Miami, Florida, August 1, 2011 \u2013 CIARA announced today that it will begin a five year project to bring\u00a0advanced network services to the AMPATH Open Exchange Point in Miami.<\/p>\n
AMPATH will support dynamic hybrid (packet and circuit) network services in both production and\u00a0experimental environments through the following activities:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Deployment and operation of a production-level traffic monitoring and reporting system for dynamic\u00a0circuit network services, including those used in international connections.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Upgrade of the AMPATH GOLE (GLIF Open Lightpath Exchange) to support the dynamic provisioning of\u00a0GLIF lightpaths.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Deployment of OpenFlow switches and controllers to interconnect OpenFlow networks in Brazil with\u00a0those of Internet2 and GENI.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Deployment and operation of an experimental traffic monitoring and reporting system to prototype the\u00a0Coral Reef passive monitor to support OpenFlow.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Engagement with users and science projects, and collaboration with developers, engineers, operators\u00a0and science communities to develop use cases demonstrating the increasing utility of the adoption of\u00a0dynamic circuit network services.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the establishment of dynamic hybrid networking at AMPATH, we will be able to bridge important\u00a0research underway in Brazil with the GENI efforts in the U.S. Over the coming years, these services will grow\u00a0in both accessibility and impact.\u201d, said Dr. Chip Cox, Chief Operations Officer of AMPATH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cRNP welcomes AMPATH\u2019s adoption of dynamic circuit services, which will promote significant advances in\u00a0providing support for international cooperation between Brazil and the United States, both in the field of e-Science and in Future Internet experimentation within GENI\u201d, commented Dr Michael Stanton, Director of\u00a0Research and Development at Brazil\u2019s National Research and Education Network.<\/p>\n
The OpenFlow service effectively makes network devices part of a programmable infrastructure allowing\u00a0networks to be defined in software. Although this is not an entirely new approach, it is being widely adopted\u00a0internationally to develop new approaches to network architecture.<\/p>\n
This research into the evolution of the Internet is of global scale, and requires a global team to harmonise\u00a0interoperabiility. AMPATH is supporting this innovation throughout the Americas through the support of a NSF\u00a0supplement to the AMLIGHT project (PI Julio Ibarra). The end result will be an enabling network supporting\u00a0critical research, science and education seamlessly meeting needs today, and preparing for tomorrow.<\/p>\n