1. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc National LambdaRail Tom West, CEO twest@nlr.net

2. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR Mission To advance the research, clinical and educational goals of members and other institutions by establishing and maintaining a nationwide advanced network infrastructure.

3. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR Goals Support experimental and production networks Foster networking research Promote next-generation applications Facilitate interconnectivity among high- performance research and education networks

4. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Special Commitment to Network Research Devoting 50% of capacity to network research Forming advisory council of leading network researchers Supporting large-scale network research projects

5. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR Members and Associates CENIC Pacific Northwest Gigapop Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center/University of Pittsburgh Duke University, representing a coalition of NC universities) Mid-Atlantic Terascale Partnership Cisco Systems Internet2 Florida LambdaRail Georgia Institute of Technology Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC) Cornell University Louisiana Board of Regents Oklahoma State Board of Regents Lonestar Education and Research Network (LEARN) University of New Mexico (on behalf of the State of New Mexico) UCAR/FRGP SURA Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) Case Western Reserve University

6. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Member Commitment $100M+ overall financial commitment Significant volunteer services, especially in initial formation Various support services provided under contract

7. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Communities Served Network Researchers Science Researchers Advanced Applications

8. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Current Projects Served Extensible Terascale Facility OptiPuter UltraScience Pacific Wave

9. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc Tech Support Services Dir. Of Dev.& Ops. Eng. & Ops. Comm. Chief Scientist Organization Board of Directors Exec. Committee CEO Tech Support Services Dir. Dev.& Ops. Engineering Comm. Chief Scientist NLR Members Tech Support Services Eng. & Ops. Comm. Network Research Comm. Science Research Comm.

10. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR Infrastructure

11. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR Infrastructure Owned fiber (20 years) nationwide Layer 1: DWDM supporting up to 40 10 Gbps lambdas Layer 2: Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3: IP Wavelengths to support additional Layer 2 and 3 experimental or production networks Possible additional experimental Layer 1 infrastructure

12. nlr.net © 2004 National LambdaRail, Inc NLR and Internet2 Created by and representative of the same community Internet2 is an NLR founding member Complementary goals and capabilities Working together to coordinate efforts

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