CENIC has undertaken a large number of projects designed to enhance and expand the reach of and the services provided by CalREN. Recently completed projects are listed below along a description of the ways in which they expanded and enhanced the reach and services provided by CalREN.

You can also view a list of current network expansion projects as well.

If you have any questions about a specific project, please send e-mail to esmith@cenic.org.

Completed Network Expansion Projects

University of Arizona & Arizona State University

In May 2005, CENIC initiated a project to connect the University of Arizona and Arizona State University (ASU) to the CalREN-HPR network over CENIC managed connections. In September 2005, both campuses connected to CalREN via a fiber route from the Phoenix hub site, through Yuma, and then on to CENIC’s hub in San Diego.

Southern California Backbone Redesign Project

Related to the Coachella Valley Fiber Project, the Southern California Backbone Redesign Project involves changes to the CalREN backbone path in southern California. This project moved the Central Valley fiber termination from Los Angeles to the new CalREN hub site at UC Riverside and redirected the diverse path between Los Angeles and San Diego, reducing a single point of network failure in downtown Los Angeles through which pass two CENIC backbone paths. In addition, by establishing a new aggregation point in Riverside, the project reduces circuit costs for Associates in that part of the state.

CUDI/CLARA Project

The aim of the CUDI/CLARA Project is to increase bandwidth to CUDI, Mexico’s research and education network, from a DS/3 (44.7 Mb/s) to 1 Gb/s, as well as providing a separate 1 Gb/s path from CLARA, Latin/South America’s research and educational network, to San Diego for connection to CalREN. The aim of this project was to create a 1 Gb/s ring connecting San Diego and Miami with Central and South America. This project is funded by the NSF. This connectivity was established in July, 2005.

NASA Ames Research Center Project

As noted previously, CENIC completed a fiber optic connection between Ames, located in Mountain View, and its Sunnyvale hub site in April of 2005. The NASA Research Park, adjacent to Ames, will also benefit. Current tenants of the Research Park include UC Santa Cruz, San Jose State University, Carnegie Mellon, and Lockheed Martin.