Technology and Service Testing

The high profile of networking research and development activities within the project requires a dedicated test facility. The Technology and Service Testing research activity will provide a distributed testbed to accommodate the methodical testing of the technologies and techniques developed by the GÉANT2 research programme.

The test facility will incorporate gigabit IP routers and switches, as well as appropriate DWDM transmission equipment, in order to provide an environment for testing the technologies that will be used as building blocks for the implementation of the next-generation network (NGN) architecture.

The test facility is primarily intended for the use of research activities and network development within GÉANT2. However, it is possible that the facility may also be made available to external users (dependent on availability). In particular, the test facility may be able to offer support to other projects that fall within the scope of the EU’s Sixth Framework Programme.