NLRview Architecture Will Launch in 2007

National LambdaRail to Provide Researchers with New Monitoring and  
Measurement Capabilities

http://www.nlr.net/newsroom/release.php?id=31

Cypress, CA - December 1, 2006 - National LambdaRail announced today  
the provisioning and availability of new research architecture for  
novel network performance monitoring and measurement called NLRview.  
Beginning in early 2007, researchers will be able to instrument NLR’s  
nationwide infrastructure to study network performance and help  
devise new solutions for intrusions, bottlenecks and fault isolation.  
Utilizing NLR collected data as well as new shared research platforms  
strategically located in NLR’s backbone, researchers can gain access  
to actual critical performance data on the operational and  
experimental infrastructure.

“Currently, network science is severely stunted by a data acquisition  
crisis,” said Tom West, NLR’s President and CEO. “NLRview provides a  
start in gaining new knowledge about the complex networks on which  
the well-being of the US has come to depend. Network science needs  
new opportunities for sound measurement and analysis to drive  
policies that serve the public good.”

Developed through consultation with the research community, NLRview  
is being deployed in two phases.

In January 2007, Phase 1 provides measurement nodes at the following  
node sites:
Atlanta – Layer 3
Baton Rouge – Layer 2
Houston – Layer 3

Phase 2 will immediately follow with deployment of measurement nodes in:
Seattle
Chicago
Sunnyvale or Jacksonville – Layer 2

“We developed this new offering through interviews and discussions  
with network researchers from around the nation,” said Peter O’Neil,  
Senior Network Engineer, National Center for Atmospheric Research  
(NCAR). “I’m pleased that NLRview is being developed based on  
requirements from those whose careers depend on actually doing  
network research.”

A call for participation will be issued to the network science  
community in January, 2007. Preliminary information can be found on  
NLR’s website.

About National LambdaRail
National LambdaRail, Inc. (NLR) is a major initiative of U.S.  
research universities and private sector technology companies to  
provide a national scale infrastructure for research and  
experimentation in networking technologies and applications. NLR puts  
the control, the power and the promise of experimental network  
infrastructure in the hands of our nation’s scientists and  
researchers. Visit http://www.nlr.net for more information.

Contact
Concordia Chen
National LambdaRail
[email protected]
760-510-8406 x5#
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