Network engineering and telecommunications
The Network Engineering and Telecommunications Section (NETS) is responsible for the planning, engineering, installation, operation, maintenance, strategy, and research regarding the state-of-the-art data networking and telecommunications facilities for NCAR/UCAR. NETS provides a vital service to the atmospheric and oceanographic research communities by ensuring supercomputing resources are linked to scientists at NCAR and throughout the university research community. These activities are essential to the effective use of NCAR/UCAR's scientific resources, and they foster the overall advancement of scientific inquiry. This work supports NCAR's strategic priority of "Developing and providing advanced services and tools."
NETS pursued these LAN projects in FY2007:
- UCAR network infrastructure recabling
- Network monitoring
- Multicast support activities
- UPS, grounding, wireless networking, Voice over IP
- SCD LAN projects
NETS pursued these MAN projects in FY2007:
- Boulder Point-Of-Presence (BPOP)
- Boulder Research and Administration Network (BRAN)
- Remote-working and home-access
NETS pursued these WAN projects in FY2007:
- Front Range GigaPOP (FRGP)
- UCAR Point of Presence (UPoP)
- National LambdaRail (NLR)
- Internet2/Abilene
- Bi-State Optical Network (BiSON)
- TeraGrid
In FY2008, NETS will continue to provide support and enhancements for these essential networking services.
NETS activities are supported through UCAR Communications Pool indirect funds.