CSTNET, CNGI & CSTNET2

I just tracked RE networking in China. China shall have at least two main RENs : CSTNet and CERNET, cmiiw!

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China Science and Technology Network (CSTNet) is one of the earliest internet networks in China, and is extended upon the base of Chinese Academy of Sciences Network (CASNet). In April 1994, CSTNet opened the first official Internet link in China. Since then, CSTNet has been responsible for operation and management for the top domain of China (.cn).

CSTNet

• China Science and Technology Network (CSTNet)
• the pioneer to open the first link to Global internet in 1994 and One of the earliest internet networks in China
• the academic and research networks in China to support advanced science applications and research on next generation Internet
• Cover more than 20 provinces, 100+ institutes, and 1,000,000 end users

CSTNet‘s customers are spread across more than twenty provinces of China with 12 sub centers, including about one thousand research institutes of CAS and technical communities in China, Also, It has more than one million end-users.

In the near future, the bandwidth of CSTNet's international link, domestic interconnecting link and wide area networks will be upgraded, in order to provide better services for video conferences, remote education, collaborative problem-solving, virtual laboratories, digital libraries, and so on. Furthermore, CSTNet also will provide a test bed for research on Next Generation Internet technologies and actively participate in the national and international projects on advanced network applications.

Source Zhang|CAS@APAN

CNGI:

• The world's largest IPv6 network

Cover 20 major cities, consist of 40 core nodes and 300 CPN

building a national innovative information infrastructure,

offering a platform for the provision of basic research and technology development environment.

• CNGI progress

Phase one：From 2003 to end of 2005, build the network

Phase two：From 2006 to 2010, large scale deployment throughout China

Source Zhang|CAS@APAN

CSTNET2:

• CSTNET/China Netcom establish 7 GigaPoPs among 38 GigaPOPs
• The access of IPv6 network for 100 disciplinary research networks and institutes

Disciplinary research networks : about 30 networks cover many specific areas, most of them in Beijing

Institutes: more than 60 institutes around china, most of them are institutes in CAS

• Connection Bandwidth At Least 1G (1G/10G)
• Circuit Resource: Optical Fiber are provided in Beijing and Local Connection in Sub-center for further expansibility--BJlight