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Belnet – Pierre BRUYEREBrussels – 1 March 2011
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History
1992: decision to start BELNET within the
Federal Science Policy Office:“To solve the communication problems of the research community”
August 1993: first operational network (IP,
64kBit/s)
Budget 1M€, 3 people
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Today
BELNET is an autonomously managed federal
service resorting under the Federal Science
Policy Office:– Own budget and accounting system
– Grant from Science Policy Office : 8M€
– Ability to invoice services
– Own personnel (50)
– Own internal organisation
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Organization chart
Management committee
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Main activities
Research network & services
BNIX
FedMAN
Cert.be
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Budget 2011 : 13.8 M€
Grant60%
Belnet services22%
Interest & other1%
Bnix3%
FedMAN7%
Cert.be7%
Belnet Network
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Belnet backbone
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Network services
42 x 10Gbit/s
BELNET POPBELNET POP
BELNET POP BELNET POP
Optical fibre Optical fibre
Optical private networkand
Light path
Internet
InternetInternet
OPN A
OPN A OPN A
Application X Application X
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Research Network
22 PoPs
200 institutions, 240 connections
More than 750.000 end-users
1650 km of fibre
4 x 42 x 10 Gbit/s transmission capacity
50 Gbit/s commercial Internet
24/7 NOC (outsourced)
Third line support by BELNET
Services
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Services
Thank You. Questions ?