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{{Infobox Organization
|name = TransPAC2
|image = Tpacweb.jpg
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|formation = 2005
|type = non-profit
|purpose = Educational network
|headquarters =
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|website = {{URL|http://www.transpac2.net/}}
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The '''TransPAC2''' Network was a US [[National Science Foundation]]-funded high-speed international [[computer network]] circuit connecting [[national research and education network]]s in the Asia-Pacific region to those in the US. It was the continuation of the '''TransPAC''' project which ran from 2000 through 2005.

==History==
The first TransPAC effort started in 1998.<ref name="report98">{{Cite web |title= TransPAC Annual Report: 1 August 1998 - 31 July 1999 |publisher= Indiana University |date= September 15, 1999 |url= http://transpac.org/old-site/documents/1998-1999_ar.html |accessdate= June 17, 2013 }}</ref>
The original link of 35 Mbit/sec connected to the [[Very high-speed Backbone Network Service]] (vBNS) near [[Chicago]].
TransPAC2's [[Network Operations Center]] was located in the Informatics and Communications Technology Complex in [[Indianapolis, Indiana]] on the [[Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis]] (IUPUI) campus. The NOC operated 24 hours a day and 7 days a week starting in October 1998.
In May 1999 link speed was expanded to 73 Mbit/s with funding from the Japan Science and Technology Corporation.<ref name="report98" />
In June 2000 link speed increased to 100 Mbit/s, and in September to 155 Mbit/s.
In May 2001, equipment from [[Cisco Systems]] replaced that from [[Juniper Networks]] in Chicago.<ref name="report02">{{Cite web |title= TransPAC Annual Report 2001–2002 |date= March 27, 2003 |url= http://transpac.org/old-site/documents/2002_transpac_ar.pdf |accessdate= June 17, 2013 }}</ref>
The principal investigator for this first phase was [[Michael McRobbie]].<ref name="report02" />

The NSF awarded a follow-on grant on December 20, 2004, with principal investigators James Williams and Douglas Van Houweling.<ref name="grant">{{Cite web |title= Consortium of International Research and Educational Network |publisher= US National Science Foundation |work= Grant |date= March 1, 2011 |url= https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0441096 |accessdate= June 17, 2013 }}</ref>
TransPAC2 was part of the NSF's International Research Network Connections (IRNC) program.
In April 2005, a single [[Optical Carrier transmission rates|OC-192]] circuit was provided by [[KDDI]] America.<ref>{{Cite news |title= International TransPAC2 Inaugurated |work= HPCwire |date= April 8, 2005 |url= http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2005-04-08/international_transpac2_inaugurated-1.html |accessdate= June 18, 2013 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://archive.today/20130620034322/http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2005-04-08/international_transpac2_inaugurated-1.html |archivedate= June 20, 2013 }}</ref>
It connected to the [[Asia Pacific Advanced Network ]] in [[Tokyo]] and to a TransPAC2-managed router in [[Los Angeles]]. The Los Angeles [[router (computing)|router]], using the TransPAC2 [[Autonomous System (Internet)|Autonomous System]] number 22388, maintained a [[10 Gigabit Ethernet]] connection to the [[CENIC]] managed Pacific Wave Ethernet switch. This connection enabled direct peering with the [[Internet2]] [[Abilene Network]], [[National LambdaRail]] and other high speed networks on the US West Coast.

Use of the TransPAC2 network was limited to the networks carried by other research and education network aggregators. In the Pacific region, this list includes APAN, TEIN2, and [[AARNet]]. In North America, the primary connection is via the Internet2 Abilene network, though TransPAC2 peers with other R&E networks at the Pacific Wave Exchange Point.

In February 2006, TransPAC2 established direct connection to JGN2 switch in Los Angeles.

The grant expired at the end of 2011. A total of about $6.3 million was awarded for TransPAC2.<ref name="grant" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.TransPAC2.net TransPAC2 Project Page]
*[http://noc.transpac.org TranspAC2 NOC]
*[http://www.irnclinks.net IRNC Programs]
*[http://globalnoc.iu.edu Global Research NOC]

[[Category:Academic computer network organizations]]

TransPAC2 - Revision history

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