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Overview 
KREONET (Korea Research Environment Open NETwork) is a national R&D network supported by MEST (Ministry of Education, Science and Technology), and has been managed and operated by KISTI (Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information) since 1988. KREONET has a high performance network infrastructure that provides R&D resources, including a wide range of information on science and technology, supercomputing, GRID, and e-science applications, to about 200 key R&D centers in the industrial, academic, and corporate sectors. KREONET is comprised of 16 areas and 16 local network centers (GigaPoP), including Kyungpook National University, GwangJu KAIST, and Jeju National University. A network infrastructure supporting a range of location-independent R&D activity has been established based on the local network center. KREONET is providing a vital element of the national R&D network infrastructure, facilitating cooperative state-of-the-art R&D activity. In addition, KREONET is providing a 10Gbps backbone, in the form of the SuperSiReN (DaeDuk advanced science and technology research network) linking 7 organizations (KISTI, KAIST, KBSI, KARI, KRIBB, KIGAM, and CNU) to boost their advanced applied R&D and tests with a high performance network. KREONET also provides 30 more 1Gbps high-bandwidth lines as a state-of-the-art applied R&D network for advanced applied R&D. The international R&D network service of KREONET provides a 10Gbps high performance network infrastructure, similar to the global science and technology cooperation R&D network GLORIAD, through close cooperation with various advanced countries including the USA, China, Russia, Canada, and the Netherlands, among others, for the purpose of promoting international-level R&D cooperation and state-of-the-art technological R&D. The key network services of KREONET include lambda networking, IPv6, QoS, multi-cast, UCLP, network performance measurement, and middleware networks. It also supports state-of-the-art science and technology applied R&D, including supercomputing, science and industrial technology information, GRID, and e-Science. All services are monitored and analyzed by NOC(Network Operation Center), 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, to ensure stable R&D network operation. |
