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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Breaking News -
Networking:
China Launches Next-Generation
Internet
The China Education and Research Network (CERNET), under the Ministry of
Education (MOE), has launched a trial version of the second generation of
China's Education and Research Network.
Kick-off of this new trial network also represents progress in the
development
of China's national NGI (Next-Generation Internet) network. The second
generation of China's Education and Research Network is an IPv6 backbone
network and is a key component of China's NGI core network. Once completed,
China's Education and Research Network will be the largest pure IPv6 national
backbone network in the world.
This new trial version of China's Education and Research Network connects
key
cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and also provides high-speed
NGI IPv6 access services to more than 200 universities in China, including
Beijing University, Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiaotong University.
Moreover, the network will provide Internet access services to scientific
institutions and will also connect to the global NGI network. The new trial
network is able to provide connections with transmission speeds of between 2.5
- 10 Gigabytes per second, and is able to support applications such as Grid
computing, intelligent transportation and HDTV (high-definition television)
services.
CERNET was first established in 1994 and launched China's first nationwide
Internet network based on IPv4 technology. Led by the MOE, CERNET began
research and development of NGI in 1998, and launched China's first NGI
network, the National Science Foundation of China Network, in Beijing in 2000.
The construction of a nationwide NGI network was proposed by CERNET in
2001.
To date, seven countries worldwide have launched NGI networks, including
the
United States and Japan, according to CCTV, China's state television
station.
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