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Leading network players to develop 100 GbE technology

Networking powerhouses Juniper Networks, Internet2, ESnet, Infinera, and Level 3 Communications have joined together in an effort to develop
and test the next-generation of high-performance Ethernet network gear with speeds of 100Gbps. The initiative will ensure that the research
and education communities will have the networking capacity they require to drive advancement in fields including high-energy physics,
telemedicine and climate research.

No longer confined to local laboratories, scientific research has become a worldwide exercise, with scientists collaborating globally. This is driving an exponential growth in network bandwidth demands that could see 100 GbE network services required by the scientific community as early as 2010.

“Scientific discovery today is highly dependent upon the ease of access to data. Current usage trends in areas like high-energy physics and climate change research indicate that researchers will soon begin to saturate the dedicated 10 Gigabit per second links deployed today. This important effort ensures our scientists will have the most advanced network capabilities in the next few years to make new breakthroughs that were previously unimaginable,” said Steve Cotter,
head of the UK Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network (ESnet).

Juniper is providing its T1600 core router, which is the only 100Gbps-capable
router available today, to support these growing bandwidth needs. The industry is currently working on a 100 GbE standard, which will finalised in mid-2010, says the IEEE.