ESnet Selects Infinera for Advanced Network Testbed
April 28 2010 - 12:25PM
Marketwired
ESnet has selected the Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) DTN for a network
testbed to develop next-generation networking technologies to
support future bandwidth needs. This testbed, funded by a $62
million grant from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
(ARRA), is part of a program to develop networking technologies to
support scientific research into key areas of national interest,
including climate change and particle physics.
ESnet chose an Infinera network for the advanced capabilities of
Infinera's GMPLS-powered IQ™ network operating system. ESnet plans
to use the Infinera network to offer optical virtual private
networks (OVPNs) for use by scientific researchers in the academic
world and government research institutes. Further details are
available at the Lawrence Berkeley Labs/ESnet website at
http://www.lbl.gov/cs/Archive/news042610.html. OVPNs will be
designed to enable ESnet users to manage their own virtual private
network securely over the shared Infinera infrastructure. In
addition, the network will be designed to enable OVPN users to
dynamically provision circuits on the network on demand, when and
where they need them, providing users with greater flexibility and
cost-effectiveness.
VPNs Migrating Down the Stack The
flexibility of virtual private networks has traditionally been
deployed on Layer 2 or Layer 3 networks. The integration of
bandwidth management and transport into the Infinera DTN, the first
optical system to integrate these functions, makes VPN capabilities
available at the optical layer. VPNs enable network users to manage
their own dedicated network with greater security and control than
in the traditional model where they are dependent on the network
operator for changes to the network.
"We are excited to deploy the Infinera system with its advanced
capabilities," said ESnet Head Steve Cotter. "The implementation of
optical VPNs will allow our researchers to develop new protocols to
dynamically provision circuits at the most cost-effective layer in
the network, helping us and them deal with large and growing
volumes of data more cost-effectively."
"ESnet is playing a leading role in leveraging some of the
leading-edge capabilities of Infinera's Digital Optical Networks,
and we are delighted to support them in this innovative
application," said Infinera Chief Technology Officer Drew Perkins.
"The pioneering work ESnet is doing now will have an impact on
network implementations in the research and commercial world in the
years to come."
ESnet is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of
Advanced Scientific Computing Research.
About ESnet ESnet www.es.net is a high
speed network serving thousands of DOE scientists and collaborators
worldwide, funded by the DOE Office of Science to support the
agency's mission to further energy and climate research. Managed
and operated by the ESnet staff at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, ESnet provides high bandwidth network connections to
all major DOE sites, and via comprehensive connections to the
world's research and education networks, to essentially all U.S.
and international R&E institutions. As such, ESnet is one of
the most widely based and successful cooperative research efforts
within the U.S. federal government. ESnet is comprised of two
networks, an IP network to carry daily traffic to support lab
operations, general science communication, and science with
relatively small data requirements, and a circuit-oriented Science
Data Network to transfer massive data sets and enable scientific
collaborations. ESnet was a recipient of an Excellence.Gov award
from the Industry Advisory Council for its achievements in
leveraging technology, as well as being named one of
Informationweek's Top 10 Government Innovators in 2009. For
additional information, please visit www.es.net
About Infinera Infinera provides Digital
Optical Networking systems to telecommunications carriers
worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the photonic integrated
circuit (PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed
to provide customers with simpler and more flexible engineering and
operations, faster time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly
deliver differentiated services without reengineering their optical
infrastructure. For more information, please visit
http://www.infinera.com/.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
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or strategies regarding the future, including that OVPNs will be
designed to enable ESnet users to manage their own virtual private
network securely over the shared Infinera infrastructure; that, the
network will be designed to enable OVPN users to dynamically
provision circuits on the network on demand, when and where they
need them, providing users with greater flexibility and
cost-effectiveness; and that the integration of bandwidth
management and transport into the Infinera DTN is the first optical
system to integrate these functions, makes VPN capabilities
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