National
Knowledge Network
The NKN is a state-of-the-art multi-gigabit pan-India
network for providing a unified high speed network backbone for all knowledge
related institutions in the country. The purpose of such a knowledge network
goes to the very core of the country's quest for building quality institutions
with requisite research facilities and creating a pool of highly trained
professionals. The NKN will enable scientists, researchers and students from
different backgrounds and diverse geographies to work closely for advancing
human development in critical and emerging areas.
Features:
NKN is designed as a Smart Ultra High Bandwidth network
that seamlessly interconnects the leading Scientific and Technological
institutions - which are pursuing world-class research and development. NKN
design is inherently proactive; it takes into account the requirements that may
occur in the near term and long term.
Some of the salient features of the NKN are:
·
Establishing Connectivity for Knowledge and
information sharing.
·
Enabling Collaborative Research in emerging
areas such as Climate Modeling.
·
Facilitating distance education in
specialized fields such as medicine, emerging high tech areas covering
info-bio-nano technology.
·
Facilitating an ultra-high speed e-governance
backbone for information sharing.
NKN will also act as a test bed for research in the area
of network, security and delivery models for various services. As NKN is a new
initiative, it will leverage existing initiatives, to ensure faster roll out
with modest investment.
Services:
NKN network is designed with the aim
of providing:
- Highest level of availability
- Robust & reliable connectivity
- Highest level of Scalability (specifically planned to
match the unknown future demands which cannot be envisaged currently)
- Best Bandwidth Capacity: For NKN, various National Long
Distance Carriers (NLDs) have provided 1Gbps / 2.5Gbps capacity links
which can be self-healed. Further, the NLDs are in process of upgrading
(using DWDM) to 10Gbps or more connectivity.
The main services of NKN can be
broadly categorized under the following heads:
- Generic Services:
Internet, Intranet, Network Management Views, e-Mail, Messaging Gateways,
Caching Gateways, Domain Name System, Web Hosting, Voice over IP,
Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) Services, Video Portals, SMS Gateway, Co-
Location Services, Video Streaming etc.
- Community Services:
Shared Storage, e-Mail List Software Application (LISTSERV),
Authentication Service, EVO, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP),
Collaboration Service, Content Delivery Service, International
Collaborations with EU-India Grid, Global Ring Network for Advanced
Applications Development (GLORIAD) etc.
- Special Services:
Virtual Private Network Stitching Services [VPN@L2 (Virtual Private Wire
Service / Virtual Private LAN Service), VPN@L3] etc.
URL: http://www.nkn.in/
Contact Details:
Program Implementation Unit (PIU)
National Knowledge Network
iNOC, National Informatics Centre (NIC),
A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi - 110003
National Knowledge Network
iNOC, National Informatics Centre (NIC),
A-Block, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road
New Delhi - 110003
Tel: 011 - 24360088
Fax: 011 - 24361609
E-Mail: piu@nkn.in
Fax: 011 - 24361609
E-Mail: piu@nkn.in