operate a signed country-code top-level domain (ccTLD)

[ ] We operate a signed zone for our NREN

[ ] We operate signed zones for our constituency as a service

[ ] We operate validating DNS resolvers for our constituency

[ ] Other (please specify: …. )

[ ] NO– please explain:

[ ] We do not operate any DNS infrastructure so there is no need for us to do this

[ ] We feel DNSSEC is not important enough for us at this time

[ ] Our constituency is not interested in the topic

[ ] Other (please explain: … )

Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure

C.10Is an AAI provided by the NREN?

[ ] Currently deployed[ ] Planned [ ] Not planned

C.11Do your endusers have access to a web single sign-on federation?[ ] YES[ ] NO

C.12If so, do you operate it? [ ] YES[ ] NO

C.13Does your federation interfederate?

[ ] NO

If no: do you plan to interfederate in 2012?

[ ] YES: please specify how:

[ ] NO

[ ] YES: Kalmar[ ] YES: eduGAIN[ ] YES: other (specify):

C.14You are urged to complete or update the REFEDS survey as necessary at

eduroam

To estimate the level of eduroam deployment, we will use the official eduroam database as a source of information. In order that the compendium reflects an accurate picture of the deployment in your country, please ensure that the entries from your NREN in the database are up-to-date (see for more information).

C.15Which percentage of the connected Universities in your country (as given in question A.2) provides eduroam credentials to its users?

C.16If eduroam is offered in your country, please give us a rough estimate of the percentage of students (ISCED levels 5 and 6) in your country that has an eduroam-enabled account:

[ ] None or very few (<20%)

[ ] Less than half (20% … 40%)