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Sustainability model for NRENs

Sustainability model for NRENs. Goal: establishing/upgrading the R&E network + international connectivity Supposed background: single NREN covering the entire R&E community Country-wide joint efforts (expertise, equipment, contacts, resources)

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Sustainability model for NRENs

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  1. Sustainability model for NRENs • Goal: establishing/upgrading the R&E network + international connectivity • Supposed background: single NREN covering the entire R&E community • Country-wide joint efforts (expertise, equipment, contacts, resources) • Chances of successful lobbying for domestic/international support • Legitimate participation in international organisations/activities • Natural way of connection to international networks • NREN network hierarchy: • End user • Campus LAN • University/institute network • Regional access network • NREN network (backbone) • International network (GEANT) • International connectivity: through central NREN node (PoP) • Sustainability: stable/developing infrastructure/services/applications

  2. Components of a suggested sustainability model - 1 • Supportive political and legal environment • - Political/moral support on behalf of European/international organisations • - Stable, conflict-free political situation in the country • - Awareness of the importance of R&E networking on behalf of the government • - Political/moral support to the NREN community on behalf of the government • - Appropriate legal environment for NREN operation and services • - Preferable customs regulations and taxation rules/conditions • - Liberalisation, as early as possible, of the telecommunication market • Enabling technical and infrastructural background • - Availability of affordable networking equipment • - Availability of reasonably priced background (telecom) infrastructure • - Scalability of the NREN infrastructure (allowing smooth gradual upgrades) • Availability of financial resources • - Annually increasing local governmental funding (preferably close to 100 %) • - Availability of additional sources of funding (internal/external)

  3. Components of a suggested sustainability model - 2 • Stable NREN organisation and operation • - Stable and harmonious country-wide co-operation in research networking • - Well-defined powers and responsibilities, clear decision making mechanisms • - Politically independent NREN operation • - Top-down management + bottom-up representation of user interests • - Clear, GEANT-conform, consistently applied AUP • Availability of technical expertise within the NREN • - Expertise for developing/operating the network infrastructure • - Reproducible development/management/technical/administrative staff • - Organisational and technical support on behalf of the European NRENs • - Demanding user community (exploiting the benefits of the infrastructure) • - Continuous feed-back of the user experiences to the developing/operating staff TERENA, DANTE, CEENET and the NREN Consortium are available to the single Ukrainian NREN for partnership!

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