Future Network Testing Facility Project

Team Introduction:

Liu Yunjie, academician oftheChinese Academy of Engineering and academician at Pengcheng Laboratory.   

Project Introduction: 

In February2013, the State Council listed it as one of the16 major science projects in the Medium and Long-Term Plan for Key National Technology Infrastructure Construction (2012-2030). It is theonly major basic science project intheinformation communication field. In December2015,theNational Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)officiallylaunchedthe project. At the end of March2020, theNDRC completedauditingthe budgetand the construction of the projectbeganin full swing.  

(1)Thescientificobjectives:

Addressing the major technological challenges to theextensibility, security,mobility, manageability of the Internetstructure, the project will develop basic theory and core mechanism of networking or new-type network system structure, verify Internet scenarios that are suitable for Internet operations and services, underpin the breakthroughs of Internet science and cyberspace technology research in core chips and key equipment, Internet operations, routing control technologies,network virtualization technology, security and credibility mechanisms, large-scale networking experiments, innovative business systems, enhancenational cyberspace security mechanisms and technical approaches, explore technical routes and development paths suitable forthecountry's future network development, and support the country to seize the initiative in cyberspace competitions such as the next-generation Internet, cyberspace security, andgloballyintegrated networks.

(2)The engineering objectives:

To provide a basic theory and key technology verification platform fortheconstruction ofan advanced, open, flexible, easy-to-use, and sustainable large-scale next-generation information infrastructure platform for general purpose andtheconstruction of the world's first deep virtual network based on link layer virtualization, satisfy the needsofnew services and applications such as5G and virtual reality,and the testing and verification requirements of the countryfor the next-generation Internet, cyberspace safety,and air-land Internet integration as set in the13th Five-Year Plan and14th Five-Year Plan periods, and achieve innovations which are4-10 yearsahead of the industry. 

The testing facilitieswillcover40 cities across the country, with88corenetwork nodes and133 edge networks built. The bandwidth of main linkswillreach100G, realizing connectivity of the experimental beds of theworld’spresent network and future network. The task carried out by Shenzhenwillcover eight cities, namely,Shenzhen, Beijing, Nanjing, Chongqing, Xi’an, Shanghai, Chengdu and Zhuhai, and20 cloud-based edge networks.

Highlights ofAchievements:

(1) Carrying out research on new Internet architecture, and exploring a new network architecture from passiveto active adaption to Internet applications. In testing facility, taking the lead to deploy new technologiessuch as SRv6,network slicing, path-associated detection and deterministic network, and promoting the Internet innovation technologiessuch asIPv6+,Newipahead of2030.  

(2) Promote ARM-based Kunpeng Ecology construction. 

In experiment facilities, massively deploying Kunpeng computing pool, encouraging and leading industrial and ecological partners to develop business and application innovations through Kunpeng servers,and cultivating  Kunpeng industrial ecology. 

(3) Developing research onkey technologies such ashigh-performance programmable routing exchanges, network resources management and resources scheduling, Internet and IT resources virtualization,network programming, protocol independent forwarding, network and business integration programming, making breakthroughs in key technologiessuch ascore chips, network operation system, network and business integration arrangement system and data plane programming, and arranging testing atfacilities.  

(4) Addressing the revolutionary change of network framework and device configuration caused by separation of forwarding,controlling and decoupling of software and hardware, and by combining with semi-real simulation technology developing research on massive network testing verification technologies and testing method system, emphasizing studies on the testing technologies and method system of massive virtualized network performance, real-time guarantee mechanism, reliable guarantee mechanism and trustworthy guarantee mechanism and working on a series of related standards and testing tools.