Overview of the IRNC project

This page provides background information about the IRNC program and awardees. Note that in some cases the IRNC represents one component of a larger ongoing effort. We do not attempt to distinguish the IRNC from the non-IRNC components of theses projects.

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• The IRNC solicitation
  • Most awards can seen with this query:

http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/afSearch.do?ProgEleCode=7369&&Search=Search#results

• TransLight / StarLight
  • PI: Thomas DeFanti tom uic.edu
  • Project web pages: http://www.startap.net/translight
  • Layers: L1/L2 only. NSF only funds the fiber itself.
  • Measurement plan:
  • Measurement data: http://www.startap.net/translight/pages/measurement.html
  • Extracted map:
  • Award info and abstract: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0441094
  • Recent presentation:

• AMPath (WHREN)
  • PI: Julio Ibarra julio fiu.edu
  • Project web pages: http://www.ampath.net/
  • Measurement plan:
  • Measurement data: http://www.ampath.net/metrics.php
  • Extracted map:
  • Award info and abstract: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0441095
  • Recent presentation:

• Transpac2
  • PI: James Williams williams indiana.edu
  • Project web pages: http://www.transpac2.net/
  • Measurement plan:
  • Measurement data: http://www.transpac2.net/stats.php
  • Extracted map:
  • Award info and abstract: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0441096
  • Recent presentation: http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/jtvancouver/20050718-JTransPAC2-Robb.pdf

• GLORIAD
  • PI: Greg Cole gcole gloriad.org
  • Project web pages: http://www.gloriad.org/gloriad/index.html
  • Measurement plan:
  • Measurement data: http://www.gloriad.org/gloriad/monitor/index.html
  • Extracted map:
  • Award info and abstract: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0441102
  • Recent presentation:

• TransLight/Pacific Wave
  • PI: John Silvester silvester usc.edu
  • Project web pages: http://www.pacificwave.net/
  • Measurement plan:
  • Measurement data: http://www.pacificwave.net/participants/irnc/measurements.html
  • Extracted map:
  • Award info and abstract: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0441119
  • Recent presentation:

Other related awards

• Network Measurement for International Connections
  • PI: Matthew Zekauskas matt internet2.edu
  • Project web pages: InternationalMeasurement
  • Award info and abstract: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0457404
  • Recent presentation:

• Exploratory Research on Network Measurement for International Connections
  • PI: Matt Mathis mathis psc.edu
  • Project web pages: InternationalMeasurement
  • Award info and abstract: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0513437
  • Recent presentation:

See the draft CombinedMeasurement page.

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This material is based in part on work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Nos. SCI-0457404 and SCI-0513437. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.