[Leica] Re:In a new light. Optical Net for Science now

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In a message dated 2/21/06 9:22:01 AM, admin@edu-cyberpg.com writes:


> Cypress, Calif. ? February 20, 2006 ? National LambdaRail (NLR), a
> consortium of leading U.S. research universities and private sector
> technology companies, today announced that it has completed
> deployment of a nationwide advanced optical, Ethernet and IP
> networking network infrastructure on more than 15,000 miles of fiber
> optic cable across the United States.
> 
> NLR provides researchers unprecedented control over a nationwide
> network infrastructure with up to 40 individual lightpathseach of
> which can transmit data at 10 gigabits per second and be used to
> deploy dedicated side-by-side, but physically and operationally
> separate, production and experimental networks. The infrastructure is
> the result of over three years of work and nearly $100 million in
> funding by members.
> 
> "The fully operational National LambdaRail infrastructure marks an
> unprecedented milestone for the U.S. research community," said Tracy
> Futhey, NLR Board Chair. "For the first time, a nationwide networking
> infrastructure is owned and operated by the research and education
> community, giving scientists flexible access to advanced networking
> capabilities and enabling experiments and collaborations across
> geographic barriers."
> NLR's WaveNet, FrameNet, and PacketNet services are already in use by
> more than a dozen cutting-edge research projects, including the
> National Science Foundation-supported Extensible Terascale Facility
> and OptIPuter projects; the U.S. Department of Energy?s UltraScience
> Net project; CENIC and the Pacific Northwest Gigapop?s Pacific Wave
> project; the CAMERA project led by CalIT2, the Venter Institute and
> UCSD's CEOA; the University of Virginia-led CHEETAH project; as well
> as Internet2?s Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) project.
> 
> "NLR provides a unique and invaluable resource for scientists
> undertaking ambitious research that demands the highest performance,
> most flexible networking available," said Dr. William R. Wing, a
> researcher in the Networking Research Group of Oak Ridge National
> Laboratory?s Computer Science and Mathematics Division. " The NLR
> infrastructure provides unsurpassed breadth of services and
> capabilities to researchers in the United States, outstripping those
> available to many of their colleagues around the world."
> 
> NLR is committed to promoting the extensive and active use of its
> infrastructure and resources by diverse groups within the scientific
> and networking research communities. In addition to committing to
> provide up to half of its infrastructure to network research, it has
> established Network Research and Scientific Research advisory
> councils consisting of leaders from a wide range of scientific
> disciplines.
> 
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