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Geant Network
Start date:2000-11-01
End date:2004-10-31
Project Acronym:GN1
Project status:Completed
Coordinator
| Organization name:DELIVERY OF ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGY TO EUROPE LIMITED | |
| Administrative contact | Address |
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Name:Roberto |
DELIVERY OF ADVANCED NETWORK TECHNOLOGY TO EUROPE LTD 3 WORCESTER STREET OX1 2PZ OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE Oxfordshire |
| Tel:+44-12-23302992 | |
| Fax:+44-12-23303005 | |
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| URL: | Organization Type:Research |
Description
Objective:
Geant will provide pan-European interconnection between National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Europe at Gigabit speeds, based on direct access to optical connectivity where this is available in the market. Core connectivity procured will be 2.5 Gbps, enhanced to tens of Gbps, as soon as possible. The network will be extended from the current geography of TEN-155 to include connectivity to Cyprus, Israel and Poland and to extend it to Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia. Services will include a standard IP service, a premium IP service, a Guaranteed Capacity Service and Virtual Private Networks. Multicast and, later, new value-added services arising from networking developments will also be offered. A European Distributed Access will provide connectivity between European researchers and their counterparts in other world regions.
OBJECTIVES
The key objective of Geant is to provide a very high performance, advanced, pan-European network service interconnecting the services provided by Europe's National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). It will support the development activities of the European research and education community, including the development of new advanced applications and the exploitation of new networking capabilities. Geant will create a ubiquitous infrastructure interconnecting the participating NRENs based on shared core connectivity operating at 2.5 Gbit/s initially and in the range of tens of Gbit/s within four years. It will maintain and develop a stable and dependable set of services on which a large and diverse end user community can rely. Geant will initiate a set of service developments that are needed to provide predictable Quality of Service. Consistent operational procedures will be set up to manage QoS mechanisms across multiple management domains.
DESCRIPTION OF WORK
A competitive tender will cover circuits with capacity in the range 2.5 to tens of Gbps and other appropriate capacity where Gbps is not offered competitively; telehousing; and network management services. Following the completion of this major milestone, implementation plans will be refined based on knowledge of the response to the ITT. Further tenders will be issued. A core transmission network with a capacity of at least 2.5 Gbps initially and tens of Gbps later will be implemented, involving in addition the procurement of new equipment, installation of new PoPs, integration of existing TEN-155 connectivity and the design of a mixed technology network which supports IP services over optical transmission between core locations together with IP over ATM elsewhere and the support of guaranteed capacity and VPN capability at all network nodes. Connections will be made to all partners, which are not already connected to TEN-155. Geant PoPs will be established in all partner countries. A cost-sharing model will be defined. Research networks from third countries will establish interconnections with Geant via a European Distributed Access in order to allow academic and research collaborations between Europe and other continents to be given high performance network support. Ways will be devised of providing the capability for guaranteed QoS at the IP level. Systems for the management of interworking with equivalent NREN services will be developed. A specification of a premium IP service which matches the requirements of the NRENs and their end users and an implementation plan (including management and accounting systems) will be produced. Traffic measurement facilities will be installed at all nodes. Some activities will be continuous: operation of the Geant services, operation by the NRENs of their access to Geant, promotion of use of the network. Comprehensive reports on usage will be produced monthly; annual reports will each include a review of the whole activity.
