Biography
I have been the lead engineer within Janet on the architecture and procurement of Janet6, including the fibre, the transmission equipment, and the IP routing layer that will sit on top of it. Previously within the Network Operations division, I still sit in the Network Operations Centre, but work within the Strategic Technologies Division and try to understand the relevance of technical advances and how they may be (and especially if they should be) brought into operation. I also participate in the IETF, am a co-chair of the Routing Working Group in RIPE and I'm on the programme committee for the UK Network Operators' Forum (UKNOF). I haven't given up on the IPv6 crusade either.
Abstract
Janet6
Janet6 represents the largest project Janet has undertaken in its 28-year history, and after signing fibre and equipment contracts in the Summer of 2012 work to build and commission the new network will be approaching completion by the time of Networkshop41. In this session, Jeremy Sharp will begin by giving an overview of the Janet6 programme of work, why we needed a new network and how Janet went about gathering the requirements for that network. Rob Evans will describe how those requirements were translated through to a network design during the process of competitive dialogue with potential suppliers. Mark Corney of SSET will then relate how that design led to the construction of a national fibre network. Simon Allder of Ciena will describe how Janet's requirements and specifications led to the design of the transmission equipment on Janet6. Neil Shewry will then outline some of the challenges that have been overcome during the building of Janet6 before Jeremy Sharp concludes the presentation with a look at how Janet sees the network developing over the coming years.
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