GULFIX Saleem AlBalooshi ETISALAT IP Traffic Between GCC
GULF-IX Saleem Al-Balooshi ETISALAT
IP Traffic Between GCC • Most of The IP traffic between GCC is exchanged via US or EU. – Except partial traffic between: • AE, OM and KW which transits via EMIX.
ISSUES!! • Performance/Availability TTL HOB’s Comments AE-SA >300 ms 15 www. saudi. net. sa AE-QA >500 ms 12 www. qtel. com. qa AE-BH >500 ms 12 www. bahrian. gov. b h AE-KW <70 ms 8 www. 101. com. kw AE-OM >300 ms 14 www. mctmnet. gov. om
ISSUES!! • Cost: – Monthly Charge for an STM-1 link From Gulf region to US with the IP port is Approximatly $250 K/Month. – Traffic Exchanged between GCC is using this expensive Link.
ISSUES!! • Security/Privacy: – Traffic between ISP’s in the GCC is exchanged via 3 rd parties ISP’s (US/EU).
Cable Infrastructure between GCC • • • FOG (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and UAE) Saudi-UAE cable Oman UAE Cable Saudi-Kuwait Cable Saudi-Bahrain Cable Saudi-Qatar Cable.
Proposal • Establish Gulf-IX – Public Peering Point for the ISP’s in the GCC countries. • Establish full mesh between the ISP’s and the exchange points in the GCC. – High cost !!
Advantages of Gulf-IX • Improve the performance/Availability for the IP traffic between the GCC ISP’s, • Reduces Operational cost. • Improves the security level. • Encourages the development of local contents. • A start point for the Joint activities i. e IPV 6, ENUM, Arabization of DNS, Internet Roaming …etc.
Requirements • Two Layer 2 switches ($5 K). • 1 Cabinet in an Internet Data Center Environment • Each ISP to co-locate their router at the IDC. (Min equivalent to cisco 2600) • ISP’s to arrange for a back hole capacity form Gulf-IX to their Backbone. • Establish full mesh BGP with all the participants.
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