Achievements:
General information:
Project Details
Start date:2000-11-01
End date:2004-10-31
Duration:48 months
Project Reference:IST-2000-26417
Project cost:200042001 EURO
Project Funding:80000000 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP5-IST
Programme type:Fifth Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:RN1: Interconnection of Research Networks
Contract type:Cost-sharing contracts
URL:http://www.dante.net/geant/
Subject index:Telecommunications, Policies, Electronics, Microelectronics, Legislation, Regulations, Scientific Research, Information Processing, Information Systems
Results for this Project
Documents for this Project
| GÉANT Network [project summary] | 05/01/2004 |
Other participants
| Organization name:THE JNT ASSOCIATION | |
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Name:Robert |
UKERNA ATLAS CENTRE, CHILTON, DIDCOT OX11 0QS OXFORD UNITED KINGDOM Region:SOUTH EAST (UK) BERKSHIRE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE Oxfordshire |
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| Organization name:GROUPEMENT D'INTERET PUBLIC RESEAU NATIONAL DE TELECOMMUNICATIONS POUR LA TECHNOLOGIE, L'ENSEIGNEMENT ET LA RECHERCHE | |
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Name:Franck |
BP 75013 151 BOULEVARD DE L'HOPITAL PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-15-3942043 | |
| Fax:+33-15-3942031 | |
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| URL: | Organization Type:Research,Other |
| Organization name:RESEAU TELEMATIQUE BELGE DE LA RECHERCHE, BELNET | |
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Name:Marc |
BELNET RUE DE LA SCIENCE 4 1000 BRUXELLES BELGIQUE-BELGIË Region:REG.BRUXELLES-CAP./BRUSSELS HFDST. GEW. |
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| Organization name:CESNET, ZAJMOVE SDRUZENI PRAVNICKYCH OSOB | |
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Name:Jan |
CESNET, Z.S.P.O. ZIKOVA 4 160 00 PRAHA 6 CESKA REPUBLIKA Region:CESKA REPUBLIKA PRAHA Hlavni mesto Praha |
| Tel:+42-02-24352975 | |
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| Organization name:HUNGARIAN ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH NETWORK ASSOCIATION | |
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Name:Istvan |
NIIFI (NATIONAL INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGR PO Box 134 VICTOR HUGO U. 18-22 1132 BUDAPEST MAGYARORSZAG Region:KOZEP-MAGYARORSZAG Budapest |
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| Organization name:INTER UNIVERSITY COMPUTATION CENTRE | |
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Name:Raphi |
INTER UNIVERSITY COMPUTATION CENTER COMPUTATION CENTER - TEL AVIV UNIVESITY CAMPUS - RAMAT AVIV 69978 TEL AVIV ISRAEL Region: |
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| Organization name:MINISTERIO DE CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA | |
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Name:Victor |
CENTRO DE COMUNICACIONES CSIC REDIRIS PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA 160 28071 MADRID ESPAÑA Region:COMUNIDAD DE MADRID |
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| Organization name:INSTYTUT CHEMII BIOORGANICZNEJ PAN W POZNANIU | |
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Name:Jan |
POZNAN SUPERCOMPUTING AND NETWORKING CENTER NOSKOWSKIEGO 12/14 61-704 POZNAN POLSKA Region:WIELKOPOLSKIE M. Poznan |
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| Organization name:OFICIUL PENTRU OPERARE SI ADMINISTRARE AL INFRASTRUCTURII DE COMUNICATII DE DATE "ROEDUNET" | |
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Name:Kalman |
OFICIUL PENTRU ADMINISTRARE SI OPERARE DE COMUNICATII DE DAT SPLAIUL INDEPENDENTEI 313, BUILDING R, ROOM R506-507 060042 BUCURESTI ROMANIA Region:BUCURESTI Bucuresti |
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| Organization name:ZDRUZENIE POUZIVATELOV SLOVENSKEJ AKADEMICKEJ DATOVEJ SIETE | |
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Name:Jaroslav |
SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, UNIVERSITY COMPUTING CENTER NAM. SLOBODY 811 04 BRATISLAVA 1 SLOVENSKA REPUBLIKA Region: |
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| Organization name:ESTONIAN EDUCATIONAL AND RESEARCH NETWORK | |
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Name:Tarmo |
EENET TAEHETORN TOOMEL 51003 TARTU EESTI Region:EESTI Eesti Lõuna-Eesti |
