SEQUIN foresees tests on dedicated infrastructures operated by
DANTE and the participating NRENs. A list of
testbeds can be found on the TF-NGN pages.
- EU: GÉANT
- The new Trans-European research backbone will be available for
specific tests during the buildout, as long as (and only in those
places where) the current TEN-155 backbone is operated in parallel
with it. The network will become available in early November
2001.
- DE: QUASAR (Quality of Service Architecture)
- Testbed for a German research project, based on 155 Mb/s links.
(pointer?)
- FR: PlaGE (Plate-forme
Gigabit Expérimentale)
- An experimental network based on 2.5 Gb/s links between Paris,
Nancy, and Strasbourg (France). Status as of September 2001: awaiting
deployment.
- GR: GRNET's Athens MAN
- Currently (as of July 2001) in the tendering stage. Planned
availability: November 2001 for testing, January 2002 for operational
use.
- IT: GARR-G
(Gruppo per l'Armonizzazione delle Reti della Ricerca-Giganet Pilot
Project), see also the introduction
in English.
- Another experimental gigabit network, connecting Rome, Milan, and
Bologna (Italy). Status as of July 2001: partly in operation; will be
available until November 2001.
- PL: PSNC (Poznan
Supercomputing and Networking Center)
- Test bed based on various link speed and equipment and located in
Poznan. Operational between April 2000 and August 2001. PSNC
operates a MPLS/QoS
test network on this infrastructure.