Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD)

University Of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville TN

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Abstract

GLORIAD: Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development The Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD) aims to better integrate, with an advanced network infrastructure, the science and education (S&E) communities of the US, Russia, China, Korea, Canada and Netherlands - as well as broader Europe as well as Eastern and Central Asia. It includes: a jointly managed, hybrid circuit-switched and routed network designed in a ring topology encircling the northern hemisphere; and services to support increased S&E cooperation for both general and highly advanced (in terms of network needs) user communities. In addition to supporting active scientific exchange with network services, the project will provide a production environment for advancing the state-of-the-art in collaborative and network technologies, including Grid-based applications development, end-to-end circuit provisioning, IPv4/IPv6 an d unicast/multicast services, advanced network monitoring, performance measurement and network security research. Supporting the increased growth in global S&E cooperation, GLORIAD is actively cooperating with the world's most advanced S&E networks and programs to create a rational, coherent strategy and architecture for the future of S&E networking.