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KDDI-America - Indiana University International Networking Activities

James WilliamsDirector – International Networking

Director – Network Operations Service DeskTransPAC2 Principal Investigator

20-January-2008

High-performance networking as a tool

To facilitate international collaborations in research and education

To enable sharing of expensive/scarce resources (telescopes, microscopes, …)

To provide access to scientific materials and databases

To enable one-way and multipoint telepresence (medical activities)

Most current TransPAC2 slide goes here

Current TransPAC2 Network

TransPAC2 including Pakistan

Indiana University – KDDI-America Partnership in Asia

The current TransPAC2 connection to Asia is funded by the US National Science Foundation and our partners in Japan. KDDI-A has been the long-term provider of TransPAC2 connectivity.

The Indiana University – KDDI-America partnership is quite strong. Our NOCs cooperate well together. KDDI-America provides excellent hands/eyes service for IU in Los Angeles.

The next 18 months…

The IRNC program, which funds the TransPAC2 network, will continue until at least 1-January-2010. Depending on the timing of a new IRNC-2 solicitation, IRNC-1 may be extended until 1-January-2011.

There are plans for a new IRNC-2 solicitation at some time in 2009. Indiana University, Internet2 and APAN will surely partner in responding to this solicitation. This will require a new RFP for a new set of services.

IRNC-2 Issues

• Current bandwidth is sufficient

• Bandwidth needs to be allocated more effectively and dynamically

• Security and performance measurement will be more important.

IRNC and TEIN2 Asia Circuits

Interesting URLs…

TransPAC2: http://www.transpac2.net

APAN: http://www.apan.net

NSF IRNC program: http://www.irnclinks.net

GlobalNOC http://globalnoc.iu.edu

Me: williams@indiana.edu