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The Open Contributors Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (OCCAID) is a non-profit consortium
that operates one of the largest IPv6
research networks in the world. It maintains both resale and facilities-based networks spanning 15,000 miles, with a presence in over 52 cities across 6 countries.
OCCAID facilitates collaboration between research communities and the carrier industry
, serving as a testbed and proving ground for advanced Internet protocols. Most of its participants connect to the network using Ethernet
connections in areas where OCCAID has last-mile
network connections.
OCCAID's primary collaboration activities have involved IPv6 and recently multicast
protocols. Both are relatively seldom-used Internet protocols; however they have potential for massive future adoption by many industry leaders.
Consortium
A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal....
that operates one of the largest IPv6
IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...
research networks in the world. It maintains both resale and facilities-based networks spanning 15,000 miles, with a presence in over 52 cities across 6 countries.
OCCAID facilitates collaboration between research communities and the carrier industry
Telephone company
A telephone company is a service provider of telecommunications services such as telephony and data communications access. Many were at one time nationalized or state-regulated monopolies...
, serving as a testbed and proving ground for advanced Internet protocols. Most of its participants connect to the network using Ethernet
Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies for local area networks commercially introduced in 1980. Standardized in IEEE 802.3, Ethernet has largely replaced competing wired LAN technologies....
connections in areas where OCCAID has last-mile
Last mile
The "last mile" or "last kilometer" is the final leg of delivering connectivity from a communications provider to a customer. The phrase is therefore often used by the telecommunications and cable television industries. The actual distance of this leg may be considerably more than a mile,...
network connections.
OCCAID's primary collaboration activities have involved IPv6 and recently multicast
Multicast
In computer networking, multicast is the delivery of a message or information to a group of destination computers simultaneously in a single transmission from the source creating copies automatically in other network elements, such as routers, only when the topology of the network requires...
protocols. Both are relatively seldom-used Internet protocols; however they have potential for massive future adoption by many industry leaders.