1. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY TransPAC Report James Williams williams@iu.edu TransPAC Project Manager Indiana University June 5, 2001

2. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY TransPAC Introduction NSF funded program (part of the HPIIS programs) Provide a high-performance network between the Asia-Pacific area and the US Encourage collaborative science between AP and US Set to terminate October 2003

4. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY TransPAC activities for 2000/2001 New TransPAC Web page design ( http://www.transpac.org) Features include: News items Application database Network Operations Center Support services Engineering

5. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY TransPAC activities for 2000/2001 (cont.) TransPAC newsletter debuted May 2001 TransPAC HPIIS Performance Review, October 25, 2000 NLANR/Joint Techs meeting in Hawaii January 2001, jointly sponsored by TransPAC APAN Hawaii meeting; TransPAC meeting in Tokyo in conjunction with IWS2001in February 2001 TransPAC/GGF sponsored mini-GGF in Tokyo in October 2001 TransPAC measurement activity in collaboration with QBSS project TransPAC link upgrade

6. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY TransPAC Link Status The TransPAC network runs from the Tokyo XP to the STAR TAP in Chicago. TransPAC began as a 35Mbps connection in June 1998. Link upgraded 4 times. The current TransPAC connection is 155Mbps. Current negotiations with vendors promise 8 times bandwidth for less than ½ current costs

8. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Questions?? James Williams williams@iu.edu