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Task 10 - Demonstration Extention to Other Sites

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Definition

This and the following task appear at the end as they can only rationally follow much of the work of the previous tasks. However this should not be misunderstood as diminishing their importance. Demonstration of “QoS” across international boundaries was a stated objective of the original proposal.

The generic task is

1. Identify end points in EU and US, in particular identify named people at the far ends who agree to be contacts for this project.
2. Identify which services can be extended, and identify all relevant connectivity issues.
3. Negotiate and lobby as appropriate to obtain in principle agreement for e2e connectivity where feasible.
4. Convert 3 into concrete series of steps to arrive at point where a set of tests (which should follow task 8) can be undertaken
5. Make measurement. It is suggested to programme

Of course the above does not contain much specific detail by the very nature of the task. In all probability most of the work is political. The details can only be apparent after following various lines of opportunity.

For example (but nothing below represents any firm agreement as yet)

1. Negotiations are already well underway with DANTE as part of the DataGRID/DataTAG projects for piloting of IP premium. On the face of it this matches well with the UKERNA programme of IP premium deployment. These lines must be followed to establish a coherent plan for connectivity to CERN and other European sites. Very likely INFN (IT) will be a key end point also.
2. We have already spoken with Les Cottrell at SLAC. Les has already performed QBSS tests which were presented at the GGF in Toronto. Les is very interested to extend these QBSS tests to MB-NG.
3. We have contacted Ian Foster, and have good contact with STARLIGHT and IWIRE in Chicago. Discussion of some scheme to extend QoS through to sites on IWIRE may be the next step.

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