Black Sea Interconnection (BSI)
7th Framework Programme of European Commission project
Arthur Petrosyan ([email protected])
Academic Scientific Research Network of Armenia (ASNET-AM)
Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems (IIAP)
of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (NAS RA)
www.asnet.am www.sci.am
www.blacksea-net.org
Black Sea Interconnection is co-funded by the EC under the FP7 Research Infrastructures
BSI Overview
Republic of Armenia is participating in the Black Sea
Interconnection (BSI) project, which is being implemented
under 7th Framework Programme of European Commission
(FP7). The BSI project will develop a high-speed backbone
network among the NRENs of the South Caucasus countries
and enable connectivity to the pan-European research and
education GÉANT2 network.
BSI is a 24 month project that will start in the second
quarter of 2008. The regional network and the connection
to GEANT is planned to be operational in the sixth month of
the project and will be available for the remaining 18
months
BSI Participants
• National Academy of Sciences of Armenia (NAS RA)
• Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey –
Turkish Academic Network and Information Center (TÜBİTAK-ULAKBIM)
• Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET)
• Central and Eastern European Networking Association (CEENET)
• Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe (DANTE)
• Georgian Research and Educational Networking Association (GRENA)
• Azerbaijan Research Educational Network Association (AZRENA)
BSI Goals
The project involves the development of
strategies for interconnecting the existing
infrastructures in the region, realization of the
connections and supplying operational support
for the established network. The existence of
interconnections between the South Caucasus
countries and connection to GÉANT2 with
reasonable capacities will enable introduction of
new services to the region and will be an
important step towards the integration of the
scientific potential in the region with Europe.
BSI Objectives 1/3
Building a proper regional research and education network
among South Caucasus and connecting it to GÉANT2
BSI will offer a minimum of 34 Mbps connection capacity for
each beneficiary to the regional network backbone and a
minimum of 100 Mbps capacity between the regional backbone
and GÉANT2
The need for stable operation and interoperability with
GÉANT2 will emerge after building the regional network and
the interconnections
BSI will supply a platform for the currently on going ICT
projects in the region (SEE-GRID-SCI, e-learning e.t.c)
BSI Objectives 2/3
The project will contribute to the integration of South Caucasus
scientific potential to Europe by successfully disseminating the
infrastructure and promoting the ICT projects in South Caucasus
countries.
Promote the BSI infrastructure
Disseminate FP7 and other funding resources for ICT based
projects
Assists in UNESCO, NATO, European Investment Bank
resourcesfor upgrading national infra
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BSI Objectives 3/3
Foster collaboration between homogenous scientific
communities
BSI intends identify the involved communities in the region,
capture their requirements and analyse the results
Establish mechanisms for knowledge transfer
BSI Connection
BSI Expected Gain
The expected gain from many scientific research
and eductional projects such as “Development of eSocieties in South Caucasus” and SEE-GRID-SCI
would go one step further with the implementation
of BSI project. Dissemination activities will promote
widespread use of the BSI infrastructure by all
members and all disciplines of the regional
research and education community; liaise with
other pan-European efforts with similar or adjacent
objectives