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Quality Network Technology for User Oriented Multi-Media April 1997 - May 2000 To view the secure document library for this project click here |
Objective(s)
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- To carry out the trials of the new protocols and technology developments that will improve QoS and optimise bandwidth utilisation, both in a laboratory environment and in controlled experiments over the wide area network.
- Based on the results of these tests, to specify and procure the network interconnections that will supersede TEN-34 for the participating national research networks.
- To validate the use of improved QoS management in a large scale operational environment, while still handling general IP traffic, using access bandwidths up to 155Mbps.
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Achievements
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- Definition, preparation and delivery of TEN-155: a much higher capacity network than TEN-34 but at similar cost (early 1997 – December 1998).
- Definition and execution of Quantum Technical Programme, QTP (early 1997 – May 2000), by joint TERENA/DANTE Task Force TANT (Testing of Advanced Networking Technologies).
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Milestones
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- April 1997: Quantum outline proposal submitted to EC.
- December 1997: positive evaluation by the EC of Quantum outline proposal; specification of TEN-155 service agreed; TEN-155 Consortium created.
- May 1998: QUANTUM Policy Committee decisions on: a set pricing scheme; the principle that ATM will be used as a bandwidth management tool to optimise the use of the SDH circuits; individual national research networks will have the choice between ATM or IP-over-SDH access to the network.
- October 1998: working items of QTP Task Force defined.
- December 1998: TEN-155 operational.
- May 2000: Final deliverable QTP delivered.
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(Co-)Funding
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Co-funded under a joint initiative by DGXIII (Telematics for Applications and ACTS) and DGIII (Esprit) of the European Commission. |
Partners
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DANTE - Coordinating Partner ACOnet (Austria) ARNES (Slovenia BELNET (Belgium) CESnet (Czech Republic DFN (Germany) GARR (Italy) GRNET (Greece) HEAnet (Ireland) HUNGARNET (Hungary) NORDUnet (Nordic countries) |
RCCN (Portugal) RESTENA (Luxembourg) RedIRIS (Spain) RENATER (France) SURFnet (Netherlands) SWITCH (Switzerland) UKERNA/JANET (UK)
Associated Partners: CERN Telebit Communications A/S ERCIM |
Documents
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QUANTUM Developments as reported in TWoD
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