ANN ARBOR – Internet2 announced it will work with Infinera to give the next generation of Internet technology more intelligence, bandwidth and capabilities, including a speed increase of up to 10-fold.
Internet2 and Infinera will collaborate to pursue development projects that will drive leading edge network capability for the national research and academic community; make new services and applications available to the worldwide community of Internet users; and help to make possible revolutionary Internet applications.
Key areas of technology development will include: lab and network-wide tests of
super-lambda services including 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet service;
advanced network service management and delivery leveraging GMPLS
technology; and advanced virtual private network services based on
Layer One VPNs. Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to
telecommunications carriers worldwide.
“Infinera and Internet2 share a common vision for the future path of
advanced optical technology and its potential to open new frontiers in
science and research.” said Douglas Van Houweling, Internet2 president and
CEO. “We look forward to a long engagement with Infinera within the
Internet2 community as we together forge new ground in Internet development
that will have a lasting impact on research, academia, and beyond.”
Last month, in a joint release with Level 3 Communications, Internet2
announced a plan to develop and deploy a new advanced
nationwide research network to provide enhanced IP services as well as
brand new experimental optical services to its members. Level 3 will deploy
Infinera’s Digital Optical Networking equipment across its infrastructure
in support of Internet2’s new network so that Internet2’s users can
provision optical circuits dynamically. The network will initially provide
the research and education community with 100 Gbps of bandwidth, a tenfold
increase over its previous network.
Infinera has developed the Infinera DTN, the first optical system based
on large-scale photonic integrated circuits, with 50 optical components on
a microchip smaller than a human fingernail. Based on a Digital Optical
Networks architecture, the Infinera DTN combines high-capacity transport,
fully reconfigurable switching, and GMPLS service intelligence in one
platform.
