GLORIAD
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GLORIAD or Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development is a high-speed computer network used to connect scientific organizations in Russia, China, United States, the Netherlands, Korea and Canada.
GLORIAD is sponsored by the US National Science Foundation, a consortium of science organizations and Ministries in Russia, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Korea, the Canadian CANARIE network, the Netherlands SURFnet team and has some telecommunications services donated by Tyco Telecommunications.
GLORIAD provides bandwidth of up to 622 Mbit/s via OC-12 links between Russia and the United States, and 155 Mbit/s via OC-3 between Russia and China, among others.
The previous version of the network, "Little GLORIAD", was completed in mid-2004, and it connected Chicago, Hong Kong, Beijing, Novosibirsk, Moscow, Amsterdam and Chicago again. For this network, a direct computer link was drawn between Russia and China for the first time in history.
References
- National Science Foundation (2003): United States, Russia, China link up first Global-Ring Network for advanced science and education cooperation. Retrieved January 13, 2004 from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/01/040102092834.htm
- Paul, J. (2003): New network to link U.S., Russia, China. Retrieved January 13, 2004 from http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031223/D7VK5LOG2.html
External link
- GLORIAD (http://www.gloriad.org/)