Newbridge Networks and NYSERNet Deliver Internet2
Connectivity to Five Major Metropolitan Centers Throughout New York State
APRIL 27, 1999
HERNDON, VIRGINIA--NYSERNet 2000 Network Delivers Live Internet2
Traffic; Enables Collaboration on Leading-Edge Science and
Technology Research Initiatives
Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN; TSE: NNC) today announced the New
York State Education and Research Network (NYSERNet), NYSERNet
2000 network now delivers live Internet2 traffic between five of
New York State's major metropolitan centers: New York City,
Albany, Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo.
Built on the Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress(tm) 36170
Multiservices Switch, the NYSERNet 2000 network is one of the
largest advanced research networks in the United States. The
network now links Columbia University, New York University,
Syracuse University, State University of New York (SUNY) at
Buffalo, the University of Rochester and Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute, allowing these institutions to collaborate on
leading-edge science and technology research initiatives. Plans
call for the network to connect all major education and research
institutions in New York State by the end of this year.
The advanced research applications used by New York's research
and educational institutions require the support of an enhanced
suite of network quality of service (QoS) attributes. To satisfy
these requirements, the NYSERNet 2000 project is deploying the
Newbridger Carrier Switched Routing solution -- a key component
of the Newbridge Versatile IP portfolio of leading-edge Internet
protocol (IP) solutions.
Carrier Switched Routing is the industry's first standards- based
solution that maps differentiated, premium quality IP services
over a cost-effective, fully managed asynchronous transfer mode
(ATM) infrastructure. The solution incorporates a number of key
existing and proposed industry standards, such as Carrier Scale
Internetworking (CSI) and multiprotocol label switching (MPLS).
Carrier Switched Routing combines the ubiquity of IP routing with
the performance, predictability and QoS of connection- oriented
ATM switching to deliver routing intelligence at switching
performance and cost levels. The resulting network emulates the
services of a conventional router or Layer 3 switch on a
network-wide basis while leveraging the scalability of ATM
switching in the core. The end solution functions as a single
router capable of delivering both premium IP-VPN services along
with access to the public Internet.
"The alliance between Newbridge Networks and NYSERNet provides
the end-to-end quality of service guarantees necessary for
successful research collaboration at the highest level," said Dr.
Timothy Lance, chairman, board of directors, NYSERNet. "Today's
commodity Internet does not provide the bandwidth or
functionality to support network- dependent advanced research
applications among the premier educational institutions and
research facilities in New York State. Newbridge's ability to
consistently meet our deadlines in extending next-generation
Internet capability to all major education and research
institutions in New York State has been a key factor in our
continued success."
The NYSERNet 2000 network comprises the New York State component
of a new national network infrastructure being developed through
the efforts of the National Internet2 Project and the U.S.
federal government's Next Generation Internet Initiative.
NYSERNet 2000 will initially link participating institutions to
three high performance networks: the National Science
Foundation's very high performance Backbone Network Service
(vBNS), the national Internet2 organization's Abilene network,
and the AppliedTheory and IXC Communications Gemini 2000 network.
NYSERNet has received funding from the New York State Science &
Technology Foundation and the National Science Foundation.
"We are working as a corporate partner with NYSERNet 2000 to
deploy advanced IP services using our Carrier Switched Routing
solution," said Giulio Gianturco, executive vice president and
general manager, Americas Region, Newbridge Networks. "By
providing reliable, secure premium quality IP services over
NYSERNet's ATM-based network core, Newbridge ensures the diverse
needs of New York's educational institutions are met."
Extending from New York City to Buffalo, NYSERNet 2000 provides a
direct high speed (OC-12) link, with data rates of 622 Mb/s, to
participating universities and institutions. The NYSERNet 2000
network uses a distributed gigaPoP architecture with five
gigaPoPs deployed across New York State. NYSERNet 2000's multiple
gateways out of New York State offer greater flexibility than
other national research networks.
A gigaPoP processes Internet2 traffic with specified bandwidth
and other QoS attributes, using mechanisms such as Differentiated
Services Code Points (DSCPs). IP traffic can be exchanged with
other Internet2 institutions that have a termination at the
gigaPoP, eliminating the need for separate high speed connections
between the campus networks and other exchange points. GigaPoPs
may link Internet2 campus networks to other metropolitan area
networks (MANs) to provide advanced services, such as interactive
distance education. Communication is also possible with other
dedicated, high-performance wide area networks (WANs), such as
those the government implements for its own research.
Founded in 1985, NYSERNet is one of the Internet's original
not-for-profit pioneers. The world's first Internet service
provider, it has consistently been on the Internet's leading
edge, having upgraded its backbone to T1 (1.5 Mb/s) and T3 (45
Mb/s) years before these were widely deployed Internet access
services. NYSERNet's mission is to lead the deployment of
advanced networking services and innovative applications. Nearly
two dozen of New York State's leading research and educational
institutions are participating in the NYSERNet 2000 initiative,
including New York University, Columbia University, Cornell
University, Eastman-Kodak Research Labs, New York Public Library
and the American Museum of Natural History. News and nformation
are available at www.nysernet.org.
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networking solutions to organizations in more than 100 countries.
The Company leverages its relationship with a growing family of
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Siemens and 3Com Corporation to deliver seamless, end-to-end
solutions. Newbridge customers include the world's 300 largest
telecommunications service providers and more than 10,000
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