GN2
Definition :
The so-called project GN2- Multi-Gigabit European Academic Network aims at the upgrade of the European Research and Educational Network infrastructure of New Generation Internet., the development of GEANT2 Network (http://www.geant2.net). The project is performed with the participation of 31 Research and Education Networks of Europe (National Research & Education Networks – NRENs). GN2 comes after the GN1, in the frame of which GEANT network was created, interconnecting the European NRENs infrastructures with services exceeding to a large extent the ones provided by the commercial use of the Network. The project is coordinated by the urban company of Research & Educational networks for the provision of Internet technologies in Europe DANTE (UK), with the significant participation of the Pan European Organization of Research – Academic TERENA (NL).
Duration :
Beginning: 01/09/2004, End: 31/8/2008
Objectives :
In order to support their demands in computing power and Internet interconnection, Research and Education are based to a large extent on the availability of the state of the art infrastructures. Such infrastructure should be available to isolated users so that they have access to different working environments in the frame of the European Area of Research – mostly in computing centers or laboratories, but at the same time satisfying the demands of the users for mobility.
It should also provide connection at extra high speeds between the various nodes in Europe and the distributed Research and Academic Networks, as well as the expansion of these connections at global level. The projects that preceded aimed mostly at the development of a Pan-European infrastructure, which the GN2 project continues and upgrades with the form of the high performances Pan-European network GÉANT2, that interconnects the European National Research and Academic Networks.
Furthermore, GN2 project includes innovative actions in regards to:
(i) The support of research groups in international co-operations with special requirements (with the support of the Grid infrastructures in the frame of the 6th FP being the most characteristic example) and
(ii) The best incorporation of the services developed in Europe and the global community both at qualitative and quantitative level. The most important fact for the end users is the provision of high quality services which are required for their research and education activities in an environment where the always increased demands are satisfied through the rapidly developed technologies.
The academic community will continue being the instrument for the pilot function and diffusion of the ICT services which tomorrow will be incorporated in the services used by the whole society. The Pan-European research network GÉANT2 -as well as the services that frame it- constitutes an infrastructure of strategic importance for the definition of the European Area of Research.
Funding :
EC funded
Partenrs :
DANTE Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe, Cambridge, UK
TERENA Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
ACOnet Vienna University Computer Centre, Vienna, Austria
ARNES Akademska in raziskovalna mreza Slovenije, Ljubljana, Slovenija
BELNET The Belgian Telematics Research Network, BELNET, Brussels, Belgium
CARNet Croatian Academic and Research Network, Zagreb, Croatia
CESNET CESNET, zajmove sdruzeni pravnickych osob, Praha, Czech Republic
CYNET Cyprus Research and Academic Network, Nicosia, Cyprus
DFN Verein zur Foerderung eines Deutschen Fors chungsnetzes eV, Berlin, Germany
EENet Estonian Educational and Research Network, Tartu, Estonia
FCCN Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal
GARR Consortium GARR, Rome, Italy
GRNET Greek Research and Technology Network, Athens, Greece
HEAnet HEAnet Limited, Dublin, Ireland
HUNGARNET Hungarian Academic and Research Network Association, Budapest, Hungary
ISTF Information Society Technologies Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
IUCC Inter University Computation Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel
LATNET Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science of Latvia University, Riga, Latvia
LITNET Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
NORDUnet NORDUnet A/S, Horsholm, Denmark
PSNC Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Centre, Poznan, Poland
RedIRIS Entidad pública empresarial RED.ES
RENATER Groupement d’Intérêt Public Réseau National de Télécommunications pour la Technologie, l’Enseignement et la Recherche, Paris, France
RESTENA Réseau Téléinformatique de l’Education Nationale et de la Recherche, Foundation, Kirchberg, Luxembourg
RoEduNet Oficiul pentru Administrare si Operare de Comunicatii de Date "RoEduNet", Bucharest, Romania
SANET Slovak Academic Network Association, Bratislava, Slovakia
SURFnet SURFnet bv, Utrecht, The Netherlands
SWITCH SWITCH Telematikdienste fuer Lehre und Forschung, Zurich, Switzerland
UKERNA JNT Association, Didcot, UK
ULAKBIM Turkish Academic Network and Information Centre, Ankara, Turkey
UoM University of Malta, Msida, Malta
JSCC МежведомственныйСуперкомпьютерныйЦентр - Joint Supercomputing Centre
BREN Bulgarian National Research and Education Network - БългарскаИзследователскаиОбразователнаМрежа
Project Manager : Aphrodite Sevasti
