Despite the best efforts of COVID-19 and the resultant national lockdowns and travel restrictions, the €63.125m GÉANT GN4-3N Project – representing the most significant refresh of the pan-European GÉANT network in a decade – continues apace. This project – ambitious enough without the additional challenges presented over the past 12 months – is progressing well thanks to the tireless efforts and...
Category - GN4-3N News
News relating to the GN4-3N project
FCCN is the first NREN to migrate from leased capacity to the new GÉANT fibre network as part of the €63.125m GÉANT (GN4-3N) project. Representing the most significant refresh – and enlargement – of the pan-European GÉANT network in a decade, the GN4-3N project will see all GÉANT NRENs benefit from fibre or spectrum connectivity, helping to further narrow Europe’s digital divide Read the full...
GÉANT International Connectivity Interconnecting research and education communities across the world GÉANT collaborates with global research and education network partners to ensure high performance international connectivity is in place, and also to make a range of services available to user groups across the world, enhancing their ability to work together. GÉANT manages research and education...
The GN4-3N project represents the most significant refresh of the GÉANT network in a decade, aimed at supporting the rapidly growing needs of Europe’s research and education community for the next 15 years. GN4-3N will greatly improve the underlying infrastructure of the fibre and optical system, with the fibre network extended well beyond its current reach. This will involve restructuring the...
Governance The GÉANT General Assembly (GA), the GÉANT Board and the Oversight Committee oversee the implementation of the GN4-3 and GN4-3N projects. In both projects, the Project Management Board (PMB), comprising the Work Package Leaders and relevant subject matter expert (SME) coordinators, meets monthly with the Project Management Office (PMO) to exchange information, coordinate common work...
Network Infrastructure Advisory Committee (NIAC) The GN4-3N project team works closely with NIAC, a committee co-Chaired by Bram Peeters of GÉANT and Ronan Byrne of HEAnet, comprising representatives from a range of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs): HEAnet (Ireland) Jisc (UK) NORDUnet (Nordic region) Litnet (Lithuania) GRNET (Greece) AMRES (Serbia) FCCN/FCT (Portugal) RedIRIS...
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