StarLight International Networks
AMPATH
The AmericasPATH network connects Argentina (RETINA), Brazil (RNP2), Chile (REUNA2), São Paulo, Brazil (ANSP), and Venezuela (REACCIUN)
1Gbps

APAN
Asia-Pacific Advanced Network
622Mbps (to be upgraded to 2.5Gbps in November 2003)

ASNet
Research Network of Academia Sinica, Taiwan
622Mbps

CA*net4
An advanced network of the Canadian Network of the Advancement of Research, Industry and Education
22.5Gbps

CERN
European Organization for Nuclear Research
622Mbps

EU DataTAG
European Union Data-Intensive TransAtlantic Grid
2.5Gbps (to be upgraded to 10Gbps in fall 2003)

Euro-Link / TransLight
An NSF-funded 10Gbps link was installed between StarLight and the Netherlands in July 2003; 5Gbps is for Abilene / CA*net / GEANT research and education production traffic, and 5Gbps in for StarLight / NetherLight experimental networking traffic.
10Gbps

GEMnet
NTT R&D Experimental Network, Japan
45Mbps

HARNET
Hong Kong Academic and Research Network
45Mbps

RBNet
Russian Backbone Network; the primary science and education network of the Russian Federation
155Mbps

SURFnet
Research and Education Network of the Netherlands
10Gbps

StarLight National Networks
Abilene
U.S. University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)
12.5Gbps

DREN
Defense Research and Education Network, U.S. Dept. of Defense
622Mbps (soon to be upgraded to 1Gbps)

ESnet
Energy Sciences Network, U.S. Dept. of Energy
1Gbps

NREN
NASA Research and Education Network
1Gbps

STAR TAP International Networks
CERNET
China Education and Research Network
45Mbps

HEAnet
Ireland’s National Education and Research Network
155Mbps

KOREN / KREONet2
KOrean advanced REsearch Network (KOREN) and Korea Research Environment Open Network 2 (KREONet2)
45Mbps

TANet2
Taiwan Academic Network
35Mbps

STAR TAP National Networks
NISN
NASA Integrated Services Network
155Mbps

USGS
U.S. Geological Survey
45Mbps

vBNS+
Very high-performance Backbone Network Service
622Mbps

StarLight - Other National / Regional Networks
I-WIRE
Illinois Wired / Wireless Infrastructure for Research and Education
An optical network funded by the State of Illinois to connect Argonne National Laboratory, National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois Century Network, Northwestern University, University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago.

MREN
Metropolitan Research and Education Network
A Midwest-based advanced high-performance broadband network aimed at providing advanced digital communications for leading-edge research and educational applications.

OMNInet
Optical Metro Network Initiative
A cooperative research partnership of SBC, Nortel Networks, Northwestern University’s iCAIR, University of Illinois at Chicago’s Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory’s Mathematics and Computer Science Division, CANARIE (Canadian Advanced Network for Advanced Research, Industry and Education), and the Netherlands’ GigaPort/SURFnet.

TeraGrid Distributed Terascale Facility
A multi-year national initiative to build and deploy the world’s largest, fastest, distributed infrastructure for open scientific research. When completed, the TeraGrid will include 20 teraflops of computing power distributed at five sites, facilities capable of managing and storing nearly 1 petabyte of data, high-resolution visualization environments, and toolkits for grid computing.

STAR TAP / StarLight Consortia
AMPATH
AmericasPATH, or AMPATH, is a Florida International University and Global Crossing collaborative project to interconnect the Research and Education networks of South and Central America to U.S. and international research and education networks. AMPATH also receives support from the US National Science Foundation (NSF).
1Gbps

Euro-Link
An NSF-funded High Performance International Internet Services (HPIIS) project managed by the University of Illinois at Chicago, originally in 1999 to facilitate the connection of The Netherlands’ SURFnet, France’s Renater2, Nordic countries’ NORDUnet, Israel’s IUCC, and the European Particle Physics Laboratory CERN, to U.S. and international research and education networks.

In April 2003, HPIIS funding was used to purchase a 10Gbps link between StarLight and the Netherlands; 5Gbps is for Abilene / CA*net / GEANT research and education production traffic, and 5Gbps is for StarLight / NetherLight experimental networking traffic

NaukaNet
An NSF-funded High Performance International Internet Services (HPIIS) project managed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to facilitate the connection of the Russian RBNet network to U.S. and international research and education networks.

TransPAC
An NSF-funded High Performance International Internet Services (HPIIS) project managed by Indiana University to facilitate the connection of APAN (Asia Pacific Advanced Network) to U.S. and international research and education networks. APAN members include Australia, Japan, Korea and Singapore.