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StarLight International and National Communications Exchange Facility Table of Contents


StarLight International R&E Networks
StarLight National R&E Production Networks
StarLight Selected National R&E Testbed Networks
StarLight Other R&E National / Regional/ Local Production Networks
StarLight State R&E Networks
StarLight Commercial Networks
StarLight Accessible International R&E Production Networks
StarLight Accessible International R&E Testbed Networks


Points of Contact



StarLight International R&E Networks


ACE
America Connecting to Europe, U.S.


ASGCNet
Academia Sinica Grid Computing Network, Taiwan


AmLight/AMPATH/Florida LambdaRail
Americas Lightpaths, AMPATH and Florida LambdaRail, U.S.


CANARIE
Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network, Canada

CERNET
China Education and Research Network, China

CERNnet
European Organization for Nuclear Research network (AS-513 at StarLight), CERN

CESNET/CzechLight
Czech Educational and Scientific Network and CzechLight, Czech Republic


GÉANT
Pan-European network infrastructure serving Europe's Research & Education community


GLORIAD
Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development, Global


GLORIAD-ENSTINET
GLORIAD and Egyptian National Science and Technology Information Network, Egypt


GLORIAD-KREONet2/KRLight
GLORIAD and Korea Research Environment Open Network and KRLight, Korea


GLORIAD-TAJ
GLORIAD and U.S., India, Singapore, Egypt and Vietnam


GRNET
Greek Research and Technology Network, Greece


KREONet2
Korea Research Environment Open Network, Korea


LHCONE
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Open Network Environment (Tiers 2 and 3), Global


LHCONE GARR
LHCONE (LHC Open Network Environment) on the GARR (Italian Academic & Research Network) infrastructure


LHCONE GEANT
LHCONE (LHC Open Network Environment) on the GEANT infrastructure


LHCOPN
Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Optical Private Network (Tier 1), Global


Open Transit
Open Transit Internet, France Telecom, France


StarLight Network
StarLight/STARTAP facility private network for interconnectivity, U.S.


SURFnet/NetherLight
Dutch Higher Education and Research Network and NetherLight, The Netherlands


TWAREN/TaiwanLight
Taiwan Advanced Research and Education Network, Taiwan


UNAMnet
National Autonomous University of Mexico Research and Education Network, Mexico


USLHCNet
U.S. Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Network, U.S.


StarLight National R&E Production Networks

DREN
U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Research and Engineering Network, U.S.

ESnet
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, Energy Sciences Network (IP network), U.S.

ESnet SDN
ESnet Science Data Network (SDN), U.S.

Internet2 DYNES
Internet2 Dynamic Network System (DYNES), U.S.

Internet2 Innovation Platform
Internet2 100GE, Layer 2 connection, SDN and Science DMZ

Internet2 ION
Internet2 Interoperable On-demand Network (ION), U.S.

Internet2 NDDI/OS3E
Internet2 Network Development and Deployment Initiative (NDDI)/Open Science, Scholarship and Services Exchange (OS3E), U.S.

Internet2 Network
Internet2 Research and Education Network, U.S.

N-WAVE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Research Network, U.S.

NIH Network
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health (NIH) network, U.S.

NLR FrameNet
National LambdaRail (NLR) FrameNet (Ethernet-based transport services), U.S.

NLR PacketNet
NLR PacketNet (IP-based services), U.S.

NLR WaveNet
NLR WaveNet (10G Ethernet LAN-PHY or OC-192 lambdas), U.S.

NISN
NASA Integrated Services Network, U.S.

UltraLight
U.S. High-Energy Physics consortium's Ultrascale Information System for Data Intensive Research

USGSnet
United States Geological Survey Network

StarLight Selected National R&E Testbed Networks

CAVEwave
UCSD/UIC consortium-owned 10G wavelength on National LambdaRail, U.S.

CSnet
C-Wave Science Network, U.S.

ESnet 100G Testbed
ESnet 100G testbed, U.S.

GCDnet
Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) Cluster D Network on National LambdaRail, U.S.

GLIF NSI Testbed
GLIF Network Services Interface testbed, Global

GreenStar Network
Green IT network testbed, Canada

HECN
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center High-End Computer Network (HECN) R&D Network, U.S.

HPDMnet
Global research consortium's High Performance Digital Media Network, Global

IOFnet
International OpenFlow network, Global

OMNInet
U.S. research consortium's Optical Metro Network Initiative (OMNInet), U.S.

100 Gbps for Petascale Science Testbed
Multi-institutional national 100 Gbps testbed for petascale science, U.S.

Open Science Data Cloud Network
Open Science Data Cloud national research testbed, U.S.

Teraflow Testbed Network
Teraflow Testbed international applications network, Global

TransCloud Network
Dynamic network / Dynamic cloud resources network testbed, U.S.

UltraScience Net
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science network testbed for large-scale science applications, U.S.

StarLight Other National / Regional / Local R&E Production Networks

MREN
Midwest consortium Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN), U.S.

