Editor: Cathrin.Stover@dante.org.uk
More of the TEN-155 network is now up and running. The Spanish research network, RedIRIS, migrated to TEN-155 on 20 May 1999. Madrid is connected to the core of the TEN-155 network via a 34 Mbps ATM circuit to the TEN-155 PoP in Paris.
The Israeli research network, IUCC, was successfully connected to the TEN-155 London PoP via a 34 Mbps link provided by the Israeli operator Golden Lines on 21 May. This connection is the direct result of the Q-MED project, a complementary project to Quantum, with the principle objective of connecting the research and development communities of Israel and Cyprus to TEN-155.
Circuits between Lisbon and London, between Dublin and London and between Luxembourg and Amsterdam are already in place and FCCN, the national research network of Portugal, as well as the Irish research network HEAnet and RESTENA, the research network of Luxembourg, are expected to be connected to TEN-155 at the end of June.
The first tester of the MBS in the beta phase was the EC/ACTS co-funded SUSIE project. The aim of the SUSIE project is to investigate, implement and demonstrate charging schemes for a "Premium" (better than best-effort) IP service and to enable "Virtual Classroom" sessions between school classes in Canada and Europe. The first two SUSIE Virtual Classroom events connected schools in Dublin, Basel, Berlin, Ottawa and Edmonton and were carried out successfully on two occasions in March and May. The MBS was used between the schools in Germany and Switzerland with network extensions to Ireland and Canada using national circuits and the CANTAT-3 transatlantic link with the kind co-operation of Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Telekom Berkom, Teleglobe and CANARIE. For more information on SUSIE, please contact the SUSIE project manager Kevin O'Leary
The TEN-155 MBS allows the definition of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) between sites of specific user groups at universities and research organisations connected to a participating national research network, as well as to organisations participating in EC supported research and development activities with sites in countries of a participating national research network. More information about the MBS and how to make use of the service can be found on the MBS pages.
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A second VPN is currently being established for experiments on Differentiated Services involving the national research organisations in six countries as well as DANTE.
The Quantum Test Programme (QTP) has the objective of testing and validating new technologies, products and services with a view to introducing them into the operational TEN-155 service at some future date. A DANTE/TERENA task force, TF-TANT, is in charge of carrying out the experiments of the QTP. For many of these experiments, the QTP makes use of the VPN (Virtual Private Network) facilities offered by the TEN-155 Managed Bandwidth Service. More information on the QTP, TF-TANT and links to all experiments can be found at the group's webpage.
The DANTE Annual Report for 1998 is now available. In addition to the financial review and the accounts for the financial year 1998, the report contains a review of DANTE's activities in 1998. As in the last couple of years, the Annual Report again includes British, French, German and Italian versions of this review. For the first time we have also translated the activity report into Spanish to fit the requirements of an even wider range of persons involved in the funding and building of European research networking.
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