CESNET
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CESNET is Czech Republic
's National Research and Education Network
(NREN) operator. It has been founded in 1996 by universities and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
. Association is a successor of activity CESNET provided by Czech Technical University
, started as FESNET in 1992.
CESNET has several research activities. From hybrid networking, programmable hardware, metacomputing to middleware and video transmissions CESNET is doing wide spectrum in research in networking.
From 1992 to 1999 there was commercial network CESNET, but this activity has been sold in beginning of 1999 and from that time is CESNET fully focused to academic networking.
, Brno
, Olomouc
and Hradec Králové
with bandwidth up to 32 × 10 Gbit/s.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
's National Research and Education Network
National Research and Education Network
A National Research and Education Network is a specialised internet service provider dedicated to supporting the needs of the research and education communities within a country....
(NREN) operator. It has been founded in 1996 by universities and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The Academy is the leading non-university public research institution in the Czech Republic...
. Association is a successor of activity CESNET provided by Czech Technical University
Czech Technical University in Prague
Czech Technical University in Prague is one of the largest universities in the Czech Republic, and the oldest institute of technology in Central Europe....
, started as FESNET in 1992.
CESNET has several research activities. From hybrid networking, programmable hardware, metacomputing to middleware and video transmissions CESNET is doing wide spectrum in research in networking.
From 1992 to 1999 there was commercial network CESNET, but this activity has been sold in beginning of 1999 and from that time is CESNET fully focused to academic networking.
Goals
CESNET's main goals are:- operation and development of the Czech NREN
- research and development of advanced network technologies and applications
- broadening of the public knowledge about the advanced networking topics
Partnerships
CESNET is a long-time Czech academic network operator and participant of corresponding international projects. The most important international relationships of the CESNET association are:- shareholder of the DANTEDANTEDelivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe is a not-for-profit organisation that plans, builds and operates the international networks that interconnect the various national research and education networks in Europe and surrounding regions...
- member of TERENATERENAThe Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association is a not-for-profit association of European national research and education networks incorporated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
- Internet2Internet2Internet2 is an advanced not-for-profit US networking consortium led by members from the research and education communities, industry, and government....
international partner - participant of the European GN2/GÉANT2GÉANT2GÉANT2 is the seventh generation of pan-European research and education network, successor to the pan-European multi-gigabit research network GÉANT. The project within which the network is funded began officially on 1 September 2004, and is due to run for four years.The GÉANT2 network provides...
project (and former GÉANTGEANTGÉANT is the main European multi-gigabit computer network for research and education purposes...
, QUANTUM/TEN-155, TEN-34 projects) - GLIF participant
Backbone
Fiber optic backbone ring based on DWDM technology connects PraguePrague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
, Olomouc
Olomouc
Olomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. Nowadays, it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic...
and Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové
Hradec Králové is a city of the Czech Republic, in the Hradec Králové Region of Bohemia. The city's economy is based on food-processing technology, photochemical, and electronics manufacture. Traditional industries include musical instrument manufacturing – the best known being PETROF pianos...
with bandwidth up to 32 × 10 Gbit/s.
External connections
, CESNET has those external connection:- ACONET – 10 Gbit/s
- GÉANT2GÉANT2GÉANT2 is the seventh generation of pan-European research and education network, successor to the pan-European multi-gigabit research network GÉANT. The project within which the network is funded began officially on 1 September 2004, and is due to run for four years.The GÉANT2 network provides...
– 10 Gbit/s - SANET2 – 10 Gbit/s
- NIX.CZNeutral Internet Exchange of the Czech RepublicThe Neutral Internet eXchange of the Czech Republic associates Internet Service Providers in the Czech Republic with the objective of interconnecting their networks. The memorandum of association was signed on August 30, 1996. The association was registered by the District Council for Prague 6 on...
– 2 × 10 Gbit/s - PIONIER – 10 Gbit/s
- Full transit via TeliaSoneraTeliaSoneraTeliaSonera AB is the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland. The company has operations in other countries in Northern, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Spain, with a total of 150 million mobile customers...
– 1800 Mbit/s (via dual STM-16 link)