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Abilene and Global Research Network Operations Center Specific Services
Abilene Network Operations Center
| Abilene |
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.
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Global Research Network Operations Center
| 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.
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| 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. |
See the master index of services
for a complete list of telecommunications services.
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