IUCC
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IUCC, the Israel InterUniversity Computation Center, implements, operates and maintains the national research and education network
(NREN) of Israel
.
IUCC , is a non-profit organization established in 1984 by 8 universities in Israel, and is supported by the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education. IUCC deals with communication infrastructures, digital information services, learning technologies and grid computing
infrastructures. IUCC also promotes cooperation in these fields among its member institutions, and between research institutes and organizations dealing with research and instruction, which share these common interests.
The IUCC telecommunications network currently serves some 20,000 academic faculty members, approximately 120,000 students at 8 universities and thousands of additional students in regional and teachers' colleges.
For a period of three years (1994-1996), IUCC operated a central node for Internet connections for hi-tech companies in Israel, as well as for various telecommunications providers (prior to the establishment of the Israeli Internet Society's central peering node known as the IIX). In 1997, the responsibility for commercial domestic internet traffic routing via the Israeli Internet eXchange (IIX) was transferred to the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL), and in 1999 IUCC was connected to the Internet-2 network in the USA and to the European research network GEANT.
(failover). Automatic failover of these links is handled by the OSPF routing protocol.
The IUCC network is connected abroad via two STM-16 (2.5Gb/sec) links, one which runs from the Med-1 site in Petach Tikva and terminates in Frankfurt, Germany and the other from Tel Aviv University to London, UK. These links connect IUCC to the GÉANT2
network in Europe and through it also to the American research network - Internet2 and the wider internet. Additionally, the IUCC connects to the Israeli domestic internet using a Gigabit Ethernet link to the IIX, plus direct peering with a few large Israeli ISP
s, as well as maintaining smaller dedicated links to about a dozen selected educational and research institutions in the country.
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) of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
.
IUCC , is a non-profit organization established in 1984 by 8 universities in Israel, and is supported by the Planning and Budgeting Committee of the Council for Higher Education. IUCC deals with communication infrastructures, digital information services, learning technologies and grid computing
Grid computing
Grid computing is a term referring to the combination of computer resources from multiple administrative domains to reach a common goal. The grid can be thought of as a distributed system with non-interactive workloads that involve a large number of files...
infrastructures. IUCC also promotes cooperation in these fields among its member institutions, and between research institutes and organizations dealing with research and instruction, which share these common interests.
The IUCC telecommunications network currently serves some 20,000 academic faculty members, approximately 120,000 students at 8 universities and thousands of additional students in regional and teachers' colleges.
History
IUCC's telecommunications infrastructure was created in 1984 with a pre-Internet 9.6kb/sec international line to the European EARN network. In 1990, the first international Internet line from Israel to the USA began operating, at a rate of 64kb/sec.For a period of three years (1994-1996), IUCC operated a central node for Internet connections for hi-tech companies in Israel, as well as for various telecommunications providers (prior to the establishment of the Israeli Internet Society's central peering node known as the IIX). In 1997, the responsibility for commercial domestic internet traffic routing via the Israeli Internet eXchange (IIX) was transferred to the Israel Internet Association (ISOC-IL), and in 1999 IUCC was connected to the Internet-2 network in the USA and to the European research network GEANT.
Current network
The Israeli university telecommunications infrastructure is based on a unique, dual-star, eight-node network known as the ILAN-2 network. Interconnecting the network's two central POPs (one located at Tel Aviv University and the other at a neutral colocation site called Med-1) is a dark fiber link operating at 10Gb/sec. Each of the eight Israeli universities in the consortium connects to both POPS via Gigabit Ethernet links. These links are currently provided by Partner (primary) and BezeqBezeq
Bezeq, the Israeli company for communications, is a telecommunications provider in Israel.Until the mid-first decade of the 21st century when it was owned by the Israeli government, Bezeq had a monopoly on landline telephony and Internet access infrastructure...
(failover). Automatic failover of these links is handled by the OSPF routing protocol.
The IUCC network is connected abroad via two STM-16 (2.5Gb/sec) links, one which runs from the Med-1 site in Petach Tikva and terminates in Frankfurt, Germany and the other from Tel Aviv University to London, UK. These links connect IUCC to the GÉANT2
GÉANT2
GÉANT2 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...
network in Europe and through it also to the American research network - Internet2 and the wider internet. Additionally, the IUCC connects to the Israeli domestic internet using a Gigabit Ethernet link to the IIX, plus direct peering with a few large Israeli ISP
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
s, as well as maintaining smaller dedicated links to about a dozen selected educational and research institutions in the country.
Collaboration
IUCC collaborates with a number of organisations, both nationally and internationally:- 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...
(pan-European research network) - 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...