April 2008
Internet2 Wave of the Future Award

The CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility received the Internet2 Wave of the Future Award for its recognized leadership in the development and use of the electronic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (e-VLBI) technique. E-VLBI is considered one of the most powerful methods for high-resolution imaging of distant radio sources, such as pulsars, quasars and radio galaxies. The technique links geographically dispersed telescopes using advanced optical networks for near real time analysis of telescope data. CSIRO uses Pacific Wave supported facilties to connect from Australia to the JIVE correlator in the Netherlands.

November 2007
Supercomputing '07

From November 10-16, 2007 in Reno, Nevada, Pacific Wave once again provided critical network infrastructure supporting some of the world's most advanced, high-bandwidth applications during SuperComputing 2007 (SC07). Pacific Wave deployed a 10Gbps connection from the convention center into its LA-Sunnyvale-Seattle infrastructure. With this connection, many Pacific Wave participants were able to bridge research networks and oceans to bring their demonstrations from around North America and the Pacific Rim to the showfloor in Reno. Some of the groups taking advantage of this connection included National LambdaRail, WIDE, NASA, TransPAC2, GEMNet2, ESNet, CANARIE, KISTI/KREONet, ResearchChannel, Caltech, AARNet, and TWAREN.

One example of the use of high speed networks was the ResearchChannel's n-Way HD Videoconferencing including tours of the Seattle Science Foundation; lectures by UW researchers; performances by bands sponsored by KEXP; and integrated presentations at the GEMNet2 Symposium in Tokyo and the Reno showfloor. Other examples included the University of Tokyo's GRAPE-DR project, a very high-speed simulation system; and NASA's new visualization tools, including analyses of current and future human spaceflight vehicle designs, climate modeling, and aviation safety alternatives.

August 2007
Real-time e-VLBI data correlation

Collaborators in the EXPReS project (Express Production Real-time e-VLBI Service) conducted the first successful real-time correlation of e-VLBI data from Chinese and Australian telescopes, from Chinese and European telescopes, and from Australian and European telescopes. The observation was demonstrated before advanced networking experts at the 24th APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network) Meeting in Xi'An, China. The lightpath from Australia to The Netherlands used a Translight Pacific Wave path constructed for this demonstration.

For more information see First e-VLBI data from China-Australia, China-Europe, Australia-Europe

June 2007
CineGrid @ Holland Festival 2007

On June 20, 2007, the first successful demonstration of trans-Atlantic streaming over photonic IP networks of 4K digital motion pictures and 5.1 surround sound was achieved by the international research consortium, CineGrid. This demonstration, part of the CineGrid @ Holland Festival 2007 project, was the latest in a series of ground-breaking CineGrid experiments using very high quality digital media running over very high speed digital networks.

For more information see

  • CineGrid @ Holland Festival

    • October 2006
    CineGrid Special Event at AES

    For the first time ever, 4K resolution digital motion pictures and 24 channel digital audio was transmitted separately in real time via globe-spanning IP networks, from Los Angeles, San Diego and Tokyo. The picture and sound was synchronized and then mixed “live” for an audience of audio experts, cinema professionals and international technology leaders. These demonstrations took place during Audio Engineering Society (AES) convention in San Francisco, October 5-8th

    CineGrid, along with a consortium of partners, including:
    • CENIC/ CalREN
    • Industrial Light & Magic, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company
    • Skywalker Sound, A Lucasfilm Ltd. company
    • Keio University Research Institute for Digital Media and Content (DMC)
    • NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
    • Pacific Interface, Inc.
    • San Francisco State University, Institute for Next Generation Internet
    • University of California San Diego
      • California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2)
      • Center for Research and Computing in the Arts (CRCA)
    • University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts
    used Pacific Wave and CENIC/CalREN facilities for these real-time demonstrations. The following graphs were produced during the demo:

    August 2006

    New Zealand's new R&E network, KAREN (Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network), goes live on Thursday 31 August at 5:45pm (NZ time). The KAREN launch will be presided over by the Rt. Hon. Helen Clark. A live webcast of the launch will be available at http://www.r2.co.nz/20060831. Pacific Wave welcomes KAREN and it's parent organization REANNZ (Research and Education Advanced Network of New Zealand) to Pacific Wave and the community of global research and education networks.