CANARIE

CANARIE is a government-funded non-profit company that operates a fiber optic communications network for research and education, as well as for government agencies. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. The company was founded in 1993. The company manages a 19,000 km long fiber optic network to the research institutes and universities, as well as provincial, government agencies are connected to be able to send large amounts of data. In addition, the network access to other countries. The network is connected in several international locations. So there is a hub in St. Johns, Newfoundland Canada with the Europe connects. Furthermore, a node located in Vancouver, which is connected via Seattle with the Asian- Pacific region. Other nodes are located between Toronto, Montreal, New York and Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, the North America, South America, Europe and connects. To the network at speeds up to 100 gigabits per second can be achieved. However, it is only used with 10 gigabytes per second. In 2008 it was the fastest national fiber optic system in the world, after the United States.

History

The initial fiber network was taken under the term Canet in 1990 in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada in operation. CANARIE was entrusted with the development, as the network of 56 kbit 1993, was increased to up to 10 Mbit / s in 1995. Later, the speed of up to 20 Mbit / s. In 1996, the capacity of the network around 100 Mbit / s

1997, the company Advances Bell Communications (later Bell Nexxia ) and now part of Bell Canada took over the operational mode of the network. Shortly launched the Canet II system, which allowed a speed of up to 155 Mbit / s. During this time also started the Sympatico DSL service, which used the lines.

1998 CANARIE introduced the Ca * Net 3. The world's first national optical network system for research and educational areas a. The planned capacity comprised 40 Gbits / s 2002 has provided 4 CANARIE available 110 million Can $ for the development and operation of Canet the Canadian government. Canet 4 reaching speeds between 160 Gbit / s and 320 Gbit / s

At the supercomputing conference in Seattle in November 2011, CANARIE participated in the transfer of 1 petabyte of data between the California Institute of Technology and the University of Victoria part. Together we achieved a transfer rate of 186 Gbit / s, which is a world record showed.

Survey

At its headquarters in Ottawa and managed the company modified the network. The fiber optic backbone network covers 19,000 km long and runs through the interior. There are also branches in Canada's North, the Arctic Ocean. It can be used to connect the cities and towns on the Arctic islands Satellite-based transmission paths. CANARIE has numerous partners of the network and communications industries. In November 2010, data from 6.6 petabytes per quarter were sent through the fiber optic network.

Over one million scientists, researchers and students have access to the high speed network. 2003 a total of:

  • 89 universities, 101 colleges, and other educational institutions;
  • 86 provincial, and government agencies, as well as their laboratories and research centers;
  • 60 hospitals, other medical institutions and associated research institutes;
  • 32 Cultural Institutions
  • 1000 High Schools
  • 12 provinzionale and territionale fiber optic network partners
  • 100 international peer networks in 80 countries.

Regional Partners

CANARIE works closely with numerous partners in the provinces of:

  • Yukon Yukon College
  • Northwest Territories Aurora College
  • Nunavut: No network as of December 2010
  • British Columbia: BCNET
  • Alberta: Cybera
  • Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Research Network ( SRnet )
  • Manitoba: Manitoba Research Network ( MRNET )
  • Ontario: Ontario Research and Innovation Optical Network ( ORION )
  • Quebec: Réseau d'informations scientifiques du Québec ( RISQ )
  • New Brunswick: University of New Brunswick
  • Prince Edward Iceland: University of Prince Edward Iceland
  • Nova Scotia: Atlantic Canada Organization of Research Networks ( ACORN -NS )
  • Newfoundland and Labrador: Atlantic Canada Organization of Research Networks ( ACORN -NL)
Types of business entity Fiber-optic communication Point of Presence National Research Council (Canada)
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