This page contains public information on participation in the GN2 GN2 and GN3 efforts by NORDUnet, the Nordic NRENs, and partners. You can find here contact information, presentations, papers, etc.
Note that there is a seperate GN3 coordination wiki for Nordic participants (Login Required) in that project. That wiki is used for project-internal information, reporting, project coordination, etc. Please contact the project coordinator if you need access to this wiki.
NORDUnet GN2 & GN3 Contacts
Project Coordinator: Lars Fischer
Financial Adminsitration: Susanne Reidel
Project Adminstration: Thomas Hyllested
GN2 information and Status
NORDUnet is a member of the GN2 consortium. The project is now in it's final year.
NORDUnet is partner in GN2 on behalf of the community of Nordic NRENs. This means that NORDUnet represent the entire community in the project. Work is contributed to the project by both NORDUnet staff and NREN staff, and both NREN and NORDUnet staff receive funding from the project. UNI-C, SUNET, FUNET, and UNINETT have all contributed effort to the GN2 project.
NORDUnet acts as coordinator for the effort contributed by the Nordic community. NORDUnet oversees project budgets and financial reporting and assist partners in making agreements on project contributions.
GN3 information and Status
NORDUnet has participated in the preparation of the GN3 project and contributed to the project proposal. As in GN2, NORDUnet will be GN3 partner on behalf of the Nordic community, and work will be contributed by both NORDUnet and the Nordic NRENs.
NORDUnet will act as GN3 coordinator for Nordic participation.
The GN3 Consortium (representing European NRENs) submitted a project proposal to the EU on 11 September 2009. The proposal is currently in review. It is expected that the evaluation will complete by end 2008. If the evaluation is successful, negotiations of project contract will commence in January 2009. The expected start date of GN3 is April 2009.
The GN3 consortium will begin a GN3 Network Architecture Study in December 2008, in preparation of the start of the project.