Erik-Jan Bos (NORDUnet)

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While regional networks like GÉANT and NORDUnet interconnect NRENs

within continents, until recently the global interconnect for research and

education was rather ad-hoc, mission oriented, and unstructured. The

effort of the Global Network Architecture (GNA), started by a number of

leading R&E networks world-wide, aims to organise this more

efficiently. The goal is to have access to more bandwidth and more

resilience, so the NRENs can even better serve scientists, researchers,

educators, and students who work in global projects.

 

This talk will highlight the progress inside the Global Network

Architecture effort to date, will look back at past achievements,

and will peek into the future of intercontinental R&E networking,

highlighting opportunities and challenges.

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