Project Objectives, Summary Description and Anticipated Results:

In addition, the implementation of real time multi-media services is placing more stringent demands on network Quality of Service (QoS) since these services demand predictable real time response. Protocol enhancements such as RSVP and IP Next generation protocols, as well as the QoS management inherent in the ATM technology, are both addressing these issues. It is apparent that for multi-media services to develop on a pan-European basis a new approach to QoS is required. An important element of the QUANTUM Project is to trial these protocols and technology developments in a test environment so that the emerging technologies can be proved in a European environment.

The QUANTUM project has three main objectives:

• to provide a successor service for the TEN-34 IP service, at higher bandwidths and at improved price/performance ratios, using access bandwidths up to 155 Mbps;
• to carry out the trials of the new protocols and technology developments that will improve QoS and optimise bandwidth utilisation, both in a laboratory environment and in controlled experiments over the wide area network; and
• to validate the use of QoS facilities, in particular bandwidth management, in a large scale operational environment, while still handling general IP traffic.

To validate the scalability of the deployment of the new technologies, the network will be operated as a service, providing managed bandwidth on a large scale, while still carrying general IP traffic. Specific pan-European user groups with demanding application requirements will be approached to evaluate the network. The participation of these groups, who have a direct interest in co-operative European research, will provide an objective test of the effectiveness and adequacy of European research networking facilities.

Major Validation Sites:

Organisation	City/Town + Postal Code	Region	Country
DFN	Frankfurt	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	DE
INFN	Bologna	Emilia Romagna	IT
SWITCH	Zürich		CH
RENATER	Paris	Ile de France	FR
Telebit	Viby	Aarhus	DK
GSRT	Athens	Attiki	GR
OcyT/CICYT	Madrid	Comunidad de Madrid	ES
ARNES	Ljubljana		SI
FCCN	Lisbon	Lisboa e Vale do Tejo	PT
ACOnet	Vienna	Wien	AT
CESNET	Prague		CZ
HUNGARNET	Budapest		HU
UKERNA	London	Greater London	GB
SURFnet	Utrecht	Utrecht	NL
NORDUnet	Stockholm	Stockholm	SE
RESTENA	Kirchberg	Luxembourg	LU
OSTC	Brussels	Bruxelles Cap.	BE
HEAnet	Dublin	Dublin	IE
GEIE-ERCIM	Le Chesnay	Ile de France	FR

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