Quantum and Q-MED
• Quantum• National research networks of AT, BE, CH, CZ, DE,
ES, FR, GR, HU, IE, IT, LU, NL, Nordics, PT, SI, UK• DANTE as Co-ordinating Partner• TEN-155 network• Quantum test programme
• Q-MED• NRNs of CY, GR, IL, IT• DANTE as Co-ordinating Partner• Connection of CY and IL to TEN-155
Quantum/Q-MED Achievements
• TEN-155 network in service (since Dec 98)• IL connected May 99• (PL connected Mar 99)
• Affordable cost (~same as TEN-34)• Managed Bandwidth Service in place
• VC/VPN capability• Short set-up time (hours)• Used by projects (MECCANO, EDISON, SUSIE,
QTP)
Costs/Prices
• Circuit costs are still coming down• in parts of Europe• cost divergence makes fair charging more
difficult• equipment costs becoming more significant
• MBS charging difficult to specify • in the absence of established usage patterns• different national schemes (where they exist)
Quantum Test Programme
• QoS related• MPLS• diffserv• QoS monitoring• RSVP to ATM SVC mapping
• TEN-155 service related• Multicast• ATM SVC
• IPv6
http://www.dante.net/quantum/qtp
Quality of Service
• MBS provides guaranteed QoS - NOW• ATM also provides powerful bandwidth
management tool - in support of IP• Other QoS technologies investigated in
QTP• Requirement for end-to-end QoS
• Need for consistency of NRN procedures• Need for (web-based) management tools• Need for scaleable solutions• Is “one-stop shopping” an attainable ideal?
Outlook
• TEN-155 in service• “world class” backbone• includes MBS (project support)• extends beyond Quantum/FW IV
• FW V Preparations• Response to Sep 99 call• Likely increase in capacity• Improvement of QoS features• Continuity/upgrade from solid base
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