Mbone

Multicast Services - Mbone February 1998 - present
Objective(s)	Improving efficiency in delivering multicast services to NRENs, initially through TEN-34, overcoming three shortcomings: manageability, bandwidth usage and scalability.
Achievements	Provision of a resilient multicast backbone resolving problems of manageability, bandwidth usage and scalability.
Milestones	February 1998: Reorganisation of Mbone started. April 1998: Migration to new Mbone topology on TEN-34 completed. October 1998: TEN-34 Mbone declared a success. April 1999: Preparation for migration of Mbone to TEN-155 - installing and testing new set-up as part of QTP (for details see paper "TEN-155 Multicast" below). November 1999: Multicast tests results in QTP Interim Report (see QTP Document Library). June 2000: Multicast tests results in QTP Final Report (see QTP Document Library). October 2001: Migration to GÉANT infrastructure, culminating in GÉANT Multicast Service.