BOREAS
Midwest consortium Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network, U.S.

C-Wave
An MPLS research network deployed on National LambdaRail, U.S.

CCAnet
Columbia College Advanced Network, U.S.

CMHnet
Children's Memorial Hospital Network, U.S.

ESnet ANI Metro Ring
ESnet Advanced Network Initiative (ANI) Chicago Metropolitan Area Network, U.S

ESnet CHI-MAN/CHI-Express
Chicago Metropolitan Area Network project connecting ESnet, Argonne National Laboratory, and Fermilab, U.S.

Fermi LightPath
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Lightpath, U.S.

LONI
Louisiana Optical Network Initiative, U.S.

MPEAnet
Metropolitan Pier and Exhibition Authority Network

Northern Tier Network Consortium
Research and education network serving institutions in the upper-northwestern states, U.S.

NorthernWave
A peering exchange facility connecting Pacific Wave in Seattle with StarLight in Chicago

Oak Ridge Network
Oak Ridge National Laboratory advanced network

PNWGPnet
Pacific NorthWest GigaPoP Network, U.S.

Southern Light Rail
Southern Light Rail (SRL) regional research network, U.S.

XSEDE /TeraGrid
Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), U.S.

TransLight
Research wave connecting Pacific Wave (Seattle) with StarLight (Chicago) on National LambdaRail, U.S.

StarLight State R&E Networks

BoilerWave
Purdue University, Indiana

HealthNet Connect
Iowa Health System's HealthNet connect network, Iowa

I-Light
State of Indiana's optical fiber network for higher education, Indiana

I-WIRE
State of Illinois Wired/Wireless Infrastructure for Research and Education, Illinois

ICCN
University of Illinois Intercampus Communications Network, Illinois

ICCnet
Illinois Cloud Consortium pilot K-12 program, Illinois

IllinoisWave
National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

Illinois Century Network
Illinois Century Network (ICN) Research and Education Network, Illinois

Illinois RuralHealthNet
Illinois Rural HealthNet, Illinois

MERIT
Merit Network, Michigan

MiLR
Michigan LambdaRail (MiLR), Michigan

Monon100
Indiana 100Gbps Research and Education Network

NIUnet
Northern Illinois University R&E Network, Illinois

OARNET
Ohio Academic Resources Network, Ohio

PeoriaNEXT
Peoria NEXT for regional economic development, Illinois

UMNnet
University of Minnesota Network, Minnesota

UNDnet
Notre Dame University R&E Network, Indiana

WiscWave/WiscNet
University of Wisconsin-Madison optical network; Wisconsin Research and Education Network, Wisconsin

StarLight Commercial Networks

AboveNet

AT&T

Cogent Communications

Global Crossing

Level3 Communications

Qwest

RCN

Sidera

Sunesys

StarLight Accessible International and National R&E Production Networks
While not directly connected to StarLight, these networks are closely integrated via other R&E networks.

AARNet-SXTransPORT
Australian Advanced Research Network in cooperation with Southern Cross Cable Networks, Australia

CENIC
Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, U.S.

CERN/TIFR
CERN/Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), CERN/India

CUDI
Corporacion Universitaria para el Desarrollo de Internet, Mexico

HARNET
Hong Kong Academic and Research Network, Hong Kong

i2CAT-CATLight
Internet2 Catalonia, Barcelona

IceLink
Transatlantic polar network linking the U.S., Canada, Greenland, and the five Nordic countries (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland), Global

Innova-Red
Argentina Research and Education Network, Argentina

JANET
United Kingdom Education and Research Network, U.K.

KAUST
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

KOREN -APII -JGN-X
Asia Pacific Information Infrastructure Testbed (APII) managed by Korea Advanced Research Network (KOREN) and the Japan Gigabit Network - eXtreme testbed (JGN-X), Asian

KyaTera-Fapesp
Sao Paulo state research funding foundation (Fapesp) optical network (KyaTera), Brazil

NORDUnet /NorthernLight
Nordic research community Nordic and international network, in collaboration with Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and NorthernLight, Nordic Countries

Pacific Wave
U.S. Pacific West coast international peering exchange facility, U.S.

PIONIER
Polish optical network, Poland

RedCLARA
Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks, Latin America

REUNA
Chile Research and Education Network, Chile

RNP /SouthernLight
Brazil National Education and Research Network and SouthernLight, Brazil

RNP-Ipe
Brazilian National Education and Research Network multi-gigabit backbone, Brazil

RNP-CPqD-GIGA
RNP/CPqD experimental optical network, Brazil

SingAREN /SingLight
Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network and SingLight, Singapore

TransPAC3 /APAN
Asia-U.S. High-Performance International Networking and the Asia Pacific Advanced Network

StarLight Accessible International and National R&E Testbed Networks

GEMnet
NTT Global Enhanced Multifunctional Network, Japan

JGN-X
Japan Gigabit Network - eXtreme testbed, Japan