Abilene and Global Research Network Operations Center Information
The Global Research Network Operations Center at Indiana University is
housed on the IUPUI (Indianapolis) campus, in the University Library building.
Staffed by fifteen full-time technicians, the NOC operates on 24 hour,
7 day a week, 365 days a year schedule. The NOC supports the Abilene Internet2
network, and the following Global Networks: TransPAC, STAR TAP, and Euro-Link.
Also coming soon, MIRNet and AMPATH.
To contact the Abilene NOC, please call or send email to:
Phone: 317-278-6622
Email: noc@abilene.iu.edu
To contact the Global Research NOC, please call or send mail to:
Phone: 317-278-6630
Email: globalnoc@iu.edu
NOC 24 x 7 Operations Staffing Chart
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here to view the Network Operations Center 24 x 7 operations staffing
chart.
Abilene Network
Abilene is an advanced backbone network that supports the development
and deployment of the new applications being developed within the Internet2
community. Abilene connects regional network aggregation points, called
gigaPoPs, to support the work of Internet2 universities as they develop
advanced Internet applications. Abilene complements other high-performance
research networks.
Global Networks
TransPAC
TransPAC provides high performance Internet2 network connectivity from
the Asia Pacific Advanced Network to other global networks for the purpose
of international collaborations in research and education.
STAR TAP
STAR TAP is the Science, Technology, And Research Transit Access Point
-- which facilitates the long-term interconnection and interoperability
of advanced international networking in support of applications, performance
measuring, and technology evaluations. It enables traffic to flow to international
collaborators from over 100 U.S. leading-edge research universities and
supercomputer centers that are attached to high-performance global research
networks.
Euro-Link
Euro-Link is a National Science Foundation-funded initiative that facilitates
the connection of European and Israeli National Research Networks (NRNs)
to the high-performance vBNS and Abilene networks.
MIRnet
MIRnet is a joint US-Russian project to provide next generation Internet
services to collaborating US-Russian scientists and educators. Its goals
include assisting meritorious scientific collaborations requiring advanced,
high performance Internet services; connecting the Russian next generation
Internet network to the US and other next generation networks in the US
and elsewhere; and, more broadly, encouraging and supporting productive
cooperation between the US and Russian scientific communities.
AMPATH
The AmericasPATH (AMPATH) network is a project that interconnects the
R&E networks in South and Central America, the Caribbean and Mexico
to US and non-US Research and Education (R&E) networks via Internet2's
Abilene network.
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