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StarWave
With multiple national and international partners, including the StarLight Consortium and the Metropolitan Research and Education Network (MREN), iCAIR established an initiative, StarWave, to explore the potential for supporting data-intensive science with high-performance optical switching.
The National Science Foundation’s Advanced Research Infrastructure (ARI) Program funds StarWave, a multi-100 Gbps facility supporting services within the StarLight International/National Communications Exchange Facility. StarWave provides support for large-scale E2E WAN flows, Including 100 Gbps and multi-100 Gbps flows, and for programmability of those flows.
StarLight International R&E Networks
- AMPATH/AmLight: Americas Lightpaths, South America
- AtlanticWave-SDX
- ASGCNet (Academia Sinica Grid Computing Network, Taiwan)
- AmLight (Americas Lightpaths)/AMPATH/Florida
- BelNet (Belgium)
- CANARIE/MOXY (Canada’s Advanced Research and Innovation Network, Canada)
- CENIC(Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California, via Pacific Wave and GRPnet)
- CERNnetEuropean Organization for Nuclear Research network (CERN’s AS-513 at StarLight)
- CESNET (Czech Educational and Scientific Network)/CzechLight, Czech Republic
- CSTNET (China Science and Technology Network, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
- DUNEONE (Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment Open Network Environment)
- ESnet Science Data Network (SDN – National With International Extensions)
- GARR (Italian National R&E Network)
- GÉANT (Pan-European network infrastructure serving Europe’s R&E community)
- Global Research Platform Network (GRPnet)
- Internet2 (National With International Extensions)
- KREONet2/KRLight (Korea Research Environment Open Network, Korea)
- KREONET SD-WAN (Korea)
- LHCONE (Large Hadron Collider [LHC] Open Network Environment [LHCONE] –Tiers 2 and 3)
- LHCONE GARR (LHCONE on the GARR infrastructure)
- LHCONE GÉANT (LHCONE on the GÉANT infrastructure)
- LHCOPN (LHC Optical Private Network – Tier 1
- Mid-Atlantic Crossroads/WIX
- Open Transit Internet (France Telecom, France)
- Pacific Wave (US Pacific West Coast International Peering Exchange Facility, with Extensions to StarLight)
- Pacific Northwest GigaPoP (via Pacific Wave and GRPnet)
- StarLight Network (StarLight facility private network for interconnectivity)
- SURFnet/NetherLight (Dutch R&E Network, The Netherlands)
- TWAREN/TaiwanLight (Taiwan Advanced Research and Education Network, Taiwan)
StarLight Accessible International and National R&E Production Networks
Although not directly connected to StarLight, the following networks are closely integrated via other R&E networks.
- ANA n*100 Gbps -(Primary Path via the Montreal Open Exchange – MOXY)
- AARNet-SXTransPORT (Australian Advanced Research Network in cooperation with Southern Cross Cable Networks, Australia)
- CERN/TIFR (CERN/Tata Institute of Fundamental Research [TIFR], CERN/India)
- CERNET (China Education and Research Network, China)
- CUDI (CorporacionUniversitariapara el Desarrollo de Internet, Mexico)
- HARNET (Hong Kong Academic and Research Network, Hong Kong)
- i2CAT-CATLight (Catalonia, Barcelona)
- IceLink (Transatlantic polar network linking the US, Canada, Greenland, and the five Nordic countries [Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland])
- Innova-Red (Argentina Research and Education Network, Argentina)
- JANET(UK Education and Research Network, UK)
- KAUST Network (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 –eXtremetestbed [JGN-X])
- KyaTera-Fapesp (Sao Paulo state research funding foundation [Fapesp] optical network [KyaTera], Brazil)
- NORDUnet/NorthernLight (Nordic R&E network, in collaboration with Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, Nordic Countries)
- 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, Brazil)
- RNP-Ipe (Brazilian National Education and Research Network, Brazil)
- RNP-CPqD-GIGA (RNP/CPqD experimental optical network, Brazil)
- SINET (Japanese Science Information Network)
- SingAREN/SingLight (Singapore Advanced Research and Education Network, Singapore)
- TransPAC3/APAN (Asia-US High-Performance International Networking [TransPAC3] and the Asia Pacific Advanced Network [APAN])
StarLight State R&E Networks
- I-Light (State of Indiana’s optical fiber network for higher education, Indiana)
- ICCN (University of Illinois Intercampus Communications Network, Illinois)
- ICCnet (Illinois Cloud Consortium K-12 Network, Illinois)
- Illinois Century Network (ICN) (state R&E Network, Illinois)
- Illinois Rural HealthNet (Illinois Rural Healthcare Network, Illinois)
- IllinoisWave (National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois)
- I-Light (University of Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue)
- MERIT (Statewide R&E Network, Michigan)
- MiLR (Michigan LambdaRail (MiLR), Michigan)
- Monon100 (Indiana 100 Gbps R&E Network)
- NIUnet (Northern Illinois University R&E Network, Illinois)
- OARNET (Ohio Academic Resources Network), Ohio
- UMNnet (University of Minnesota Network, Minnesota)
- WiscWave/WiscNet (University of Wisconsin-Madison optical network; Wisconsin Research and Education Network, Wisconsin)
StarLight Other National / Regional / Local R&E Production Networks
- ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support)
- AINet (Art Institute Private Network)
- BOREAS (Midwest consortium Broadband Optical Research, Education and Sciences Network, US)
- CCAnet(Columbia College Advanced Network, US)
- CMHnet (Children’s Memorial Hospital Network, US)
- Columbia College Optical Fiber Network
- DePaul University Optical Fiber Network
- ESnet ChiExpress (Chicago 100Gbps Metropolitan Area Network ring connecting ESnet, Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, StarLight US)
- Fermi LightPath (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Lightpath, US)
- Loyola University Optical Fiber Network
- MREN (Midwest consortium Metropolitan Research and Education Network, US)
- Northern Tier Network Consortium (R&E network for institutions in upper-northwestern states, US
- NorthernWave (peering exchange facility connecting Pacific Wave in Seattle with StarLight in Chicago)
- OMNIPoP (CIC Regional network, US)
- PNWGPnet, Pacific NorthWest GigaPoP Network
- University of Chicago Optical Fiber Network