Diapositive PPT
Creating the new Global Information Highway
- 1st step : tune “classical Internet“ :
multi-gigabit networks like G-WiN (10 Gbit, Germany)
- 2nd step : build “new Internet“ :
running projects like Internet2 :
- more than 180 universities in USA (www.internet2.edu)
- goals: leading edge network capability, revolutionary
Internet applications, new network services and
applications for a broader community
- advanced application from areas “virtual reality“ and
“virtual university“ : digital libraries, distance-
independant learning, tele-immersion, virtual laboratories