ACADEMIC AND GOVERNMENT
RESEARCH COMMUNITIES JOIN FORCES WITH INDUSTRY
FOR FIRST CROSS-COUNTRY
PERFORMANCE TESTS ON THE 10 GBPS
Internet2, Juniper Networks,
Qwest and Spirent Pump Network with More
Than 8 Gbps of Test Traffic
Internet2
(NASDAQ: JNPR), Spirent
Communications (NYSE: SPM and LSE: SPT) and
Qwest Communications
International, Inc. today announced the successful
completion of the first
cross-country performance tests on the completed
first phase of the
next-generation 10 Gbps Internet2 Abilene backbone.
As part of the network
upgrade, engineers at the NC-ITEC were able to
introduce test traffic in
excess of 8 Gbps to stress the newly installed
network components.
"We saw a unique
opportunity to test the limits of both routers and
circuits during the
upgrade," said John Moore, technical director of the
NC-ITEC, located in the
CENTAUR Lab at
"We were able to gain
some valuable insight into how the backbone was
performing during the
build-out and the end-to-end results were very
impressive."
higher education in the
Gbps using routing platforms
from Juniper Networks and OC-192 circuits
from Qwest Communications.
Engineers at the NC-ITEC used Spirent
Communications' performance
analysis test equipment located in Qwest's
equipment was directly
attached to the Juniper Networks T640 Internet
Routing Nodes using OC-192
interfaces and proved capable of generating a
full 10 Gbps worth of test
traffic.
"This type of testing
validates the ability of the upgraded backbone to
support high-bandwidth
applications being developed by the Internet2
community," said Neil
Anderson, senior director of Spirent
Communications' Advanced Test
Programs. "Spirent is committed to
partnering with industry
leaders and the academic and government
research communities to
ensure the highest possible performance for the
next-generation Internet,
which requires thorough and rigorous testing."
Using the Spirent AX4000,
NC-ITEC engineers were able to successfully
generate greater than 8 Gbps
of test traffic coast-to-coast using both
IPv4 and the new IPv6
protocols. With the addition of normal production
traffic, some backbone links
saw an aggregate traffic load of greater
than 9 Gbps during the test.
"One of the primary
goals of Internet2 is to provide the research and
education community with the
most advanced infrastructure capabilities.
These tests demonstrate the
ability of the T640 platform to support the
most demanding networks and
Juniper Networks commitment to the
development of IPv6. We’re pleased to be part of this
project,"
commented Pradeep Sindhu,
Chief Technical Officer at Juniper Networks.
In one test, the Spirent
AX/4000s generated 8.1 Gbps of combined IPv4
and IPv6 traffic for more
than 5 hours. The traffic consisted of a mix
of packet sizes and was
flowing in both directions across the continent
simultaneously. A similar
test with only IPv6 traffic was run for more
than an hour with a
tester-generated load of 8.6 Gbps.
"We were glad to see
Gbps Q-wave service during
the test," said Debbie Montano, director of
Advanced Internet
Initiatives at Qwest. "The stability and performance
of the circuits is key to
supporting advanced applications for the
Internet2 community."
About CENTAUR Lab at NCSU
The CENTAUR Lab at NCSU
serves as a focal point within
for collaborations between
state and national research and education
networking communities and
their corporate networking partners. It is
the home of the North
Carolina Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center
(NC-ITEC) one of three ITECs
chartered by Internet2 as a national test
lab. Centaur also provides
testing and research services for the North
Carolina Networking
Initiative (NCNI), a statewide GigaPOP. For more
information, please see http://www.centaurlabs.com/ and
About Internet2(R)
Led by over 200
Internet2 is developing and
deploying advanced network applications and
technologies for research
and higher education, accelerating the
creation of tomorrow's
Internet. Internet2 recreates the partnerships
among academia, industry,
and government that helped foster today's
Internet in its infancy. For
more information about Internet2, see:
About Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks transforms
the business of networking by converting a
commodity - bandwidth - into
a dependable, secure, and highly valuable
corporate asset. Founded in 1996 to meet the stringent demands
of
service providers, Juniper
Networks is now relied upon by the world's
leading network operators,
government agencies, research and education
institutions, and
information-intensive enterprises as the foundation
for uncompromising
networks. Juniper Networks is
headquartered in
About Qwest
Qwest Communications
International Inc. (NYSE: Q) is a leading provider
of voice, video and data
services to more than 25 million customers.
The company’s 53,000-plus
employees are committed to the "Spirit of
Service" and providing
world-class services that exceed customers'
expectations for quality,
value and reliability. For more
information,
please visit the Qwest Web
site at www.qwest.com.
About Spirent Communications
Spirent Communications is a
worldwide provider of integrated performance
analysis and service
assurance systems for next-generation network
technologies. Spirent’s
solutions accelerate the profitable development
and deployment of network
equipment and services by emulating real-world
conditions in the lab and
assuring end-to-end performance of large-scale
networks.
Spirent Communications is a
wholly owned business group of Spirent plc,
an international network
technology company. Spirent plc is listed on
the London Stock Exchange
(ticker: SPT). The company is also listed on
the New York Stock Exchange
(ticker: SPM; CUSIP number: 84856M209).
About Spirent’s Advanced
Test Program (ATP)
Spirent’s ATP, in existence
since 2000, is the first of its kind in the
communications sector
offering programs and expertise specifically
designed to support key
organizations conducting the industry’s most
advanced test and
measurement activities. The ATP team
supports test
labs at leading
universities, publications, trade shows, consortia, and
advanced research
facilities, as well as the industry’s most prestigious
independent testing
organizations. ATP is a worldwide
initiative that
coordinates critical testing
and research support across all divisions
of Spirent Communications.
Contacts:
Internet2
Greg Wood
ghwood@internet2.edu
202-331-5360
NC-ITEC
T. Yokima Cureton
yokima@ncren.net
919.248.1907
Spirent Communications
Jackie Jefferson
(808) 780-5600
jackie.jefferson@spirentcom.com
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