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| Organization name:RESEAU TELEINFOMATIQUE DE L'EDUCATION NATIONALE ET DE LA RECHERCHE | |
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Name:Alain |
RESTENA 6, RUE COUDENHOVE-KALERGI 1359 KIRCHBERG LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHÉ) Region: |
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| Organization name:CYPRUS RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC NETWORK | |
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Name:Agathoclis |
CYNET / UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS KALLIPOLEOS 75 1678 NICOSIA KYPROS/KIBRIS Region: |
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| Organization name:NORDUNET A/S | |
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Name:Peter |
NORDUNET A/S BOEGEALLE 5 2970 HOERSHOLM DANMARK Region:DANMARK Danmark Frederiksborg amt |
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| Organization name:HEANET LTD | |
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Name:Mike |
HEANET LIMITED BROOKLAWN HOUSE CRAMPTON AVENUE DUBLIN 4 ÉIRE/IRELAND Region:ÉIRE/IRELAND Dublin |
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| Organization name:FUNDACAO PARA A COMPUTACAO CIENTIFICA NACIONAL - FCCN | |
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Name:Pedro |
FCCN AVENIDA DO BRASIL 101 1799 LISBOA PORTUGAL Region:CONTINENTE LISBOA E VALE DO TEJO Grande Lisboa |
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| Organization name:KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY | |
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Name:Rimantas |
KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - LITNET NETWORK OPERATING C K. DONELAICIO STREET 73 3006 KAUNAS LIETUVA Region:LIETUVA Lietuva Kauno (Apskritis) |
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| Organization name:LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATES MATEMATIKAS UN INFORMATIKAS INSTITUTS | |
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Name:Guntis |
DEPARTMENT OF THE LATVIAN ACADEMIC NETWORK - LATNET RAINA BULVARIS 29 1050 RIGA LATVIJA Region:LATVIJA Latvija Riga |
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| Organization name:SWITCH-TELEINFORMATIKDIENSTE FUER LEHRE UND FORSCHUNG | |
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Name:Simon |
SWITCH HEAD OFFICE LIMMATQUAI 138 8001 ZUERICH SCHWEIZ/SUISSE/SVIZZERA Region:ZÜRICH |
| Tel:+41-12-681530 | |
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| Organization name:VEREIN ZUR FOERDERUNG EINES DEUTSCHEN FORSCHUNGSNETZES DFN VEREIN E.V. | |
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Name:Klaus |
DFN-VEREIN ANHALTERSTRASSE 1 10963 BERLIN DEUTSCHLAND Region:BERLIN Berlin Berlin |
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| Organization name:AKADEMSKA RAZISKOVALNA MREZA SLOVENIJE | |
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Name:Marko |
ARNES JAMOVA 39 1000 LJUBLJANA SLOVENIJA Region:SLOVENIJA Slovenija Osrednjeslovenska |
| Tel:+61-17-98800 | |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITA TA MALTA | |
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Name:Roger |
06 MSIDA MALTA Region:MALTA Malta Malta |
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| Organization name:SURFNET BV | |
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Name:Kees |
PO Box 19035 RADBOUDKWARTIER 273 3501 DA UTRECHT NEDERLAND Region:WEST-NEDERLAND UTRECHT |
| Tel:+30-2230-5305 | |
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| Organization name:UNIVERSITAET WIEN | |
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Name:Peter |
VIENNA UNIVERSITY COMPUTER CENTRE DR. KARL LUEGER-RING 1 1010 WIEN ÖSTERREICH Region:OSTÖSTERREICH WIEN |
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| Organization name:CONSORTIUM GARR (GESTIONE AMPLIAMENTO RETE RICERCA) | |
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Name:Enzo |
Viale Palmiro Togliatti 1625 00155 ROMA ITALIA Region:LAZIO Roma |
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| Organization name:GREEK RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY NETWORK S.A. | |
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Name:Theodoros |
GREEK RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY NETWORK MESOGEION AV. 56 11527 ATHENS HELLAS Region:ATTIKI |
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