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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'>(Moderator,
please post to MENOG distribution or web site. Thanks. – Karl)<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Dear MENOG participant, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You may recall the presentation on an
undersea cable reliability in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bahrain</st1:place></st1:country-region>
. . . here is an update . . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The ROGUCCI Study web forums are starting
to ramp up and believe that many of you have a lot to offer, particularly in
the areas of networks. Please go to <a
href="http://community.comsoc.org/drupal/groups"><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>http://community.comsoc.org/drupal/groups</span></font></a>
and join the ROGUCCI Study. During my presentation at MENOG 4, I asked
you to indicate, which of the 8 ingredients was you area of expertise . .
. note that you will have access to all of the discussion areas, and so
can chose yourself. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Looking forward to seeing many of you at
the global summit planned for <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Dubai</st1:place></st1:City>
in October. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Thanks in advance for your insights.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Karl<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></span><font
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style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>ABS<span
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>HE</span></font></b><span
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>ELIABILITY</span></font></b><span
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font-weight:bold'>LOBAL</span></font></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><font
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color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font size=2
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>U</span></font></b><b><font size=1 color=black
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font-weight:bold'>NDERSEA</span></font></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><font
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>C</span></font></b><b><font size=1 color=black
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font-weight:bold'>OMMUNICATIONS</span></font></b><span
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>C</span></font></b><b><font size=1 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>ABLE</span></font></b><span class=apple-converted-space><b><font
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color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></span><b><font size=2
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color:black;font-weight:bold'>I</span></font></b><b><font size=1 color=black
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font-weight:bold'>NFRASTRUCTURE</span></font></b><font color=black><span
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>- Background -</span></font></i></b><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:teal'>Undersea communications cable infrastructure
plays a vital role in the world, connecting the continents and their ~1 billion
computer users, sustaining global markets and economies, and supporting
countless important purposes including government, education, transportation
and research. It can be surmised that undersea cables make the worldwide
web, “worldwide.” The dependency on this submerged
infrastructure is already at the vast order of terabits (10<sup>12</sup>) every
second, and is increasing at a rapid rate – in some regions doubling every
18 months. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:teal'>Private sector network operators and
industry consortia are responding with often heroic efforts in scientific and
engineering advances and in the deployment of much needed systems to meet the
world’s insatiable thirst for bandwidth. Even so, some imperative
questions remain unanswered at the global level: <span
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investment keeping pace with global demand? Is the level of reliability
appropriate for the level of dependence? Are there avenues of global infrastructure
failure that have remained latent until now?<u1:p></u1:p></span></i></span></font><font
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style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>- Research -</span></font></i></b><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=teal face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:teal'>Research is now underway with undersea
cable infrastructure subject matter experts from across world. In
addition to engaging a world-class community in consensus development, other
elements of the study are unique. One such aspect is that the reliability
evaluation approach used is based on the Eight Ingredient Framework of
communications infrastructure that recognizes the finite nature of intrinsic
vulnerabilities. This approach has been highly effective in other high
consequence industry-government collaborative efforts (e.g., European
Commission ARECI Study, U.S. President’s NSTAC NGN Task Force
Report). Subject matter experts will cover the essential areas that
involve the ingredients of power, environment, hardware, software, payload,
networks, policy and humans. The study will also include analysis of
current trends, recent major outages, and will include the “titans”
of the emerging electronic and financial world. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-style:italic'>- Global<span class=apple-converted-space> <st1:city u2:st="on"></span><st1:place
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w:st="on">Summit</st1:city></st1:City></st1:place><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>is planned for the ~October 2009
timeframe. During the<span class=apple-converted-space> <st1:city u2:st="on"></span><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:city></st1:City></st1:place>, the
research described above will be summarized by expert members of the
teams. In addition, working sessions will be formed with the assembled
subject matter experts and stakeholders to the aim of developing
recommendations to effectively address any gaps that may be identified.
Proceedings of the<span class=apple-converted-space> <st1:city u2:st="on"></span><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:city></st1:City></st1:place><span
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leading up to the event and in the global<span class=apple-converted-space> <st1:city u2:st="on"></span><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:city></st1:City></st1:place><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>will be open to industry subject
matter experts and government and critical sector stakeholders, such as senior
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Study and<span class=apple-converted-space> <st1:city u2:st="on"></span><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:city></st1:City></st1:place><span
class=apple-converted-space> </span>will be available on the IEEE CQR
website in the coming months. The study is being led by Karl Rauscher,
Bell Labs fellow and chair emeritus of the IEEE CQR advisory board. He
can be reached at: +1 610 966-3252 and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><a
href="mailto:krauscher@alcatel-lucent.com"><font color=teal><span
style='color:teal'>krauscher@alcatel-lucent.com</span></font></a><span
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