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Belnet TF-MSP. Belnet – Pierre BRUYERE Brussels – 1 March 2011. History. 1992: decision to start BELNET within the Federal Science Policy Office: “To solve the communication problems of the research community” August 1993: first operational network (IP, 64kBit/s) Budget 1M€, 3 people.
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BelnetTF-MSP Belnet – Pierre BRUYERE Brussels – 1 March 2011
Belnet presentation History 1992: decision to start BELNET within the Federal Science Policy Office: “To solve the communication problems of the research community” August 1993: first operational network (IP, 64kBit/s) Budget 1M€, 3 people
Belnet presentation Today BELNET is an autonomously managed federal service resorting under the Federal Science Policy Office: Own budget and accounting system Grant from Science Policy Office : 8M€ Ability to invoice services Own personnel (50) Own internal organisation
Belnet presentation Organization chart Management committee
Belnet presentation Main activities Research network & services BNIX FedMAN Cert.be
Belnet presentation Budget 2011 : 13.8 M€
Belnet presentation Belnet backbone
Belnet presentation Network services Optical private network and Light path OPN A Internet Application X Application X Internet BELNET POP BELNET POP Optical fibre Optical fibre BELNET POP BELNET POP 42 x 10Gbit/s OPN A Internet OPN A
Belnet presentation Research Network 22 PoPs 200 institutions, 240 connections More than 750.000 end-users 1650 km of fibre 4 x 42 x 10 Gbit/s transmission capacity 50 Gbit/s commercial Internet 24/7 NOC (outsourced) Third line support by BELNET
Belnet presentation Services